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How to keep farmed goats, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
This document explains what the law is and assists each agency in defining their responsibilities.
Guidance on requirements of any road vehicle on long journeys transporting animals to be equipped with a satellite ‘navigation’ system.
The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, required in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Webinars about what you can do to protect the health and welfare of animals you keep or work with from notifiable and reportable animal diseases.
How to export or move ungulates (hooved animals) and captive-bred birds to the EU and Northern Ireland for conservation, display, education or research.
The process for the simultaneous review of veterinary drug submissions by Health Canada’s Veterinary Drugs Directorate and the UK's Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
This document sets down how inspection and approval is carried out in the United Kingdom.
Ventilation within your vehicle is important to remove the heat and moisture produced by animals during transport.
Advice on reformulations and labelling of animal feed.
How to identify if Eurasian beavers are on your land.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) would like to raise awareness of the potential adverse effects of mycotoxins in animal feedstuffs.
Published standards for regulatory work 2023/24
This document sets out the broad governance framework within which the VMD and Defra operate.
Leaflet on how to stop migratory fish poaching.
The process for the simultaneous review of veterinary medicine submissions by New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the UK's Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
This booklet shows how the technique of body condition scoring can contribute significantly to good husbandry and management of dairy cows.
This booklet shows how the technique of body condition scoring can contribute to good husbandry, welfare and management of beef cows.
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