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How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
Summary of product characteristics for Syvazul BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.
How to get authorised as an OV, maintain your authorisation and set up a new practice, and what to do if you will be tuberculin (TB) skin testing.
How vets in England and Wales can submit carcases to APHA for a post-mortem examination.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing pet food and feed for other animals, including fish bait, to Great Britain.
What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.
What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.
Use this licence to move live animals from a bluetongue restricted zone to a final destination in Scotland.
Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
Information about Sevington BCP and the checks that take place there.
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
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