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Technical information about the import requirements for live animals and germplasm, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
How to spot Newcastle disease, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
When and how to test for salmonella if you breed broiler chickens, and what happens if a flock tests positive. Testing is part of the salmonella national control programme (NCP).
Information on what a border control post (BCP) is and the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks that take place there.
How to get and maintain an ATT qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.
This licence allows you to move carcasses and samples from live poultry or other captive birds.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live birds, poultry or poultry products to Great Britain.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing dairy and milk for human consumption to Great Britain.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing hay and straw to Great Britain.
Find out the tests that are most commonly requested from APHA, their test codes, and the correct laboratory to send samples.
Field Officers may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.
The rules to follow when you are moving, freezing or storing germinal product (semen, ova or embryo) in the bluetongue restricted zone.
Cattle owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move their animals.
What you can do to help reduce the risk of bovine tuberculosis (TB) infection in your herd.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
Vets can contact APHA to get expert advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
Cattle keepers must only buy ear tags from suppliers that have been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
How to spot surra (Trypanosoma evansi), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
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