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  • How poultry producers can join and pay fees for the Poultry Health Scheme, and how to pay fees to become a PHS approved laboratory.

  • Clarifications on the certification of animal products for imports of medium risk animal products, for use by vets, importers and border officials.

  • Information for camelid keepers on reporting suspected bluetongue cases. How to identify and move your camelids.

  • What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.

  • Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.

  • 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 Newcastle disease, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

  • Cattle keepers must report the death of any cattle to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), return the cattle passport and record it on their holding register.

  • What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.

  • What you can do to help reduce the risk of bovine tuberculosis (TB) infection in your herd.

  • Cattle keepers must only buy ear tags from suppliers that have been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

  • Cattle owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move their animals.

  • Vets can sign up to get text or email alerts from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for animal health threats for livestock and small animals.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing bristles, feathers, fur, hair and wool to Great Britain.

  • Apply for a specific licence to freeze or move germinal product from susceptible animals in bluetongue zones.

  • How to get a biosecurity report for your premises to receive poultry moved under a specific movement licence in a bird flu disease zone.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live or germinal products of invertebrates, amphibians or reptiles to Great Britain.

  • Farm software companies that have successfully passed testing for the Cattle Tracing Service (CTS) Web Services.

  • Guidance for pig keepers and vets on coal tar toxicity.

  • Summary of product characteristics for Syvazul BTV-3 vaccine in the UK