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Keeping farmed animals

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  • Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.

  • General licence for the movement of resolved inconclusive reactors from officially TB free cattle herds in England or Wales directly or indirectly to slaughter.

  • Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches

  • Use these forms to request an ammonia screening assessment as part of an intensive farming permit application.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing meat and other meat products for human consumption to Great Britain.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing dairy and milk for human consumption to Great Britain.

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

  • Details of poultry establishments that are approved members of the Poultry Health Scheme (PHS).

  • How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing animal products that are being returned to Great Britain.

  • You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.

  • Organisers of bird gatherings must have a written contingency plan outlining what to do if there is suspicion or confirmation of notifiable avian disease at or near the gathering.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing other animal products for human consumption (such as honey or snails) to Great Britain.

  • The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.

  • Use this service to notify APHA of a bird gathering under a general licence or apply for a specific licence for gatherings of poultry or other captive birds in England.

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

  • How to take samples and choose an appropriate diagnostic test for common clinical presentations in livestock and wildlife.

  • Field Officers may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.

  • Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.

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