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What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
What to do if any of your cattle, bison or buffalo are lost or stolen, and if you get them back.
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.
How to take samples and choose an appropriate diagnostic test for common clinical presentations in livestock and wildlife.
You should use this licence to move poultry by-products and hatching eggs for disposal from a protection or surveillance zone in England and Wales.
Guidance on managing the public health consequences of TB in cattle and other animals.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing bristles, feathers, fur, hair and wool to Great Britain.
How to avoid becoming unwell while visiting a farm.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing fats that are not for human consumption to Great Britain.
Fees to have your consignment checked at a border control post by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How to apply for a licence to hold a market in England and Wales to sell TB restricted cattle for slaughter, and the procedures to follow when a market is held.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing processed animal protein that is not for human consumption to Great Britain.
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
You should use this licence to move poultry and other captive bird carcasses for disposal from premises in a protection zone or surveillance zone in England and Wales.
How Defra processes your personal data when recording Bluetongue virus (BTV) vaccinations
Sets out details of our new web-based interactive map showing registered locations of TB breakdowns.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get sheep and goat ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 66:2019.
Delivery box specifications from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for private interferon-gamma (IFN-y) test samples.
How to report deer movements to the Livestock Information Service, including imports and exports.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing apiculture products or by-products to Great Britain.
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