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Find out when and how to take samples, and what happens if one of your flocks tests positive.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live porcine or porcine genetic material to Great Britain.
List of designated slaughterhouses to use for bird flu restricted premises.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live or germinal products of invertebrates, amphibians or reptiles to Great Britain.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing other live animals or genetic material to Great Britain.
Inspectors may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.
What breed societies and organisations need a zootechnical certificate for, and what information it must include.
How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.
What tags to use when exporting or moving sheep and goats outside of GB, including to Northern Ireland, what movement information to record and report.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when carrying out veterinary checks on live animals being imported to Great Britain.
Guidance for licensed operators to carry out controlled shooting of badgers in the field.
How to avoid becoming unwell while visiting a farm.
How to keep farmed goats, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
How to get and maintain a CSO qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.
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 mammals from or to premises in a protection or surveillance zone where poultry or other captive birds are kept.
You should use this licence to move table eggs into, within or out of a protection or surveillance zone.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing blood and blood products to Great Britain.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing bones, horns and hooves to Great Britain.
Guidance for the operators of slaughterhouses in England on how to comply with the rules on the mandatory use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).
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