Guidance and regulation

How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 5 August 2022

Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 4 July 2023

Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 6 October 2021

How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 21 September 2015

How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 September 2022

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

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 5 April 2023

Use this service to apply for a licence that exempts you from current avian influenza disease control restrictions.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 7 February 2022

Poultry valuation tables outline the value of poultry in Great Britain.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 10 April 2024

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

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 13 November 2018

Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 19 January 2023

How to spot Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 3 June 2021

How to be approved as a compartment that meets EU or GB enhanced standards by protecting your poultry farm or hatchery against disease.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 19 February 2016

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.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 13 December 2022

Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 25 January 2018

This licence allows you to move samples from premises in a protection zone or surveillance zone for salmonella testing.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 13 December 2022

This licence allows you to spread on premises or move used poultry litter, poultry manure and poultry slurry originating from premises in a protection zone or a surveillance zone.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 14 December 2022

This licence allows you to move poultry carcases for disposal from premises in a protection zone.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 March 2024

Find out which premises are approved to EU and GB enhanced standards in the compartmentalisation scheme and get their approval numbers.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 19 December 2022

How to spot surra (Trypanosoma evansi), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 18 June 2021

Rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 March 2024