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  • Bovine TB: summary of badger control monitoring during 2014

    Information and data on monitoring of the second year of the badger culls to control Bovine Tuberculosis in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire in 2014.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • TB controls compensation and support: state aid re-registration

    Information about state aid re-registration for the TB controls compensation and support to cattle keepers in England scheme.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Aujeszky’s disease surveillance programme: state aid re-registration

    Information about state aid re-registration for the surveillance monitoring programme for Aujeszky’s disease in Great Britain.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bluetongue: GB disease control strategy

    Sets out the disease control measures we would consider if bluetongue virus was suspected or confirmed in farm animals.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Exotic diseases of pigs: new regulations

    Seeking views on amending the law for the control of exotic diseases of pigs.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fee changes for statutory services delivered by Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency

    Seeking informal views on how moving to full cost recovery will impact you and your business.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sheep, goats and deer: electronic movement reporting and identification

    Consultation on the electronic movement reporting system (including an underpinning database) for sheep, goats and deer (England) and proposed changes to the way in which sheep and goats are identified.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Farriers Registration Council: reform of governance and structure

    Seeking views on proposals to reform the governance, structure and operation of the Farriers Registration Council (FRC).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • EU state aids: transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) of cattle, sheep and goats

    Application to the European Union in respect of state aids for testing cattle, sheep and goats for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra’s response to electronic identification (EID) tag reading study

    Defra welcomes this study which provides reassuring evidence of the quality of EID tags on sale.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): ex situ collections

    List of the initial results from an exercise to identify ex situ collections of FAnGR in the UK.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Animal Health and Welfare framework 2013/14

    The Animal Health and Welfare framework was introduced after the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in 2001.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Animal Health and Welfare framework 2014/15

    The Animal Health and Welfare framework was introduced after the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in 2001, and is usually updated annually.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • AHWBE recommendation on disease control regime for camelids and other non-bovine species.

    AHWBE Recommendation on a 3 stage process for reinforcing the current disease control regime for camelids and other non-bovine species.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • African horse sickness control strategy

    The African Horse Sickness Control Strategy guides the reader through new African horse sickness legislation in England, Scotland and Wales.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Food safety: amendments to animal feed law code of practice

    Consultation on proposed amendments to the the statutory Feed Law Code of Practice (for England and Wales).

    • From: Food Standards Agency
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  • Proposals to stop BSE testing of healthy slaughtered cattle in England and Wales from 1 January 2013

    Defra, the Welsh Government and the Food Standards Agency invited your views on a proposal to stop BSE testing of healthy slaughtered cattle in England and Wales from 1 January 2013, in line with EU proposals

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Controls on imports of animal products annual review: April 2011 to March 2012

    This is the 10th annual review of controls on imports of animal products, also known as Products Of Animal Origin (POAO).

    • From: Border Force and 2 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Annual review of controls on imports of animal products: April 2010 to March 2011

    This is the ninth annual review of controls on imports of animal products, also known as Products Of Animal Origin (POAO).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • An assessment of key evidence about neonicotinoids and bees

    Defra assessment of the key evidence about neonicotinoids and bees to help inform national and international considerations of this issue.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government