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  • Review and evaluation: Animal Health and Welfare Board for England

    Executive summary (interim) of independent evaluation of the AHWBE, commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

    • 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: informal stakeholder engagement - bovine TB

    Recommendation to publish the summary of responses from the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England’s call for views.

    • 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 and food safety report: review of the balance of competences

    Report on animal health and food safety for the government's review of the balance of competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

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

  • Consultation on proposal to increase the fee to add a prohibited type dog to the Index of Exempted Dogs

    Defra is seeking views from Wales on a proposed increase in the fee for placing a dog on the Index of Exempted Dogs.

    • 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: cattle movement controls

    Recommendation to agree the proposed changes to cattle movement controls for bovine tuberculosis, from the TB Eradication Advisory Group (TBEAG).

    • 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: bovine TB eradication plan

    Recommendation to agree the proposed approach to securing continued EU approval and funding for the Bovine TB Eradication Plan.

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

  • The proposed Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

    Defra invites views on the proposed Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012. The proposed…

    • 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: disease surveillance for AHVLA

    Recommendation by Animal Health and Welfare Board for England to improve the surveillance model and speed sample collection for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.

    • 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: protocols for working with agencies and other public bodies

    Protocols for working with Defra’s executive agencies, devolved administrations and other government departments.

    • 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 animal health and welfare strategy for England

    Recommendation by Animal Health and Welfare Board for England on the on animal health and welfare strategy for England

    • 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 to establish an advisory group on bovine TB

    Recommendation to establish an advisory group on bovine TB eradication.

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

  • Foot and mouth disease control strategy for Great Britain

    This document describes how a suspect case and outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) would be managed in Great Britain (GB).

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

  • Rabies control strategy

    This consultation sought views on Defra’s recently revised and published draft Rabies Control Strategy.

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

  • Rabies disease control strategy for England and Wales

    This document sets out a framework for how an outbreak of rabies in England and Wales would be managed.

    • 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 animal disease risk pathways and countermeasures report

    This report reviews the ways by which an animal disease may enter Great Britain and cause a disease outbreak.

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

  • Non-formal consultation on electronic reporting of pig movements in England

    Defra consulted non-formally on a proposal to replace the current paper method of reporting pig movements in England with a pre notification electronic system.

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

  • Non-formal consultation on proposed changes to BSE testing of cattle slaughtered for human consumption

    Defra, the Food Standards Agency and the Welsh Assembly Government are consulting non-formally on (i) increasing the age threshold above which healthy cattle slaughtered for human consumption require testing for bovine spong…

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

  • Responsibility and cost sharing for animal health and welfare: Final report

    This report sets out our views on this key policy issue, one that affects all animal keepers in England.

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

  • Annual review of Defra’s Contingency Plan for Exotic Notifiable Diseases of Animals

    This is a consultation on the Defra (England) Contingency Plan for Exotic Notifiable Diseases of Animals which is reviewed annually and is made under the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended).

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

  • Vaccination as a control tool for exotic animal disease

    Factors Defra takes into account when considering vaccination as a disease control measure for an exotic animal disease.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government