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The powers, criteria and procedures the Secretary of State has to follow in considering pre-emptive (firebreak) culling in managing an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD).
This protocol was first published in 2011. This protocol sets out the…
How the government would manage suspect cases and outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Great Britain.
Introduction Purpose and structure of the document This document…
Outlining plans for a world leading science centre at Weybridge, to protect people and animals from disease outbreaks.
The government will deliver a National Biosecurity Centre - a world…
What Defra and the Welsh Government are doing to reduce the risks from avian influenza (bird flu) in wild birds.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
How we manage outbreaks of notifiable avian disease (NAD) in Great Britain.
Evaluation of Exercise Blackthorn, the UK’s national foot and mouth disease exercise.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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