Research and statistics

Animal Welfare Committee advice on emergency culling for the depopulation of poultry affected by high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) - consideration of ventilation shutdown (VSD)

• Document type: Independent report
• Part of a collection: AWC advice to government
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 March 2024

Animal Welfare Committee opinion on alternatives to culling newly hatched chicks in the egg and poultry industries.

• Document type: Independent report
• Part of a collection: AWC advice to government
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 March 2024

Animal Welfare Committee update on the opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 March 2024

Animal Welfare Committee opinion on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs.

• Document type: Independent report
• Part of a collection: AWC advice to government
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 March 2024

Reporting against VMD published standards up to 31 March 2024.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 7 March 2024

Animal Sentience Committee’s views on whether the government has all due regard to the welfare of animals as sentient beings in relation to the Veterinary Medicines Regulation (2013) revisions.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 1 March 2024

Preliminary outbreak assessments for Aujeszky’s disease in Europe.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 27 February 2024

Animal Welfare Committee opinion on the welfare implications of different methods and systems for the catching, carrying, collecting and loading of poultry.

• Document type: Independent report
• Part of a collection: AWC advice to government
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 22 February 2024

Animal Sentience Committee’s views on the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 19 February 2024

Animal Sentience Committee’s views on whether the government has all due regard to the welfare of animals as sentient beings.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 9 February 2024

Updated outbreak assessment for African swine fever in wild boar and domestic pigs in Eastern Europe, Belgium and Sweden.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring
• Organisation: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 30 January 2024

Residues of veterinary medicines in food 2023 surveillance results, a rolling summary.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Residues: Statutory Surveillance Results
• Organisation: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 26 January 2024

Annual statistics relating to scientific procedures performed on living animals in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals and 3 others
• Organisation: Home Office
• Updated: 9 November 2023

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for west nile virus found in Germany and Southern Europe.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring
• Organisation: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 5 September 2023

Residues of veterinary medicines in food 2022 surveillance results.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Residues: Statutory Surveillance Results
• Organisation: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 27 April 2023

Reporting against VMD published standards up to 31 March 2023.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 13 April 2023

Details of the top ten imported veterinary medicines for this period.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 13 April 2023

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for African swine fever in South East Asia.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring
• Organisation: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 17 February 2023

Details of the top ten imported veterinary medicines for this period.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 16 January 2023

Annual statistics relating to scientific procedures performed on living animals in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals and 2 others
• Organisation: Home Office
• Updated: 17 November 2022