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Apply for a licence for a bovine semen collection centre and get approval to use bovine animals and boars for artificial breeding and semen trade.
Forms for the Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme to control classical or atypical scrapie in livestock.
Apply to become a member of the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS).
Apply for a licence that lets you import, move and keep normally prohibited material in England and Wales.
Use this form to report suspected salmonella in animal feed and animal by-products (ABP) to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Form for a premises to apply for approval to operate as a central point recording centre for sheep and goats electronic identification.
Form to authorise the use of an agent for an application to add a plant variety to the National List or for plant breeders' rights.
Use the OV09 form to tell APHA that you have read the OV10 guidance on self billing and will accept self-billing invoices for OV work from Defra.
Use this form to submit samples to APHA for Ovine PrP scrapie genotyping in sheep.
Submit samples from pigs for diagnostic testing or a post-mortem examination by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Submit blood and semen samples from cattle and pigs for animal breeding control tests, including artificial insemination.
Form to submit dead bats for the passive disease surveillance scheme for rabies.
Use this form to report suspected salmonella in dogs to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Send information about your ferret or other mustelinae to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if you're in England and Wales.
Test horses for West Nile virus for import, export, confirm vaccination status, seroprevalence studies, and to test to exclude from differential diagnoses.
Form for poultry keepers to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency of chickens kept for meat production.
Use this form to request an appointment for an Animal and Plant Health (APHA) vet countersignature.
Form to apply for official sampling of a qualifying seed lot to be tested and entered for certification.
Variety description forms for applications to add amateur vegetables to the national list.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export bees to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
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