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Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
How to care for animals on farms and in transport in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
How to apply for licences and stay compliant if you use, breed or supply animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
New law strengthening protections for sheep, cows and other farm animals.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.
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