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This is the 13th review of controls on imports of animals and animal products (April 2016 to March 2017).
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
How livestock keepers in high-risk counties of England can get free bluetongue testing for their animals.
Guidance on the various regulations surrounding the use of animals containing human material.
Transposition of European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
The farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) committee's review of current and new technologies, including genomics.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
Find out what happens when you report a notifiable animal disease and how to get support.
These statistics feature the number of genetically ‘normal’ animals (i.e. not genetically altered) that are bred for scientific endeavour, but are not used in scientific procedures for various reasons. These new statistics have been collected for the first time under...
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
We are seeking your views on the effectiveness of import controls on live animals and products of animal origin in England.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
Travelling circuses with wild animals.
Response to the revised Directive 86/609/EEC from the Animal Procedures Committee
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export porcine animals, such as pigs, intended for slaughter from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them to Northern Ireland.
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export animals of the Artiodactyla order of Suidae and Tayassuidae families, such as wild boar, warthogs and peccary from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them...
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