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How to spot rabies, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
This contingency plan describes how the government will manage an outbreak or incident of exotic notifiable disease of animals in England.
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export ovine and caprine animals, such as sheep and goats, intended for slaughter from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them to Northern Ireland.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Use these forms and guidance documents to export fishmeal and fish product, including mixtures and feeding stuffs with fishmeal, as feed for non-ruminant animals to the USA.
Use these forms and guidance documents to export material other than those from animals to the USA.
Projects granted during 2016 that have a primary purpose of basic research: ethology / animal behaviour / animal biology.
A report by Ipsos MORI commissioned by BIS looking at the UK public’s attitudes to the use of animals in research.
These experimental statistics on breeding and genotyping of animals for scientific procedures were collected by the Home Office under the EU Directive (2010/63/EU).
Use these forms and guidance document to export zoo animals to Georgia.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Guidance for exporters in EU and non-EU countries on how to complete health certificates to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.
What to do if you’re bringing your pet or pets to Great Britain: quarantine rules, documents you need, types of animal you can bring.
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export animals of the Artiodactyla order of Antilocapridae, Bovidae, Camelidae, Cervidae, Giraffidae, Moschidae and Tragulidae families, such as pronghorns, buffalo, camels, deer and giraffe from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)...
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rates for each category.
Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.
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