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What you need to do when sheep and goats pass through your premises, including updating your holding register and reporting movements.
Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
How much it costs to apply for plant breeders’ rights or to add a new plant variety to the national list.
What sites are collection centres, the animal by-products (ABPs) you can treat at one, and how you must treat them.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
How to set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.
The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.
Find out how to propose your own (method 7) method for processing animal by-products (ABPs) instead of using one of the 6 standard methods.
How to spot African horse sickness, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How to get approval to transport pet cats, dogs and ferrets, and when you must transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Fees for animal by-product premises inspection and approval or conditional approval services provided by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How to spot Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Information for farmers about inspections carried out when there have been complaints about the welfare of livestock on farms.
How to spot sheep scab, what to do if you suspect it and control measures to prevent its spread.
How to spot Echinococcus multilocularis, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent its spread.
How to spot vesicular stomatitis, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
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