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If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
A list of places where you can bring consignments of plants, seeds and produce into the UK, including ports and airports.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
Find out what happens when you report a notifiable animal disease and how to get support.
This document provides advice on owning a horse, pony, donkey or hybrid.
How to use a comma-separated values (CSV) file when uploading commodity details about plants and plant products to the Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS).
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.
How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply for an authorisation to place a veterinary medicine on the UK market or part of, or to expire one.
How poultry producers can join and pay fees for the Poultry Health Scheme, and how to pay fees to become a PHS approved laboratory.
What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.
How to apply to run a microchip implantation course
How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.
Find out about the process and costs to apply for Defra disinfectant approval.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.
How livestock keepers in high-risk counties of England can get free bluetongue testing for their animals.
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