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How to apply for a licence to hire out horses, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Guidance for enforcement authorities who use penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
The code provides game farmers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals, required in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
You can appeal against certain decisions made by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) that affect you.
How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
This booklet examines the fire dangers which are commonly found on farms and identifies simple ways in which risks can be reduced.
Supplementing the guidance contained in the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice.
How to export or move ungulates (hooved animals) and captive-bred birds to the EU and Northern Ireland for conservation, display, education or research.
Apply to register, renew, or vary a Veterinary Homeopathic Remedy.
How to keep farmed goats, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
Guidance explaining the different categories of animal by-products, how they should be used or disposed of, and where this can be done.
How to identify if Eurasian beavers are on your land.
Guidance for veterinary medicines manufacturers and wholesale dealers in GB on selling and supplying products placed on the EU and UK markets before 1 January 2021 and the evidence you may need to provide.
Find an approved control post to rest livestock being imported to, exported from, or transiting through Great Britain.
Webinars about what you can do to protect the health and welfare of animals you keep or work with from notifiable and reportable animal diseases.
How to keep pets such as cats and dogs safe from bird flu.
This booklet shows how the technique of body condition scoring can contribute to good husbandry, welfare and management of beef cows.
This booklet highlights the welfare issues and reminds producers of the important key points in preventing and/or dealing with problems.
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