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When you need to use movement licences and the designated slaughterhouses to use for bluetongue restricted premises.
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Access APHA reports, videos, publications and data on livestock, wildlife and small animals in England and Wales.
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
Apply for a specific licence for any movement or activity in a bird flu (avian influenza) disease zone not covered by a general licence.
List of designated slaughterhouses to use for bird flu restricted premises.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
How vets in England and Wales can submit samples to APHA for non-statutory diagnostic testing.
You should use this licence to move mammals from or to premises in a protection or surveillance zone where poultry or other captive birds are kept.
Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.
How to spot Newcastle disease, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
You should use this licence to move table eggs into, within or out of a protection or surveillance zone.
Send samples (classified as UN3373 biological substance category B) to APHA according to the ADR regulations and P650 packing instructions.
Vets can sign up to get text or email alerts from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for animal health threats for livestock and small animals.
Rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone.
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