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Executive summary (interim) of independent evaluation of the AHWBE, commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Recommendation to publish the summary of responses from the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England’s call for views.
Report on animal health and food safety for the government's review of the balance of competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Defra is seeking views from Wales on a proposed increase in the fee for placing a dog on the Index of Exempted Dogs.
Recommendation to agree the proposed changes to cattle movement controls for bovine tuberculosis, from the TB Eradication Advisory Group (TBEAG).
Recommendation to agree the proposed approach to securing continued EU approval and funding for the Bovine TB Eradication Plan.
Defra invites views on the proposed Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012. The proposed…
Recommendation by Animal Health and Welfare Board for England to improve the surveillance model and speed sample collection for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
Protocols for working with Defra’s executive agencies, devolved administrations and other government departments.
Recommendation by Animal Health and Welfare Board for England on the on animal health and welfare strategy for England
Recommendation to establish an advisory group on bovine TB eradication.
This document describes how a suspect case and outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) would be managed in Great Britain (GB).
This consultation sought views on Defra’s recently revised and published draft Rabies Control Strategy.
This document sets out a framework for how an outbreak of rabies in England and Wales would be managed.
This report reviews the ways by which an animal disease may enter Great Britain and cause a disease outbreak.
Defra consulted non-formally on a proposal to replace the current paper method of reporting pig movements in England with a pre notification electronic system.
Defra, the Food Standards Agency and the Welsh Assembly Government are consulting non-formally on (i) increasing the age threshold above which healthy cattle slaughtered for human consumption require testing for bovine spong…
This report sets out our views on this key policy issue, one that affects all animal keepers in England.
This is a consultation on the Defra (England) Contingency Plan for Exotic Notifiable Diseases of Animals which is reviewed annually and is made under the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended).
Factors Defra takes into account when considering vaccination as a disease control measure for an exotic animal disease.
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
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