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Outlining plans for a world leading science centre at Weybridge, to protect people and animals from disease outbreaks.
The government will deliver a National Biosecurity Centre - a world…
Consultation on whether England and Wales should change their Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) related livestock feed controls.
The Pathway will push forward and support the gradual and continual improvement in farm animal health and welfare.
The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway (the Pathway) was launched in 2023.…
This contingency plan describes how the government will manage an outbreak or incident of exotic notifiable disease of animals in England.
Seeking views on proposals to make it compulsory for bird keepers in Great Britain to register their birds.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Find out how to comment on badger control in Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Warwickshire.
Find out how to comment on badger control in Cumbria.
Information on the government badger control costs for 2023 and previous years.
Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2024.
Consultation on proposals to evolve badger control policy and support responsible cattle movements and purchasing. This is part of the Bovine TB Eradication Strategy.
This paper sets out the training, qualification and appointments of Approved Tuberculin Testers (ATTs).
This paper sets out the training, qualification and appointments of Certification Support Officers (CSOs).
Information and data on operations to control bovine tuberculosis in parts of England in 2023.
The UK Chief Veterinary Officer’s advice on early termination intensive cull licences issued in 2021 and 2022 after 2 or 3 years.
What Defra and the Welsh Government are doing to reduce the risks from avian influenza (bird flu) in wild birds.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Seeking views on changes to the law on veterinary medicines.
We’re asking for evidence to help us understand more about giving feed products to livestock that can reduce methane emissions.
Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2023.
Find out how to comment on badger control in Hampshire, Avon, Herefordshire, and Wiltshire.
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