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Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for African swine fever in South East Asia.
Animal Sentience Committee’s views on whether the government has all due regard to the welfare of animals as sentient beings in relation to animal welfare surveillance and enforcement.
There is strong support in the UK for laws and regulations to protect…
Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) opinion on how specialised reproductive practices affect dog welfare.
March 2024 The Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) is an independent expert…
Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) opinion on the effect of cat breeding practices in Great Britain.
Survey for the detection of avian influenza in dairy cattle in Great Britain.
Animal Sentience Committee’s views on whether the government has all due regard to the welfare of animals as sentient beings.
Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for west nile virus found in Germany and Southern Europe.
Annual statistics relating to scientific procedures performed on living animals in accordance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Updated outbreak assessment for African swine fever in wild boar and domestic pigs in Eastern Europe, Belgium and Sweden.
Animal Welfare Committee opinion on the use of high expansion nitrogen foam delivery systems for depopulation of poultry flocks affected by notifiable disease
Animal Welfare Committee advice on the preslaughter handling of horses.
Residues of veterinary medicines in food 2023 surveillance results, a rolling summary.
Animal Welfare Committee opinion on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs.
Animal Welfare Committee opinion on alternatives to culling newly hatched chicks in the egg and poultry industries.
Animal Welfare Committee advice on emergency culling for the depopulation of poultry affected by high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) - consideration of ventilation shutdown (VSD)
Animal Welfare Committee update on the opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.
Reporting against VMD published standards up to 31 March 2024.
Animal Sentience Committee’s views on whether the government has all due regard to the welfare of animals as sentient beings in relation to the Veterinary Medicines Regulation (2013) revisions.
Preliminary outbreak assessments for Aujeszky’s disease in Europe.
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