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Guidance for farmers and others who work with livestock on reducing the risk of human M. bovis infection.
List of approved laboratories for testing under the Poultry Health Scheme.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing certain processed animal by-products as educational tools to Great Britain.
Guidance to avoid human infection on farms and good farm practices to reduce human and animal health risks.
Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about sheep and goat EID technical standards.
Guidance for cattle keepers in Scotland and Wales on why cattle are tested for bovine TB, how the tests are done and how to prepare for the tests.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when carrying out veterinary checks on live animals being imported to Great Britain.
Rules and standards for running an approved breeding programme and keeping a breed book or register of purebred animals, hybrid pigs and germinal products.
Guidance for vets and animal keepers on what funding is available for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) testing of animals kept in zoos and safari parks in England, and when to notify APHA of suspected TB.
News and guidance on veterinary medicines issues affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get sheep and goat ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 66:2019.
When and how to tag sheep and goats imported into England, what to record in your holding register and how to report the movement.
List of designated slaughterhouses to use for bird flu restricted premises.
General licence to move eggs (and egg waste) from premises outside a protection or surveillance zone to an approved animal by-product plant in a protection or surveillance zone in England or Wales for disposal.
This licence allows you to move samples from premises in a protection zone or surveillance zone for salmonella testing.
You should use this licence if you need to remove the meat mark applied to certain poultry meat.
Information note on Bovine TB.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing deer urine or faeces and lures to Great Britain.
Article by Amanda Carson, Rudolf Reichel and Maggie He published in Vet Record.
This allows you to move cattle from non-exempt agricultural shows in the low risk or annual surveillance testing parts of the edge area of England without post-movement TB testing.
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