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You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.
When and how to identify your kids and goats with tags.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
Apply for a specific licence to freeze or move germinal product from susceptible animals in bluetongue zones.
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
Information on what a border control post (BCP) is and the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks that take place there.
Clarifications on the certification of animal products for imports of medium risk animal products, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
How to spot African swine fever, what to do if you suspect it and how to stop it spreading.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.
How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.
Technical information about the import requirements for animal by-products (ABPs) or products not for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
How vets in England and Wales can submit carcases to APHA for a post-mortem examination.
Send samples (classified as UN3373 biological substance category B) to APHA according to the ADR regulations and P650 packing instructions.
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