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Information about the availability of BTV-3 vaccines for animal keepers.
How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.
Private veterinary surgeons (PVS) can use this service to report the prescription of a BTV-3 vaccination.
This guidance only applies to movements of bluetongue susceptible animals. Non-susceptible animals may attend shows as normal.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
How to import or move live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
What livestock keepers must do when they intend to use someone else's land or buildings temporarily.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôº provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
Licence conditions of the general licence in England.
Print a template holding register to record sheep and goat tags, movements and deaths.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
How to apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport and what to do if you miss the application deadline or it has not arrived.
Guidance for cattle keepers on the bovine TB surveillance testing intervals for areas in England, Wales and Scotland.
Apply for a specific licence to freeze or move germinal product from susceptible animals in bluetongue zones.
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