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Guidance for cattle keepers in Scotland and Wales on what happens if TB is identified or suspected in their herd.
Slaughterhouse operators must record the movement of any cattle to the slaughterhouse, report their death and return the cattle passport.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing hides and skins to Great Britain.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing products for technical and pharmaceutical use to Great Britain.
Poster for vets about how to spot and report West Nile fever.
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
Private non-validated or unapproved TB testing in cattle carried out by private vets in England, conditions for testing and how to get permission from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
What an agent must do to communicate with the Cattle Tracing System on behalf of a keeper of cattle, bison or buffalo.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live birds, poultry or poultry products to Great Britain.
How Defra processes your personal data when recording Bluetongue virus (BTV) vaccinations
Defra’s Secretary of State has permitted the use of this bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccine within the United Kingdom, subject to licence.
This publication provides details of the code of practice that should be used for the responsible use of animal medicines on farms.
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.
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.
How to spot contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Find out what records you need to keep of movements of sheep or goats to or from showgrounds, and how to report those movements.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
What tags to use when exporting or moving sheep and goats outside of GB, including to Northern Ireland, what movement information to record and report.
Images showing clinical signs and pathology of African swine fever.
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