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Farms and Agriculture
Farming Standards Advice - Guidance Leaflets
- Goats - records, identification and movement
- Guidance notes on the registration and records of poultry
- Construction of livestock transport vehicles
- Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles carrying cattle, pigs, poultry, etc
- The keeping and retention of veterinary medicine records
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Generic contingency planning for livestock diseases
- Rabies
- Anthrax
- Classical swine fever
- Guidance for on-farm mixers of feed
- Schmallenberg virus
- Avian influenza (bird flu)
- African horse sickness
- Responsible animal/pet ownership
- Humane disposal of infant calves and possible outlets
- Sheep - records, identification and movement
- Livestock markets
- Sheep scab
- Deer carcase and offal disposal - farmed and wild
- Guidance on food chain information (FCI)
- The welfare of horses at markets and other places of sale
- Farm animal transport journey times
- Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
- Guidance for cattle keepers attending livestock shows
- Guidance on the welfare and handling of poultry at markets
- Cattle that have been refused passports
- Calves at market
- Bovine tuberculosis - pre-movement testing of cattle
- Requirements for cattle identification
- Guidance for those who transport horses by road
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Buying or selling of livestock
- A guide to the retail sale of pet food
- Disposal of waste food
- The slaughter of sheep for private consumption by the owner
- Home slaughter of livestock for private consumption
- Guidance on the disposal of animal by-products and carcases
- BSE testing - fallen cattle
- Keeping pet pigs
- Animal gatherings
- The slaughter of cattle for private consumption by the owner
- Transporting livestock by road
- Casualty slaughter - guidance for farmers and hauliers
- Horse passports
- The law regarding the keeping and movement of pigs
- Transport of farm animals
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