Archive for 'Animals'
Controls on Animal By-Products
This guidance is applicable to any person/business generating, using, disposing of, storing, handling or transporting animal by-products.
Annual Review of Controls on Imports of Animal Products
This is the ninth annual review of controls on imports of animal products, also known as Products Of Animal Origin (POAO), into the United Kingdom (UK) in accordance with section 10A of the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002)
Contingency Plan for Exotic Notifiable Diseases of Animals
This plan is for stakeholders to understand the Defra response to an exotic notifiable disease outbreak or incident and for operational partners to understand where their work fits in to the bigger picture.
UK country report on farm animal genetic resources 2002
This UK Country Report on Animal Genetic Resources is the United Kingdom’s official contribution to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s “First Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources”.
Welfare of Animals During Transport – Advice for transporters of poultry
If you transport animals you should make sure you know about the rules and procedures that affect you. The rules apply to anyone transporting live vertebrate animals in connection with an economic activity.
Welfare of Animals During Transport – Advice for transporters of pigs
If you transport animals you should make sure you know about the rules and procedures that affect you. These rules are intended to improve the welfare of animals during transport. The rules apply to anyone transporting live vertebrate animals in connection with an economic activity.
Livestock transport vehicles – A guide to best practice for vehicle ventilation
This guide describes the best practice for vehicle ventilation.
A guide to the practical management of feather pecking and cannibalism in free range laying hens
Feather pecking is an abnormal behaviour whereby some laying hens peck others sometimes removing feathers, which can result in poor plumage, patches of feather loss, skin damage and even death.
Heat Stress in Poultry – Solving the Problem
This booklet is intended to describe the main causes of heat stress in poultry. It outlines some of the common sense management measures that will help to prevent it.
Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock: Cattle
The main aim of the welfare codes is to encourage farmers to adopt high standards of husbandry and they may also be used to back up legislative requirements.