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Submit samples for testing to exclude notifiable avian diseases (avian influenza and Newcastle disease) in poultry.
Vets can use these forms to apply for permission and submit samples from cattle for private interferon-gamma (IFN-y) testing for tuberculosis (TB).
Use this form to apply for an extension or exception if you cannot complete your Official Controls Qualification (OCQ) training or revalidation.
Use this form to get approval from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to carry out private tuberculosis (TB) testing of non-bovine species.
Vets can use this form to submit samples from sheep for a worming treatment check as part of an annual health and welfare review of livestock.
Submit samples for full 16S rRNA genetic sequencing of bacteria for high-resolution identification and taxonomic placement.
Send information about your ferret or other mustelinae to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if you're in England and Wales.
Form for poultry keepers to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency of chickens kept for meat production.
Request updates to the UK's list of approved establishments for the export of live animals and animal products to Great Britain from non-EU countries.
Vets can use this form to apply for permission for exceptional private use of non-validated or non-Defra approved tests for tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in England.
Use these forms to report suspected salmonella in poultry and gamebirds to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Use this form to request an appointment for an Animal and Plant Health (APHA) vet countersignature.
Use this form to request access for you or your veterinary practice to the Animal and Plant Health Agency's (APHA's) online TB test submission system, Sam.
Submit samples from dogs and cats for free identification of exotic worms and worm-like parasites by the APHA.
Certification Support Officers (CSOs) can use this form to ask for approval to register on the CSO Official Controls Qualification on the basis of experience.
Apply for a cattle passport if you’re moving cattle into England or Wales from outside Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Form to register ownership of animal breeds at risk.
Submit blood and semen samples from cattle and pigs for animal breeding control tests, including artificial insemination.
Use this form to submit samples to APHA for Ovine PrP scrapie genotyping in sheep.
Register a new practice or individual on Sam, the Animal and Plant Health Agency's (APHA's) online system for recording tuberculosis (TB) test results.
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