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How to register if you keep up to 49 birds, including any you keep as pets.
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
Get paid to manage land sustainably to benefit the environment and support food production: find out if your land is eligible, select and apply for SFI actions.
The signs of bird flu and how to report it in poultry and other captive birds.
Official Veterinarians (OVs) and Food Competent Certifying Officers (FCCOs) in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
Exporters in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to apply for an export health certificate.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Use this guidance to find the risk category and inspection rate for imports of live animals and animal products from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain.
How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.
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When you need to use movement licences and the designated slaughterhouses to use for bluetongue restricted premises.
Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.
A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
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