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How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
Current rules for exporting horses and other equines (including ponies and donkeys) from the UK.
What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.
Explanation of what Pharmacovigilance means and who is responsible. These documents must be read with the Implementation Explainer at VMD Information Hub.
Licence conditions for keeping primates from the family Callitrichidae (callitrichids).
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
This document provides advice on owning a dog.
How to report farm animal welfare concerns to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in England.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Registers of authorised manufacturers, wholesale dealer sites and retailers.
Apply for a licence to introduce, keep or farm non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
This Code of Practice (the Code) applies to all cats.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
This document provides advice on owning a horse, pony, donkey or hybrid.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.
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