Publications

This document provides advice and guidance in the form of best practice conditions that should be applied in relation to holding bird gatherings.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development provides an Internet based interface (termed the “PVP Extranet”) through which Private Veterinary Practices are able to control and manage TB tests carried out on cattle herds in Northern Ireland on behalf of the

This document provides advice and guidance in relation to extracting animal identification numbers from eAVI and uploading to TRACES.

This guidance on fitness for transport is essential reading for all involved in the transport of animals.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to composting and anaerobic digestion including information on Waste Transfer Stations, laboratory requirements and contaminated packaging.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to hub and pod anaerobic digestion including information on legal controls, materials that can be transferred and EU or domestic standards.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to storage of compost and / or digestate including information on why sites need to be approved and who carries this out and how risk to animal and oublic health is minimised.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in realtion to home and small site composters and anaerobic digestion plants including information on catering waste.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to manure including information on control of manure, environmental aspects and storage of manure.

This document provides a useful flow chart in relation to bovine AI.

These documents provide information and guidance in relation to the conditions of facilities working with embryos including storage, processing and collection.

These documents provide information and guidance in relation to the conditions of facilities used for porcine artificial insemination (AI).

This document provides advice and guidance in relation to the responsible use of antimicrobials in livestock.

The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to pet cemeteries including information on where you can build them and how to register them

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to disposal of catering waste from restaurants, catering facilites and kitchens including information on changes to the regulations and what to do with waste that is not covered under the control regulation.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to supermarket and manufacturing returns depots including information on foodstuffs that can and cannot be fed to livestock as well as general requirements for depots.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in realtion to the use of oils and fats in farm animal feed, including information on muscle fibres and the safe use of FFV and glycerine in farm animal feed.

This document provides useful advice and guidance in relation to the disposal of ABPs from retail, manufacturing and distribution premises, including information on optiions for disposal and backhauling.