Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring
Page summary:
Monitoring for major, notifiable or new and emerging animal disease outbreaks internationally and in the UK.
Change made:
We’ve added a link to the avian influenza (bird flu) in Brazil outbreak assessment.
Time updated:
10:27am, 3 June 2025
Import of live animals returned to Great Britain – IIN RATC/2
Page summary:
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live animals that are being returned to Great Britain.
Change made:
Updated to clarify that this guidance does not cover the return of pet dogs, cats or ferrets travelling to and from Great Britain under the pet travel rules (Regulation (EU) 576/2013).
Time updated:
5:46pm, 4 June 2025
Tuberculosis in goats
Page summary:
Guidance for owners of domestic goats in England and Scotland on tuberculosis (TB), how and why TB is tested for, and what happens if it’s detected in goats.
Change made:
TN182 has been updated to correct a reference to legislation in the section on compensation. The correct legislation is the Tuberculosis (Non-bovine animals) Slaughter and Compensation (England) Order 2017 and not the Diseases of Animals (Ascertainment of Compensation) Order 1959.
Time updated:
10:37am, 5 June 2025
Other live animals – Import Information Notes
Page summary:
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing other live animals or genetic material to Great Britain.
Change made:
In Import Information Note BLLV/5a – Import of certain rabies susceptible animals under the Balai Directive – we’ve updated the content under Section 4 – Health certification and Section 7 – Rabies quarantine.
Time updated:
10:39am, 5 June 2025
APHA animal surveillance reports, publications and dashboards
Page summary:
Access APHA reports, videos, publications and data on livestock, wildlife and small animals in England and Wales.
Change made:
Added a link to the Veterinary Investigation Diagnosis Analysis (VIDA) annual report 2024.
Time updated:
2:19pm, 5 June 2025
Gelatine and collagen not for human consumption to be used as feed material or outside the feed chain to the European Union and Northern Ireland: certificate 8302 updated
Page summary:
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export gelatine and collagen from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move it to Northern Ireland. Get ready now by finding out what information you will need to supply when you apply for an EHC.
Change made:
Guidance notes updated
Time updated:
4:32pm, 5 June 2025
Animal by-products for purposes outside the feed chain or for trade samples to, or transit through, the European Union and Northern Ireland: certificate 8312 updated
Page summary:
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export animal by-products from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them to Northern Ireland.
Change made:
Guidance notes updated
Time updated:
5:06pm, 5 June 2025
APHA disease surveillance monthly reports
Page summary:
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) monthly reports on monitoring of disease in livestock and poultry.
Change made:
Added links to the disease surveillance reports for January, February, March, April, and May 2025.
Time updated:
8:52am, 6 June 2025
