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New Parish Testing Intervals Come into Force

Parish Testing intervals from 18 August 2008 come into force. Full lists and an online search facility are available on the Animal Health website.

Animal Health Annual Report available

Animal Health's Annual Report has been laid before parliament and is available for download

Animal Health Appoints new Chief Executive

Catherine Brown, formerly Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as Chief Executive of Animal Health with effect from 16 July 2008. She succeeds Professor Steve Edwards who has acted as interim Chief Executive since March.

Animal Health Publishes Corporate and Business Plans

Animal Health's Corporate and Buisiness Plans are now available

Knowing more about you

If you’re one of our customers (i.e. an owner or keeper of livestock) you may already provide information to the Rural Payments Agency, the Scottish Government or the Welsh Assembly Government. We use this information to carry out our work, but it doesn’t fully meet our animal health needs. In other words, we need to know more about you.

Animal Health appoints interim Chief Executive

Professor Steve Edwards, formerly Chief Executive of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, has been appointed as interim Chief Executive of Animal Health. He succeeds Glenys Stacey who has taken up an appointment as Chief Executive of the Standards Board for England. A permanent replacement as Chief Executive will be recruited during the next few months.

Animal Health Launches Welsh Language Scheme

The scheme is committed to the principle that in conducting public business in Wales, Animal Health will treat the English and Welsh Languages on a basis of equality.

New Parish Testing Intervals come into force

Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Executive are committed to aligning TB testing intervals with EU legislation by carrying out a national review of TB testing intervals on an annual basis.

Animal Health Launches news alerts service

Animal Health has today launched a free news alert service to help people on the move keep in touch with the latest developments on notifiable animal disease.

Animal Health launches recorded information line

Animal Health, an executive agency of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has launched a recorded information line for the farming community to use in disease outbreaks.

Animal Health Publishes a draft Welsh Language Scheme

Animal Health has published a draft Welsh language scheme under the Welsh Language Act 1993, setting out how it will provide services to the public through the medium of Welsh

New Parish Testing Intervals come into force - 3rd September 2007

The 2007 PTI Review has been carried out and herd owners have been informed of their new Herd and Parish Testing Intervals. The following lists and maps are the results of the 2007 review and will come into force on 3rd September 2007.

Caviar labelling scheme goes live

From 1 July all caviar sold in the UK must display labels approved by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Bovine Semen Regulations (England) 2007

From 22 May 2007 the trade of bovine semen in England is governed by the Bovine Semen (England) Regulations 2007

Final Epidemiology Report into Avian Influenza Outbreak in Suffolk Published

Defra has today published the final epidemiology report into the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Suffolk confirmed in February 2007.

Launch of Animal Health

From 1 April the State Veterinary Service (SVS), an executive agency of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), will change its name to Animal Health.

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