Managing disease

Animal Health...

implements and enforces English, Scottish, and Welsh policies that seek to:

• Prevent, control and where feasible eradicate notifiable diseases
• Prevent notifiable animal diseases from entering the human food chain and endangering public health, the economy and rural community; and
• Ensure the safe disposal of products of animal origin intended for human consumption

In this section you will find information on:

• Notifiable diseases
• Bovine TB
• Effective hygiene practices (biosecurity)
• The safe disposal of animal by-products