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Recent Export certification procedures Instructions Updated

Subject: Export certification procedures
Date: 28 January 2026
Summary of Update:

The OV instructions for Export certification procedures have been released following the split of the OV Export instructions into individual documents to improve accessibility and ease of reference.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 16 January 2026
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated to add a confirmed case of Bluetongue in Northern Ireland on 5 December 2025.

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Subject: ET152 UK status for non-notifiable disease relevant to export certification
Date: 18 December 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET152 UK status for non-notifiable disease relevant to export certification has been updated to include updates to the disease status of Cysticercosis.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 17 November 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 03 September 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 20 August 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 01 August 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated with the latest case of European Bat Lyssavirus (EBLV-1).

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 29 July 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Norther Ireland has been updated to include the latest case of European Bat Lyssavirus.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 16 July 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 20 June 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET152 UK status for non-notifiable disease relevant to export certification
Date: 13 June 2025
Summary of Update:

The UK status for non-notifiable disease relevant to export certification (ET152) has been updated, Duck Viral Enteritis has been added to list of non-notifiable disease and Hantavirus updated to remove historical data pre-2014.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 13 June 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 02 June 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 29 May 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated.

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Subject: ET187 Information for OVs certifying Export Health Certificates
Date: 19 March 2025
Summary of Update:

The Information for OVs certifying Export Health Certificates (ET187) has been updated to amend hyperlinks to old Vet Gateway content to Improve International website.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 04 March 2025
Summary of Update:

The ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been updated to include the latest case of European Bat Lyssavirus.

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Subject: ET152 UK status for non-notifiable disease relevant to export certification
Date: 06 February 2025
Summary of Update:

The UK status for non-notifiable disease relevant to export certification (ET152) has been updated

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 10 January 2025
Summary of Update:

The Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ET171) has been updated.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 27 December 2024
Summary of Update:

The Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ET171) has been updated to provide new links to content that have migrated from the APHA Vet Gateway to Improve International.

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Subject: ET171 Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date: 07 November 2024
Summary of Update:

The Notifiable disease occurrence list for Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ET171) has been updated.

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