Guidance

Coal tar toxicity: information for pig keepers and vets

Guidance for pig keepers and vets on coal tar toxicity.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
1 August 2016
Last updated
4 August 2025 — See all updates

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Details

Information notes provide vets with further guidance for circumstances such as:

  • unusual seasonal events
  • emerging diseases
  • outbreaks of non-statutory disease

Guidance from APHA鈥檚 Surveillance Intelligence Unit (SIU).

Updates to this page

Published 1 August 2016
Last updated 4 August 2025 show all updates

  1. Some current clays still pose a risk so we've updated the guidance to remove reference to older clays.

  2. First published.

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