Pig identification, registration and movements

Get emails for this topic

Services

• Animal breeding control tests: cattle and pigs (LSW009)

  Submit blood and semen samples from cattle and pigs for animal breeding control tests, including artificial insemination.

See more services in this topic

Guidance and regulation

• Apply for a county parish holding (CPH) number
  • Detailed guide
  • 11 October 2024
  • Rural Payments Agency
• Get a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 October 2024
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency
• Register livestock to get a flock or herd mark
  • Detailed guide
  • 15 June 2023
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Register temporary use of land or buildings to keep livestock
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 November 2025
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Livestock keepers: update your details
  • Detailed guide
  • 25 October 2024
  • Rural Payments Agency, Animal and Plant Health Agency, British Cattle Movement Service, and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

See more guidance and regulation in this topic

Policy papers and consultations

• Contractual practice in the UK pig sector
  • 6 April 2023
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 07 October 2022

See more policy papers and consultations in this topic

Organisations

• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Rural Payments Agency

• British Cattle Movement Service