Funding to improve animal health and welfare: guidance for farmers and vets
Cattle, pig and sheep farmers can get funding for vet services. This includes disease testing and advice to improve welfare and productivity.
This service forms part of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.
To get funding, you must apply for an Improve Animal Health and Welfare (IAHW) agreement. Before you start any actions from reviews or follow-ups, make sure you have applied and the agreement is in place.
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Farmers should read this guidance to find out:
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who can claim
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how much you can claim
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how you can apply
How to have an animal health and welfare review
Farmer and vets should read this guidance to find out:
- when to have a review
- what happens on a review
- what documentation farmers need to claim funding
How to have an endemic disease follow-up
Farmer and vets should read this guidance to find out:
- when to have a follow-up
- what happens on a follow-up
- what documentation farmers need to claim funding
How to work with your vet
Farmers should send this guidance to the vet so they can:
- see how to sample and test
- access the templates to fill in
Vets need to follow the guidance so that farmers are eligible to claim
How to claim
Farmers should read this guidance to find out:
- when to claim for a follow-up
- what information to provide when you claim
Other sources of funding
Updates to this page
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Added detail about needing to apply for the agreement to the warning text.
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Restructured collections page, rewritten content to better reflect the guidance available. Removed reference to the old Annual Health and Welfare Review.
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Warning about endemic disease follow-up not being available for dairy cattle removed.
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Added detail about which pathway the funding is part of. Also added more detail about which agreement should be in place.
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Clarified that a farmer who is also a vet must not do a health and welfare review on their own farm.
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First published.