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The home of British Cattle Movement Service on GOV.UK. We maintain an online database of all bovine animals in Great Britain called the Cattle Tracing System (CTS).
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
The rules and processes cattle keepers must follow to ensure cattle can be traced at all times.
What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
Who to contact if you keep livestock (including as pets) when your registered details change.
How to apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport and what to do if you miss the application deadline or it has not arrived.
Print a template holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records) to keep a paper record of cattle births, movements and deaths.
Use this form to apply for a replacement cattle passport from the British Cattle Movement Service.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.
Cattle keepers can use a continuation sheet when they need more space to record movements in a cattle passport.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.
Cattle keepers must report the death of any cattle to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), return the cattle passport and record it on their holding register.
How to register or re-register your holding with the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), what happens next and what to do if your details change.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
Use this form to get a user ID and password for Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Web Services.
Inspectors may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.
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