Guidance

Bluetongue: get free testing for your animals

How livestock keepers in a bluetongue zone can get free bluetongue testing for their animals.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
6 June 2024
Last updated
21 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Bluetongue: get free testing for your animals if you are in a bluetongue zone

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This guidance document explains: 

  • who can get free bluetongue testing 
  • when you should apply  
  • how to apply  
  • how to prepare your animals 
  • how you will receive your results and what might happen next

Updates to this page

Published 6 June 2024
Last updated 21 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. You can apply for free, voluntary bluetongue testing if you are in a bluetongue zone and want to move animals out of the zone to live in England (you cannot move animals to Wales or Scotland). You must apply for a specific licence to move animals out of the zone to live before booking your free test.

  2. Added more information about what you should do if results are negative, whether you are in a bluetongue zone or not in a bluetongue zone.

  3. First published.

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