Guidance

Report the prescription of a BTV-3 vaccination

Private veterinary surgeons can use this service to report the prescription of a BTV-3 vaccination.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 4 March 2025
• Last updated: 13 June 2025
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  1. 13 June 2025

     Added links to advisory notes for veterinarians prescribing any BTV-3 vaccine for Wales, and for Scotland.

  2. 4 March 2025

     First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

• Guidance for Northern Ireland

Private veterinary surgeons should use this service to comply with the UK Chief Veterinary Officer’s request to notify Defra within 7 days of prescribing a BTV-3 vaccination.

Veterinarians in England, Wales and Scotland should read the relevant advisory note for their country before prescribing any BTV-3 vaccine:

• advisory note for England
• advisory note for Wales
• advisory note for Scotland

Before you report

To use this service, you’ll need the: 

• county parish holding (CPH) number for the location where the animals were registered when you prescribed the vaccine 
• name and batch number of the vaccine 
• number of each species the prescription is intended for

Submit a BTV-3 animal vaccination report (for livestock keepers)

There’s a different service for livestock keepers to report the use of the BTV-3 vaccine.

When prescribing vaccinations, you should remind livestock keepers to report their vaccinations within 48 hours of vaccination.