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  • Official cattle breeds and codes

    Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service
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  • Register livestock to get a flock or herd mark

    How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • Record and report cattle movements

    What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • Get a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number

    What livestock keepers must do when they temporarily use extra land or buildings and their livestock will not mix with someone else’s livestock.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
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  • Keep a holding register for cattle to record births, movements and deaths

    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.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • Moving cattle: what cattle keepers need to know

    What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • Livestock keepers: update your details

    Who to contact if you keep livestock (including as pets) when your registered details change.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 3 others
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  • Apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport

    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.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • What to do after a calf is born

    Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • Get and use barcode labels for your holding

    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.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • Get new or replacement official ear tags for cattle

    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.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • Send cattle to slaughter

    What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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  • Sheep and goat identification site visits: what to expect

    What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
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  • Approved cattle ear tag suppliers

    Cattle keepers must only buy ear tags from suppliers that have been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

    • From: Rural Payments Agency
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  • Cattle without passports

    You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service
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  • Cattle movement general licence

    Cattle owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move their animals.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Approved breeding programmes: standards for breed societies and organisations

    Rules and standards for running an approved breeding programme and keeping a breed book or register of purebred animals, hybrid pigs and germinal products.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Cattle identification inspections: what to expect

    Inspectors may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service
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  • Register with CTS Online to represent cattle keepers as an agent

    What an agent must do to communicate with the Cattle Tracing System on behalf of a keeper of cattle, bison or buffalo.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service
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  • Farm software for CTS Web Services

    Farm software companies that have successfully passed testing for the Cattle Tracing Service (CTS) Web Services.

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
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