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The rules you must follow to ensure sheep and goats, including those kept as pets, can be traced to prevent and contain disease.
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
Diseases and health problems in sheep and goats, including foot and mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and lead poisoning
When and how to tag sheep and goats imported into England, what to record in your holding register and how to report the movement.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.
What you need to do when sheep and goats pass through your premises, including updating your holding register and reporting movements.
What tags to use when exporting or moving sheep and goats to the EU or Northern Ireland, what to record in your holding register, and how to report the movement.
How to spot sheep pox and goat pox, what to do if you suspect them and how to prevent them spreading.
How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
Sheep and goat owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move sheep or goats.
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
Find out what records you need to keep of movements of sheep or goats to or from showgrounds, and how to report those movements.
List of sheep and goat tag suppliers approved by the Rural Payments Agency.
Use these forms and guidance document to export sheep and goats to breed or for production to Northern Ireland, which were imported from the Republic of Ireland for a show in GB.
Form for a premises to apply for approval to operate as a central point recording centre for sheep and goats electronic identification.
Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about sheep and goat EID technical standards.
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