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When and how to identify your kids and goats with tags.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
What to do if you have an electronic tag (including curfew tags, location tags and alcohol tags) and how to contact the Electronic Monitoring Service (EMS).
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.
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.
How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
Take care when using creams to treat dry skin conditions as they can easily dry onto clothing, bedding and bandages making them more flammable.
Clinicians are provided with actions to complete when managing infectious diseases in the asylum seeker population.
Topical steroid products are safe and highly effective treatments for the management of a wide range of inflammatory skin diseases but have important risks, especially with prolonged use at high potency. In the coming months, as a result of regulatory...
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.
The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.
How to register to become an ear tag manufacturer or supplier, and get new or modified ear tags approved.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get sheep and goat ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 66:2019.
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