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The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
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.
When and how to identify your kids and goats with tags.
How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.
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.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mr Justice Kerr on 23 May 2024.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
What cattle keepers in England and Wales must record and report when they export or move cattle, including ear tagging rules.
What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
This overview of the NHS newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) explains how a baby’s hearing is tested, and the equipment used for the tests.
The rules and processes cattle keepers must follow to ensure cattle can be traced at all times.
How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.
What tags to use when exporting or moving sheep and goats outside of GB, including to Northern Ireland, what movement information to record and report.
The rules you must follow to ensure sheep and goats, including those kept as pets, can be traced to prevent and contain disease.
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