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You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
Cattle keepers must only buy ear tags from suppliers that have been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
These terms and conditions explain the customer's rights and responsibilities in using Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online, Animal Movement Licencing System (AMLS) and Livestock Unique Identification Service (LUIS) and th…
What to do if any of your cattle, bison or buffalo are lost or stolen, and if you get them back.
What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.
Use this general licence to move animals from anywhere in England to anywhere else in England.
What breed societies and organisations need a zootechnical certificate for, and what information it must include.
What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
Manufacturers and suppliers of cattle ear tags must follow this code of practice.
Information for camelid keepers on reporting suspected bluetongue cases. How to identify and move your camelids.
What an agent must do to communicate with the Cattle Tracing System on behalf of a keeper of cattle, bison or buffalo.
Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about bovine EID technical standards.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get cattle ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 44:2019.
Getting official recognition to trade animals and germinal products with other countries on zootechnical terms.
How cattle ear tag manufacturers and suppliers get a welfare assessment of ear tags, and what’s required in the assessment.
Rules and standards for running an approved breeding programme and keeping a breed book or register of purebred animals, hybrid pigs and germinal products.
Slaughterhouse operators must record the movement of any cattle to the slaughterhouse, report their death and return the cattle passport.
What cattle keepers in England and Wales must record and report when they export or move cattle, including ear tagging rules.
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