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Sheep and goat owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move sheep or goats.
Access APHA reports, videos, publications and data on livestock, wildlife and small animals in England and Wales.
The tests you must arrange for bovine TB, what happens if your cattle test positive, when cattle must be slaughtered, and compensation.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Print a template holding register to record sheep and goat tags, movements and deaths.
How to report pig movements, including how to use electronic animal movement licensing (eAML2).
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.
How to spot bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Calculate the annual nitrogen and phosphorus emissions from your livestock. Report the data to the Environment Agency.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.
Summary of product characteristics for Bultavo-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
List of sheep and goat tag suppliers approved by the Rural Payments Agency.
How to get authorised as an OV, maintain your authorisation and set up a new practice, and what to do if you will be tuberculin (TB) skin testing.
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