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  • Register livestock to get a flock or herd mark

    How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • Get a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number

    What livestock keepers must do when they temporarily use extra land or buildings and their livestock will not mix with someone else’s livestock.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
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  • Report pig movements

    How to report pig movements, including how to use electronic animal movement licensing (eAML2).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Livestock keepers: update your details

    Who to contact if you keep livestock (including as pets) when your registered details change.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 3 others
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  • Tag, tattoo or slap mark pigs

    How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Sheep and goat identification site visits: what to expect

    What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
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  • Moving pigs: what keepers need to know

    How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Pigs movement general licence

    Pig owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move pigs.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Approved breeding programmes: standards for breed societies and organisations

    Rules and standards for running an approved breeding programme and keeping a breed book or register of purebred animals, hybrid pigs and germinal products.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Pig keepers: how to keep a holding register

    What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Official recognition for breed societies and studbooks

    Getting official recognition to trade animals and germinal products with other countries on zootechnical terms.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • British Cattle Movement Service systems: terms and conditions

    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 t…

    • From: British Cattle Movement Service
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  • Getting a zootechnical certificate

    What breed societies and organisations need a zootechnical certificate for, and what information it must include.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Report pig movements as a market, collection centre, showground or slaughterhouse

    How to report pig movements using the electronic animal movement licensing (eAML2) service.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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