We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Send information about your ferret or other mustelinae to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if you're in England and Wales.
Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.
Form for poultry keepers to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency of chickens kept for meat production.
Use this form to report suspected salmonella in dogs to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Form to register ownership of animal breeds at risk.
Form for cattle keepers to apply for a licence to move cattle born or reared in the UK before August 1996 to new premises.
Cattle, sheep and goat ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get approval to make or modify ear tags, or supply an approved ear tag.
Forms to register Approved Finishing Units (Enhanced) with grazing (AFUE) for TB-restricted cattle in England.
Form for a premises to apply for approval to operate as a central point recording centre for sheep and goats electronic identification.
Use this form to submit samples to test for Mycobacterium bovis antibodies in new world camelids including llamas and alpacas.
Vets can use this form to test horses for the Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) organism for export and breeding purposes.
Use this form to request an appointment for an Animal and Plant Health (APHA) vet countersignature.
Forms and guidance to support the process of the payment of Official Veterinarian (OV) services in Scotland.
Use this form to apply for an extension or exception if you cannot complete your Official Controls Qualification (OCQ) training or revalidation.
Submission form to test for bovine genital campylobacter and trichomoniasis in cattle.
Submit samples for tests to identify bacteria isolated from animals or food using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
Submit samples for full 16S rRNA genetic sequencing of bacteria for high-resolution identification and taxonomic placement.
Test horses for West Nile virus for import, export, confirm vaccination status, seroprevalence studies, and to test to exclude from differential diagnoses.
Submit samples from birds to test for avian influenza, Newcastle disease and general virus isolation and serology for export, import or quarantine purposes.
Use this form to register with BCMS and get an ear tag manufacturer or supplier number.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).