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
Use this form to get approval from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to carry out private tuberculosis (TB) testing of non-bovine species.
Use this form to apply for an extension or exception if you cannot complete your Official Controls Qualification (OCQ) training or revalidation.
Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.
Make changes to practice details on Sam if you're a veterinary practice administrator, Official Veterinarian (OV) or Approved Tuberculin Tester (ATT).
Submit samples from pigs for diagnostic testing or a post-mortem examination by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Submit samples from poultry and gamebirds for diagnostic testing for endemic disease or a post-mortem examination by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Vets can use this form to apply for permission for exceptional private use of non-validated or non-Defra approved tests for tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in England.
Use this form to request an appointment for an Animal and Plant Health (APHA) vet countersignature.
Use this form to provide feedback on eartags you use to identify your sheep and goats.
Send information about your ferret or other mustelinae to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) if you're in England and Wales.
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.
Vets can use this form to submit samples from sheep for a worming treatment check as part of an annual health and welfare review of livestock.
Use this form to report suspected salmonella in animal feed and animal by-products (ABP) to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Use this form to apply for approval or re-inspection in the compartment scheme for Great Britain.
Form for poultry keepers to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency of chickens kept for meat production.
Forms and guidance to support the process of the payment of Official Veterinarian (OV) services in Scotland.
Use this form to request access for you or your veterinary practice to the Animal and Plant Health Agency's (APHA's) online TB test submission system, Sam.
Use these forms to report suspected salmonella in poultry and gamebirds to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
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).