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The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export hides, horns and trophies to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
How to spot contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Check the tariff classification for dried buffalo ears and dried beef meat scraped off from the throat, for use as animal feed.
What cattle keepers in England and Wales must record and report when they export or move cattle, including ear tagging rules.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
We maintain an online database of all bovine animals in Great Britain called the Cattle Tracing System (CTS). BCMS is part of the Rural Payments Agency .
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Monthly UK statistics on the number of cattle, sheep and pigs slaughtered.
The signs of bluetongue virus and how you must report it in sheep, cattle and other livestock.
Guidance on the main diseases that affect cattle, disease prevention and legal controls in place to protect cattle health.
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
Slaughterhouses in Great Britain with a high throughput of cattle carcases must send pricing data to AHDB weekly.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
How to spot epizootic haemorrhagic disease, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
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