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When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.
The epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis and management of severe fever with thrombocytopaenia syndrome (SFTS).
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
What you need to do when sheep and goats pass through your premises, including updating your holding register and reporting movements.
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.
Form for a premises to apply for approval to operate as a central point recording centre for sheep and goats electronic identification.
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