Plan an animal health and welfare review
For each species, you can have up to 3 reviews on any number of herds or flocks as part of your IAHW agreement.
Applies to England
Plan a review
An animal health and welfare review is the first part of the 鈥楪et funding to improve animal health and welfare鈥� (IAHW) service. It will include:
- assessment of diseases and conditions聽聽
- advice on improving animal health, welfare and productivity
You must have an IAHW agreement before you do a review, you should provide your vet with your IAHW agreement number. A review usually takes between 2 and 3 hours. It can happen:
- over several visits聽
- in a single visit
When to have a review
To be eligible to claim for animal health and welfare reviews, you must:
- make sure reviews on each herd or flock of a particular species, are at least 10 months apart聽聽
- for each species, have no more than 3 reviews on any number of herds or flocks, by 19 June 2027聽
- have an Improve Animal Health and Welfare (IAHW) agreement in place before you do your first review, including any sampling or testing聽
After the vet has completed a review, you can choose to have an endemic disease follow-up.
Get help with your review
Contact the聽RPA聽and give your IAHW agreement number if you need help arranging or completing your review.
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG
贰尘补颈濒:听ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: 03000 200 301
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except public holidays
Funding to improve animal health and welfare: guidance for farmers and vets