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When cattle, buffalo or bison die or are slaughtered on your holding, rather than at an slaughterhouse, you must:

1. Report it to BCMS.
2. Return the cattle passport (or other identification documents) to BCMS.
3. Record the details of the animal鈥檚 death in your holding register.
4. Get the carcass tested for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) within 72 hours, where necessary.
5. Dispose of the carcass.

You must do this within 7 days of the animal鈥檚 death, or earlier. Day 1 is the day after the animal dies.

The rules are different if your cattle:

• have been refused a passport
• were born before 1996

These animals cannot enter the food chain. Read the guidance on cattle without passports.

Report a death online

You can report a death using Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online or compatible farming software packages.

To report multiple deaths, you can upload a file to CTS Online. If you鈥檙e not sure how to do this contact BCMS.

Report a death by telephone

If the animals have UK official ear tags, you can report their deaths on the CTS self-service telephone line.

When you call, you鈥檒l need:

• your county parish holding (CPH) number
• the official ear tag numbers of each animal
• the date of death of each animal

Report a death by post

Fill in the details of death on the animal鈥檚 passport and send it to BCMS. It must arrive within 7 days of its death.

Return documents to BCMS

The document you鈥檒l have for your animals depends on when they were registered.

Date of cattle registration	Document to return
Registered after 1 August 2011	Single page passport (CPP52)
Registered between 28 September 1998 and 31 July 2011	Cheque book-style passport (CPP13)
Registered between 1 August 1996 and 27 September 1998	Old-style (blue and green) cattle passport (CPP1) and certificate of CTS registration (COR or form CHR3)
Born, imported or moved into Great Britain before 1 August 1996	Certificate of CTS registration (COR or CHR3)
Animal without passport born after 1 August 1996	Notice of registration (CPP35) or a letter if the CPP35 has not been kept

If you鈥檝e reported the death online or by phone, you do not need to fill in the details of the death on single page passports. Tick the box to say you鈥檝e reported the death instead.

For cheque book-style passports, complete the details of the death.

For blue and green passports or certificates of registration, complete the date and place of death on the passport.

Do not send your breeding or pedigree certificate.

Return documents to:

If you鈥檝e made a mistake when reporting a death

Report any errors to BCMS in writing as soon as you become aware of the problem.

You can either:

• send a message in your account
• email or send a letter to BCMS

Explain the problem and include:

• your CPH number
• the official ear tag numbers

Record the deaths in your holding register

All deaths must be recorded in your holding register. You must do this within 7 days of the animal鈥檚 death.

Read the guidance for keeping a holding register for your cattle.

Record animals slaughtered on the holding

You must complete the details of an animal鈥檚 death in its passport if it was slaughtered on your holding.

If the animal was slaughtered by a vet or slaughterhouse operator and taken to a slaughterhouse for dressing, you must send the passport with the animal. The passport must show that the animal died on your holding.

If an unregistered calf dies

There are different things you must do depending on when the calf dies.

Before you鈥檝e fitted ear tags

You do not need to report a calf鈥檚 death to BCMS if it dies before you鈥檝e fitted its ear tags.

You must update your holding register to enter the calf鈥檚 date of birth and death against the dam鈥檚 (the calf鈥檚 mother) details.

Before you鈥檝e applied for a passport

If a calf dies after you鈥檝e fitted its ear tags, but before you鈥檝e applied for its passport, you must tell BCMS.

You can:

• use CTS Online or compatible farming software packages
• use the CTS self service telephone line
• send an application for a cattle passport (form CPP12) to BCMS聽 - fill in sections 2 and 3 (the animal鈥檚 details) and section 4 (the animal鈥檚 death)

After you鈥檝e applied for a passport

If you鈥檝e already fitted the calf with ear tags and applied for a passport, contact BCMS to tell them about the death. When you get the passport, you鈥檒l need to fill in the death details and send it back to BCMS.

When to test for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)

You must get the carcass tested for TSE - this checks for the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). You need to test if the dead animal was:

• over 48 months of age and born in the UK or one of the countries in the countries and country codes table below
• over 24 months of age and born in any other country

You do not have to test for TSE if the animal dies on the Isles of Scilly, Lundy Island, Bardsey Island, Flatholm Island or Caldey Island.

You鈥檒l need to either:

• tear off the TSE testing slip from the bottom of a single-page passport
• keep back a movement card if the animal does not have a single-page passport

The slip or card must go with the carcass to an approved sampling site.

When the carcass leaves your holding, you do not need to report a movement off your holding (鈥榦ff movement鈥�). The sampling site will dispose of the carcass.

Animals imported or moved into England or Wales that have been retagged will have the country of origin shown on the passport issued by BCMS.

Countries and country codes table

Animals over 48 months old and born in the UK or one of the countries listed in the table need to be tested for TSE.

Country	Country code
Austria	AT
Belgium	BE
Cyprus	CY
Czech Republic	CZ
Denmark	DK
Estonia	EE
Finland	FI
France	FR
Germany	DE
Greece	EL
Hungary	HU
Ireland	IE
Italy	IT
Latvia	LV
Lithuania	LT
Luxembourg	LU
Malta	MT
Netherlands	NL
Poland	PL
Portugal	PT
Slovakia	SK
Slovenia	SI
Spain	ES
Sweden	SE

How to arrange a TSE test

The carcass must be taken to an approved sampling site within 72 hours of its death.

You can:

• arrange a collection - you must book this with a collector within 24 hours of the animal鈥檚 death
• take it yourself

To arrange a collection, contact either:

• your local dead livestock (鈥榝allen stock鈥�) collector
• the - this is a scheme that collects dead livestock

Send each carcass with either:

• the TSE cut-off slip from the single-page passport
• a movement card if the animal has a cheque book-style passport

You do not need to send anything with the animal if it only has a notice of registration.

When you do not have to test for TSE

You do not have to test for TSE if the animal dies:

• before they are 48 months old if they were born in the UK or one of the countries listed in the countries and country codes table
• before they are 24 months old if they were not born in the countries listed in the table
• on the Isles of Scilly, Lundy Island, Bardsey Island, Flatholm Island or Caldey Island

Instead, you must do one of the following:

• send the carcass to a hunt kennel or knacker鈥檚 yard
• use your local fallen stock collector
• use the

Dispose of a carcass

You must not bury or burn carcasses on your holding unless an incineration plant on your holding has been approved by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Read the guide on how to dispose of fallen stock for more information.

You are allowed to burn or bury fallen stock on:

• the Isles of Scilly
• Lundy Island
• Bardsey Island
• Flatholm Island
• Caldey Island

Contact BCMS