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Keeping farmed animals

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  • Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers and Wholesalers.

  • Sheep and goat owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move sheep or goats.

  • Who to contact if you keep livestock (including as pets) when your registered details change.

  • How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.

  • Advisory note from the UK Chief Veterinary Officer for veterinarians prescribing BTV-3 vaccines.

  • How to report pig movements, including how to use electronic animal movement licensing (eAML2).

  • Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.

  • The tests you must arrange for bovine TB, what happens if your cattle test positive, when cattle must be slaughtered, and compensation.

  • Access APHA reports, videos, publications and data on livestock, wildlife and small animals in England and Wales.

  • How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.

  • How to get authorised as an OV, maintain your authorisation and set up a new practice, and what to do if you will be tuberculin (TB) skin testing.

  • What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.

  • How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.

  • What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.

  • Technical information about the import requirements for POAO for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.

  • What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.

  • How to spot bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

  • How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.

  • You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.

  • What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.