We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Information on what a border control post (BCP) is and the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks that take place there.
What to do if any of your cattle, bison or buffalo are lost or stolen, and if you get them back.
What cattle keepers in England and Wales must record and report when they export or move cattle, including ear tagging rules.
What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.
Use this service to apply for a licence to move birds or animals onto or off premises in disease control zones.
Cattle keepers must only buy ear tags from suppliers that have been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Pig owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move pigs.
What you can do to help reduce the risk of bovine tuberculosis (TB) infection in your herd.
What you need to do when sheep and goats pass through your premises, including updating your holding register and reporting movements.
Cattle keepers must report the death of any cattle to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), return the cattle passport and record it on their holding register.
Cattle owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move their animals.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Fees to have your consignment checked at a border control post by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches
Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.
The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.
How to spot Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
This statement explains how accessible the export health certificates online service is.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).