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How to register if you keep 50 or more birds, including any you keep as pets.
Use this form to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is needed when you temporarily keep livestock on someone else's land.
Form to apply for a licence to move TB restricted cattle to or from holdings in England.
Template for animal health checks on farms to prove that animals used to make food, drink and agricultural products had annual health visits from a vet.
Submit samples to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for commercial testing by APHA Scientific.
How to register or re-register your holding with the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), what happens next and what to do if your details change.
Print a template holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records) to keep a paper record of cattle births, movements and deaths.
Use this form to apply for a replacement cattle passport from the British Cattle Movement Service.
Use this form to apply for an additional county parish holding (CPH) number if you will operate your holdings separately.
Submit samples for diagnostic testing or a post-mortem examination by APHA.
Forms and contingency plan for a premises to apply for a licence to hold an animal gathering.
Forms to register approved finishing units (AFUs) for TB restricted cattle in England and Wales and approved premises.
Submit samples from cattle for diagnostic testing or a post-mortem examination by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Request a correction to data incorrectly entered into Sam, APHA's online system for submitting tuberculosis (TB) test results.
Cattle keepers can use a continuation sheet when they need more space to record movements in a cattle passport.
Form to declare that you've cleansed and disinfected, to restore officially TB free status in England, Scotland and Wales.
Form and schedule of conditions for the approval of a bovine TB isolation unit.
Submit samples from sheep and goats for diagnostic testing or a post-mortem examination by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Request updates to the UK's list of approved establishments for the export of live animals and animal products to Great Britain from non-EU countries.
Test horses for West Nile virus for import, export, confirm vaccination status, seroprevalence studies, and to test to exclude from differential diagnoses.
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