Animal health and welfare

If you require further information on animal health and welfare matters, including animal movement contact the Corporation of London who provide an agency service for us in respect of animal health and welfare matters.

Further information about animal health and welfare matters can also be obtained from the DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) office and national advice and guidance is available on a range of animal health and welfare subjects; please choose from the list below:

Animal health and welfare leaflets

2018-08-10: Horse passports
2018-07-30: Home slaughter for private consumption
2018-07-30: Home slaughter of cattle
2018-07-30: Home slaughter of sheep
2018-07-30: Casualty slaughter for farmers and hauliers
2018-07-30: BSE testing of cattle
2018-07-30: Requirements for cattle identification
2018-07-13: Cattle that have been refused passports
2018-07-06: The welfare of horses at markets etc
2018-06-07: Transporting horses by road
2018-06-06: Bovine tuberculosis
2018-04-13: Keeping veterinary medicine records
2018-04-13: Anthrax
2018-04-11: Poultry at markets: handling and transport
2018-03-23: Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles
2018-03-23: Livestock transport vehicles
2018-03-22: Cattle keepers and livestock shows
2018-03-16: The retail sale of pet food
2018-03-16: Disposal of surplus food
2018-02-07: Livestock markets
2018-02-02: Keeping pet pigs
2018-01-26: Food chain information (FCI)
2018-01-26: Buying and selling of livestock
2017-11-24: African horse sickness
2017-11-16: Transporting livestock by road: paperwork
2017-11-16: Goats: identification, records and movement
2017-11-16: Sheep: identification, records and movement
2017-11-13: Mixing feed on-farm
2017-11-13: Feed hygiene for transporters and hauliers
2017-11-13: Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
2017-10-27: Avian influenza (bird flu)
2017-10-23: The keeping and movement of pigs
2017-10-13: Humane disposal of infant calves
2017-10-13: Food hygiene for farmers and growers
2017-10-13: Deer carcase and offal disposal
2017-10-12: Animal gatherings
2017-10-10: Imported feed and food controls
2017-10-09: Registration and records of poultry
2017-10-05: Foot-and-mouth disease
2017-09-21: Schmallenberg virus
2017-09-21: Responsible animal / pet ownership
2017-09-20: Contingency planning for livestock diseases
2017-09-20: Classical swine fever
2017-08-24: Disposal of animal by-products
2017-08-18: Rabies
2017-07-27: Sheep scab
2017-07-21: Manufacturing your own pet foods
2017-07-06: The welfare of animals during transport
2017-06-23: Farm animal transport journey times
2017-06-19: Calves at market