Animal health leaflets

A specialist team is responsible for the enforcement of animal health and welfare law dealing mainly with cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.

Related documents

The following documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)

• Animal Health Act 1981 and the Sheep Scab Order 1997 (141KB)
• Animal transport (136kb)
• Animal transport journey times (136kb)
• Biosecurity at animal gatherings (91kb)
• Calves at market (136KB)
• Casualty slaughter - guidance for farmers and hauliers (153KB)
• Cattle that have been refused passports (137KB)
• Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles carrying cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, racing pigeons and poultry (131kb)
• Construction of Livestock Transport Vehicles (132kb)
• Guidance for farmers on keeping and retention of veterinary medicine records (138kb)
• Guidance for the handling of poultry at markets (188KB)
• Guidance for those who transport horses by road (145KB)
• Guidance on the disposal of animal by-products and carcasses (135KB)
• Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004 (107kb)
• Notice to all exhibitors of cattle both for showing and trade stands (126KB)
• Records and Movement of Sheep and Goats (123kb)
• Slaughter of cattle for private consumption by the owner (136KB)
• TSE (No 2) Regulations 2006 (134KB)
• Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 - pre-movement testing of cattle (137KB)
• Welfare of Horses at Market (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990 (104kb)
• Older cattle disposal scheme (125KB)
• Guidance notes on the registration and records of poultry (139KB)
• The law regarding the keeping and movement of pigs (142KB)
• Keeping pet pigs (136KB)