Livestock Identification and Traceability

The Service has a wide range of responsibilities relating to animal health and welfare in relation to livestock movements. These responsibilities extend to:

• Ensuring compliance with the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order in relation to the loading, unloading and handling of stock.
• Checking movement documents and ensuring compliance with general licence conditions relating to movement and standstill periods
• Checking adequacy of facilities such as feed, water and penning and/or lairage arrangements.
• Checking the adequacy of biosecurity, and cleansing and disinfection measures
• Ensuring protection of stock from extremes of weather.
• Checking the proper identification of stock.
• Checking for evidence of animal disease or injury

Specific Regulations

• Cattle
• Horses
• Pigs
• Sheep and goats