Farms and Agriculture
Farming Standards Advice - Guidance Leaflets
- Goats - records, identification and movement
- Sheep - records, identification and movement
- Guidance for those who transport horses by road
- Tuberculosis - pre-movement testing of cattle
- Responsible animal/pet ownership
- Requirements for cattle identification
- Transport of farm animals - cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry
- Transporting livestock by road
- The keeping and retention of veterinary medicine records
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Guidance on food chain information (FCI)
- Livestock markets
- Humane disposal of infant calves and possible outlets
- Notice to all exhibitors of cattle, both for showing and trade stands
- The law regarding the keeping and movement of pigs
- The Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990
- Horse passports
- Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
- A guide to the retail sale of pet food
- BSE testing - fallen cattle
- The slaughter of cattle for private consumption by the owner
- Guidance on the disposal of animal by-products and carcases
- Deer carcase and offal disposal - farmed and wild
- Guidance notes on the registration and records of poultry
- Cattle that have been refused passports
- Sheep scab
- Casualty slaughter - guidance for farmers and hauliers
- Animal gatherings
- Guidance on the welfare and handling of poultry at markets
- Construction of livestock transport vehicles
- Farm animal transport journey times
- Calves at market
- Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles carrying cattle, pigs, poultry etc.
- Buying or selling of livestock
- The slaughter of sheep for private consumption by the owner
- Keeping pet pigs
here are some useful contacts:-
Defra – http://www.defra.gov.uk
Animal Health - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalhealth/about-us/contact-us/search/index.asp
Farm Animal Welfare Council - http://www.fawc.org.uk/
Farm Crisis Network - http://www.farmcrisisnetwork.org.uk/
Devon Association of Smallholders - http://www.devonsmallholders.co.uk/
Farm Wild Life - http://www.farmwildlife.info/default.asp
