Livestock

Question 1

What legislation governs livestock moments?

Answer 1

Disease Control (England) Order 2003

Question 2

What does the Disease Control (England) Order 2003 require a farmer to do in order to move cattle?

Answer 2

• A licence from the local authority.
• Obey the 6 day standstill period (cant move any cattle of his farm for 6 days after bringing on the new cattle)
• Livestock must be identified Individual cattle must have passports issued by the British movement service
  
  • other livestock such as sheep, pigs & goats, must have a heard mark

Question 3

What material is currently designated as SRM (Significant Risk Material) in accordance with point 1 of Annex V of EC Regulation 999/2001 (as amended):

Answer 3

Cattle

• All ages – the tonsils, the last four metres of small intestine, the caecum, and the mesentery.
• Over 12 months – skull excluding the mandible but including the brains and eyes, and spinal cord.
• Over 30 months – vertebral column, excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, the median sacral crest and the wings of the sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia.

Sheep and goats

• All ages – the spleen and the ileum.
• Over 12 months (or have a permanent incisor erupted) – skull including the brains and eyes, tonsils, spinal cord.