Guidance

Cattle: testing required for an animal health and welfare review and endemic disease follow-up

Find out sampling, testing and laboratory requirements for cattle in reviews and follow-ups.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published
19 June 2024
Last updated
16 July 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Vets: testing cattle for animal health and welfare review

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Vets: testing cattle for endemic disease follow-up

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Vets: laboratory requirements for cattle

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Details

A vet, or a team chosen by a vet, can do the sampling.聽

The farmer will not be eligible for funding unless their vet follows the guidance on:

Updates to this page

Published 19 June 2024
Last updated 16 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Added 'if applicable' to the bullet about being a member of an accredited BVD programme.

  2. Updated page to add herd details required. Moved vet templates to another page.

  3. Warning about endemic disease follow-up not being available for dairy cattle removed. Details about sampling required added. Definition of a herd added. Reference to CHECS technical document on BVD removed.

  4. Laboratory added to laboratory requirements for cattle.

  5. First published.

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