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The home of British Cattle Movement Service on GOV.UK. We maintain an online database of all bovine animals in Great Britain called the Cattle Tracing System (CTS).
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
Who to contact if you keep livestock (including as pets) when your registered details change.
The rules and processes cattle keepers must follow to ensure cattle can be traced at all times.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
How to register or re-register your holding with the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), what happens next and what to do if your details change.
Print a template holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records) to keep a paper record of cattle births, movements and deaths.
Use this form to apply for a replacement cattle passport from the British Cattle Movement Service.
What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.
How to apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport and what to do if you miss the application deadline or it has not arrived.
Cattle keepers can use a continuation sheet when they need more space to record movements in a cattle passport.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
Cattle keepers must report the death of any cattle to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), return the cattle passport and record it on their holding register.
What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.
What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.
What cattle keepers in England and Wales must record and report when they export or move cattle, including ear tagging rules.
What to do if any of your cattle, bison or buffalo are lost or stolen, and if you get them back.
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