You're required to keep one holding register for each individual holding you have.  The holding register must be in the format specified by the relevant body and may be kept in either electronic or paper form.

Cattle

You need to record movements of cattle in your herd register (see example on Gov.uk) within 36 hours on and off, births within seven days (dairy), or 30 days for non-dairy herds, deaths within seven days, and replacement tags of animals within 36 hours.

Once a year on 1 December you need to record the total number of animals present on your holding. You need to keep these records for 10 years.

Pigs

For pigs there is no formal record as such, you may keep copies of licences as a record or just record the departure, quantity, identity, date and destination in a diary.

You need to keep these records for three years for pigs

Pet pigs which are walked must have a walking license. This must be obtained in advance from your local AHVLA office.

Sheep

Movements via a central point recording centre (CPRC) (Market) must be recorded in your Flock register (see example flock register) within 48 hours, any other type of move within 36 hours. A replacement of a tag within 36 hours of replacement, a birth 36 hours, a death 36 hours from discovery, when a lamb is tagged 36 hours (include year of birth, genotype, date of identification, race).

Contact us

• animalhealth@shropshire.gov.uk
• 0345 678 9000