Bluetongue movement licences and designated slaughterhouses

The UK is in a seasonally vector low period. This means the risk of transmission of bluetongue is now very low. You must still have a licence to move animals out of a restricted zone.

If you moved animals out of the restricted zone on or before 20 January 2025, you must comply with any post-movement testing requirements set out in your licence or restriction notice.

References to animals means ruminants (for example, cattle, sheep, goats, deer and other ruminants) and camelids (for example, llamas and alpacas).

When you need to apply for a licence

Certain movements are not permitted in a bluetongue zone or from premises which have been served a bluetongue premises or individual animal restriction notice.

Some movements may now be permitted by a general licence, or you canmay apply for a specific licence.

You may need to:

• download and comply with the conditions of a general licence where applicable
• apply for a specific licence for movement

General licences

CheckPlease check carefully that the bluetongue general licence applies to you before making a movement and always download the latest version as they are updated from time to time. A copy should accompany any animals moved under the general licence.

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Apply for a generalspecific licence

Allow at least 5 days for your licence application to be processed where possible. Complex and high-risk movements will need extra time to process.

Make contingency plans to allow for the time it takes to be issued. Consider what steps you will need to take if the licence is refused or cannot be issued in time. 

If a specific licence is issued, it will allow a movement that is subject to certain conditions based on disease control risk.

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Premises that have any land within the restricted zone or straddle the boundary are classified as being within the zone.

Take precautions when moving animals. Check your stock for possible signs of disease beforeand spray the inside of vehicles with an insecticide approved for use against flying insects prior to loading. Only move animals when it is absolutely necessary.

Holdings which are in a restricteda Restricted zoneZone

You can download and use  EXDEXD630 634 (E) (GL) (PDF, 155141 KB, 45 pages) for movements of animals kept within a restricted zone (RZ):

• ), protection zone (PZ) or surveillance zone (SZ) to a dedicateddesignated slaughterslaughterhouse marketin outsideEngland or Wales, for the purpose of immediate slaughter.

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specific licence.

The declaration of the bluetongue restricted zone (RZ) also imposed a bluetongue Infected Area which applies to the same geographical area as the RZ which restricts the movement of animals on and off premises and in or out of the Infected Area. This licence EXD612(E) (GL) is published to overcome legal restrictions that would otherwise prevent movement of animals. This does not remove any obligations to comply with BTV movement restrictions and licences and does not permit the movement of animals out of a RZ.

YouFor all other animal movements, including moves to live to premises outside the restricted zone, you must apply for a specific licencelicence. ifAt this time, you cannot move animals to a market outside the zone (except to slaughter markets or breeding markets) and cannot move animals purchased at a market inside the zone to destinations outside the zone. We are keeping this under review.

If you need to move germinal products from susceptible animals out of the zone, or you wish to freeze germinal products in the zone.zone, you must obtain a specific licence. If you operate a germinal product collection centre you may apply to be designated.

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APHAYou can download and use EXD 601 (E) (GL) (PDF, will110 issueKB, 4 pages) for movements of animals to a noticeslaughterhouse located in a Temporary Control Zone in England. Conditions apply.

You can download and use EXD 602 (E) (GL) (PDF, 119 KB, 4 pages) for movements of animals to thea keeperdesignated orslaughterhouse occupierin thatEngland. explainsConditions theapply.

You restrictionscan thatdownload and use EXD 610 (E) (PDF, 107 KB, 4 pages) for movements of susceptible animals between premises which are wholly or partly inside a temporary control zone (TCZ) in place.England.  Conditions apply.

You can applydownload and use EXD 611 (E) (PDF, 105 KB, 4 pages) for movements of susceptible animals from a specificfree area into a temporary control zone (TCZ). Conditions apply.

Licence EXD610 and EXD611 apply to movement to or from a livestock market in a zone.  Currently no licence if:is available to move animals from a market located in the TCZ to premises outside the TCZ.

• These general licences do not apply if your premises is restricted by a specific bluetongue restriction notice.

  For all other moves, including moves to live to premises outside the zone you must apply for a specific licence if you need to move your animals or germinal products ontoon to and off the premises.

  Holdings with links to premises whilewhere positive cases have been confirmed also known as traced premises

  An epidemiological investigation will be carried out. Restrictions appropriate to these specific circumstances will be put in place. If you need to move your animals onto and off these premises, whilst these restrictions are in place

• thereplace, isyou can apply for a specific licence.

  You can also apply for a specific movement licence if there’s an urgent and genuine welfare need to move animals, including short distance moves out of the restricted zone

the RZ.

If APHA approves a welfare licence,licence is approved, the animals will be placed under restriction. You may be asked by the APHA may licensing askteam you to organise a visit by your private vet, at your cost, to take samples from the animals after they have moved. The samples will currently be tested free of charge.

Designated

Premises slaughterhouses

where a disease investigation is being done into the possible presence of bluetongue

SlaughterhousesThe dokeeper notor needoccupier towill be designatedissued with a notice explaining the restrictions in place. A specific licence will be needed to slaughtermove animalsany bluetongue susceptible animal or germinal products produced from them on or off the premises.

Designated slaughterhouses

Abattoirs that originatecan slaughter animals from a bluetongue virus restricted zonepremises duringunder thelicence.

England

East seasonallyMidlands:

• Foyle vector(2077), lowMelton period.Mowbray LE14 3PR
• Pickstop Foods Ltd (2763), Hartshorne DE11 7FN
• R B Elliott and Son Ltd (4168), Chesterfield S44 5UN
• University of Nottingham (4333), Loughborough LE12 5RD
• F Redfern & Sons Ltd (4357), Buxton SK17 9HT
• T G Sargeant & Sons (4367), Uttoxeter ST14 5BG
• Dovecote Park Ltd (5116), Skellingthorpe LN6 5TX
• A Wright & Son (5184), Boston PE21 7TN
• L Brown & Son (Wholesale Butchers) Ltd (5204), Lincoln LN3 4NL
• Woodhead Bros (5513), Spalding PE11 3YY

East of England: