Regulation of livestock movements

The Service has a wide range of responsibilities relating to animal health and welfare in relation to livestock movements. These responsibilities extend to:

• Ensuring compliance with the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order in relation to the loading, unloading and handling of stock.
• Checking movement documents and ensuring compliance with general licence conditions relating to movement and standstill periods
• Checking adequacy of facilities such as feed, water and penning and/or lairage arrangements.
• Checking the adequacy of biosecurity, and cleansing and disinfection measures
• Ensuring protection of stock from extremes of weather.
• Checking the proper identification of stock.
• Checking for evidence of animal disease or injury.

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Contacts

• Andrew Gilchrist
  Environmental Health and Trading Standards
  Housing and Environment
  Business Hub 15
  3rd Floor South
  Marischal College
  Broad Street
  Aberdeen
  AB10 1AB
  Phone: (01224) 523800
  Fax: (01224) 523887
  Email: commercial@aberdeencity.gov.uk