Guidance from Regulatory Services
Further guidance is available on the following websites
- Scottish Government Animal Health and Welfare
- British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS)
- Animal Health
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)
- Food Standards Agency Scotland
Other useful guidance and leaflets
- Cattle Keepers Handbook
- Cattle Identification and tracing reference guide
- Food and Feed Law (Food Standards Agency)
- Spreading of Pheasant and Partridge Feed - Farmer's Guidance
- Considering keeping pet rabbits
For information on natural toxic plants or toxins that may affect livestock or pets, please see our invasive and harmful plants section, and our information on blue green algae
Relevant legislation includes
- Animal and Animal Residue (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations 1997
- Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
- Animal By-Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003, as amended
- Animal Health & Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006
- Animal Health Act 1981
- Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995
- Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Scotland) Order 2007
- Cattle Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (as amended)
- Control of Salmonella in Poultry (Breeding, Laying and Broiler Flocks) (Scotland) Order 2009
- Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Scotland) Order 2008
- Diseases of Poultry (Scotland) Order 2003
- EC Feed Hygiene Regulations 183/2005
- Feed (Hygiene and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (as amended)
- Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006
- Horse Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2009
- Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995
- Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Scotland) Order 2009
- Sheep Scab Order 1997
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Regulations 2010
- Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Scotland) Order 2005
- Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2007
- Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2009
- Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 (as amended)
- Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006
- Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990
- Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000, as amended
- Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010
- Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990