Summer Shows – Animal Movements

Summer show season is now mostly over for another year. It is important that livestock keepers who exhibited livestock at summer agricultural shows ensure that cattle and sheep movements have been correctly recorded. It is also important to ensure that as well as all movements being recorded electronically, that the individual animal’s paper passport has been completed for on and off movements to and from the show, especially for those about to start selling cattle at the autumn sales. Passport continuation sheets can be downloaded and printed from ScotEID and CTS websites if needed.

While some show organisations may have recorded animal movements on behalf of exhibitors, it is the responsibility of the livestock keeper to ensure that all movements have been correctly recorded. Now is a good time to check that all associated show moves have been correctly recorded on and off your holding and on and off the show ground CPH.

Cattle movements should be recorded using ScotEID (Scottish keepers) and CTS (BCMS) (keepers in England & Wales). For sheep movements these must be recorded using SAMU (Scottish keepers) and LIS (keepers in England & Wales).

For anyone with concerns or requiring additional help regarding show movements please contact the relevant organisation.

Sarah Balfour, SAC Consulting

 

Useful links

Home | ScotEID

CTS Online

Report sheep and goat movements – GOV.UK