Livestock movements, identification and tracing: Cattle Identification Inspections Programme Great Britain 2005
Report on the results of controls made in the bovine sector regarding European Community provisions for identification and registration (Commission Regulation (EC) No 499/2004)
1. General information on animals and inspections
| Total number of holdings1 registered in EU Member State’s territory as registered at the beginning of the reporting/inspector period | 88,364 |
| Total number of holdings inspected | 8,985* |
| Total number of inspections made | 8,577 |
| Total number of bovine livestock as registered at the beginning of the reporting/inspection period | 9,070,235 |
| Total number of bovines in inspected holdings | 1,022,857 |
| 1As defined in the second indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 | |
* Total number of holdings inspected is greater than the total number of inspections made as inspections in GB can involve more than one holding
2. Breaches found by category
Affected
animals |
Affected
holdings |
|
| 1. Animal identification failure | 8,085 |
1,227 |
| 2. Holding register discrepancies | 28,303 |
1,890 |
| 3. Failure to notify birth, death or movement | 55,579 |
3,751 |
| 4. Passport anomalies | 12,398 |
2,024 |
| 5. Animals/holdings with only 1 breach as listed in point 1-4 | 85,793 |
2,103 |
| 6. Animals/holdings with more than 1 breach as listed in point 1-4 | 14,824 |
3,137 |
| 7. Animals/holdings with breaches in total (points 5 and 6) | 100,617 |
5,240 |
3. Sanctions imposed according to Regulation (EC) No 494/98
Affected
animals |
Affected
holdings |
|
| 1. Restriction of movements of individual bovines | 4,496 |
583 |
| 2. Restriction of movements of all bovines on the holding | 9,628 |
166 |
| 3. Destruction of animals | 245 |
4 |
| In total | 14,369 |
753 |
Report produced by:
Livestock Identification Division
Animal Health Directorate
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Statistics prepared by:
British Cattle Movement Service/Rural Payments Agency
for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department
National Assembly for Wales Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department
August 2006
Page last modified:
30 November, 2007
Page published: 12 February, 2007