Animal Health: An Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Managing Disease

Managing bTB in Cattle

• Pre movement testing
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Exempt Finishing Units
• Exempt Markets
• Parish Testing Intervals
• Compensation

Parish Testing Intervals

Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Executive are committed to aligning TB testing intervals with EU legislation by carrying out a national review of TB testing intervals on an annual basis.

Parish testing intervals

Each year Animal Health advises herd owners of their new parish testing interval, which has been established by monitoring the level of TB in their area in the last 6 years.

Parish and herd testing intervals are the criteria by which herd owners are either eligible for or exempt from the new requirements for the pre- and post-movement testing of cattle.

Find your Testing Interval

Find out your Parish Testing Interval Easily here with our online PTI search

Use our new online PTI search to find your Parish testing Interval or download the complete lists below.

Complete Testing Interval Lists

England PTI lists  (3.6Mb), 
Scotland PTI lists (310Kb)
Wales PTI lists (366Kb)

A GB map of the parish testing intervals is available here:

Map (600Kb) Welsh Version (600Kb)

Future Testing Intervals – Coming into force on 18th August 2008

The 2008 PTI Review has been carried out and herd owners have been informed of their new Herd and Parish Testing Intervals.  The following lists and maps are the results of the 2008 review and will come into force on 18th August 2008.

England  (4.1 Mb)
Scotland  (350 kb)
Wales  (416 kb)

A GB map of the future parish testing intervals is available here:

English language version
Welsh language version

Page last modified: 28 April 2008
Page published: 2 April 2007

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