Annual health and welfare review of livestock
Farmers who keep cattle, sheep and pigs can get funding to pay for a vet to visit their farm and carry out an annual health and welfare review.
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Contents
This guidance is for the annual health and welfare review. On 19 June 2024, we replaced that service with an expanded service. The expanded service is called 'Get funding to improve animal health and welfare'.
If you are new to this service, you should:
If you signed an agreement for an annual health walfare review before 19 June 2024, you should:
- complete your review
- claim for the review
Farmers
Read the apply guidance to find out:
- if you’re eligible
- how much funding you can get
- what you must ask the vet to do when they’re visiting your farm
Read the claim guidance to find out:
- what information you’ll need to share when you claim
- what evidence you’ll need to keep
- How to apply for an annual health and welfare review of livestock
- How to claim for an annual health and welfare review of livestock
Vets
Guidance on how to carry out a review including endemic disease and condition testing.