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Animal Health and Welfare Management Assessment

ANNEX B2

1. Farm details

2. Farm enterprises

2.1 Livestock enterprises:
2.2 Stock numbers:
2.3 Membership of disease eradication or control scheme:

3. Veterinary practice details

4. Management of risks to animal health and welfare

Highlighting measures of a general nature intended to reduce the risk of introducing disease or causing poor welfare.

4.1 Feeding:
4.2 Grazing management:
4.3 Replacement policy:
4.4 Breeding policy:
4.5 Environmental risks:
4.6 Other topics:

5. Animal health and welfare review

Review of the conditions present or suspected on farm causing disease or impacting on performance.

5.1 Diseases present on farm:
5.2 Disease screening or routine testing:
5.3 Performance indicators:

6. Potential future disease problems

Information about conditions which the veterinary surgeon knows are a real threat to the enterprise.

7. Programme of agreed actions/Decision not to take action

An agreed list of points requiring action by the farmer with target dates and reassessment date. These will include:

Compulsory:

7.1 Animal Health and Welfare Plan

Payment rate: standard cost £220.00

To include: summary of discussion with the veterinary surgeon;
agreed programme of actions.

Compulsory actions:

Implement a proactive scheme for the use of treatments, including guidance on the use of veterinary advice and treatment (see Table B2.1);

Implement a proactive scheme for the use of vaccines and routine medications (see Table B2.2).

Optional:

7.2 Benchmarking

Undertake additional inspection and monitoring to collate performance indicators and analyse all significant animal health and welfare related observations arising from inspections and implement an action plan to measure performance.

Payment rate: standard cost £320.00

7.3 Biosecurity

Produce an action plan to ensure the safe integration of new stock on farm and minimise the risk of spreading disease by maintaining fences around isolation areas to enhance biosecurity levels and to prevent diseases from entering the herd/flock.

Payment rate: standard cost £30.00
standard cost £0.10 per running metre (max 3000 metres).

7.4 Sampling

On the advice of the veterinary surgeon to undertake sampling to identify diseases/conditions such as twin lamb disease or copper deficiency, which may be present on farm having a negative impact on animal health and welfare and take informed control measures to address conditions.

Payment rate: standard cost £155.00

7.3 Forage Analysis

Forage analysis and obtain professional nutritional advice and implement advice from report.

Payment rate: standard cost £110.00

8. Animal Health and Welfare Management Plan agreed

9. Agreed date for review

A date for the farmer and veterinary surgeon to review the plan should be agreed and documented.

Table B2.1: Agreed Treatment Programme

Table B2.2: Agreed Vaccine and Prophylactic Medicine Programme

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