Animal issues with Trading Premises
Conditions required for approval as an authorised Trading Premises in relation to the animals on the premises.
Issues related to animals on the premises
- There must be no possibility of the animals coming into any contact with any livestock that are part of the dealer’s farm business.
- Dealers must have suitable arrangements in place for dealing with casualty animals.
- The Trading Premises will be required to comply with the requirements of animal welfare legislation.
- Dealers must report any suspicion of disease as soon as possible to the local Divisional Veterinary Office.
- Any cattle abortions should be treated as a possible outbreak of Brucellosis, or other serious disease, and must be reported immediately. No animals may then be moved off the Trading Premises until the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) Veterinary Service has carried out an inspection.
- In cases of abortion remove other animals from the risk of contamination by foetal fluids or afterbirth.
- Dealers must call in their own Veterinary Practitioner in any circumstances where the welfare of an animal is at risk.
- Any sick animal/animals must be isolated and their bedding destroyed after use.
