Disease prevention for livestock keepers
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How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Report a suspected notifiable disease
- Biosecurity measures
- Staff and visitors
- Protective clothing
- Buildings, equipment and vehicles
- Buying new stock or returning your stock to the farm
- Feed and water
- Slurry management
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Disease prevention for livestock keepers’ (updated 23 July 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026