The Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

PART IPart I of this Schedule specifies permitted procedures which may be performed by a lay person in relation to cattle

Identification procedures

1.—(1) Ear notching;

(2) Ear tagging;

(3) Freeze branding;

(4) Microchipping;

(5) Tattooing;

(6) Other methods of identification involving a prohibited procedure required by law and not restricted to being undertaken by a veterinary surgeon.

Procedures for the control of reproduction

2.—(1) Artificial insemination;

(2) Castration;

(3) Embryo collection or transfer by a non-surgical method;

(4) Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive;

(5) Ovum transplantation, including ovum collection by a non-surgical method.

Other management procedures

3.—(1) Dehorning;

(2) Disbudding;

(3) Nose ringing;

(4) Removal of supernumerary teats.