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requiring all member states to have a computerised tracing system by the end of 1999. There are currently four ways to notify CTS about births/movements/deaths including via the postal service using movement cards (cheque-book style passports only) and passport applications, over the telephone using the CTS Self-Service Line, over the internet using the CTS Online service or through third party software using CTS Web
Services.
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313:, the letters “UK” followed by the unique lifetime identification number consisting of the digit “9” followed by the herd number (3 to 6 digits in length), the individual animal code (1 to 4 digits in length) and a check digit (1 digit in length), each number group separated from the previous group by a space.
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paper sheet. This showed details of the animal including its birth holding, ear tag number, breed, date of birth, sex and its mother's ear tag number. Also included were a number of sections to be filled in when the animal moved to other holdings, showing the movement date and the new holding number
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highlights a large majority of errors in reading or recording the sequential number. A single-figure error in either the herd number sequential number will not match the check digit, unless it happens to produce a figure differing by a multiple of seven. For example, a herd number of "123456" would
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From 1 August 2011 the format returned to a single A4 page. The tear-out cards were omitted, requiring all movements relating to that animal to be reported electronically or by telephone. Spaces are provided on the reverse for details of up to six movements, and for further movements continuation
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The Cattle
Tracing System (CTS) is the database for all cattle in Great Britain (Northern Ireland has a separate tracing system), to which farmers must notify births, movements and deaths of cattle on their holding. The system was introduced on 28 September 1998 in order to meet EU legislation
125:
149:). At the time of its introduction there was no requirement for such movements to be registered centrally. When this requirement was introduced on 28 September 1998, a further A4 document was issued for all existing cattle, to be used in conjunction with the green A4 passport. This was the
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Similar numbering is used for sheep and goats, with the omission of the check digit (and there is no individual paper passport). The number assigned to a sheep and goat flock is usually (but not always) the same six-figure number as that assigned to a cattle herd on the same farm.
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Each format change only affected new issues of passports, leaving the old passports in circulation and retaining former reporting methods for them. Replacement passports (for example in the case of loss or amendment) are in the format which is current at the time of re-issue.
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The check digits for cattle ear tags are calculated by dividing the number obtained from the herd mark and animal number by 7 and adding one to the remainder. For example, if the UK herd mark is 303565 and the animal number is 01234, the check digit is calculated as follows:
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in the other, which may be similar to the primary, or it may be a smaller plastic tag (usually but not always also yellow) or a metal clip. Each tag must have the cattle passport number printed or stamped upon it, and the secondary tag may also include a
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document (similar to the
Certificate of CTS Registration), and its details will be held on the CTS. Such an animal may be used for breeding, but it may not enter the human food chain and it may not normally move between holdings except to slaughter.
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tear-off movement cards to be sent to BCMS to register each movement. Movements could be registered using these cards, or electronically by using the new online CTS. Because of the limited lifespan of cattle, few green A4 passports remain in
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stickers for holding numbers, and many pages to allow for numerous movements. The prepaid cards were incorporated in the booklet as tear-out pages, so animals with this format of passport did not also need a
Certificate of CTS
199:) are not followed correctly, a passport will not be issued (this is most commonly where the deadline for calf registration is missed, of 28 days from birth). Instead the animal will receive an A4
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Chequebook-style cattle passport as issued from 1998 to 2011. (Note: this example passport's number is unrealistic, because it would be for the 89,012th calf born into the herd.)
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In practice this process gives a check digit for the first animal in the herd, which then increases by one for each sequential animal number, cycling from one to seven.
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107:. The BCMS central database is called the Cattle Tracing System, and works alongside the physical passport to record the births, deaths and movements of all cattle.
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The formula below will calculate the check digit in a spreadsheet, where UK herd number = x, animal number = y, and x and y represent cells in the spreadsheet.
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When an animal dies, the date of death is entered in the passport and this is returned to BCMS. The death may be notified electronically in addition.
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1055:
391:
1305:
1088:
420:
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816:
873:
812:
1065:
473:
240:– this has been in use since 2002, before which other formats were used. The current format breaks down as follows:
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796:
791:
609:
53:
781:
716:
540:
1205:
1123:
631:
1161:
1116:
624:
484:
1111:
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952:
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900:
661:
269:– a sequential five-figure number for each calf born into that herd (with leading zeros where necessary).
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have to be misread as "193456", or a sequential number of "00016" would have to be misread as "00086".
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From 28 September 1998 to 2011 the passport was issued as a booklet, made in a similar style to a
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chip bearing the same number in electronic form. Tags may also include the passport number as a
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57:
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8:
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990:
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893:
641:
586:
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45:
888:
883:
676:
565:
560:
398:
380:
1248:
806:
619:
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520:
505:
68:
61:
1294:
1255:
985:
581:
510:
84:
41:
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726:
646:
196:
100:
96:
174:
137:
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1222:
801:
731:
489:
298:
162:
995:
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which is held by the current keeper of the animal. The system covers
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930:
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Cattle
Tracing, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
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in one ear, which must be a large yellow plastic tag, and a
16:
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Institute of
Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences
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Check digit = ((x*100000+y)-(7*(INT((x*100000+y)/7))))+1
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The
British ear tag and passport number is in the format
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652:
Department of
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
50:
Department of
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
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Agricultural organisations based in the United
Kingdom
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If the rules for animal registration (and thus animal
472:
1139:
Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
657:Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
277:, its first three calves would have the numbers:
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615:Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
128:A4 British Cattle Passport as issued from 2011
458:
1051:National Farmers' Union of England and Wales
273:Numbering example: If a herd had the number
335:Final ear tag is UK 303565 401234
212:Every bovine animal in the UK must have an
132:The cattle passport has taken three forms.
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48:has a separate database maintained by the
692:Scottish Government Net Zero Directorates
329:Take answer above and add 1 so 3 + 1 = 4
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123:
110:
52:. It was established in the wake of the
15:
421:CTS Farm Software, Rural Payment Agency
1321:Identification of domesticated animals
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864:
83:and also other bovine animals such as
71:has a unique number, shown both on an
24:of the British Cattle Movement Service
1089:Country Land and Business Association
1038:
446:
64:have similar cattle tracing systems.
56:crisis in the UK, and is part of the
1129:Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock Centre
1056:National Farmers' Union of Scotland
13:
119:
14:
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474:Agriculture in the United Kingdom
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797:Scottish Agricultural Revolution
792:Rural Reconstruction Association
610:Agricultural Land Classification
637:British Cattle Movement Service
151:Certificate of CTS Registration
141:(holdings include other farms,
30:British Cattle Movement Service
1311:Organisations based in Cumbria
1124:National Non-Food Crops Centre
1066:Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster
632:Animal and Plant Health Agency
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1162:Royal Agricultural University
1117:National Museum of Rural Life
625:Meat and Livestock Commission
541:Müller Milk & Ingredients
485:Economy of the United Kingdom
392:CTS Self Service Line details
360:
1306:Cattle in the United Kingdom
1112:Museum of English Rural Life
1079:British Egg Industry Council
936:Scottish Crofting Foundation
7:
662:Institute for Animal Health
435:, Scottish Government, 2011
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75:in each ear and on a paper
67:Every bovine animal in the
10:
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1153:Universities and colleges
1149:Tenant Farmers Association
592:Rare Breeds Survival Trust
433:Cattle Inspection Guidance
292:UK 123450 100003
287:UK 123450 700002
282:UK 123450 600001
238:UK HHHHHH CNNNNN
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682:Rights of way in Scotland
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1167:Scotland's Rural College
332:Check Sum is therefore 4
1084:British Poultry Council
1046:Farmers' Union of Wales
874:Agriculture in Cheshire
717:Agricultural Revolution
397:August 6, 2012, at the
60:. Member states of the
1104:James Hutton Institute
1094:Fresh Start Initiative
767:Highland Potato Famine
379:June 17, 2013, at the
201:Notice of Registration
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1061:Ulster Farmers' Union
879:Agriculture in London
697:Single Payment Scheme
687:Rural Payments Agency
672:Quality Meat Scotland
355:Animal identification
326:30356501234 MOD 7 = 3
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111:Cattle Tracing System
58:Rural Payments Agency
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531:Frontier Agriculture
184:sheets are attached.
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958:Royal Highland Show
858:Nations and regions
762:Highland Clearances
757:Haughley Experiment
772:Lowland Clearances
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1223:The Archers
802:Swing Riots
732:Common land
667:Legislation
490:Agriculture
317:Check digit
299:check digit
218:primary tag
163:cheque book
40:animals in
1316:Workington
1295:Categories
1189:Beekeeping
747:Dutch barn
601:Government
546:NFU Mutual
410:CTS Online
361:References
782:Rationing
752:Enclosure
737:Corn Laws
556:Openfield
499:Companies
167:bar-coded
147:abattoirs
1280:Category
1206:Forestry
1194:June Gap
1108:Museums
996:Tŷ unnos
931:Crofting
924:Shetland
911:Scotland
889:Cornwall
526:Farmcare
395:Archived
377:Archived
349:See also
249:ISO 3166
1262:Hurdles
1182:Sectors
1017:Cuisine
1001:Fishing
986:Cuisine
953:Fishing
943:Cuisine
901:Fishing
884:Cuisine
866:England
787:Run rig
742:Diggers
706:History
231:barcode
214:ear tag
103:of the
97:hybrids
73:ear tag
1039:Unions
948:Factor
275:123450
81:cattle
38:bovine
1215:Other
1157:CAFRE
973:Wales
894:Devon
536:Genus
93:bison
1243:Eglu
845:2007
840:2001
835:1967
817:WWII
297:The
227:RFID
158:use.
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105:beef
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