Claim to improve animal health and welfare

Sheep farmers can claim up to £574 for a Health & Welfare Review and £658 for an Endemic Disease Follow-Up through the Animal Health & Welfare scheme.

How it works:

Apply via the Rural Payments Portal to receive your 12-digit IAHW- code, then arrange a health and welfare review with your vet.

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Carry out a health and welfare review with your vet

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Carry out a FWECRT with your vet (10-15 samples must be individually submitted to our lab from lambs under 12 months old). If the result is high then a treatment will be recommended and follow up will be required through the vet practice.

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Your vet will produce a report.

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CLAIM YOUR FUNDING PART 1

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Apply for an endemic disease follow up to include laboratory testing, around one of the following packages:

Sheep health package	Conditions & diseases	Description
Ewe condition	Includes: Johne’s, Maedi Visna (MV), Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA), trace elements, liver fluke, haemonchosis, ewe nutrition status, mastitis, tick-borne fever, louping ill, orf, pulpy kidney	Aims to increase the health and performance of ewes on farm. This will help to increase the overall health of the flock and increase the likelihood of successful tupping and lamb raising.
Reproductive performance	Includes: enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE), border disease (BD), toxoplasmosis, ewe nutrition status, trace elements, liver fluke, tick-borne fever	Aims to increase reproductive performance of ewes post-tupping, therefore increasing the number of successful pregnancies and reducing the number of abortions.
Lamb performance	Includes: border disease (BD), trace elements, liver fluke, parasitic gastroenteritis (PGE), coccidiosis, mastitis, tick-borne fever, louping ill, tick pyaemia, lamb nutrition status, orf, pulpy kidney, lamb dysentery, pasteurellosis	Aims to reduce disease levels in lambs over the age of 30 days. It includes the weaning stages and moving onto pasture.
Neonatal lamb survival	Includes: border disease (BD), toxoplasmosis, joint ill, ewe nutrition status, trace elements, watery mouth, mastitis, tick pyaemia, lamb dysentery, pasteurellosis	Aims to reduce disease levels in lambs under the age of 30 days and increase survival.
External parasites	Includes: flystrike, sheep scab	Aims to reduce the levels of external parasites; this is especially important where external parasites are causing other issues on farm and are resulting in a major welfare concern to the sheep.
Lameness	Includes: joint ill, lameness, foot rot, scald, contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD), granuloma, heel or toe abscess, shelly hoof, tick pyaemia	Aims to reduce the levels of lameness on farm regardless of cause.