Animal Health & Welfare Pathway

The AHWP is part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), it can be as a stand-alone application or can sit alongside the Environmental Land Management Standards (ELMS).

The first step includes a veterinary visit / review, where you can discuss any topic that you feel would be beneficial to you and your business. Part of the first visit for cattle MUST include testing for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD).

The aim of the visit and any outcomes is to reduce endemic disease, improve welfare, increase productivity and to ensure vet meds are being used to get maximum efficacy and reduce antimicrobial resistance.

It is not an audit and should not be used replace a farm assurance visit. This is an opportunity for you and your vet to 'think outside the box'.

Issued 30^th March 2023

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