Bluetongue Licences
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Bluetongue Licences available in relation to the Bluetongue incursion in Northern Ireland can be viewed and downloaded for use below.
Guidance for herd and flock keepers on moving animals from Bluetongue Control Zone
Bluetongue Movement Licence Application - High Risk Moves
Guidance for Private Veterinary Practitioners (PVPs) for pre movement testing of high-risk animals
Declaration to confirm DAERA meeting specific costs - 07.01.2026
BTV 31 - General Licence - Movement Licence Germinal Products
BTV 32 - General Licence – Movement of Germinal Products to Great Britain - this licence applies to germinal products collected within 60 days prior to a temporary control zone or restricted zone being declared in Northern Ireland, and any product collected thereafter, and covers the movement of such product from inside the temporary control zone or restricted zone to a destination in Great Britain (GB).
BTV 33 - General Licence – Movement of Germinal Products to Great Britain - this licence applies to:
- Dispatch from a temporary control zone or restricted zone, of germinal product collected more than 60 days prior to declaration of a temporary control zone or restricted zone; or
- Dispatch from a temporary control zone or restricted zone, of germinal product collected from an animal that has not been present in a bluetongue zone in the previous 60 days;
and covers the movement of such product from Northern Ireland to a destination in Great Britain (GB).
BTV 38 - General Licence to permit herd and flock keepers to move animals to direct slaughter - this General licence and the movement document MC2 (Cattle) or SG2 (Sheep) shall accompany the animals being moved. Print this General Licence off/or download it and have it with the animals during movement.
BTV 39 - General Licence to permit herd and flock keepers to move animals from the unrestricted area into a Bluetongue Temporary Control Zone (TCZ) - this General licence and the movement document MC2 (Cattle) or SG2 (Sheep) shall accompany the animals being moved. Print this General Licence off/or download it, and have it with the animals during movement.
BTV 42 - General Licence Movement of Low Risk Animals Within and From a BTV TCZ
BTV 45 - Record of Movement Internal Herd and Flock Moves
Documents
- Guidance for herd and flock keepers on moving animals from Bluetongue Control Zone
- Bluetongue Movement Licence Application - High Risk Moves
- Guidance for Private Veterinary Practitioners (PVPs) for pre movement testing of high-risk animal
- Declaration to confirm DAERA meeting specific costs - 07.01.2026
- BTV 31 Movement Licence Germinal Products
- BTV 32 - General Licence – Movement of Germinal Products to Great Britain
- BTV 33 - General Licence - Movement of Germinal Products to Great Britain
- BTV 38 Movement General Licence Direct to Slaughter
- BTV 39 General Licence Movement from the unrestricted area into a BTV TCZ
- BTV 42 - General Licence Movement of Low Risk Animals Within and From a BTV TCZ
- BTV 45 - Record of Movement Internal Herd and Flock Moves