Livestock and equine semen collection and storage centres must be licensed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
APHA approve and inspect these premises on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Scottish Government and Welsh Government.
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Published 1 January 2013 Last updated 27 November 2024 +show all updates
Updated the list of porcine semen collection centres.
Added Klasse AI Aberfeldy, Rattlerow Farms Ltd to the list of approved porcine semen collection centres.
Updated the list of equine semen storage centres.
Updated the list of bovine semen collection centres.
Updated the list of equine semen collection centres.
Updated the list of bovine semen storage centres.
Updated the list of equine semen storage centres.
Updated the lists of equine semen collection centres and equine semen storage centres.
Updated the list of bovine semen storage centres.
We have added Viking genetics UK Ltd to the list of Bovine semen storage centres.
Updated the list 'Equine semen storage centres'. Added Rozel Breeding Centre. Requested by SM-APHA-farmandgermcarlisle.
Added 'processing centre approval for export to EU' for 'bovine semen', 'equine semen' and 'ovine and caprine semen' collection centres.
Updated the list 'Bovine semen storage centres'. Genus Central Store - revoked on 9 March 2023.
Added Equibreed UK Ltd to the list of semen collection centres in Great Britain approved by the Competent Authority for trade in semen of domestic animals of the equine species
Updated the list 'Ovine and caprine semen collection centres'. Farmgene Ltd - Reinstated 19 January 2023.
Updated address for Rozel Breeding Centre in equine semen collection centres list.
Updated the list 'Ovine and caprine semen collection centres'. Farmgene Ltd - Suspended 26 July 2022
Updated the porcine semen collection centres list. Elite Sires reinstated on 24 June 2022.
Updated the porcine semen collection centres list.
Updated the porcine semen collection centres list.
Updated ovine and caprine collection centres list.