When you buy or sell calves your NAIT and TBfree obligations are the same as for other cattle, although some things are helpful to know.
Confirm with the seller:
When the calves arrive on your property, you need to:
Before you send your calves off-farm, make sure they're tagged correctly and registered in NAIT. If you are using birth tags, applying these in numerical order can make it easier to register the calves in NAIT.
All calves must be:
It's an offence not to tag and register your calves within these timeframes.
Some animals are exempt from tagging. Bobby calves under 30 days of age going directly to slaughter from their birth farm are exempt and don't need to be tagged. If they move to another property then you must tag and register them first.
You also need to:
If you’re moving animals from a Movement Control Area they will need to be pre-movement tested.
If you send calves to an accredited saleyard they will create the sending movement in NAIT on your behalf. You must still make sure the calves are tagged and registered.
Bobby calves under 30 days of age moved direct to slaughter from their birth farm are exempt from NAIT requirements to tag and register. Check with your meat processor about their requirements for accepting bobby calves.
All other calves over 30 days of age must be tagged and registered before they move.