Guidance

Livestock and equine semen collection: approved premises

Details of premises in Great Britain approved to operate as cattle, sheep, pig and horse semen collection and storage centres.

From:: Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published: 1 January 2013
Last updated: 286 ~~November~~February ~~2024~~2025 — See all updates

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Bovine semen collection centres

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Bovine semen storage centres

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Equine semen collection centres

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Equine semen storage centres

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Ovine and caprine semen collection centres

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Ovine and caprine semen storage centres

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Porcine semen collection centres

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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.

Published 1 January 2013
Last updated 286 ~~November~~February ~~2024~~ 2025 + show all updates

6 February 2025
Updated list of Equine semen collection centres.

28 November 2024
Amended the last updated date on list of porcine semen collection centres.

27 November 2024
Updated the list of porcine semen collection centres.

18 June 2024
Added Klasse AI Aberfeldy, Rattlerow Farms Ltd to the list of approved porcine semen collection centres.

8 April 2024
Updated the list of equine semen storage centres.

2 April 2024
Updated the list of bovine semen collection centres.

8 February 2024
Updated the list of equine semen collection centres.

17 January 2024
Updated the list of bovine semen storage centres.

5 January 2024
Updated the list of equine semen storage centres.

16 October 2023
Updated the lists of equine semen collection centres and equine semen storage centres.

2 August 2023
Updated the list of bovine semen storage centres.

20 June 2023
We have added Viking genetics UK Ltd to the list of Bovine semen storage centres.

28 March 2023
Updated the list 'Equine semen storage centres'. Added Rozel Breeding Centre. Requested by SM-APHA-farmandgermcarlisle.

22 March 2023
Added 'processing centre approval for export to EU' for 'bovine semen', 'equine semen' and 'ovine and caprine semen' collection centres.

10 March 2023
Updated the list 'Bovine semen storage centres'. Genus Central Store - revoked on 9 March 2023.

8 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

20 January 2023
Updated the list 'Ovine and caprine semen collection centres'. Farmgene Ltd - Reinstated 19 January 2023.

12 October 2022
Updated address for Rozel Breeding Centre in equine semen collection centres list.

26 July 2022
Updated the list 'Ovine and caprine semen collection centres'. Farmgene Ltd - Suspended 26 July 2022

13 July 2022
Updated the porcine semen collection centres list. Elite Sires reinstated on 24 June 2022.

17 February 2022
Updated the porcine semen collection centres list.

11 February 2022
Updated the porcine semen collection centres list.

22 December 2021
Updated ovine and caprine collection centres list.

14 December 2021
Updated the bovine semen storage centre list.

1 December 2021
Updated all livestock and equine semen lists.

21 September 2021
Updated the bovine semen collection centres list.

22 July 2021
Updated the bovine semen storage centres list.

18 May 2021
Updated the equine semen collection centres,

23 April 2021
Updated the bovine semen collection and equine storage centre lists.

1 April 2021
Added Rozel Breeding Centre to the list of approved equine semen collection centres.

22 March 2021
Updated the equine semen storage centres list.

25 February 2021
Updated equine semen storage centres list

18 February 2021
Updated equine semen collection centre list

9 February 2021
Updated list of equine semen collection centres.

2 February 2021
Updated the porcine semen collection centres list.

1 February 2021
Updated the bovine and equine semen storage centre lists.

1 December 2020
Ovine and Caprine Semen Storage Centre list updated.

5 October 2020
Updated the bovine semen storage centres list

11 August 2020
Updated the ovine and caprine semen collection centres list.

17 July 2020
Updated bovine semen collection centres

25 June 2020
Updated equine semen collection and storage centres.

6 March 2020
Updated the bovine semen storage centres list

2 March 2020
Updated bovine semen storage centres

4 February 2020
Updated the equine semen collection list with Clements Equine in Suffolk.

19 December 2019
Updated the ovine and caprine collection centre list

20 November 2019
Updated the equine semen collection centre list

14 November 2019
Updated bovine semen collection centres list

2 October 2019
Updated bovine semen storage centre list

1 October 2019
Updated ovine and caprine semen collection centres

9 September 2019
Update bovine semen collection centre list

24 July 2019
Bovine semen collection centres updated

2 July 2019
Porcine semen collection centres updated

1 July 2019
Ovine and caprine semen collection centres updated

11 June 2019
Ovine and caprine semen collection centres updated

20 May 2019
Porcine semen collection centres updated

13 May 2019
Ovine and caprine semen collection centres updated

23 April 2019
Ovine and caprine semen collection centres updated

17 April 2019
Bovine semen storage centres updated

11 March 2019
Equine semen storage centres updated

4 March 2019
Equine Semen Collection Centres updated

28 February 2019
Bovine semen storage centres updated

14 February 2019
Porcine semen collection centres updated

4 February 2019
Equine semen storage centres updated.

22 January 2019
Equine semen collection centres document updated

27 December 2018
Equine Semen Storage Centre document updated

18 December 2018
Ovine and caprine semen collection centres document updated.

13 November 2018
Ovine and Caprine Semen Storage Centre list updated

12 November 2018
Ovine and caprine semen collection centres list updated

13 September 2018
Bovine semen collection centres document updated

13 August 2018
Updated porcine semen collection centres

10 July 2018
Updated document: bovine semen storage centres

26 June 2018
Updated document - bovine semen storage centres

30 May 2018
Equine semen collection centres document updated

29 May 2018
Updated equine semen collection centres

8 January 2018
Updated ovine and caprine semen collection centres

14 December 2017
Updated ovine and caprine semen storage centres

29 November 2017
Updated bovine semen storage centres

6 November 2017
Updated porcine semen collection centres

31 October 2017
Updated porcine semen collection centres

5 October 2017
Updated Ovine and caprine semen collection centres

13 September 2017
Updated document - ovine and caprine semen collection centre

1 September 2017
Updated documents - equine and porcine semen collection centres

23 June 2017
Updated document - equine semen collection centres

21 June 2017
Updated document - equine semen collection centres

31 March 2017
Updated documents - equine semen collection and storage centres

29 March 2017
Porcine semen collection centre document updated

16 January 2017
Equine semen collection centres document update

29 December 2016
Ovine and caprine semen collection centres updated

19 December 2016
Updated bovine semen storage centres document

13 December 2016
Updated bovine semen storage centres document

5 December 2016
Updated bovine semen collection centre document

30 November 2016
Bovine semen collection centre document updated

25 November 2016
Equine semen collection centre document updated

16 November 2016
Equine semen collection centre document updated

6 October 2016
Bovine semen storage centres document update

13 September 2016
Porcine semen collection centre document updated

30 August 2016
Updated ovine and caprine semen collection centres

21 July 2016
Porcine semen collection centre document updated

11 July 2016
Bovine semen collection centres document update

23 June 2016
Porcine semen collection centre document updated

26 May 2016
Porcine semen collection centre document updated

25 May 2016
Equine semen collection centre document updated

1 October 2014
AHVLA documents have been re-assigned to the new Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

1 January 2013
First published.

Livestock and equine semen collection: approved premises

Documents

Bovine semen collection centres

Bovine semen storage centres

Equine semen collection centres

Equine semen storage centres

Ovine and caprine semen collection centres

Ovine and caprine semen storage centres

Porcine semen collection centres

Details 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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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.