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Guidance

How much you can claim to improve animal health and welfare

Find out how much funding you can claim, to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
26 June 2025
Last updated
122 JulyJanuary 20252026 — See all updates

Applies to England

This service forms part of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. It will provide payments to livestock keepers to fund farm visits by vets.

To get funding, you must apply for an Improve Animal Health and Welfare (IAHW) agreement. Before you start any actions from reviews or follow-ups, make sure you have applied and the agreement is in place.

How much you can claim

You’ll get funding for whichever species you choose, not for each animal.

The funding amount for each species is different because some tests cost more to do.

The funding will contribute to:

  • the cost of testing
  • your time and the vet’s time

Funding amounts for vet visits from 22 January 2026

Species Animal health and welfare review funding Endemic disease follow-up funding
Pigs £557£648 £923£1,087
Sheep £436£574 £639£658
Beef cattle £522£647 £837£954 for a follow-up with a persistently infected (PI) hunt or £215or £258 for a follow up without a PI hunt
Dairy cattle £372£447 £1,714£1,844 for a follow-up with a persistently infected (PI) hunt or £215£258 for a follow up without a PI hunt

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    Get help with your application

    For more help with applying for this service, you can watch this video. It shows you how to apply and how to find all the information farmers and vets need.

    Contact the Rural Payments Agency if you:

    • cannot apply online
    • have a question about your application

    You can scan and attach documents in an email and send them to us. Or you can post them to our address. You should:

    • use ‘IAHW’ in the email subject heading
    • put your SBI and IAHW agreement number on everything you send to us

    Write to:

    Rural Payments Agency

    PO Box 352

    Worksop

    S80 9FG

    Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk.

    Telephone: 03000 200 301 Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except public holidays.

    Find out about call charges.

    Funding to improve animal health and welfare: guidance for farmers and vets

    Updates to this page

    Published 26 June 2025
    Last updated 122 JulyJanuary 20252026 + show all updates

    2. Added detail about needing to apply for the agreement to the warning text.

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    Update history

    2026-01-22 10:00
    Funding amounts for claims with vet visits from 22 January 2026 have been updated.

    2025-07-01 16:41
    Added detail about needing to apply for the agreement to the warning text.

    2025-06-26 10:00
    First published.