Kirby Lonsdale Fallen Stock Collection

If you need the removal of fallen stock in Kirby Lonsdale, then call Martlands Kirby Lonsdale fallen stock collectors. We are registered collectors and disposers of Kirby Lonsdale fallen stock and Kirby Lonsdale casualty animals with the Fallen Stock company. No matter if you need our Kirby Lonsdale Fallen Stock Collection service just on an ad-hoc basis in Kirby Lonsdale or want a longer-term contractual arrangement, then Martlands can help you.

Kirby Lonsdale Fallen Stock Collection

Farmers in Kirby Lonsdale are responsible for the disposal of their own fallen stock. On-farm burial is banned in Kirby Lonsdale and has been since 2003 to protect public health. The EU Control Regulations says in Article 21 that Kirby Lonsdale fallen stock has got to be collected, identified and removed without ‘undue delay’. This means that a Kirby Lonsdale fallen stock collection service must be engaged quickly and our Westmorland fallen stock collection service does just that.

Fallen Stock Service Kirby Lonsdale

Where Kirby Lonsdale cattle are over 48 months of age at the time of death, they must be collected from Kirby Lonsdale and samples must be taken by a Kirby Lonsdale TSE sampling site within 24 hours of the animal’s death.

Martlands fallen stock collection Kirby Lonsdale is a DEFRA-approved Licensed Sampling Centre. We can undertake TSE (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) brain stem testing for cattle over 48 months old. We collect the animal from Kirby Lonsdale within 24 hours of you notifying us of the animal’s death. The brain stem is removed, and the samples are taken and sent from Kirby Lonsdale to the VLA (Veterinaries Laboratories Agency) in Newcastle. All Kirby Lonsdale carcasses are disposed of by rendering and incineration.