If you send animals for processing or move them between properties or to saleyards, you need to know about completing the Animal Status Declaration (ASD) form.
A new Animal Status Declaration came into effect on 3 June 2025.
It was updated to align with new veterinary medicine regulations introduced by the European Union (EU).
More information about the change is in our guide.
Animal Status Declaration for farmed red meat animals other than pigs [PDF, 446 KB]
Guide to the new Animal Status Declaration – What you need to know [PDF, 297 KB]
Practices on lifestyle blocks and farms impact on the safety and suitability of animals for processing. Animal status declarations (ASDs) provide important information about your animal or group of animals for:
ASDs are covered under the documents below:
Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing [PDF, 1.9 MB]
Learn more about ASDs in this guidance document [PDF, 557 KB]
An ASD form must be completed when:
An ASD must be completed for movements of the following animals from one property to another or to a saleyard – where there is a different person in charge of the animals:
An ASD must be completed for the following animals when sent for processing:
The only exception is bobby calves sent direct to slaughter under a commercial declaration.
Every person owning cattle or deer must register these animals as a herd with TBfree and NAIT. The Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) provides optional MINDA registration.
Registering with NAIT and TBfree – OSPRI
MINDA – Livestock Improvement Corporation
When transporting NAIT animals, your livestock transporter may request you to provide a declaration that the NAIT animals you are consigning for transport are tagged and registered. Depending on which ASD book you are using, this declaration may be found with your ASD form. However, the declaration is also available here to download and print, if needed.
Declaration to Livestock Transporter (DLT) [PDF, 149 KB]
The ASD must be completed by the person in charge of the animals. You can use either:
Animal status declaration for pigs [PDF, 429 KB]
Animal status declaration for pigs (editable PDF) [PDF, 426 KB]
You can order a book of ASD forms (for cattle, deer, sheep, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas, ostriches, and emus) and gain access to electronic ASDs from the OSPRI website.
Order a book of Animal Status Declaration (ASD) forms – OSPRI
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