How do I obtain a movement certificate?

You may go online to the Farm Animal Identification and Records (FAIR) database -- www.nationalfair.com -- or you may call MDA during regular business hours, M-F from 7:30 am-5:00 pm at (866) 870-5136 or (517) 373-1077.

What information is required for a movement certificate?

Please have the following information available when you call to obtain a movement certificate:

1. A complete address of the location the animals are leaving.
2. A complete address of where the animals are going.
3. Contact phone numbers for both the seller and the buyer.
4. A name and location of slaughter establishment if cattle are for slaughter only.
5. A national premises ID for both the origination and destination address.
6. The date the animals will be moving.
7. Radio Frequency ID (RFID)number for each animal being moved.
8. The age, breed and sex of each animal being moved.
9. The date of the last whole herd or individual animal TB test.
10. The test chart number and name of the veterinarian who performed the test. 

A copy of the test must be on file or faxed to MDA’s Lansing office before the certificate may be issued. This information is only necessary if the animal age, destination and purpose of movement requires a 60-day bovine TB test to have been performed.

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