Bovine and Porcine Artificial Breeding Licence Applications in England, 2013

APHA received applications for animal licences for bovine or porcine semen collection in England during 2013. The dataset lists these applications and categorizes licences by type: EC for Intra-union trade, DOM for Domestic trade, or UP for use on Unlicensed Premises. The data is provided by the UK Government's Animal and Plant Health Agency under Crown Copyright.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in artificial breeding licence applications based on the 2013 time frame and species mentioned.
• Monitor regulatory compliance for semen collection centres based on the described licence types (EC, DOM, UP).
• Study the distribution of breeding activities for domestic versus intra-EU trade based on the licence purpose categories.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official UK government agency APHA, providing authoritative records.
• The description clearly defines the three specific licence types (EC, DOM, UP) and their purposes.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK Government

Collection Method

Applications received by the regulatory agency.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Data covers the year 2013; last update date is unknown.

Geography

England