Sheep and goats in Russia to be registered a year earlier

Published 2024년 11월 19일

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The Russian government is planning to change the method of marking farm animals from group to individual, and mandate their registration by September 2025 for small cattle. The government resolution, which is under preparation, aims to expand access to the animal registration system to livestock specialists to speed up the process and improve system functionality. There will be increased control over the use of veterinary drugs for animals, and producers will be unable to circulate meat and milk from unregistered animals. The number of farm animals registered in the Horriot system as of October 2024 was over 15 million heads of cattle and 7.6 million sheep and goats.

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It is also planned to change the method of marking these animals from group to individual Russian Government Resolution No. 550 sets the deadlines for mandatory registration of farm animals. For small cattle - September 1, 2026. However, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture proposed to postpone the registration date a year earlier. "The biggest planned change is a change in the registration deadlines for certain types of animals, in particular small cattle," commented Maria Novikova, Director of the Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is proposed to postpone the deadline from September 1, 2026 to September 1, 2025. According to Novikova, a government resolution on this matter has already been prepared, and individual aspects are currently being worked out. The document is planned to be approved before the end of the year. In addition, it is also proposed to change the method of marking sheep and goats from group to individual. This proposal of the ministry is ...

Source: Specagro