New veterinary rules for keeping sheep and goats published

Large sheep and goat farms will have special requirements, such as quarantine. This follows from the new veterinary rules for keeping sheep and goats, approved by order of the Ministry of Agriculture No. 774.

Veterinary regulations establish separate requirements for personal subsidiary plots or farms and for large enterprises.

Thus, the territories of enterprises where more than 1 thousand heads of small cattle are kept should be divided into zones. In addition to the production area where animals are housed, separate walking areas, a veterinary and prophylactic station with a room or place for storing veterinary drugs, as well as separate areas for quarantine, storage and processing of manure and disposal of biowaste should be provided.

Sheep and goats entering such farms must be kept in quarantine for at least 21 days.

In addition, the new veterinary rules establish requirements for livestock housing, walking areas, disease prevention and diagnosis. Norms of watering and feeding are also established depending on the condition and age of the animals.

The new veterinary rules (http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202211300069?index=0&r...) will come into force on March 1, 2023 and will be valid until March 1, 2029.

Source: Rostov Reference Center of ROSSELKHOZNADZOR