Decree No. 21 validating Veterinary and Sanitary Regulation on prevention, diagnosis and liquidation of enzootic leucosis of cattle.

This Veterinary and Sanitary Regulation on prevention, diagnosis and liquidation of enzootic leucosis of cattle sets forth mandatory requirements for legal and natural persons, including individual entrepreneurs, related to safety of work and services concerning keeping, breeding, transport, transfer, trade and slaughtering of cattle subject to prophylaxis, diagnosis and liquidation of enzootic leucosis of cattle. In order to prevent enzootic leucosis of cattle legal and physical persons, including individual entrepreneurs, must: (a) ensure the performance of veterinary activities in keeping and exploitation of animals; (b) to form herds only from animals from herds that are free of enzootic leucosis of cattle and gave a negative result when by the outcome of laboratory tests conducted by serological method; (c) to apply for 30 days the quarantine of newly arrived animals for performing laboratory tests by serological method; and (d) to regroup animals within an agricultural organization by consultation with veterinary experts of this agricultural organization. When carrying out control and diagnostic slaughter of animals, post-slaughter veterinary and sanitary examination of carcasses and inner parts of animal shall be carried out in accordance with the acting legislation.