Farm Animals Breeding Act.

This Act provides the bases for the breeding of farm animals in order to ensure that the performance ability and genetic value of farm animals improves, that the gene pool of farm animals is preserved and that livestock production is economically efficient. A breed shall have a name which: (a) is different from other breed names being used; and (b) is distinguishable from all registered trademarks and trade designations. A breed or a distinguishable part of a population of animals of the same species is deemed to be endangered if the number of female or male animals used for breeding is less than one thousand or less than twenty respectively or if the number of female or male birds used for breeding is less than ten thousand or less than one thousand respectively. Upon breeding of a farm animal belonging to an endangered breed, only the semen, ovum and embryo of a farm animal of the same breed may be used. Upon breeding a farm animal belonging to an endangered breed, the breeding material of a farm animal of another breed prescribed by a breed improvement programme may be used only for a single crossing in order to avoid inbreeding. Breeding is an activity intended for the deliberate improvement of the performance ability and genetic value of farm animals and for the preservation or improvement of the economic utility thereof which is carried out in the following fields: (a) maintenance of herd-books and animal breeding registers; (b) performance testing and assessment of the genetic value of farm animals; (c) preservation of endangered breeds; and (d) collection, preservation, treatment and marketing of breeding material obtained from breeding animals.