Regulation determining the Programme of animal health protection measures for 2022.

This Regulation, based on the provisions of the Serbian Veterinary Law, provides for the Programme of animal health protection measures for year 2022. The Programme sets specific measures of animal health protection, deadlines, manner of implementation of these measures, entities that will implement them, sources and manner of providing and using funds, as well as manner of control of implementation of measures. The following measures shall be taken to prevent the occurrence, early detection, spread, monitoring, control or eradication of infectious animal diseases: 1) registration of the farm in the Central Database, marking and entry of data on marked animals in the Central Database; 2) biosecurity measures and animal welfare; 3) epizootiological surveillance of animal health (active and passive surveillance and diagnostic tests); 4) education and informing the owners, keepers of animals and users of hunting grounds; 5) immunoprophylactic measures; 6) diagnostic tests for the purpose of early detection of particularly dangerous infectious diseases (high-risk diseases), organization and implementation of epizootiological investigation in case of suspicion of particularly dangerous and other infectious diseases; 7) diagnostic tests of animals in order to detect diseases and infections and resistance to antimicrobial agents; 8) diagnostic tests for abortions and entry of data on abortions and performed diagnostic tests; 9) diagnostic testing of breeding bulls, boars, rams and goats, stallions used for natural mating and seed production in artificial insemination centers.