Regulation determining the Programme of animal health protection measures for 2023.

This Regulation establishes the Serbian Programme of animal health protection measures for the year 2023, which is part of this publication. Specific animal health protection measures, deadlines, the manner of implementation of necessary measures, entities that will implement them, sources and method of providing and using funds, as well as the method of controlling the implementation of these measures are all determined by the Programme.
In order to prevent the occurrence, early detection, spread, monitoring, suppression or eradication of infectious animal diseases, the following measures are implemented: 1) registration of the farm in the Central Database, marking and entering data on marked animals into the Central Database; 2) biosecurity measures and animal welfare; 3) epizootiological monitoring of animal health (active and passive monitoring and diagnostic tests); 4) education and notification of owners, keepers of animals and users of hunting grounds; 5) immunoprophylactic measures; 6) diagnostic tests aimed at early detection of particularly dangerous infectious diseases (high-risk diseases), organization and implementation of epizootiological investigations in case of suspicion of particularly dangerous and other infectious diseases; 7) diagnostic testing of animals with the aim of early detection of diseases and infections and resistance to antimicrobial agents; 8) diagnostic tests for abortions and keeping data on abortions and performed diagnostic tests; 9) diagnostic testing of breeding bulls, boars, rams and bucks, stallions used for natural mating and seed production in artificial insemination centers.