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Health conditions

Animal health

Germany provides a very high general animal health status not only ensured by veterinary legislation and the veterinary administration but also through the responsible-minded action of livestock owners and their respective veterinarians. Since animal diseases do not stop at frontiers, the appropriate federal ministry permanently cooperates with the veterinary authorities of other countries and supports the goals and procedures of the EU Animal Health Strategy.

 

In accordance with the standards of the International Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Germany is free from:

 

• Brucellosis with cattle

• Leucosis with cattle

• Tuberculosis with cattle

• Foot-and-mouth disease

• Cattle plague

• Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

• Vesicular stomatitis

 

Germany runs an EU-recognized program for the eradication of the Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) and the bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1) respectively.

 

In accordance with the International Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Germany is a country with a controlled risk when it comes to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).

 

Monitoring and maintenance of that health status is ensured by the complete system of veterinary administration at federal, state, and county level.

 

Animal welfare

The veterinary administration guarantees the compliance with the specific regulations for the animals’ safety of life and wellness and especially monitors animal trading, animal transport, and animal housing.

 

More informations about the current health conditions available

under telephone number +49 (0)561 - 510890 or by E-Mail.