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Raising of dairy cattle
To pursue this activity, an entry permit is required.
The activity of cattle farming encompasses:
- the breeding and rearing of dairy cows and suckler cows,
- cow and buffalo milk production
The holder of the animal and the caretaker designated for the care of the animal is responsible for cattle farming.
Prior to performing this activity, a holder of cattle must register their agricultural holding and be entered into the Register of Holders of Farm Animals kept by a competent authority.
The holder of cattle must ensure that all animals are suitably marked and entered into the Central Cattle Register and that a passport always accompanies the animal. The holder is also obligated to keep a Cattle Register at their agricultural holding.
Applies for SKD:
- Raising of dairy cattle A01.410
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In the case of animal husbandry, the owner of animals must be assigned an agricultural holding (KMG-MID) identification number.
The KMG_MID agricultural holding identification number is acquired by the owner of animals via the entry in the register of agricultural holdings.Evidence
Izpis iz registra kmetijskih gospodarstev
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The owners who breed the following animals must enter in the register:
- bovine animals, ungulates;
- small cattle, pigs, game from the wire pen, alpacas, llamas, snails;
- poultry, rabbits;
- aquaculture, bees.
An owner of breeding animals enters in the register of owners on the basis of an application with the following data:
- name and surname or the company and address or the head office of the owner of animals;
- personal identification number (hereinafter referred to as: PIN), or the registration number of the business entity of the owner of animals or tax ID number;
- location of the holding (postal address if available, otherwise geographical coordinates of the location – N,E according to ETRS89), and exceptionally also the data from the cadastre (cadastral municipality, plot);
- identification number of the agricultural holding (KMG-MID) if available, or the identification number of the holding (G-MID) if available;
- number by the species of breeding animals;
- signature of the owner;
- with the owner's consent also the contact information (e-mail and telephone numbers)
Agricultural holdings entered in the official records and kept within the scope of the competent authority and which indicate that the owner breeds the animals at the location of the holding are entered in the register of owners ex officio.
An owner of breeding animals must report any changes of the data on the owner or holding within 30 days after the change at the latest.
Before the entry in the register of owners of animals, an owner of animals must have appropriate education or be professionally qualified.
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A cattle keeper is a legal or natural entity responsible for cattle and may also be the owner or the person dealing with the breeding, protection, slaughtering, purchase and sale, transport, showing, and other use of cattle. All cattle keepers must be registered in the Register of Livestock owners and are responsible for correctly marking the cattle at their agricultural holding in a timely manner and that correct data on the movement of cattle have been informed to the Central Register of Cattle in a timely manner. A keeper is obligated to keep records about the cattle at the agricultural holding. A keeper may also perform zoo-technical tasks, for which they must be suitably trained.
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An animal caretaker is a natural entity who takes care of animals intended for breeding at the agricultural holding.
An animal caretaker must provide a proper care in breeding, transport and other procedures most suitable for an individual animal species.
An animal caretaker is obliged to provide special care and appropriate treatment for sick, injured and exhausted animals and if necessary also provide them a separate facility.
An animal caretaker must have appropriate education or suitable qualification and knowledge on breeding and treatment of domestic animals, health protection of domestic animals, fodder and feeding of domestic animals and animal products and management of livestock tasks.
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The passport is issued by the Animal Identification and Registration Office (SIR) based on the registration in the CRG.
The passport for cattle is a document issued at the birth of cattle, the receipt of cattle from EU Member States and the import of cattle from third countries and accompanies cattle until their death or export to third countries.
The owner of cattle keeps passports on the farm holding where the cattle are located. If the cattle are relocated, it must be accompanied by valid passports.
The passports indicate basic data on the animals (identification number, birth data, data on the first owner). The first owner to whom the cattle passport was issued guarantees with their signature that the data on the passport are accurate.
Every following owner of cattle must enter data on their farm holding, date of receipt of cattle in the passport immediately after receiving them, and sign themselves. Hereby the passport for cattle becomes valid. The appropriate fields of the passport must contain the relocations to pasture and joint grazing meadows as well as fairs and exhibitions.
The owner of cattle requests a passport for cattle by registering cattle in the central register of cattle (CRG). In 14 days after a successful registration, the owner receives a passport.
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Only the technology and breeding method is permitted which fulfils the ethological standards, in particular in terms of the sustainable development and all forms of life. Ethological standards are the standards that include special needs of an individual animal species and provide animal welfare.
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Animals bred and maintained at an agricultural holding must be bred so that their biological needs are satisfied, their physical functions and behaviour not disturbed and their adaptation capacity not exceeded. Feeding, care and accommodation are suitable, if they fulfil physiological, ethological and other needs of domestic animals. Animals must be fed according to the methods suitable for an individual animal species, and the appropriate care and accommodation in breeding facilities must be provided. Forced feeding of domestic animals is allowed, if it is needed for their survival or medical reasons.
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The fodder basis which includes processed or produced fodder must be maintained and exploited according to the sustainability principle. A holder of animals must provide them with appropriate quality and quantity of suitable fodder and the appropriate method of feeding and watering to preserve health and fulfil ethological needs of feeding. Equipment for watering and feeding must be formed, built and installed so that it prevents water and fodder contamination and that the damages due to jostling of animals for water and fodder are minimal. Animals must have permanent access to an appropriate water source or they must be enabled access to feeding in another manner in time intervals that apply to their physiological needs.
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Appropriate agricultural infrastructure is required for the implementation of breeding (fences, accesses to agricultural land and agricultural holdings as the paths and ruts, agricultural facilities in the fields, mountains and similar).
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The animal care must provide a proper care in breeding, transport and other procedures most suitable for an individual animal species. Irregularities or deficiencies must be prevented in the method of breeding which negatively affect the welfare and health of domestic animals.
An animal caretaker is obliged to provide special care and appropriate treatment for sick, injured and exhausted domestic animals and if necessary also provide them a separate facility.
In animal breeding and care, the actions or abandoning, which could inflict pain, suffering or injuries, are prohibited.
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An agricultural holding may have the following breeding facilities:
stables, sheds, pens, milking parlours; pools for fish breeding and fish ponds at the agricultural holding; manure storage and other facilities for animal excrements; storage facilities for fodder (e.g. hayloft, hayracks, silos, granaries, cellars) and water; other breeding facilities (fenced and non-fenced pastures with controlled pasture, fences, running grounds, outlets, small water containers and other).
To provide the appropriate quality of domestic animals and animal products, the animal breeder must use appropriate equipment for accommodation, feeding, watering, cleaning and care and the equipment for regulation of environmental conditions and transport of animal excrements in breeding individual species of domestic animals according to the zoo-hygienic and ethological standards. The breeding equipment in particular includes:
appropriate stands, boxes, fastenings, cages, stable ground, devices in pools for farming fish and fish ponds which enable domestic animals their characteristic behaviour and welfare; appropriate devices to provide suitable climate and lighting conditions; appropriate devices for the control of domestic animals; appropriate hives and loading hives; appropriate devices to regulation water in fish breeding pools and ponds.
Materials for the construction of objects, accommodation facilities, boxes and equipment for animals must not be harmful to animals. They must be strong and suitable for thorough cleaning and disinfection. Objects and equipment must be arranged so that they do not injure the animals. The spatial situation must be suitable for animal species and level of development, adaptation and domestication, physiological and ethological needs and hygienic conditions. Animals in the facilities must not be in the constant dark or the suitable application of artificial lighting must be provided. The electrical installations must be properly installed so that it does not injure the animals.
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Animal excrements are manure, urine and residue from the sedimentation pools for fish and is used as manure and liquefied manure. Animal excrements and compost are used to fertilise agricultural land in a way which provides nutritional substances to plants and maintenance of soil fertility. Animal excrements must be handled as to prevent the danger of the health of people and domestic animals and quality of fodder and animal products. The facilities for animal excrements are:
manure storages, manure tanks and pit for liquid manure, lagoons, sedimentation pools and devices for processing and treatment of animal excrements.
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