Decree-Law No. 244/2000 approving measures to combat brucellosis and amending sanitary classification of animals and stockbreeding areas. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 244/2000 (I-B), 27 September 2000, pp. 5207-5223. Subject Livestock Keyword Pests/diseases Hygiene/sanitary procedures Sheep/goats Swine Cattle Classification/declassification Grazing Animal health Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Decree-Law approves measures to combat brucellosis and amends sanitary classification for animals and breeding areas. It consists of 21 articles and 4 annexes establishing sanitary procedures for the eradication of brucellosis from all stock breeding species and infectious areas (including veterinary controls to be carried out on livestock who have been in contact with an animal returned from transhumance and diagnosed with brucellosis). Annexes specify different sanitary classification for animals and stock breeding areas. Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Repeals Order No. 233/91 prescribing measures for the eradication of brucellosis from sheep and goats. Legislation | Portugal | 1991 Keyword: Pests/diseases, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Sheep/goats, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 3/95 amending the Annex of Order No. 233/91 (prescribing measures for the eradication of brucellosis from sheep and goats). Legislation | Portugal | 1995 Keyword: Pests/diseases, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Sheep/goats, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Decree-Law No. 227/2004 introducing into the National legal order Council Directive No. 91/68/CEE on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals. Legislation | Portugal | 2004 Keyword: Animal health, Sheep/goats, Pests/diseases, Transport/storage, Certification, Internal trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX