Order No. 359 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food regarding the validation of the Regulation on prevention and control of cattle leucosis. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Cattle Pests/diseases Grazing Slaughtering Quarantine Animal health Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract Organizations, the Russian nationals, foreign citizens and stateless persons – owners of animals and of animal products must trade, deliver for slaughtering , send the cattle to grass and carry out other transfer of animals, and trade animal products only with consent and authorization of veterinary specialists; to keep for 30 days in quarantine newly arrived animals for the purpose of carrying out serological, haematological and other research and treatment; to inform veterinary service of all suspicious case of animal disease that can be ascribed to leucosis; to ensure carrying out sanitary preventive arrangements and liquidation of the epizootic breeding ground of leucosis in case of its origination. The Regulation consists of 7 Sections. Section 1 gives the general notions on leucosis. Section 2 establishes the requirements for the prevention of cattle leucosis. Section 3 deals with epizootic control and diagnosing of leucosis. Section 4 regards quarantine procedures in leucosis affected areas. Section 5 deals with sanitary measures in the stockbreeding enterprises affected by leucosis. Section 6 regards sanitary measures in pedigree stockbreeding enterprises. Section 7 establishes the requirements for the transportation, acceptance, keeping before slaughtering and processing of the cattle affected by leucosis. Full text Russian Website www.law.optima.ru