Order No. 43 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Regulation on keeping a herd book. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2007 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Herd book Animal production Registration 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 This Order stipulates that the Department of Animal Breeding and Animal Husbandry shall be the authorized institution responsible for keeping a state herd book. The herd book shall register herds of agricultural pedigree animals owned by organizations that conduct pedigree animal breeding, animal husbandry and animal genetic resource conservation, and artificial insemination of agricultural animals. The State herd book must contain identification data (address, quantity and quality) on all registered subjects, including information on the pedigree animal breeding organizations, which shall be assigned a unique registration number (code) at the moment its record is inserted into the herd book. Full text Russian Website www.consultant.ru