Sheep and Goat Health Inspection Ordinance. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 308, 15 October 2015, 17 pp. Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister of Health on programmes for monitoring of certain diseases in sheep and goat stocks. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal health Pests/diseases Sheep/goats Vaccination Inspection Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Ordinance enters into force on 15 November 2015. Abstract An Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Health to introduce surveying measures for the eradication of certain diseases in sheep and goats. Article 1 establishes that sheep and goats are to be examined periodically for the said disease. Article 4 lays down the requirements for the status of “officially free of brucella melitensis”. The text consists of 26 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Active surveillance of scrapie and brucella melitensis (2); Special provisions for monitoring of scrapies (3); Preservation of the health status with regard to classical scrapie; (4); Special provisions for brucella melitensis (5); Duties of animal keeper (6); Final provisions (7). Six Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Repeals Brucella Melitensis Surveying Ordinance. Legislation | Austria | 2002 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Sheep/goats, Vaccination, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX