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Animals; notification of stock changes and display of animal and stock data
Changes in livestock such as birth, arrival, departure, death, slaughter, etc. must be reported in accordance with the Livestock Traffic Ordinance and animal, stock and health data must be reported and stored.
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Herkunftssicherungs- und Informationssystem für Tiere (HIT)
In the HIT database, all herd changes such as birth, movement, entry, departure, death, slaughter, etc. are reported centrally for the whole of Germany in accordance with the Livestock Traffic Ordinance, and animal, herd and health data are displayed and stored.
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Description
Traceability, the monitoring of livestock traffic within the framework of the Livestock Traffic Ordinance and the traceability of cattle in the event of an animal disease outbreak are important objectives of the Central Database (ZDB). In order to achieve these, the reporting system comprises
- the registration of an animal in the ZDB with the
- Initial registration for animals born before 26.09.1999,
- Birth registration since 26.09.1999
- EU import and import from third countries since 26.09.1999
- the movement reports (entry and exit) and
- the notification of the end of the animal
- Slaughter, import slaughter
- Notification of death (slaughter/slaughter)
- Export
The HIT database has been set up by the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry on behalf of the federal states. The program can be accessed at the Internet address www.hi-tier.de.
In the HIT database, declarations can be made quickly and inexpensively, corrections can be made and reporting chain errors (processes) can be processed online. In addition, it is possible to access an up-to-date herd register with details of the LU values and health information as well as sex and age statistics for a key date or over a period of time and to check the life history of an animal. In order to submit notifications, the person obliged to notify must apply for a registration number from the authority responsible for their holding.
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Status: 03.03.2025
Editorial responsibility Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Tourismus
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