The Law regulates the following issues:
− the welfare of farm animals and the creation of appropriate conditions for their keeping and slaughter;
− registration and circulation of veterinary drugs;
− the use of antimicrobial drugs that will prevent the antibiotic resistance among animals and improve the epizootic situation in Ukraine, and facilitate minimization of the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry.
The law introduces the following:
− reduction of the number of veterinary documents, which will simplify doing business in the field of animal husbandry, the issuance of appropriate veterinary documents and prescriptions both in paper and electronic forms;
− introduction of indefinite (perpetual) registration of veterinary medicines;
− simplification of import of live animals into the territory of Ukraine in certain cases;
− application of a risk-based approach to the planning and implementation of state control of livestock facilities;
− increasing responsibility in case of violations of legislation in the field of veterinary medicine and animal welfare;
− development of veterinary practice
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