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Art. 15 Ordinance of 31 October 2012 on Livestock Breeding (OB) - Contributions for Cattle Breeding
Art. 15 OE · Contributions for Cattle Breeding
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The contribution for cattle breeding, including water buffaloes, is as follows: a. for herd-book management: 12 francs per animal registered in the herd-book b. for performance testing: 1. for morphological assessment with linear description and classification 9 francs 2. milk samples: – per milk sample examined according to the ICAR A4 method – per milk sample examined according to the ICAR AT4, ATM4, ATM4/7d, or AZ4 method – per milk sample examined according to the ICAR B or C method 5 francs 3.50 francs 2.20 francs 3. for meat performance control according to the ICAR method 26 francs 4. for the initial diagnosis during health control according to the ICAR method 1 franc.
Contributions for morphological assessment are granted for methods applied according to an international standard for linear description and classification.
Half of the contribution per milk sample is granted for cows that are part of an operation affiliated with the herd-book: a. that are non-herd-book animals, or b. for which milk control is carried out without examination of milk composition.
No contribution per milk sample is granted for cows that are part of an operation affiliated with the herd-book, when the conditions set out in para. 4, let. a and b, are met.
The contribution per milk sample collected as part of milk control is granted for each cow raised in an operation affiliated with the herd-book. The recognized breeding organization informs the FOAG whether the granting should be quarterly or annually.
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Contributions are paid for a maximum of three initial diagnoses during health control per reference period and per animal.