Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 547 in Riga, July 5, 2011 (pr. No 41 62) for dairy cows and goats for milk varieties monitoring procedure issued in accordance with the breeding and animal breeding law 12 the first paragraph of article i. General questions 1. determines the number of dairy cows (cows) and varieties of goats milk (goat) monitoring arrangements.
2. the monitoring year: 2.1 a cow starts October 1 and ends September 30;
2.2. the goat begins on January 1 and ends on December 31.
 3. at the time of the flock owner Supervision provides accounting, processing and assessing the needs for data acquisition on the bovine and goat milk production, reproduction characteristics, health (hereinafter referred to as control data) and exterior (hereinafter referred to as the exterior evaluation of the data).
4. control data obtained physical person who carries out the monitoring of each cow and goat, individual monitoring (monitor).
5. Exterior evaluation data obtained physical person who evaluates each monitoring existing cow and goat exterior (hereinafter expert).
6. in the monitoring, the herd owner provides all of the same purpose and in one shed cows or goats kept individual monitoring and evaluation.
7. monitoring data, the following monitoring methods: 7.1 (A) method-supervised by monitors that has received certificate monitoring;
7.2. (B) the method, supervised by monitors, who has received a certificate for the performance of supervision in the same herd;
7.3. C method-the herd owner having milk samples, establish the quantities of milk and is responsible for the quality of these activities. The other operations are carried out monitoring monitor who has received a certificate for the performance of supervision. The owner of the herd monitors trained to remove the milk sample and determine the quantity of milk.
8. before starting to monitor livestock owner: 8.1 in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Civil Code shall agree on the analysis of milk with milk quality analysis laboratory, which is accredited by the society with limited liability "the standardization, accreditation and Metrology Centre" Latvian National Accreditation Bureau according to the standard LVS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 "the competence of testing and calibration laboratories-General requirements" and the scope of accreditation includes raw physico-chemical and microbiological testing (laboratory of milk);
8.2. in accordance with the procedure laid down in the civil code, agreed with monitor for monitoring the performance of work, if the owner of the herd monitoring his flock not carried out;
8.3. provide the State Agency "agricultural data centre" (hereinafter referred to as the data center) on the monitoring of the application started. The application shall indicate the following: 8.3.1. number of livestock;
8.3.2. the number of the accommodation;
8.3.3. monitoring method;
8.3.4. monitor or licence number of the certificate (and the person who removes the milk samples and determine the quantity of milk, if the work in accordance with the rules referred to in point 7.3);
8.3.5. dairy laboratory, with which there is agreement on the analysis of milk;
8.3.6. determination of the quantity of milk used in milk products, measuring their test year and month.
II. Control data acquisition procedure 9. Period between stocking is from 22 to 37 control days (herd) and from 28 to 34 days (goat herd) (hereinafter referred to as the starpkontroļ period). The flock shall be carried out no less than 11 times during the year of monitoring.
10. Stocking starpkontroļ period that is longer than 37 days (herd) or 34 days (goat herd), one time during a year of monitoring monitors the leave or sickness.
11. the Period between the cows or goats to individual controls can never exceed 74 days.
12. A cow or a goat give birth day is considered the day of milking, but cietlaišan day on cietstāvēšan day.
13. Production control: 13.1. launched: 13.1.1. cow no earlier than the sixth day after the milking cow calving and not later than the 74 days after parturition;
13.1.2. goat no earlier than the 10th day after the goats give birth and not later than the 74 days after calving. Kids distinguish at least three days before the production control;
13.2. no later than six days before the cow or goat cietlaišan.
14. If you have not found the cow or goat cietlaišan, but after the last control to calving have passed for the day: 14.1 in less than 14 days, on the day of the cietlaišan adopted the previous day before calving;
14.2. for more than 14 days, on the day of the cietlaišan adopted the fourteenth day after the last control.
15. do not stop lactation and productivity accounts continues, if the cow is abortējus to the gestation day 152, but goat-to 75. gestation day.
  16. the cow or goat individual control: 16.1. kontrolizslaukum, register for the quantity of milk per milking within 24 hours. Kontrolizslaukum determined in kilograms with one decimal point. The determination of the quantities of milk used in one of the following methods: 16.1.1. weighs in with a non-automatic weighing instruments (cow's milk not for determining the quantity used automatic scales that can weigh 10 kilograms);
16.1.2. the capacity in litres is measured with the measuring containers (with an accuracy of 0.1 litre) and conversion results in kg by applying a coefficient of 1.028;
16.1.3. measured by the milking machine milk meters;
16.2. kontrolizslaukum milk.
  17. Mad cow or goat individual control website (hereinafter referred to as the control page) monitor: 17.1. herd control date (if the controls are carried out in two days, on the day of the control registers the other day);
17.2. each controlled cow or goat milk sample number;
17.3. each controlled cow or goat's milk from morning to evening and lunch;
17.4. for information on other events (veterinary quarantine restrictions in the herd of cows or goats, mass disease, cietlaišan, this provision in paragraph 18 events).
    18. Where a herd control day not made individual cow or goat and individual control of the milk sample is not taken, the monitor shall check on the control sheet and indicate the relevant reasons: 18.1. not enough kontrolizslaukum: 18.1.1. milk yield per cow per day is less than 3 kg;
18.1.2. goat's milk yield per day is less than 0.3 kg;
18.2. a cow or a goat's oestrus, disease, injury;
18.3. the cow or goat range or power tools.

19. If control does not meet the requirements laid down in these rules, control data has found errors or control is not registered (hereinafter referred to as the inadequate control), by individual cows or goats or repeating entire herd control within 21 days after the corresponding control. In this case, the particular control type R a repeating control.
20. the control of the control data obtained shall be recorded in accordance with the procedure laid down in these provisions and indicate the date the repeating control.
21. the findings of the inspection control of the data included in the calculation of productivity, but not the corresponding control data is not used in the calculation.
22. If you have repeating controls, the next period of herd starpkontroļ down, starting from the date of the corresponding control.
23. the determination of the quantities of milk used for measuring sound features, which are verified pursuant to international animal Monitoring Committee (hereinafter referred to as the ICAR) guidelines and meets the requirements of these guidelines.
24. milk quantity measurement inspection body means that concluded with data center contract for data exchange and ICAR guidelines. Data Center information on the said institutions on its Web site, the address of which is specified in the State regional development agency in the public service.
25. measuring the quantity of milk products for compliance with the guidelines of the ICAR certified label that this provision in paragraph 24 that the institution has indicated the year and month when the measuring tool is checked if the data in accordance with the legislation on measuring instruments calibration or the legislation on measuring means verification, verification of repetitive, certificates and verification marks.
III. The milk sampling and analysis 26. Dairy lab provides: 26.1. containers with milk bottles with a capacity of at least 45 mL;
26.2. the document accompanying the container;
26.3. preservative and bottling the milk sample phials.
27. milk sample uses a graduated pipette or syringe with nozzle, Cup or milking machine milk meter.
28. Milk sample taken immediately after milking, the milk is warm yet pending. Before sampling milk, mix thoroughly. Each milking sample vial is filled with the same quantity of milk with the estimate that the total sample size is 35 – 45 mL.
29. Milk sample bottle, remove the disintegrating preservative mix, marked and insert the milk sample container. Keep the container in a cool and other inaccessible space.
30. before the departure of the milk samples to monitor laboratory of milk present accompanying the container. The accompanying document shall indicate: 30.1. milk sample exporter and shipper's certificate or licence number;
30.2. the first and the last milk sampling date;
30.3. the total number of milk sample;
18.9. each of the first and the last herd milk samples number;
5. date of dispatch of the milk sample.
  31. Milk samples, control page and accompanying documents of the container monitor four days after the control sends the dairy laboratory.
32. Dairy lab control sheet specifies the container code.
33. Dairy lab down the protein, fat and somatic cell counts in milk. Milk fat content and the protein content is determined as a percentage according to the methods laid down by the guidelines ICAR.
34. the results obtained in the laboratory of milk milk and control table of contents pages of the data recorded and electronically sent to the data center.
IV. evaluation of bovine exterior 35. Exterior scored all the cows in the monitoring in the first and third lactation period from 20th calving date to the fourth lactation at the end of the month.
36. If, before the commencement of monitoring a herd of cows was not ranked, the owner of the herd all the bovine animals provide for evaluation during the period of farrowing date to the twentieth fourth lactation at the end of the month.
37. If the owner of the herd of cows imported from another country or purchased from a herd that is not oversight, he during the period from 20 days before farrowing fourth lactation month provides all of the imported cows and purchased.
38. Mad cow exterior scored no more than two times in their lives.
39. An expert valuation data exterior: 24.3. linear scored 17 exterior signs (annex 1, 1-17. sign), assigning points from 1 to 9;
24.4. measured with mērspieķ cattle cross the height and expressed it in centimeters.
39.3. indicates exterior errors using the appropriate code (annex 2);
24.5. scored three exterior signs of the Group's 90-100 point system (as for lactation). Signs of the Group standings for each of the signs of the Group's rating is multiplied by the weight factor, results summed and divided by 100 (annex 3).
40. the expert evaluation of bovine exterior data recording: 24.9. requires data center authorized access to the Data Center Web site the existing breeding and monitoring information database (hereinafter database), which includes the data center in the national information system, "agricultural data centre information system";
40.2. use exterior evaluation protocols database, and 20 days after the assessment adds exterior evaluation data to a database.
41. the monitor or the owner of the cow herd, which rated exterior: 25.5. with weights or tape measure down the cow's dzīvmas and expresses the kilograms;
41.2. the milking time visually assessed the milk output speed and animal behavior and nutrition of milking time visually assessed cow temperament, assigning points from 1 to 9 (annex 1, 18 and 19. sign).
42. Bovine dzīvmas is determined, as well as the rate of return and the milk cow temperament assessed that rule 35, 36 and 37 points in the specified period.
43. the monitor or the owner of the cow herd, dzīvmas milk cow and the speed of return temperament assessment data once a year send to the data center.
V. evaluation of the goat exterior 44. Exterior scored all the goats in monitoring first or second lactation period from 20th calving date to the seventh month of the end of lactation.
45. goat exterior scored once in its lifetime.
46. If, before the commencement of monitoring a herd of goats was not ranked, the herd owner provides all first and second lactation period goat evaluation of the twentieth day of farrowing until the seventh month of the end of lactation.

47. If the owner of the herd has introduced goats from another country or purchased from a herd that is not oversight, he of the twentieth during farrowing date to the seventh month of lactation provides all first and second lactation and bought imported goat.
48. The expert valuation data exterior: 29.9. linear scored nine exterior signs (annex 4, 1-10. sign), assigning points from 1 to 9;
with the tape measure 48.2. goat breast girth and length of the beans;
48.3. indicates exterior errors using the appropriate code (annex 5).
49. The expert evaluation of the exterior of the goat for the recording of data using a form prepared by the respective breed livestock producer organization to which it assigned a variety of livestock breeders organization status in accordance with the laws and regulations for breed livestock breeders organization eligibility criteria and breed livestock breeders organization status, and 20 days after the assessment of the evaluation form sent to the exterior of that organisation.
50. the organization keep exterior evaluation data.
Vi. Control data and the evaluation of exterior records 51. control data registration data center issues the owners control the herd. Control sheet shall contain at least the following information: 51.1. data on herd: the owner of the herd 51.1.1. (name of the person, name);
51.1.2. flock number;
51.1.3. holding number and address;
51.2. data on herd control: 51.2.1. milking group number;
51.2.2. the date of the previous audit;
51.2.3. levels the next control period;
51.3. the data for the monitoring of offender: 51.3.1. name, surname;
51.3.2. the certificate or licence number;
51.4. a cow or goat identification number and name;
51.5. cow or goat physiological condition.
52. the control data accounting data center: 52.1. the database of milk laboratories received control pages for the specified control.
52.2. the trust collects and processes data according to the following requirements: 52.2.1. kontrolizslaukum indicators meets the following standards: 52.2.1.1. cows milk yield is minimum 3 kg, maximum – 99.9 kg;
52.2.1.2. goats milk yield is minimum, maximum 0.3 kg-30 kg;
52.2.2. the fat content in milk cows are: 52.2.2.1. minimum-1.5%, maximum-9% (if the standard milk fat content is more than 5%, the minimum milk fat content of 2%, the maximum – 12%);
52.2.2.2. goats-2% minimum, maximum-9%;
52.2.3. the protein content of the milk cows are: 52.2.3.1.1%, minimum-maximum, 7% (if the standard protein content in milk is more than 5%, the minimum protein content in milk is 1%, maximum-9%);
  52.2.3.2. minimum – 1% goat, maximum – 7%;
52.2.4. If the control scores in at least one of the ingredients (milk yield, fat content, protein content) does not meet this provision, 52.2.2 52.2.1. or in 52.2.3 these requirements, it will be considered invalid and is not used in the calculation of productivity;
52.2.5. lactation is normal, if it lasts for at least 240 days. Cow and goat standartražīb, calculated on the basis of the production figures up to three hundred fifth day including;
52.2.6. If the cows and goats that lactation has not reached three hundred fifth day of milking, the starpkontroļ period is longer than 74 days, calculating the estimated yield is standartražīb (not the standard lactation) not used;
52.3. send the herd owner control data processing results. With the written consent of the owner of the herd control data processing results may issue a supervisor;
52.4. each year, before 1 April prepares a summary of monitoring data for the previous year of monitoring and place it on your Web site;
52.5. based on the results of the monitoring of the virspārraudzīb and the information provided by the operator, accompanied by control data records a special mark, which prohibits the use of the control data yield calculation and recalculate the lactation yield;
52.6. monthly monitoring carried out a risk analysis of the database;
52.7. stop monitoring the herd, if three months have received livestock monitoring data;
52.8. ensure ICAR guidelines section of the Latvian language availability relating to milk and dairy laboratories quantity measurement features.
53. Data Centre, subject to legislative or regulatory requirements for data protection, upon request, provide the owner of the herd and monitor authorized access to the database of the herd control data viewing.
54. the evaluation of bovine exterior data accounting data center: 54.1. subject to law requirements concerning data protection, ensures expert authorized access to the data in the database;
54.2. provides expert information on available for herd cows valued data Center Web site;
54.3. keep exterior evaluation data and use them for monitoring.
VII. 55. Virspārraudzīb of Virspārraudzīb is carried out, taking into account the data centre database risk factor analysis.
56. Virspārraudzīb: 56.1. checks if the cows and goats is indicated in the laws on livestock, livestock and agricultural holdings registration and animal identification specified in the order;
56.2. check that the control data is obtained and control records pursuant to the requirements of these regulations;
56.3. compare the calculated under the supervision of a specific period in the herd for the total quantity of milk with data center milk quota register indicated quota commitments;
56.4. dynamics of the traits evaluated by month cows and goats and find out the reasons if the corresponding yield curve evolution is substantial deviations from the standard yield curve dynamics;
56.5. If necessary, repeat the milk sample taken within three days after the herd monitoring to determine the content of milk and milk quantity.
  57. Data Center: 57.1. until you arrange the monitoring work of the herd, stop monitoring data registration or revoke the monitoring data and suspend their registration, if the data have not been obtained in accordance with the requirements of this regulation;
57.2. Requests the herd owner for an explanation, if calculated under the supervision of the common herd, the quantity of milk for a specified period of more than 30% different from the data center to the milk quota register reported quota volume commitments.

VIII. Monitoring, and expert flock owner rights and obligations 58. Monitor is right: 58.1. check milk sampling and determination of the quantity of milk, if the herd monitoring carried out in accordance with this rule 7.3. method referred to;
58.2. checking the monitoring equipment used in livestock;
58.3. request that the owner of the herd provides oversight for the work of the necessary conditions.
59. the supervisor is obliged: to respect the monitoring 59.1. the conditions and the deadline to provide accurate information;
59.2. submit the food and Veterinary Office report on irregularities in the herd.
60. the experts shall have the right to: 60.1. Getting Data Center Web site information about those herds of cows, which are to carry out the exterior evaluation;
60.2. include database and receive only the data relating to his activities;
60.3. to inform the owner of the herd of cows or goats without compliance with the exterior evaluation conditions.
61. the experts shall have the obligation to respect the conditions and the evaluation, the exterior set deadline to provide the information.
62. The herd owner has the right to: request from 62.1. monitors the repeated sampling and the analysis of the transmission, if data reliability is questionable;
62.2. get tutorials oversees matters related to monitoring;
38.7. to receive from the data center information on the monitoring results.
63. The herd owner must: submit the food and 39.2. the health service report on irregularities in the work of monitoring;
39.3. bovine and goat not to hinder the work of the virspārraudzīb and monitoring controls;
63.3. agree with monitors on the cow's milk dzīvmas, rendering speed and temperament evaluation of herd (if it does not do the same herd owner);
63.4. to fulfil the monitor's instructions regarding milk sampling and determination of the quantity of milk, if the herd monitoring carried out in accordance with this rule 7.3. method referred to;
63.5. these provisions under the supervision of the use in paragraph 23 above requirements appropriate for measuring the quantity of milk;
63.6. promptly provide the information required for monitoring, data center and a food and veterinary service;
63.7. re-submit the data center in this rule 8.3. referred to in the application, a change in the specified information.
Prime Minister v. dombrovsky Minister of Agriculture j. Dūklav annex 1 Cabinet July 5, 2011 regulations no 547 of cows being assessed, exterior signs and their optimum expression no PO box
Exterior features exterior sign of ranges and ratings points minimum (1) maximum (9) the optimal number of points 1.
Milk type coarse fine 6 2.
Body depth shallow deep 7 3.
The width of the narrow chest wide, 9 4.
Cross the width of the narrow wide 9 5.
A cross slope up to the sloping 5 6.
Hind legs side view of the steep zobenveid 5 7.
Hind legs from the back parallel together 9 8.
-Angle sloping floor 5 9.
The front of the udder short long 9 10.
Udder depth deep, shallow 5 11.
Rear udder height small big 9 12.
Rear udder width narrow wide 9 13.
Central Link weak strong 6 14.
Udder connection weak tight 9 15.
Bean length short long 5 16.
Rear teat placement remote close 5 17.
Front teat placement remote close 5 18.
Milk output speed slow fast 6 19.
Temperament very fussy phlegmatic Ministry of Minister 5 j. Dūklav annex 2 Cabinet July 5, 2011 regulations no 547 bovine exteriors error and code list no PO box
Exterior error code 1.
Hard head 1 2.
Short neck 2 3.
Shallow chest 3 4.
Iežmaug behind the shoulder blades 4 5.
Weak sieve blades 5 6.
Ieliekus to back 6 7.
Uneven back 7 8.
Karpveid back 8 9.
Weak belt 9 10.
Short cross 10 11.
The sitting bone narrow hills 11 12.
Jumtveid cross 12 13.
Lift the tail root 13 14.
Sloping tail root 14 15.
Extended Forelegs 16 16.
Weak in the pastern 17 17.
Narrow nails 18 18.
Fat teats 20 19.
Fine beans, 21 20.
Pudeļveid peas in 22 21.
Long front teats 23 22.
Extra teats 25 23.
Bring the beans to 26 24.
Milk discharge arbitrary 27 25.
Quarterly atrophy 28 26.
Bevel the bottom edge of the udder 30 Minister of Agriculture j. Dūklav in annex 3 Cabinet July 5, 2011 regulations no 547 cow exterior signs of the group, the maximum number of points that must be obtained and signs of lactation weight factors no PO box
The exterior features a group of maximum points in lactation Weight ratio 1. lactation lactating lactating 2.3 and earlier 1.
Cow's general appearance and development 90 95 100 30 2.
The legs and claws 90 95 100 20 3.
Udder farm Minister 90 95 100 50 j. Dūklav in annex 4 Cabinet July 5, 2011 regulations no 547 of goats being valued characteristics and optimum exterior manifestations no PO box
Exterior feature of the exterior sign of ranges and ratings points minimum (1) maximum (9) the optimal number of points 1.
The front of the udder short spirit 9 2.
Udder base bevel straight 9 3.
Udder placement against lecam joints deep shallow 7 4.
Bean shape fat fine 5 5.
Bean deployment against the ground sloping floor 5 6.
Bean deployment wide narrow 5 7.
Rear udder shape skinny strong 5 8.
Rear udder connection to narrow wide 9 9.
Stāvotn-bring the foot straight 9 Minister of Agriculture j. Dūklav in annex 5 cabinet July 5, 2011 regulations no 547 goat exteriors error code list and no PO box
Exterior Heavy error code 1 head 1 2. Short neck 2 3. Narrow chest 3 4. Iežmaug. 4 5 Ieliekus behind shoulders back to back 6 7 5 6. Karpveid. the wrist Bring lecam 7 8. Expanded front pastern 9 10 8 9. Weak in. X type hind legs advanced 11 12 10 11. teats. Arbitrary discharge. Udder milk 12 13 part 13 Minister of Agriculture atrophy j. Dūklav in