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Functional assessment of TÜRKVET: animal identification, movement control and veterinary traceability in Türkiye.
| Τίτλος: | Functional assessment of TÜRKVET: animal identification, movement control and veterinary traceability in Türkiye. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Babur M; Department of Animal Health and Epidemiology, General Directorate of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ankara, Türkiye. mahmudbabur@gmail.com. |
| Πηγή: | Tropical animal health and production [Trop Anim Health Prod] 2026 Sep 30; Vol. 58 (8). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 30. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1277355 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-7438 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00494747 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trop Anim Health Prod Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2005- : Heidelberg : Springer Original Publication: Edinburgh, Livingstone. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Animal Identification Systems*/veterinary , Livestock* , Animal Husbandry*, Animals ; Turkey ; Cattle ; Goats ; Sheep ; Buffaloes |
| Περίληψη: | National veterinary information systems are central to animal identification, movement control and official veterinary action, but their operational scope and system boundaries are often described imprecisely. This Short Communication assessed TÜRKVET using current Turkish legislation, official reports dated 24 July 2026 and an authorised examination of the live interface. TÜRKVET operates as a centrally governed national platform across all 81 provinces and integrates holding and actor registration, identifier governance, animal lifecycle records, movement certification and official-control functions. Official reports recorded 1,433,562 active holdings, 18,556,047 cattle and buffalo, and 64,231,597 sheep and goats. Its most comprehensive identification and lifecycle functions apply to cattle, buffalo, sheep and goats; dedicated equid functions are present; camels and other categories are represented through tracking, movement or certification workflows; and poultry and companion-animal identification are managed in complementary external systems. The authorised interface confirmed that identification, movement and official-control functions coexist within one national operational environment. However, public evidence on completeness, timeliness, duplicate resolution, trace-back performance and system availability remains limited. Future evaluation should therefore use explicit performance indicators rather than infer effectiveness from functional breadth or national scale alone. (© 2026. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Ethics approval: Not required. The study used legislation, system-level observations and aggregated administrative reports and involved no experimental animals or human participants. Institutional authorisation: The study was prepared under institutional permission from the General Directorate of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Türkiye. Use of generative artificial intelligence: A generative artificial-intelligence language tool was used to support manuscript structuring and English-language editing. The author verified the evidence, revised the text and accepts responsibility for the final manuscript. Competing interests: The author is employed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and has professional responsibilities related to national livestock information and animal-health systems. The analysis and conclusions are the author’s own. |
| References: | European Parliament and Council (2016) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases (Animal Health Law). Off J Eur Union L84:1–208. General Directorate of Livestock (2026) Animal Disease Control and Animal Movement Control Programme 2026. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ankara. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (2011a) Regulation on the Identification, Registration and Monitoring of Bovine Animals. Official Gaz No 28130, 2 December 2011, as amended. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (2011b) Regulation on the identification, registration and monitoring of ovine and caprine animals. Official Gazette No. 28130, 2 Dec 2011, as amended. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (2011c) Regulation on Domestic Movements of Live Animals and Animal Products. Official Gazette No. 28145, 17 Dec 2011, as amended. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry TÜRKVET Bovine Animal Count Report, 24 July 2026. Internal official report. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry TÜRKVET Holding Count Report, 24 July 2026. Internal official report. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry TÜRKVET Holding Telephone Registration and Verification Status Report, 24 July 2026. Internal official report. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry TÜRKVET Small-Ruminant Animal Count Report, 24 July 2026. Internal official report. Republic of Türkiye (2010) Veterinary Services, Plant Health, Food and Feed Law No. 5996. Official Gazette No. 27610, 13 June 2010, as amended. World Organisation for Animal Health (2025) Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Chapter 4.3: Design and implementation of identification systems to achieve animal traceability. WOAH, Paris. World Organisation for Animal Health (2025) Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Chapter 4.2: General principles on identification and traceability of live animals. WOAH, Paris. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Animal identification; Livestock movements; Official controls; Traceability; Turkey; Veterinary information systems |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260930 Date Completed: 20260930 Latest Revision: 20260930 |
| Update Code: | 20261001 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11250-026-05370-6 |
| PMID: | 42816708 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1573-7438 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s11250-026-05370-6 |