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Horse keeping

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Anyone who keeps horses

  • registers them with the veterinary office and the animal disease fund,

  • must apply for a horse passport (equine passport) (via the farm veterinarian or district livestock advisor)

  • and records all applications of prescription and pharmacy-only veterinary medicines in a record book (unless the animals are excluded from slaughter by written declaration).

  • For the transport of horses abroad you need an international health certificate. This must be applied for in writing in advance at the local veterinary office using the animal transport registration form.


Application forms are also available from the

German Equestrian Federation e. V.
Freiherr-von-Langen-Straße 13
48231 Warendorf

Phone 02581 63620

Downloads

General information on horse keeping - Equine passport

Information sheet - Agricultural animal transports

Animal transport registration

Your way to us:

Veterinary and Food Inspection Office

Stahlstr. 5
51645 Gummersbach-Dieringhausen

Service Hours

Monday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
01:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Tuesday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
01:30 PM - 05:30 PM

Friday

08:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Changed service hours on 22.09.2026 (Learn more)!

The offices of the district administration are closed on public holidays, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day!