Electronic Passports for Cattle
Sevastopol’s veterinary authority is deploying digital livestock management technologies for cattle, giving officials and producers the ability to monitor the health status of every animal.
Tracking veterinary procedures involving cattle is critically important for building an efficient livestock industry in Russia. It helps monitor animal health by tracking physical condition, identifying diseases early and supporting timely treatment and preventive measures. That is especially important for preventing the spread of infectious diseases and maintaining herd health.
Given the scale of the industry, that level of oversight can only function through digital systems, while AI technologies are needed to analyze the resulting data. Russia’s dairy sector alone uses more than 1.1 million head of cattle, while the beef segment accounts for more than 120,000 animals.
Digital Tracking for Every Injection
Sevastopol’s state veterinary service has begun using digital technologies to monitor and manage cattle operations. To support that effort, the agency introduced an electronic document management platform and automated all key workflows.
The system maintains digital records of vaccinations and diagnostic testing while storing full information on each animal, including species, age, location and owner data. It automatically generates inspection reports, inventories, supporting lists and other documents, which can also be printed when needed. The platform can integrate with federal systems and synchronize data automatically. That helps authorities plan anti-epizootic measures and assess herd coverage. The software also works with mobile cattle management terminals: veterinary staff only need to scan an animal’s barcode or QR code for the information to be uploaded into the system.
Previously, agency staff handled all documentation manually. During field inspections, veterinarians had to rewrite animal identification numbers and complete up to seven documents per animal. Processing a single cow or bull could take roughly an hour. Now the process takes just a few minutes. After selecting a locality in the software, the system automatically generates a list of required procedures. The veterinarian then scans the animal’s code with a mobile terminal, and the data is uploaded automatically, allowing the entire document package to be generated inside the platform.
Healthy Animals Mean Safer Meat and Milk
The Sevastopol project has become part of Rosselkhoznadzor’s broader digital transformation strategy and Russia’s nationwide effort to digitize veterinary oversight and mandatory livestock registration.
That process began in October 2021 with voluntary registration of farm animals in the Khorriot veterinary platform. The Khorriot platform was developed by the Federal Center for Animal Health Protection (FGBU “VNIIZZH”), which operates under Rosselkhoznadzor, specifically for livestock registration and identification. The goal is to monitor the quality of veterinary procedures and livestock products. Animal tagging is also part of the process. Since March 1, 2023, all agricultural animals in Russia have been required to be registered.
In 2022, authorities began developing and testing the Federal State Information and Analytical System of Breeding Resources (FGIAS PR), which is designed to create a unified national digital database covering the country’s entire breeding livestock population. Starting March 1, 2026, all breeding farm animals and herds that have passed breeding value assessment must be registered in the FGIAS PR system. The platform tracks 13 species of breeding animals across 85 Russian regions.
As a result, digitalization creates the possibility of end-to-end oversight of animal health and veterinary support – from birth, sale and transportation through slaughter and final food production. That directly affects the safety of Russian dairy and meat products.
Export Potential for Digital Livestock Management
In the near future, the new project is expected to become a standard component of Russia’s expanding precision livestock farming systems. Alongside reducing paper-based workflows and accelerating management processes, digital livestock tracking could soon support vaccination planning, epizootic monitoring and livestock product quality assessment.
The Sevastopol veterinary project has emerged as an example of both GovTech – digital technologies that help governments deliver services more effectively to citizens and businesses – and AgriTech, which focuses on high-tech tools designed to improve agricultural efficiency. The system not only helps guarantee the quality of domestic cattle products, but also simplifies food export development, where oversight is also becoming increasingly digital. Rosselkhoznadzor has already converted around 40 export veterinary certificate forms into electronic format.
Russia also plans to export its digital livestock management technologies in the future. Preparations are already underway. In January 2026, Kyrgyzstan’s veterinary service reviewed Rosselkhoznadzor’s information systems used in veterinary and phytosanitary oversight as part of efforts to study Russian practices and expand bilateral cooperation.
