Horse identification in France SIRE

Institut français du cheval et de l’équitation SIRE – BP3 – 19231 ARNAC POMPADOUR cedex http://www.haras-nationaux.fr Tél : 08.11.90.21.31 Mail : [email protected]

SIRE SIRE = Identification System Indexing Equidae • A department dedicated to horse registration (95 persons) • The french central zootechnical and health control database • Constantly changing to keep in line with the needs of the horse industry Created to help

Moving towards :

Horse selection

Animal health control and food safety

(identification, certification of origins, performance records)

(microchip, medication record and food chain exclusion, keepers)

SIRE missions • The information system SIRE enables the horse industry to mutualize procedures and useful information for traceability, selection and the valuation of horses. • Valuation of the data coming from SIRE database • A unique database for all horses in France (52 breeds, 100 naming) • A main element in the network of other databases in the horse industry (France Gallop, SECF, FFE). • More than 1 000 000 operations and 8 M€ of turnover in 2012

SIRE History • 1976 creation of the the first central database for light horses and ponies (Voluntary service by the owners) • 1987 extension to draught horses and donkeys • 1995 Creation of the 2nd database ( SIRE2) - > connected with other bases • 2001- 2002 Mandatory identification with a deadline end of 2002 • 2003-2007 Mandatory microchipping started with a deadline end of 2007 • 1er jan 2008 All horses must be identified and microchipped • 2010 Every keeper/premice must be recorded in SIRE • 2013 Possibility for foreign stud-books to issue passports for horses born in France registered in their stud-book ; but recording in SIRE is still compulsory

Key figures 2012 • General : • • •

8M€ turnover 95 people 906 000 administrative operations

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52 recognized breeds, 12 breeds with agreement 85 000 passports issued (55 000 with origins, and 30 000 for non pedigree horses) 11 700 record of imported horses 93 000 change of ownership (ownership card) 55 000 record of keepers 15 332 calls and 3146 emails / month

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3 101 520 horses in the database, including 118 692 created in 2012 1 087 592 people in the database, including 54 133 created in 2012 625 requests for data extraction/an 71 258 Internet accounts with authorized procedures SIRE online 4 millions of pages visited in horses and foals research online

• Production :

• Central database - Internet :

Main activities • « Traditionnal » identification for selection : • Covering management : Stud book regulations, approvals, covering booklets, health tests, covering and birth declaration, description of marking /microchipping • Issuing passports with certificate of origins and stud book registration • Financial support payment of subsidies and stud-book registration fee

•Generalized identification for Health protection purpose : • ONC ‘non pedigree horses’ : identification document for horse without origin • Horses recording : Imported horses ans horses born in France with a passeport issued by other than IFCE • Microchiping management : microchip delivery, recording microchipping on horses already identified • Keeper : Declaration of premices ‘keeper’ • Ownership : recording ownership changes ; printing ownership cards « cartes d’immatricultion »

• Other services during horselife : • • • •

Validation/identity certification : marking chart, identity certification Duplicates, corrections Registration on sports list : for official competitions Registration of death

SIRE in the French information system FFE – SHF

(sport federation) Performance

France Galop (racing database - gallop)

Performance

SECF

(racing database - trot)

Performance

INRA * Performance and Genetical indexes

Labogena + Approved laboratories DNA tests, health tests

Internet users

Breeders, keepers, owners + Veterinarians * National breeding association

Datas in SIRE People

Subsidies management indexes Equestrian competition performance

Locomotion and conformation shows

Owners, Breeders Keepers

HORSE Issuing information Stud books Call center www.harasnationaux.fr

Stallions (licensing) Mares (Coverings) Foals (births) Identification Horses with pedigree Horses without pedigree Issuing official documents

Horse identification in France Identification tools registered in SIRE database : – Natural markings (detailed description and positioning markings on the horse)

of whorls and

• Color, White marks, whorls, … • Litteral description or codes • DNA type (since 2000, hemotype before)

– Artificial markings (if any) • Fire / freeze branding

– Microchiping • or ear tags with microchip for draught horses intended for slaughter for human consumption

•A unique registration number for each horse : •« SIRE Number » which is the unique code to access any database in France and is the alpha-numeric digits numbers part of the UELN number.

3 type of identification

Non pedigree horse

identification

+ Origins Certified but no Stud book registration Stud-book breeds

certification of origins

+ Registration in a Stud-book

Recognized breeds 52 recognized breeds :

french breeds or foreign breeds

• The Stud-book is managed by SIRE ; there’s a french breeding association approuved by the french Agriculture ministry • SIRE controls the application of stud-book rules and issues passeports

Race horses Pur Sang Anglais AQPS Trotteur Français

French saddle horses Anglo-Arabe Arabe Camargue Castillonnais Cheval de Mérens Henson Selle Français Cheval Corse Cheval d’Auvergne

Foreign saddle horses Akhal-Téké Appaloosa Barbe Crème Frison Islandais Lipizzan Lusitanien Paint Horse Quarter Horse Shagya Trakehner

Poney

Connemara Dartmoor Fjord Haflinger Highland New Forest Shetland Welsh Landais Poney Fr. de Selle Pottok

Draught horses Ardennais Auxois Boulonnais Breton Cob Normand Comtois Franches Montagnes Percheron Poitevin mulassier Trait du Nord

Donkeys Ane Bourbonnais Ane de Provence Ane des Pyrénées Ane du Cotentin Grand Noir du Berry Ane Normand Baudet du Poitou

Foreign breeds Breeds with agreement : •

No stud-book in France

•

No french breeding association approuved by the french Agriculture ministry

•

SIRE records the inscription made by the foreign stud-book, and issues a French passport which the breed’s naming.

Breeds managed with agreement in 2013 : Z, Portugais de sport, Irish Cob, AES, Dales, BWS, Arabo Frison, Nokota, Caspian, Miniature américain, Curly, Criollo

Breeds recognized in Europe

but non managed by IFCE

• All the breeds recognized in a EU member country (each country gives the list of the breeds to establish a European list) • No stud-book in France • If the passport is issued by IFCE, the horse will have an “Origine Constatee” passport • Since 2013 : the passport can be issued by the foreign stud-book, but registration in SIRE of the horse and the owner is still mandatory •

Pure spanish bread and hanovrien : agreement with the foreign stud-book for data transmission

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Other breed : the owner or keeper must send the passport for registration

Horse registration and passeport issuing Passeport issuing from 2000 to 2012 160 000 140 000 120 000 100 000 80 000 60 000 40 000 20 000

Equidés avec origines

ONC

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

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Importés

2000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

2007

2008 2009

2010 2011 2012

Horses with pedigree

54 537

52 392 53 636 55 198 53 912 54 749 55 334

56 841

59 074 60 062

57 931 57 079 50 528

No pedigree horses

17 443

27 566 72 264 99 894 47 455 41 738 42 985

48 143

67 758 40 309

36 676 33 238 29 635

Imported horses

4 179

3 388

4 840

4 992

6 197

6 720

7 009

7 815

8 414

9 808

11 421 11 634 11 695

SIRE : health protection tool

SIRE network tool SIRE = outil sécurisé de mise en relation Horses Owners Keepers

Health tests Horses status related to human consumption Epidemiological studies

Ministry of Agriculture / Network for sanitary follow-up of horses

Crisis Management

Management of health protocols Trade certificates, export

Food safety, quality of meat

Crisis Management Main health protection procedures • Identification of the horse located in France  Registration of all horses in SIRE data base

• Listing all places likely to receive horses 

Registration of premices in SIRE data base specifying the keeper responsible

• Being able to contact the person in charge of the horse 

Registration of owners for every horse in SIRE data base

• Giving access to information (health, movements) 

Each keeper must list it on a register

• Being able to alert people in case of crisis  RESPE and its crisis management cells

Crisis Management Complementary procedures • Veterinary treatments follow-up 

Medication entered on the horse passeport

•Knowledge of the health level of the animal 

Network of laboratories and centralization of the results

• Epidemiological studies 

Implementation of indicators and evaluation of the systems of prevention

• Management of the end of life 

ATM + Fight against the burying of corpses