Apply for compensation from the animal disease fund

  • Service description

    In certain cases, you will receive compensation from the state and the animal disease fund for animal losses, e.g. for animal losses due to notifiable diseases, officially ordered culls and damage as a result of official control measures. Compensation is based on the provisions of the Animal Health Act. You can receive compensation payments for privately, professionally or commercially kept animals of the following species:

    • Horses, donkeys, mules, hinnies
    • Cattle (including bison, bison and water buffalo)
    • Pigs
    • Sheep
    • Goats
    • Poultry
    • Game
    • Bees and bumblebees
    • Fish that are not kept for ornamental purposes

    The basis for the amount of compensation is the general value of the animal. This is the amount of money (excluding VAT) that you would have to spend to purchase an equivalent animal on the day of the loss. This is based, for example, on the prices of breeding stock markets. The value of the animal does not change if the animal is ill, for example suffering from an epidemic. Different maximum rates per animal apply depending on the species. Fish are compensated if they are killed by official order in the event of the occurrence of exotic fish diseases and the other requirements under animal disease law are met.

  • Procedure

    You must inform your local veterinary office immediately if you suspect an epidemic.

    Once you have complied with the animal health measures ordered, you can submit your application to the veterinary office. One such measure is, for example, the culling of individual animals or the entire herd. The veterinary office will then check and process the application and submit it to the animal disease fund.

    The application form can also be downloaded from the Tierseuchenkasse website.

  • Prerequisites

    As the owner of the animals

    • you must have indicated the correct number of animals in your notification to the Animal Disease Fund,
    • you must have paid the contributions to the animal disease fund on time,
    • you must have reported the outbreak of the animal disease immediately,
    • you must not have violated any laws (e.g. feed bans on certain substances) and
    • you must not have known at the time of purchase that the animals were infected with a disease.

  • Which documents are required?

    For further details, please contact your local veterinary office. In particular, the minimum requirement is

    • Application for compensation
    • Detection of the disease
    • Documentation of animal loss

  • What fees are incurred?

    None

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    The complete application must be submitted to the Hessian Animal Disease Fund no later than 30 days after the animals are killed

  • Legal basis

  • Applications / Forms

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Who should I contact?

The valuation is carried out by the competent veterinary office in accordance with the valuation guidelines of the State of Hesse.

The application is submitted to the Hessische Tierseuchenkasse via the competent veterinary office.

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