This Law approves the Animal Health Basic Legislation. This Legislation, consisting 7 Titles, divided into 164 articles, regulates the sanitary and veterinary norms to perform animal production and carry out epidemiological controls on animal diseases in the territory of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome e Principe. The Legislation aims at the protection of animal health and livestock internal and external market, animal production (of economic exploitable animals, including animal feed stuff)