Анотация: The analyses of animal production situation in Bulgaria in the period following 1990 were done. The indices of these analyses included the following: capacity, structure of animal husbandry and the EU requirements for developing the industry. In addition, the role of the State and NGOs was studied within the context of economic integration in the production, purchase, processing and implementation of animal products. Special attention was paid to the relationship between science and animal production in Bulgaria. Integration processes were studied in the chronological order of the established connections between feed production and animal production, integration in the production and processing of milk, meat, and wool. A suitable example for well-developed vertical integration connections was the good poultry-farming practice in Bulgaria. To a large extent the financial and institutional aspects of integration processes in animal production outline the possibilities and perspectives for developing this branch in the period prior to Bulgaria's accession to the European Union.