CHINA
REQUIREMENTS FOR DOGS TO CHINA
I. YOU WILL NEED AN EXPORT HEALTH CERTIFICATE FROM YOUR LOCAL DEFRA AUTHORITY. THE CERTIFICATE WILL BE SENT TO THE VET OF YOUR CHOICE , WHICH WILL NEED TO BE AN LVI (LOCAL VETERINARY INSPECTOR) VET. YOUR LOCAL VETERINARY PRACTICE SHOULD HAVE AN LVI VET.
2. YOUR DOG WILL NEED TO HAVE ALL ANNUAL VACCINATIONS UP TO DATE
• DISTEMPER
• HEPATITIS
• PARVOVIRUS
• RABIES IS ALSO REQUIRED
3. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOUR PET IS MICROCHIPPED, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT ASPECIFIC REQUIREMENT.
4. THERE WILL NEED TO BE A FINAL VET CHECK NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE WHEN THE VET WILL COMPLETE THE EXPORT CERTIFICATE.
5. THE VET WILL NEED TO DECLARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO OUTBREAK OF
ARJESZKY'S DISEASE IN THE UK IN THE LAST 3 YEARS
(NORMALLY THIS IS NOT ANISSUE).
6. YOUR PET WILL NEED TO UNDERGO 30 DAYS "PRE-EXPORT ISOLATION". THEEXPORT ISOLATION IS A MATTER THAT YOU WILL NEED TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR LVI VET. IN THEORY YOUR DOG WILL NEED TO BE HOUSEBOUND FOR 30 DAYS PRIOR TO EXPORT, THROUGH CONSULT ATION WITH YOUR VET.
7. YOUR DOG WILL NEED TO BE TREATED TWICE AGAINST LEPTOSPIROSIS DURING THIS PERIOD, 14 DAYS APART.
8. THERE WILL NEED TO BE TREATMENTS AGAINST INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
PARASITES DURING THIS PERIOD.
9. THE DOG WILL NEED TO BE COLLECTED FROM THE PRE-EXPORT ISOLATION TO THE AIRLINE IN A VEHICLE DISINFECTED WITH DEFRA APPROVED DISINFECTANT. A DECLARATION STATING THIS WILL NEED TO BE SIGNED, ALONG WITH A DECLARATION STATING THAT THE PET HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED FROM PER-EXPORT ISOLATION IN A NEW CONTAINER TO OUR PREMISES PRIOR TO EXPORT.
