SRI LANKA

REQUIREMENTS FOR CATS TO SRI LANKA

1) YOU WILL NEED TO OBTAIN AN EXPORT PERMIT FROM DEFRA WHICH WILL BE SENT TO YOUR VET 10 DAYS PRIOR TO EXPORT. YOU WILL NEED TO USE AN LVI VET (LOCAL VETERINARY INSPECTOR) MOST VET PRACTICES HAVE AT LEAST ONE.

2) CATS MUST BE MICROCHIPPED

3) CATS MUST BE RABIES VACCINATED NO LESS THAN 30 DAYS BUT NO MORE THAN 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO EXPORT

4) YOUR PET WILL NEED TO BE EXAMINED BY YOUR VET NO MORE THAN 48 HOURS PRIOR TO EXPORT WHEN THE VET WILL FILL IN THE EXPORT CERTIFICATE.

REQUIREMENTS FOR DOGS TO SRI LANKA

1) YOU WILL NEED TO OBTAIN AN EXPORT PERMIT FROM DEFRA WHICH WILL BE SENT TO YOUR VET 10 DAYS PRIOR TO EXPORT YOU WILL NEED TO USE AN LVI VET (LOCAL VETERINARY INSPECTOR) MOST VET PRACTICES IIA VE AT LEAST ONE.

2) AN IMPORT PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED FROM

THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION & HEALTH, PO BOX 13 PERADENIA, 20400 SRI LANKA

3) DOGS SIIOULD BE MICROCHIPPED

4) DOGS MUST BE RABIES VACCINATED NO LESSTHAN 30 DA YS BUT NO MORE THAN 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO EXPORT

5) DOGS MUST BE VACCINATED AGAINST CANINE DISTEMPER, INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS, LEPTOSPIROSIS & CANINE PARVOVIRUS INFECTION NO LESS THAN 21 DAYS BUT NO MORE THAT 4 MONTHS PRIOR TO EXPORT

6) DOGS MUST BE BLOOD TESTED FOR BABESIA WITHIN 14 DAYS OF EXPORT AND THE BLOOD SAMPLE MUST BE SENT TO THE VLA IN WEYBRIDGE FOR TESTING

7) DOGS MUST HAVE A BLOOD SAMPLE THAT HAS BEEN SUBlECTED TO BOTH AN ANTIGEN ELISA TEST AND THE MICROFILARIA CONCENTRATION TEST FOR DIROFILARIA IMMITIS (HEARTWORM) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EXPORT AND THE

SAMPLE MUST BE SENT TO THE VLA IN WEYBRIDGE FOR TESTING

8) FROM THE NEGATIVE RESULT OF ABOVE BLOOD TEST; DOG MUST BE TREATED AGAINST DIROFILARIA IMMITIS WITH A LICENSED PRODUCT CONTAINING EITHER :MIILBEMYCIN OXIME OR IVERMECTIN

9) DOGS MUST BE TREATED WITH BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIHELMINTHICS EFFECTIVE AGAINST NEMATODES & CESTODES AND THEY ALSO NEED TO BE TREATED FOR

EXTERNAL PARASITES WITHIN 7 DAYS OF EXPORT

10) YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE TWO OWNERS DECLARATIONS. ONE STATING THAT THE SAID ANIMAL HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANY ANIMAL SHOWING CLINICAL SIGNS OF ANY INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE INCLUDING AUlESZKY'S DISEASE, FILARIASIS, LEPTOSPIROSIS, RABIES, CANINEDISTEMPER, INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS, CANINE PARVOVIRIS INFECTION AND, DERMATOMYCOSIS WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS PRIOR TO EXPORT AND THE SECOND DECLARATION NEEDS TO BE THAT THE SAID ANIMAL HAS BEEN RESIDENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS OR SINSE BIRTH.

I I) YOUR PET WILL NEED TO BE EXAMINED BY YOUR VET NO MORE THAN 48 HOUPRIOR TO EXPORT WHEN THE VET WILL FILL IN THE EXPORT CERTIFICATE.