Australia import requirement changes as o 02 February 2014
Requirement list / Old requirements / New requirements /Post-entry Quarantine period / Between 30 and 120 days / Minimum 10 days
Rabies Neutralising Antibody Titre Test (RNATT) / Blood sample taken between 60 days and 12 months prior to export / Blood sample taken between 180 days and 24 months prior to export
Rabies vaccination / Administered within 1 year prior to export / Valid at time of RNAT test and at time of export (varies according to vaccine)
Residency / Category 1: 90 day residency
Category 2, 3, 4 & 5: 6 month residency / Category 1 & 3: No residency requirement
Category 2: Only visited rabies free countries in the 6 months prior to export, or rabies preparation is required before visit
Approved category listing / 5 category system for approved countries / 3 category system for approved countries (former category 4 & 5, now category 3; former category 2 & 3, now category 2; former category 1 retained as category 1)
Non-approved countries / Must be resident in an approved country for 6 months / Must be exported from an approved country and meet all the import conditions from that country
Brucellosis / Dogs: Blood sample taken within 30 days prior to export / Breeding dogs: Blood sample taken within 45 days prior to export
Desexed dogs: Evidence of desexing
Ehrlichia / Dogs: Blood sample taken within 30 days prior to export; external parasite treatment to commence on day of sampling / Dogs: External parasite treatment to commence at least 21 days prior to blood sampling; blood sample taken within 21 days prior to export
Leptospirosis / Dogs: Blood sample taken within 30 days prior to export / Dogs: Blood sample taken within 45 days prior to export OR vaccination administered between 12 months and 14 days prior to export
Leishmaniosis / Dogs: Blood sample taken within 30 days prior to export / Dogs: Blood sample taken within 45 days prior to export
External parasite treatment / Dogs: Treated at time of blood sampling for Ehrlichia; maintained until the date of export and repeated within 4 days prior to export
Cats: Treated within 4 days prior to export / Dogs: Treated at least 21 days before blood sampling for Ehrlichia and maintained until day of export
Cats: Treated at least 21 days before export and maintained until day of export
Internal parasite treatment / One treatment within 4 days prior to export / Two treatments given within 45 days prior to export, at least 14 days apart, with the final treatment given 5 days prior to export.
Nipah virus / Blood sample taken within 45 days prior to export. / No test required
Final examination / Within 4 days prior to export / Within 5 days prior to export
Export Certification / Health certificate required the approved veterinarian to sign “Health Certificate A” and the Official Government Veterinarian to sign “Health Certificate B” / The health certificate has been collapsed into a single two page document that is required to be signed by the Official Government Veterinarian.
Seals on crates / Seals required to be applied to all crates prior to export / Seals are not required on crates of animals that have been rabies blood tested
Pre-export quarantine (South Africa only) / Dogs and cats required to complete quarantine in their originating country as well as Australia / Pre-export quarantine is not required