Bringing your animal dog, cat or ferret to Great Britain: Rabies vaccination, boosters and blood tests

You need to get your dog, cat or ferret immunized versus rabies prior to it can take a trip.

Your veterinarian requires evidence that your animal’s a minimum of 12 weeks old prior to immunizing them.

You need to get your animal microchipped in the past, or at the exact same time as, their rabies vaccination. If you do not, they’ll require to be immunized once again.

Getting the rabies vaccination

Your animal need to have had their very first rabies vaccinations (the ‘primary course’). This can be given up more than one dosage.

Your animal might require to restart the main course if they do not have all dosages or a booster at the correct time. Your veterinarian can inform you if your animal’s rabies vaccinations depend on date.

The vaccine should be a suspended vaccine or recombinant vaccine that’s authorized in the nation of usage.

If your animal has actually had the Canvac R vaccination

If your dog, cat or ferret has actually had the Canvac R vaccination, they need to have had the ideal variety of dosages of the main course.

They’ll require:

• 1 dosage if they were immunized over the age of 5 months
• 2 dosages if they were immunized under the age of 5 months – the dosages need to have been 2 to 4 weeks apart

All animals with the Canvac R vaccination need to be at least 17 weeks old prior to they take a trip.

If your dog has actually had the Canvac DHPPiL+ R vaccination

If your dog has the Canvac DHPPiL + R vaccine, both of the following need to use:

• your dog has actually had 3 dosages of the main course of the vaccine
• each vaccine dosage was 3 weeks apart

Your dog need to likewise be at least 21 weeks old prior to they take a trip.

Travelling from a ‘Part 1’ or ‘Part 2’ noted nation

You need to wait 21 days after the main vaccination (or the last of the main course of vaccinations) prior to bringing your animal to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from a Part 1 or Part 2 noted nation.

Travelling from a nation that is not ‘listed’

You need to follow specific guidelines after having your animal immunized if you’re taking a trip to Great Britain from a nation that is not a Part 1 or Part 2 noted nation:

1. Your animal should have a blood sample taken a minimum of one month after the rabies vaccination.

2. Your veterinarian should send out the blood sample to an EU-approved blood screening lab from either inside the EU or outside the EU.

3. The outcomes of the blood test need to reveal that the vaccination achieved success (rabies antibody level of a minimum of 0.5 IU/ml).

4. You need to wait 3 months from the date the blood sample was taken prior to you take a trip – you do not require to wait if your animal was immunized, blood evaluated and provided a family pet passport or health certificate in the EU prior to taking a trip to a nation that is not noted.

5. The veterinarian should provide you a copy of the test results and go into the day the blood sample was taken in a family pet passport or health certificate.

The blood test will continue to stand as long as your animal’s rabies vaccinations are maintained to date.

Booster vaccinations

You need to get routine booster vaccinations for your animal. Check your animal passport or health certificate to learn when the booster vaccination is due.

Get an Animal Health Certificate if your animal requires a booster vaccination while you’re in Great Britain.

Vaccination record

Your animal’s vaccination record in their animal passport or health certificate need to reveal:

• your animal’s date of birth
• microchip number, date it was put in or check out, and where it is on your animal’s body
• vaccination date
• vaccine producer and item name, for instance Nobivac
• vaccine batch number
• date the vaccination stands up until
• the veterinarian’s signature and contact information

Pet passports provided from 29 December 2014

The veterinarian just requires to complete the ‘valid from’ date for the very first vaccination (or revaccination if you missed out on a booster).

If the rabies vaccination record is a sticker label, it should be covered by a laminated strip (consisted of with the animal passport).