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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
All horses must be accompnaied by an official health certificate, written in English. The official health certificate must be signed by a full time veterinary officer off the National Government of the Country of Export.
CERTIFICATION:
The horse has been in the region for 60 days immediately preceding shipment to the United States. If not, the horse is to be accompanied by a health certificate issued by a full-time salaried veterinary officer of the National Government of each country in which the horse has been during the 60 days immediately preceding shipment to the United States.
The horse has been inspected and found free of contagious diseases, and insofar as can be determined, exposure thereto during the 60 days immediately preceding exportation.
The horse has not been vaccinated with a live or attenuated or inactivated vaccine during the 14 days immediately preceding exportation.
The horse has not been on premises where African horse sicjness, dourine, glanders, equine infectious anemia (EIA), Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE), or vesicular stomatitis has occurred during the 60 days immediately preceding exportation nor have these diseases occurred on any adjoining premises during the same period of time.
The horse has been inspected and found to be free from ectoparasites.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Horses imported into the United States are required to be detained at the port of entry while tested for dourine, glanders, equine piroplasmosis and EIA are conducted. Horses that are positive to tests for any of these diseases will be refused entry.
Upon completion of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) import quarantine and testing requirements, the mare or stallion must be consigned to a State approved quarantine center able to recieve mares and stallions for CEM-affected countries to undergo the prescribed CEM treatment and testing requirements.
CEM TESTING:
Horses considered Breeding Stock that are 731 days old shall be tested for CEM.
-Stallion: From stallion, collect on set of specimens from the prepuce, urethral sinus, and fossa glandis (including the diverticulum of the fossa glandis) within 30 days of export.
-Mare: From mare, collect one set of specimens from the clitoral sinuses and clitoral fossa. These results must be negative for the horse to be eligible for entry into the United States.
All specimens must be recieved within 48 hours of collection by a laboratory approved by the animal health authorities of the National Veterinary Service of the region of export.
The dates and times of specimen collection and culturing and the results of such cultures with the name of laboratory must be recorded on the health certificate.
If any specimen collected is found to be positive for CEM, the stallion or mare must be treated for CEM in a manner approved by the National Veterinary Service of the region of export. After the treatment is completed, at least 21 days must pass before the horse will be eligible to be tested again. All treatments performed, and the dates of the treatments, must be recorded on the health certificate. The horse must not have been bred naturally or by artificial insemination from the periods of time after specimen collection of the date of export.
NON CEM TESTED HORSES:
Horses that are not required to undergo CEM testing include horses that are less that 731 days of age and geldings. These horses may be imported from CEM affected regions without a permit. Horses must be accompanied by an official health certificate written in English. The official health certificate must be signed by a full-time veterinary officer of the National Government certifying that:
The horses have been in the region for 60 days immediately preceding importation. If the horses have not been in said region 60 days immediately preceding importation, they are to be accompanied by a like certicate issued by a full-time salaried veterinary officer of the National Government of each country in which the horses have been during the 60 days immediately preceding shipment to the United States.
Horses have been inspected and found free of contagious disease and, insofar as can be determined, exposure thereto during the 60 days immediately preceding exportation.
Horses have not been vaccinated with a live or attenuated or inactivated vaccine during 14 days immediately preceding exportation.
The horse has not been on premises where African horse sicjness, dourine, glanders, equine infectious anemia (EIA), Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE), or vesicular stomatitis has occurred during the 60 days immediately preceding exportation nor have these diseases occurred on any adjoining premises during the same period of time.
The horse has been inspected and found to be free from ectoparasites.
COUNTRIES AFFECTED WITH CONTAGIOUS EQUINE METRITIS:
Member States of the European Union includes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland).
Countries of the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Croat, Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Serbia), Czech Republic, Guinea, Bissae, Japan, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland.
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