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Veterinary and sanitary requirements No. 13-8-01/1-10 regarding import to the Russian Federation of pedigree, common and sporting horses.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Equine-animals Vaccination Animal production International trade Certification Hygiene/sanitary procedures Quarantine Animal health
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

Healthy pedigree young and adult horses, born and bred in the exporting country or staying in it for not less than 6 months, with female species' pregnancy not over 3 months are admitted to the territory of the Russian Federation on condition that the total number is not vaccinated against infectious encephalomyelitis of all types, African horse plague and comes from infectious animal disease free farms and administrative territories. Horses are admitted to the territory of the Russian Federation on condition that that they have not been fed by feedstuffs produced with the use of genetically modified additives or other genetically modified sources. Horses selected for export to the Russian Federation must be confined for at least 21 days to special quarantine stations in the exporting country and must be kept under observation for the whole period of confinement by the representatives of the Veterinary department of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and Food. During the quarantine the total number of animals must pass clinical examination with daily thermotherapy. The compliance with these Veterinary and sanitary requirements must be certified by veterinary certificate, signed by the state veterinary inspector of the exporting country and composed in the language of the country of origin and in Russian. Dispatch of horses to the Russian Federation is possible only after the authorization issued to the importer by Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Full text
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