Pet Travel Scheme
As of the 1st January 2012 a number of changes are being made to the pet travel scheme. The tables below show the changes that will be put in place
Pets entering the UK from European Union an listed third countries
|
What has to be done |
Pre 1 Jan 2012 |
Now |
|
Microchip |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Rabies Vaccination |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Rabies titre blood test |
Yes |
No |
|
Documentation – Pet passport or third country certificate |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Pre entry waiting period |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Length of waiting period before entry to UK |
6 months from date sample taken for blood test |
21 days after rabies vaccination |
|
Tick treatment |
Yes – 24-48 hours before embarkation |
No |
|
Tapeworm treatment |
Yes – 24-48 hours before embarkation |
Yes – 1-5 days before embarkation |
Pets entering the UK from Unlisted third countries
|
What has to be done |
Pre 1 Jan 2012 |
Now |
|
Microchip |
Pre 1 Jan 2012 all pets entering from unlisted third countries are licensed into quarantine for 6 months and vaccinated against rabies on arrival |
Yes |
|
Rabies Vaccination |
Yes |
|
|
Rabies titre blood test |
Yes blood samples taken at least 30 days after vaccination |
|
|
Documentation – Pet passport or third country certificate |
Yes |
|
|
Pre entry waiting period |
Yes |
|
|
Length of waiting period before entry to UK |
3 months after blood sample |
|
|
Tick treatment |
No |
|
|
Tapeworm treatment |
Yes – 1-5 days before embarkation |
List of European Union Countries in which new pet travel scheme applies to
|
Austria |
Estonia |
Hungary |
Netherlands |
|
Azores |
Faroe Islands |
Ireland |
Poland |
|
Balearic Islands |
Finland |
Italy |
Portugal |
|
Belgium |
France |
Latvia |
Reunion |
|
Bulgaria |
French Guiana |
Lithuania |
Romania |
|
Canary Islands |
Germany |
Luxembourg |
Slovakia |
|
Ceuta |
Gibraltar |
Madeira |
Slovenia |
|
Cyprus |
Greece |
Malta |
Spain |
|
Czech Republic |
Greenland |
Martinique |
Sweden |
|
Denmark |
Guadeloupe |
Melilla |
|
Listed Non European Union countries that the Pet travel scheme applies too
|
Andorra |
Falkland Islands |
Norway |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
Fiji |
Russian Federation |
|
Argentina |
French Polynesia |
Saint Maarten |
|
Aruba |
Guam |
San Marino |
|
Ascension Island |
Hawaii |
Singapore |
|
Australia |
Hong Kong |
St Helena |
|
Bahrain |
Iceland |
St Kitts and Nevis |
|
Barbados |
Jamaica |
St Lucia |
|
Belarus |
Japan |
St Pierre and Miquelon |
|
Bermuda |
Liechtenstein |
St Vincent and The Grenadines |
|
BES Islands |
Malaysia |
Switzerland |
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Mauritius |
Taiwan |
|
British Virgin Islands |
Mayotte |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Canada |
Mexico |
United Arab Emirates |
|
Cayman Islands |
Monaco |
USA (Mainland) |
|
Chile |
Montserrat |
Vanuatu |
|
Croatia |
New Caledonia |
Vatican |
|
Curacao |
New Zealand |
Wallis and Futuna |
For more information on the pet travel scheme visit the DEFRA website click here