Foreign exhibitors, please note the following and especially no. 3 about Echinococcus treatment

Importing cats from EU countries, but also from Norway, Andorra, Iceland, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Schwitzerland and the Vatican.

1. Identification
The animal must be identified by a microchip or clearly readable tattoo. If the microchip does not comply with ISO Standard 11784 or Annex A to ISO Standard 11785, the importer must provide the means necessary for reading the microchip. As of 3 July 2011 only a microchip will be approved as identification. The animal must be identified before the rabies vaccination.

2. Vaccination against Rabies
The animal must have been vaccinated against rabies with an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (WHO standard). The rabies vaccination and revaccination, if necessary, must have been carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturing laboratory.The animal must be identified before the rabies vaccination. The vaccination must be carried out at least 21 days before import In the booster vaccination no 21-day waiting period is required if the vaccination was administered within the period of validity of the previous vaccination.

The rabies vaccines currently applied in Finland are valid for two or three years, depending on the vaccine, if vaccination is carried out when the animal is over one year old.

3. Echinococcus treatment
Dogs and cats must be given not more than 30 days before it arrives to Finland an appropriate dosage of medicine containing praziquantel or epsiprantel against tapeworm causing echinococcosis approved for the species concerned. The medication against echinococcosis is entered to the pet passport by veterinarian.

Medication against echinococcosis is not required if the animal is imported directly from Sweden, Norway (other parts than Spitsbergen), the United Kingdom or Ireland, or if the animal is brought back to Finland within 24 hours from leaving the country. Medication against echinococcosis is also not required for animals which are less than three months old.

4. Pet passport
The animal must be accompanied by a pet passport carrying the identification information on the animal and an entry by the veterinarian concerning a valid rabies vaccination and echinococcus treatment (parts I-IV and VII).

In Finland pet passports can be obtained from veterinarians. A uniform model for the pet passport will be applied in the whole EU, and the vaccination cards used at present do not replace the new pet passport. Each Member State draws up an own version of the pet passport in accordance with a model given by Commission Decision.

Full information can be found Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira homepage:
http://www.evira.fi/portal/en/ (--> Animals and Health --> Import and Export)

Back to the show invitation.

Board Shows