Animal Health Certificate
Getting an Animal Health Certificate for Pet Travel
When planning your pet’s international journey, securing an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) is a crucial step. Essential for international journeys, an animal health certificate verifies your pet’s fitness for travel and compliance to vaccination protocols.
Essential Preparations for Pet Travel
Before embarking on a journey with your beloved animal, it’s crucial to meet specific health standards:
- • Identification: Ensure your dog, cat, or ferret has a microchip for easy identification.
- • Vaccinations: A rabies vaccine is mandatory. There’s a compulsory waiting period of 21 days following the initial rabies shot before your pet can travel.
Securing the Necessary Health Documentation
To acquire the essential health document for your pet, follow these steps:
- Visit our clinic with your pet, bringing their vaccination and medical history.
- Ensure your pet is over 12 weeks old to receive the rabies vaccination.
- Complete a detailed form at our clinic, which includes:
- • Owner information
- • Pet details
- • Any previous pet passports
- • Rabies vaccination date
- • Blood test records, as needed
- • Treatment for canine tapeworm, if applicable
- • Planned entry country in the EU
Why Your Pet Needs This Documentation
These health documents are vital to comply with international travel requirements, safeguarding your pet and other countries from disease exposure.
Timeline for Processing
This vital document can be issued up to ten days before your departure. Early planning is advised to meet any specific country regulations like additional tests or treatments. Initiate the process by contacting us well before your planned travel.
Validity Period
The validity spans ten days from issuance for entry into the EU, continuing up to four months for intra-EU travel or until the rabies vaccination expires, whichever occurs first. For re-entry into Great Britain, the document remains valid for four months, assuming up-to-date rabies vaccination.
Costs Involved
The fee for this health documentation is £220, covering the examination and all requisite paperwork.
For assistance with obtaining an Animal Health Certificate for your pet, please contact us at Rackheath Vets. Our team is here to ensure your pet meets all travel requirements for a safe and hassle-free journey.
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John & Tracey GibsonHaving only just moved to the local area a few months ago we had to find a good Vets for our CAT CLAN of 10, and Rackheath Vets had the best reviews so we chose to use them and registar our clan with them. Our 1st visit was for our old man Charlie who had not been well for a few days, unfortunately we found out that Charlie was not in good health at all, and at the age of 13 his system was shutting down and the only thing we could do for him was to have him PTS. The entire team at Racheath Vets were so very helpful and understanding from the start and we cannot thank them enough for all that they did for us and Charlie at this time. If anyone needs a superb set of staff to help them with their pets then we can and highly recommend them. And a Thank you from Charlie as well. xxx.