Important Info Re-Vaccination Validity Forums

zulurita · Last edited by zulurita on Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:33 am; edited 1 time in total

I wrote to DEFRA regarding the dilemma over the anti-rabies booster /re-vaccination. Here is their reply:

"As from 1st Oct 04 the EC 998/2003 regulation says that for the purposes of non commercial movement of pets the manufacturer's datasheet recommendations should be followed, therefore if a dog/cat is vaccinated against rabies with a two year vaccine in the UK and travels to France it will have its booster in two years time, not annually as France once required.
Only pets that become resident in France after being there for 3 months will need an annual vaccination."

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So after reading the reply WE SHALL NOT BE REVACCINATING JABULILE THIS AUG AND WILL DO SO NEXT AUG 2007 WHEN IT IS DUE AS PER HER EU PASSPORT

PS: Does this require a sticky added to the post?

656

Good information for those that travel with their pets

Dave

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zulurita

thanks Dave,
I certainly hope it helps everyone taking their pets abroad. We obviously had Jabulile revaccinated last year when it wasn't necessary. We had previously, when using the paper pets certificates had gone 2 yrs with no problems and then were told it was needed in France every year so started to comply but then with the new EU pets passport it changed but the vets nor DEFRA made this clear, in fact we did ask our vet but was told it was required every year, so at least now we have clarification and can follow what is stated in the EU pets passport i.e. follow the validity date as in the pets passport, UNLESS YOU PLAN TO BE IN AN EU COUNTRY MORE THAN 3 MONTHS THEN IT WILL NEED TO BE AS PER THAT COUNTRY I.E. 1 YEAR.

GypsyRose

Rita .. is the south of Spain still coming under different rules (that is every year for rabies shot??) Do you know? Crying or Very sad

I hate having all these chemicals pumped into our dogs. Rolling Eyes

Moondog

Thanks Rita

Will put a copy of your post in his PP.At last something in writing.

Think when J is re-vaccinated the validity will be for 3 years.

Well done

Nick

zulurita

Hi Gypsy Rose,

I take the reply from the DEFRA Pets Helpline to mean THAT THE MANUFACTURERS VALIDITY DATE IN THE PETS PASSPORT IS WHAT MATTERS.

France is usually our first port of call but should also apply to all EU countries as they have all signed up to this new blue EU Pets Passport. If going to Spain for the winter and in the country for more than 3 months then the 1 year vaccination would apply. We were not checked at all when we went to Spain end 2004 and until mid march 2005 after that we were back in France and home by mid April.

Croatia is a permitted non EU country and we had no trouble recently going into Croatia they just asked if she had papers and we said yes. Going back into Slovenia they wanted to see her passport but only looked at her picture. Hungary, Poland & Slovakia no problems. We maybe going back to Croatia next year so hope all will be ok and that they will accept the validity as stated in the pets passport but we do not foresee any problems as pets travelling between countries is a common event in Europe.
Like Moondog we have printed out DEFRA's reply and put it with Jabulile's passport. We don't anticipate any problems coming back into UK as under the old scheme with the Pets certificate and all the various papers we took the 2 years to mean that and did in fact on our first time travelling with Jabulile go 2 yrs as stated on her papers and had no problem. Only one camp site ? the 2 yrs but as the paper had the validity date and she was within that they accepted it.

Lots of countries like 1 yr but if they have all signed up to the EU Blue Passport scheme then all should be ok providing the pet is travelling within the validity dates.
Hope that helps, certainly Defra's reply seems to make the issue clearer. Very Happy

GypsyRose

Thank you for that Rita!! Laughing

Rapide561

Hi Jabulile

One day you will have to meet up with me. Your mummy's posts on this subject have been of great assistance to me and my dad.

Many thanks to you and your mum.

Oscar

PS I made my dad type this as I am too lazy!

zulurita

Just thought I would bring this post to the front again in case some people haven't seen it.