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| | Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and United States of America. |
| | Racing, polo or equestrian |
| | 1. Each horse shall be accompanied by an equine passport or equivalent thereof, which is approved by the Director, and a veterinary health certificate dated not more than 7 days prior to export and signed or endorsed by the competent veterinary authority of the country of export describing the age, breed, sex, colour, markings or other points of identification, and the name and address of the premises of origin of each horse, and certifying to the effect that — |
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| | | | (a) the country of export has been free from African horse sickness for the last 2 years prior to the date of export, and no vaccination is permitted in that country against this disease; |
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| | | (b) the country of export has been free from Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis for the last 2 years prior to the date of export, and no vaccination is permitted in that country against this disease, or no case of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis has occurred in the country of export for the last 2 years prior to the date of export; |
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| | | (c) the country of export has been free from Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis for the last 2 years prior to the date of export, and no vaccination is permitted in that country against these diseases, or the horse has been vaccinated within 12 months but not within 30 days of export against Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis with inactivated vaccines approved by the veterinary authority of the country of export; |
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| | | (d) the country of export has been free from glanders for the last 2 years prior to the date of export, or the horse was tested with mallein with negative results within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (e) the country of export has been free from trypanosomes for the last 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse was tested for Trypanosoma evansi by inoculation of whole blood into mice or rats and examined by Giemsa-stained blood smears every alternate day for a period of 28 days with negative results within 30 days of export, and for Trypanosoma equiperdum by the complement fixation test with negative results within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (f) the country of export has been free from contagious equine metritis for the last 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse has never been mated or is gelded or was tested for contagious equine metritis by 3 samples taken at intervals not less than 7 days apart for bacterial culture with negative results within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (g) country of export has been free from equine infectious anaemia for the last 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse was tested for equine infectious anaemia by the immunodiffusion (Coggin’s) test with negative results within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (h) the country of export has been free from equine viral arteritis for the last 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse was tested for equine viral arteritis by the serum neutralisation tests with negative results, or with stable or declining antibody titres at dilution of 1 in 4 within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (i) the country of export has been free from equine piroplasmosis for the past 12 months, or the horse was subjected to a fluorescent antibody test for equine piroplasmosis with negative results within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (j) the country of export has been free from rabies in the past 2 years, or — |
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| | | (i) during the 6 months prior to the export, the horse has not suffered from or been exposed to nor been in premises infected with rabies; and |
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| | | (ii) the horse has not been vaccinated against rabies or was vaccinated against rabies using an approved vaccine not less than 30 days and not more than 12 months prior to the export; |
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| | | (k) no case of Hendra-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export for the last 12 months prior to the date of export, or no case of Hendra-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export in the past 3 months prior to the date of export and the horse has been tested for Hendra-virus infection by ELISA test with negative results within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (l) no case of Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export for the last 2 years prior to the date of export, or no case of Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export for the past 6 months or such other period as may be specified by the Director, prior to the date of export and the horse has undergone 2 weeks’ pre-export isolation at premises approved by the Director and tested during such pre-export isolation for Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection with negative results; |
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| | | (m) all tests were carried out in a laboratory approved by the Veterinary Authority of the country of export and the Director; |
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| | | (n) the horse had been resident in the country of export continuously for at least 3 months immediately prior to the export (except that this condition may be waived for Singapore horses returning from racing engagements abroad if prior arrangements had been made at time of application for an export permit before the horse was exported, in which case the certificate should state that the horse has been imported from Singapore for the purpose of racing); |
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| | | (o) during the 3 months prior to the export, the horse has not suffered from or been exposed to nor been in premises infected with any condition or disease including the following: equine infectious anaemia, equine viral encephalomyelitis, horse pox, scabies, anthrax, glanders, dourine, surra, strangles, epizootic lymphangitis, ulcerative lymphangitis, equine rhinopneumonitis, equine viral arteritis, equine piroplasmosis, equine influenza, vesicular stomatitis, Getah virus infection, Hendra-virus infection, Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection or any other disease of horses notifiable in the country of export; |
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| | | (p) the horse was treated with an approved broad spectrum parasiticide effective against ticks and a broad spectrum anthelminthic within 14 days of export; |
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| | | (q) the horse had not been vaccinated with any vaccine within 30 days of export; and |
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| | | (r) the horse had been examined and was found clinically healthy and free from external parasites and any clinical signs of infectious or contagious disease at time of export. |
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| | | 2. Each consignment of horses shall be accompanied by a signed declaration from the master or captain of the ship or aircraft in which the horses were carried stating that – |
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| | | (a) the horses had been embarked or emplaned in the country of export (which country is to be named in the declaration) and had not been landed at any intermediate port (unless approved by the Director) during the voyage or flight to Singapore; |
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| | | (b) no horse from another country was carried in the ship or aircraft during the time that the horses to which such declaration refers were on board the ship or aircraft; |
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| | | (c) no fodder from another country was carried in the ship or aircraft during the time that the horses to which such declaration refers were on board the ship or aircraft; |
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| | | (d) in a case where the country of export or any other approved intermediate port at which the aircraft carrying the horses had made a stopover cannot be certified as being free from Venezuelan, Western and Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, trypanosomiasis, equine infectious anamia or piroplasmosis, the interior of the aircraft carrying the horses had been sprayed with an approved insecticide just prior to its departure from the country of export and any such approved intermediate port, and on landing in Singapore; and |
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| | | (e) the horses have been transported in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) International Animal Health Code and the International Air Transport Association’s Live Animal Regulations. |
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| | | 3. Each consignment of horses shall be accompanied by a valid import licence issued by the Director permitting the import of such animals into Singapore. |
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| | | 4. On arrival at the port of disembarkation in Singapore, the horses and the import licence and veterinary health certificate relating thereto and the declaration of the master or captain of the ship or aircraft in which the horses were being carried, shall be presented to and examined by a veterinary authority. If the consignment of horses is found to be healthy and documents are in order, the horses shall be allowed entry into Singapore for quarantine at such premises as may be approved by the Director. |
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| | | | 5. The horses shall be quarantined for a period of not less than 14 days and may be subject to testing and treatment by a veterinary authority before being released from quarantine. Horses from Sabah and Sarawak are subject to a mallein test with negative results while in quarantine. Horses from Argentina, Canada, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America shall not be taken out of mosquito-proof stables within the first 10 days of arrival. |
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| | | Racing, polo or equestrian |
| | 1. Each horse shall be accompanied by an equine passport or an equivalent thereof, which is approved by the Director, and a veterinary health certificate dated not more than 48 hours prior to the date of export and signed and endorsed by the competent veterinary administration of the Government of South Africa describing the age, breed, sex, colour, markings or other points of identification, microchip identification code and the name and address of premises of origin and the pre-export quarantine of each horse. The certificate shall certify to the effect that — |
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| | | (a) the horse is registered in South Africa by an officially recognised equine association or body; |
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| | | (b) the horse has been microchipped with an ISO standard microchip prior to pre-export quarantine; |
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| | | (c) the horse has, for 90 days immediately prior to export or if less than 90 days of age, since birth, been continuously resident in the African Horse Sickness (AHS) Free Area (that is to say, the area within the metropolitan area of Cape Town where no case of AHS has occurred during the past 2 years); |
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| | | (d) there has been no case of African Horse Sickness in the AHS Surveillance Zone in the Western Cape Province of South Africa for the past 2 years prior to the date of export; |
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| | | (e) the horse has undergone 40 days of pre-export quarantine under official veterinary supervision in the officially approved vector-protected Kenilworth Quarantine Station in the AHS Free Area (metropolitan Cape Town) and in strict isolation from equidae that are not of equivalent health status under the following conditions: |
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| | | (i) the horse has been housed permanently in vector-protected conditions; or |
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| | | (ii) the horse has been confined to the vector-protected stables at least from 2 hours prior to sunset until 2 hours after sunrise the next day and an effective insect repellent has been applied to the horse prior to its removal from the stables under official veterinary supervision; |
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| | | (f) the horse has not been vaccinated against AHS during the past 90 days preceding the date of export and has been tested for AHS with complement fixation test or ELISA during the isolation period on 2 occasions with an interval of 21 to 30 days, the second test being carried out no longer than 10 days prior to the date of export (for which purpose the horse shall be deemed free from AHS if both tests are negative or there is no increase in antibody titre, and both results (quantitative) are to be included in the health certificate); |
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| | | (g) the horse has been tested for equine encephalosis with ELISA on 2 occasions with an interval of 21 to 30 days, the second test being carried out no longer than 10 days prior to the date of export (for which purpose the horse shall be deemed free from equine encephalosis if both tests are negative or there is no increase in antibody titre, and both results (quantitative) are to be included in the health certificate); |
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| | | (h) the country of export has been free from equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern, Western and Venezuelan) for the past 2 years prior to the date of export and no vaccination is permitted in that country, or no case of equine encephalomyelitis has occurred in the country of export for the last 2 years prior to the date of export; |
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| | | (i) the country of export has been free from vesicular stomatitis for the past 2 years prior to the date of export; |
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| | | (j) the country of export has been free from glanders for the past 2 years prior to the date of export, or the horse has been tested negative with mallein within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (k) the country of export has been free from dourine for the past 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse was tested for Trypanosoma equiperdum by the complement fixation test with negative results within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (l) the country of export has been free from surra for the past 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse was tested for Trypanosoma evansi by inoculation of whole blood into mice or rats and examined by Giemsa-stained blood smears every alternate day for a period of 28 days with negative results within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (m) the country of export has been free from contagious equine metritis for the past 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse has never been mated or is gelded or the horse was tested for contagious equine metritis by 3 samples taken at intervals not less than 7 days apart for bacterial culture with negative results within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (n) the country of export has been free from equine infectious anaemia for the past 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse has been tested negative for equine infectious anaemia with immunodiffusion (Coggin’s) test within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (o) the country of export has been free from equine viral arteritis for the last 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse was tested for equine viral arteritis by the serum neutralisation tests with negative results, or with stable or declining antibody titres at dilution of 1 in 4 within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (p) the country of export has been free from equine piroplasmosis for the past 12 months prior to the date of export, or the horse has been tested negative for equine piroplasmosis with fluorescent antibody test or complement fixation test within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (q) the country has been free from rabies in the past 2 years, or — |
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| | | (i) during the 6 months prior to export, the horse has not suffered from or been exposed to nor been in premises infected with rabies; and |
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| | | (ii) the horse has not been vaccinated against rabies or was vaccinated against rabies using an approved vaccine not less than 30 days and not more than 12 months prior to export; |
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| | | (r) no case of Hendra-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export for the last 12 months prior to the date of export, or no case of Hendra-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export in the past 3 months prior to the date of export and the horse has been tested for Hendra-virus infection by ELISA test with negative results within 15 days of export; |
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| | | (s) no case of Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export for the last 2 years prior to the date of export, or no case of Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection has been reported in horses in the country of export for the past 6 months or such other period as may be specified by the Director, prior to the date of export and the horse has undergone 2 weeks’ pre-export isolation at premises approved by the Director and tested during pre-export isolation for Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection with negative results prior to export; |
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| | | (t) all laboratory tests were carried out at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute or any other laboratory officially approved by the Veterinary Authority of the Government of South Africa and the Director, using Office International des Epizooties (OIE) prescribed methodologies; |
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| | | (u) the horse had been resident in the country of export continuously for at least 3 months immediately prior to export (except that this condition may be waived for Singapore horses returning from racing engagements if prior arrangements had been made at the time of application for an export permit before the horses were exported, in which case the certificates should state that the horses had been imported from Singapore for racing); |
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| | | (v) during the 3 months prior to export, the horse has not suffered from or been exposed to nor been in premises in which horses were infected with any condition or disease including the following: African Horse Sickness, equine encephalosis, equine infectious anaemia, equine viral arteritis, equine viral encephalomyelitis, horse pox, scabies, anthrax, glanders, dourine, surra, strangles, rabies, epizootic lymphangitis, ulcerative lymphangitis, equine rhinopneumonitis, equine piroplasmosis, equine influenza, vesicular stomatitis, Getah virus infection, Hendra-virus infection, Hendra-like (Nipah)-virus infection or any other diseases of horses notifiable in South Africa; |
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| | | (w) the horse was treated with an approved long-acting broad spectrum parasiticide effective against ticks and a broad spectrum anthelmintic within 7 days of export; |
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| | | (x) the horse had not been vaccinated with AHS vaccine within 90 days and any other vaccines (except Japanese B encephalitis) within 30 days of export; |
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| | | (y) the horse had been examined by an official veterinary officer of the Government of South Africa within 24 hours and was found clinically healthy, fit for travel and free from external parasites and any clinical signs of infectious and contagious disease prior to the time of export; |
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| | | (z) the horse was applied with long-acting insecticide before being loaded into a transport crate (which has been insecticide-treated and disinfected just prior to loading) and transported directly from the Kenilworth Quarantine Station directly to the approved port of embarkation in South Africa under official veterinary supervision by an official veterinary officer of the Government of South Africa, during the vector or insect safe period (that is to say, 2 hours after sunrise to 2 hours before sunset), and the horse has not had any contact with equines that were not of the same certified health status during transport. |
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| | | 2. Each consignment of horses shall be accompanied by a signed declaration from master or captain of the ship or aircraft in which the horses were carried stating that — |
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| | | (a) the horses had been embarked or emplaned in the country of export and had not been landed at any intermediate port (unless approved by the Director) during the voyage or flight to Singapore; |
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| | | (b) the horses not of the same certified health status or any other animals of different species were not carried on the ship or aircraft during the time that the horses to which such declaration refers were on board the ship or aircraft; |
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| | | (c) no fodder from any other country was carried in the ship or aircraft during the time to which such declaration refers was on board the ship or aircraft, and no hay or straw was used as bedding during transport by air (except that treated wood shavings, sterilised peat and soft board may be used); |
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| | | (d) the horses have been exported from Cape Town International Airport and have not been landed at any intermediate port during the flight to Singapore (except that an internal stopover of the aircraft only at Johannesburg International Airport may be permitted, in which case a certificate issued by the Quarantine Master at Johannesburg International Airport or an official veterinary officer of the Government of South Africa must be attached to the captain’s signed declaration certifying to the effect that during the period of transit after landing at Johannesburg International Airport, the horses remained on board the aircraft at all times, the aircraft cargo hold containing the horses was not opened at all times and the interior of the aircraft was sprayed with approved insecticide prior to departure from the Johannesburg International Airport); and |
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| | | (e) the horses have been transported in accordance with latest recommendations of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) International Animal Health Code and the International Air Transport Association’s Live Animal Regulations. |
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| | | 3. Each consignment of horses shall be accompanied by a valid import licence issued by the Director permitting the import of such animals into Singapore. |
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| | | 4. On arrival at the port of disembarkation in Singapore, the horses and the import licence and veterinary health certificate relating thereto and the declaration of the master or captain of the ship or aircraft in which the horses were being carried, shall be presented to and examined by a veterinary authority. If the consignment of horses is found to be healthy and documents are in order, the horses shall be allowed entry into Singapore for quarantine. |
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| | | 5. The horses shall be quarantined for a period of not less than 14 days in vector-protected stables in premises approved by the Director and may be subject to testing and treatment by the veterinary authority before being released from quarantine. |
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