Terrestrial Animal Health Code |
Myxomatosis
General provisions
Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines are described in the Terrestrial Manual.
Recommendations for the importation of domestic rabbits
Veterinary Authorities of importing countries should require the presentation of an international veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:
showed no clinical sign of myxomatosis on the day of shipment;
were kept since birth, or for the six months prior to shipment, in an establishment where no case of myxomatosis was officially reported during that period.
Recommendations for the importation of skins and fur of domestic and wild rabbits
Veterinary Authorities of importing countries should require the presentation of an international veterinary certificate attesting that the skins and fur were treated (dried and tanned) to ensure the destruction of the myxomatosis virus.
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