Japanese encephalitis

Article 8.10.1.

General provisions

For the purposes of the Terrestrial Code, the incubation period for Japanese encephalitis shall be 21 days.

Standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines are described in the Terrestrial Manual.

Article 8.10.2.

Recommendations for importation from countries or zones infected with Japanese encephalitis

For horses

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an international veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:

1. showed no clinical sign of Japanese encephalitis on the day of shipment; and

EITHER

2. were kept for the 21 days prior to shipment, in an insect-proof quarantine station and were protected from insect vector attacks during their transportation from the quarantine station to the place of shipment;

OR

3. were vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis not less than 7 days and no more than 12 months prior to shipment.

nb: first adopted in 1992; most recent update adopted in 2000.