It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the animal meets the importing country requirements.

Contact the Animal Quarantine & Certification Service in India for information about the process required to import animals into India from Australia.

Email

aqcsnr-dadf@nic.in

Note

Where an importing country issues an import permit, the exporter must ensure the animal meets any requirements in the permit.

As importing country requirements may change without advice to the Department you should check the import documents and/or the country website carefully at the time of preparation for export.

Note

Australian Departmental officers will not endorse health certification for animals destined to India if only presented in a language other than English.

For the importation of rabbits as pets, the exporter must apply for a No Objection Certificate from Animal Quarantine and Certification Services. If a license is required from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), this should be sought in advance of any application process.

Health certification

1. The establishment from which the rabbits will be exported was visited by a veterinarian within 72 hours prior to shipment. The rabbits for export were examined and showed no clinical signs of the following diseases:
   
   
   • rabbit haemorrhagic disease
   • myxomatosis
   • Aujeszky’s disease
   • tularemia
   • pasteurellosis
   • leptospirosis
   • chlamydiosis
   • brucellosis
   • tuberculosis
   • rabbit syphilis
     
   • necrobacillosis
   • toxoplasmosis
   • rabbit pox
   
   The Department issues certification based on records of examination by a registered veterinarian.
   
   
2. Australia is free from tularemia*
   
   The Department issues certification based on no reports of disease in Australia in the past 2 years, as reported to the OIE.
   
   OR
   
   the rabbits for export were not kept in a tularemia infected zone, have been treated against parasites (ticks) and were kept in a quarantine station for 15 days prior to shipment.*
   
   *Delete whichever is not applicable
   
   As Australia is free of tularaemia there are no official tularaemia free zones. Therefore the Department cannot currently provide certification for this alternate part of the clause.
   
   
3. There were no reported clinical cases of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) in the premises of origin for the period of 6 months before export.*
   
   The Department issues certification based on a declaration from the operator of the premise that there were no clinical cases of RHD in the premises for the 6 months before export.
   
   OR
   
   The rabbits for export were kept in a premise where no case of RHD was reported during the 60 days prior to shipment; and were kept in a premise where no animal has been vaccinated against RHD; and were kept in a premise where at least 10% of the breeding rabbits were tested negative for RHD during the 60 days prior to shipment. No clinical case of rabbit haemorrhagic disease was found*

   *Delete whichever is not applicable

   The Department issues certification based on:
   

   • a declaration from the operator of the premise that there were no clinical cases of RHD in the premises for the 60 days before export
   • a declaration from the operator of the premise that the rabbits in the premises were not vaccinated against RHD
   • records of testing by a registered veterinarian and laboratory test results
     
     
4. The rabbits for export were kept since birth or for the 6 months prior to export in a premise where there were no reported cases of myxomatosis for the period of 6 months before export.
   
   The Department issues certification based on:
   
   
   • a declaration from the operator of the premise that there were no clinical cases of myxomatosis in the premises for the 6 months before export
   • records of examination by an registered veterinarian within 72 hours prior to shipment
     
     
5. Within 15 days prior to export the rabbits* or dams of the rabbits* (if rabbits for export are less than 3 months of age) were tested negative of the following diseases:
   
   
   • rabbit haemorrhagic disease (Rabbit calicivirus)(ELISA or HI*)
   • pasteurellosis (P. multocida haemolytica type A)(Culture and agent identification)
   • leptospirosis (L. hardjo, pomona,copenhageni, tarrasovi)(MAT)
   • chlamydiosis (C. psittaci, felis, pecorum, pneumonia, abortus, caviae)(CFT)
   • brucellosis (B. abortus)(CFT)
   • myxomatosis (Myxoma virus)(ELISA or CFT*).
   • tularemia (ELISA or Tube Agglutination).**
     
   
   *Delete whichever is not applicable
   **Delete if Australia is tularemia free
   
   The Department issues certification based on a registered veterinarian’s records of testing and laboratory test results.

All of the required pre-export testing must be conducted at the OIE reference laboratory in Brescia, Italy. The Department’s certification will be based on those laboratory tests

Transport requirements

The importing country may have specific transport requirements and you should check this.

Pre- and post-arrival quarantine requirements

The importing country may have specific pre- and post-arrival quarantine requirements and you should check this.

Based on agreed health certificate and importing country website and information.

Entry last reviewed 2 August 2021.