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

Contact the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for information about the process required to import animals into Japan from Australia.

Note

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

The following agreed health conditions apply to the export of research rodents to Japan.

Health certificate

Origin of animal(s)

Name and address of consignor

Name: [Name]
Address: [Address]

Establishment that animals was/were born and kept

Name: [Name]
Address: [Address]
Establishment number (if any): [Number]

Destination of animal(s)

Name and address of consignee

Name: [Name]
Address: [Address]

Name of vessel or flight number: [Flight number]

Place of boarding or loading: [Airport]

Date of boarding or loading: [Date]

Option A SANITARY INFORMATION

I, Dr ………………………………, a duly authorised government veterinary officer, hereby certify that:

1. The animal shows no clinical signs of rabies at the time of shipment.
2. The animal has been kept since birth in a storage establishment where infectious diseases* designated in the below have not been confirmed for the past 12 months (This storage establishment is meeting the standards** defined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan).

* "disease" in relation to rodents means: plague (pest), rabies, monkey pox, haemorhhagic fever with renal syndrome, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, tularemia, and leptospirosis.

Name of storage establishment: [Name]

[Name of Government Veterinary Officer]
[Position of Government Veterinary Officer]
[Address of Government Veterinary Officer]

Origin of the animal(s)

Name and address of consignor

Name: [Name]
Address: [Address]

Establishment that animals was/were born and kept
Name: [Name]
Address: [Address]
Establishment number (if any): [Number]

Destination of animals

Name and address of consignee

Name: [Name]
Address: [Address]

Name of vessel or flight number: [Flight number]

Place of boarding or loading: [Airport]

Date of boarding or loading: [Date]

Option B SANITARY INFORMATION

I, Dr ………………………………, a duly authorised government veterinary officer, hereby certify that:

The animals have been kept since birth in a place that is in a storage establishment meeting all of the following that has been isolated from other areas and in which there have been not other animals than such rodents.

The storage establishment of rodents meets the requirements below.

1.  
1. (1)  Feeding control (herein after including the management of records of the animals and their breeding, shipment and death) and sanitary control are carried out under the supervision of a committee consisting of members concerned including veterinarians in the establishment.
   
   
2. (2)  Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that the intrusion of animals from the outside is prevented.
   
   
3. (3)  When introduced into the establishment, the animals are confirmed not to be contaminated with the pathogens of infectious disease in order to prevent the intrusion of infectious disease that may infect humans through animals.
   
   
4. (4)  Examinations are conducted periodically on all the animals stored in the establishment to confirm that they are not contaminated with pathogens of infectious disease.
   
   
5. (5)  Information concerning the feeding and sanitary controls of the animals is recorded in documents and such documents are retained.
   
   
2. Since birth, the animals have not been used in any study with pathogens of infectious disease or have not come in contact with any animal used in such a study.

[Name of Government Veterinary Officer]
[Position of Government Veterinary Officer]
[Address of Government Veterinary Officer]

Transport requirements

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

Pre- and post-quarantine requirements

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

Based on health conditions agreed in August 2021.

Entry last reviewed 19 August 2021.