It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the animal meets the importing country requirements. Additional information to assist exporters with how to prepare reproductive material for export is available on the Department’s website.

Note

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

Health certification

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

1. Animal Health Declaration
   
   1. Australia is free from bovine spongiform encephalopathy, brucellosis (B. abortus and B.melitensis), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease (without vaccination), lumpy skin disease, Rift Valley fever, bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis), and vesicular stomatitis.
   
   
2. Donor female/s
   
   1. 2.1. Were born and raised in Australia.
      
      
   2. 2.2. During the 28 days prior to and during the collection of germplasm for export to Pakistan, the donor female/s were not corralled, pastured, or held with animals that were not of equal health status and under any restrictions which would have made them ineligible for export to Pakistan.
      
      
   3. 2.3. At the time of embryo collection, each embryo donor was examined by an Embryo Collection/Production Team Veterinarian (ETV) approved by the Department of Agriculture and was certified to be free of clinical signs of diseases.
   
   
3. Donor male/s
   
   1. 3.1. If artificial insemination was used, the semen was collected and processed as recommended in the current WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code; OR
      
      
   2. 3.2. If natural service was used, the donor male/s complied with the equivalent sanitary requirements as donor female/s in this protocol.
      
      
   3. 3.3. If imported semen is used, semen for insemination was imported into Australia in accordance with Australia’s import conditions.
      
      
   4. Department of Agriculture import permit number: ...........................
      
      1. (strike out option that does not apply)
   
   
4. Embryo collection, processing and storage
   
   1. 4.1. At the time of embryo collection for export to Pakistan, the embryo Collection/Production team was approved and supervised by the Department of Agriculture to collect, process, and store bovine embryos for export in accordance with the current recommendations of the WOAH Code or legislation of the exporting country and the current manual of the International Embryo Transfer Society IETS; www.iets.org.
      
      
   2. 4.2. All straws were sealed, and clearly and permanently marked to identify the donor and the date(s) of freezing. The markings conform to international standards of the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) and the IETS Manual. *If a code is used for this information, its decipher instructions accompany the consignment.
      
      
   3. 4.3. The embryos have only been stored and transported with germplasm that has been collected and processed in accordance with the WOAH Code.
   
   
5. Testing
   
   1. 5.1. All testing was performed in a National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accredited laboratory (if applicable).
      
      
   2. 5.2. Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus*
      The embryo donor was tested negative for antigen detection by ELISA, virus isolation or nucleic acid reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction real-time; NA RT-PCR.
      *The embryo donor need not be tested for BVDV in any particular temporal relationship to embryo collection. One negative BVDV test, after the donor has been resident for (12) twelve months in the embryo collection unit is sufficient for the animal's lifetime, given there are no introduced cases of BVD at the embryo collection centre.
   
   
6. Storage and Transport
   
   1. 6.1. The transport container in which the embryos are to be transported to Pakistan is new or disinfected and is free of contamination.
      *If the transport container has been disinfected:
      
      1. i) Disinfectant (active chemical) _______________________________
      2. ii) Date of disinfection _______________________________________
      (strike out option that does not apply)
      
      
   2. 6.2. All transport containers in which the embryos are to be transported to Pakistan, were sealed either by an Embryo Collection/Production Team Veterinarian (ETV) approved by the Department of Agriculture or under the supervision of an authorised officer of the Australian Government, using tamper-evident seals that are positioned to ensure that no embryos can be added after the transport container has been sealed.
      
      1. *Where the embryos are transferred from one transport container to another:
      2. i) Date of transfer ___________________________________________
      3. ii) Name of approved collection centre/herd ______________________
      4. iii) Reason for transfer ________________________________________
      5. iv) Name of veterinarian involved in the transfer ___________________
      6. (strike out option that does not apply)​
         

Attachment to Veterinary Certificate

Documentation

A declaration by the accredited embryo transfer veterinarian is required for assessment of this export.

This template (DOCX 42 KB​ | PDF 255 KB ) provides the format for the Embryo Transfer Veterinarian Declaration (ETVD) for the export of bovine embryos to Argentina.

Based on protocol agreed in February 2024.

Entry last reviewed 14 March 2024.