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.

An import permit and health certificate are required.

Information about the process required to import reproductive material into Papua New Guinea from Australia can be found on the Papua New Guinea Department of Agriculture and Livestock National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA) website.

Email

naqia@dg.com.pg

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. The donor boar has been kept in isolation from other animals for at least 30 days before the collection of the semen.
2. The donor boar is free from infectious and contagious diseases.
3. The Artificial Insemination Centre where the donor boar has been kept is fee of disease Brucellosis, Tuberculosis, and Leptospirosis.
4. The donor boar has within 30 days of semen collection been subjected to the agglutination test for Brucella suis, agglutination lysis test for Leptospira Pomona and the intradermal avian and mammalian tuberculin test, and all tests have been negative.
   

   (Note: For Brucella suis a titre of less than 30 I.U is considered negative – the test must include dilutions up 1:320.
   For Leptospira Pomona less than 50% agglutination in 1:200 dilution is considered negative).

5. If used, all biological diluents are of New Zealand or Australian origin.
6. Prior to export, the container in which the semen is to be transported was sealed with an official seal:
   

   Australian Government Seal No: XXXXXX

Documentation

A declaration by the Artificial Insemination Centre (AIC) veterinarian is required for this export.

This template (DOCX 34 KB | PDF 130KB​​) provides the format for the Centre Veterinarian Declaration (CVD) for the export of porcine semen to Papua New Guinea.

Transport requirements

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

Port of entry requirements

It is a condition of import that the animal reproductive material must be accompanied by the original NAQIA Permit to Import Veterinary Pharmaceuticals and Biological Products.

Health conditions are based on import permit conditions AQC No.16/2017 Semen issued May 2017.

Entry last reviewed 3 June 2021.