Cattle semen

MAY 1993

Veterinary certificate for bovine semen exported from Australia to the Russian Federation

1. Shipment description:

1.1 Name and address of consignor:

1.2 Name and address of consignee:

1.3. Number of doses of the semen:

1.4. Number of packages:

1.5a. Identification marks:

1.5b. Means of transport(the flight-number, name of the ship):

1.6. The means of transport are treated and prepared in accordance with the requirements approved in Australia

1.7. Certificate No.

1.8. Competent authority:

1.9. Organisation issuing this certificate:

1.10. Country (s) of transit:

1.11. Point of crossing the border of the Russian Federation:

2. Origin of the semen

2.1. Name and address of the artificial insemination center/semen collection center:

2.2. Certificate number on the approval of the artificial insemination center/semen collection center:

3. Information concerning donor-bulls:
Age of the donor-bull at which first collection of the semen was made:

No. Name. Date of Birth. Breed. Ear tag number. Date of semen collection.
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2
3
4
5

An inventory must be made if semen from more than 5 animals is shipped. It must be signed by the official State Veterinarian of exporting country and constitutes an integral part of this certificate.

4. Health information
I, the undersigned state/official Veterinarian certify that:

4.1. Semen from sires-bull is received/collected from clinical healthy breeding animals, not vaccinated against brucellosis, in the artificial insemination center/semen collection center under the direct supervision of the official veterinarian. /competent authorities (Veterinary Service) to execute official missions.

4.2. The semen originate from administrative territories and artificial insemination centers/semen collection centers officially free of the following contagious diseases of animals:

- foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious pleuropneumonia, vesicular stomatitis, peste des petits ruminants, bovine brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis in the territory of country in compliance with the requirements of "Terrestrial Animal Health Code" of OIE

- bluetongue - during the last 2 months in the bluetongue free zone in compliance with the requirements of "Terrestrial Animal Health Code" of OIE

- enzootic bovine leucosis and paratuberculosis - during the last 3 years in the premise

- infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, bovine viral diarrhea, bovine besnoitiosis, trichomoniasis, campylobacteriosis, leptospirosis - during the last 12 months in the premise

4.3. Donor-bulls were kept under quarantine conditions during 30 days prior to the day of semen collection and were not in service for natural insemination. They were subjected to tests in compliance with the OIE guidelines (Manual of Diagnostic Test and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals) in the official laboratories with negative results for (specify the method and date of test):

- brucellosis

- leucosis

- trichomoniasis

- campylobacteriosis

- infectious bovine rhinotracheitis

- bovine viral diarrhoea

4.4. The semen were collected, processed and stored in the strict compliance with the OIE guidelines.

4.5. The semen are transported in special containers (vessels) with liquid nitrogen (or equivalent technology), sealed with the official number stamp before export shipment.

Place Date Official stamp





Signature of State/official veterinarian



Name and position in capital letters