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 is required.

Contact the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries for information about the process required to import reproductive material from Australia into Uruguay.

Note

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

Health certification

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

Prospective exporters of reproductive material to Uruguay should confirm the import health conditions from the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries and provide these with a National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) certified 2/3 level English translation to the relevant Departmental regional office at the time of NOI submission.

Health certificate

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

1. Australia is officially free from Foot and Mouth Disease and BSE categorization (level I) declared by the Leading Scientific Committee of the European Commission (CCD).
2. No cases of Schmallenberg disease have been recorded in Australia.
3. At the time of semen collection for export to Uruguay, the donor bulls were clinically healthy.
4. In the twelve months preceding the date of semen collection, no cases of bovine virus diarrhoea (BVD) occurred on the premises where the donor bulls have been kept.
5. The Holstein donors have been tested with negative results for BLAD and CVM. In addition, no anomalies derived from the presence of undesirable recessive genes have been detected in the donor bulls.
6. Prior to the entry to the Semen Collection Centres a minimum quarantine of 30 days has been observed. During this period of time, acceptable diagnostic tests with negative results were performed, for the following diseases/organisms:
   
   
   1. Brucellosis
   2. Tuberculosis
   3. Leptospirosis
   4. Paratuberculosis
   5. Blue Tongue
   6. Enzootic Bovine Leucosis
   7. Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis
   8. Campylobacteriosis
   9. Trichomoniasis


7. ​For Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis - if the bull is serologically positive, an aliquot of each semen collection was subjected to a virus isolation test, with negative results.
8. The Bull Collection Centres were isolated from other farms or buildings with domestic animals.
9. The donor bulls in the Centre have not been allowed to mate in a natural way while staying in the Centre, including the quarantine period, for a period of time of 3 (three) months at least, prior to initial semen collection.
10. The donor bulls have been tested with negative results for BLAD and CMV; in addition no anomalies derived from the presence of undesirable recessive genes have been detected.
11. The semen collection dates and the results of the most recent serological tests for donor bulls from which semen was collected for export to Uruguay are recorded in the attached appendix.
12. The testing of donor bulls was carried out within the period 6 months before or after semen collection.
13. The Semen Collection Centres are located in a Bluetongue Free Zone.
14. The donor bulls were:
    
    1. (a) kept in a BTV free country or zone for at least 100 days before commencement of, and during, collection of the semen, or
    2. (b) were subjected to a serological test to detect antibody to the BTV group, such as the BT competition ELISA or the BT AGID test, between 28 and 60 days after the last collection for this consignment, with negative results, or
    3. (c) were subjected to a virus isolation test or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on blood samples collected at commencement and conclusion of, and at least every 7 days (virus isolation test) or at least every 28 days (PCR test) during, semen collection for this consignment, with negative results for BTV;
15. The semen was collected, processed and stored in conformity with the provisions of either Appendix 3.2.1. or Appendix 3.2.2. of the OIE Code.
16. The semen comes from Semen Collection Centres which have been approved by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS), and which have been subject to ongoing veterinary inspections and that sanitary requirements have been fulfilled.
17. All bulls in the Semen Collection Centres have met the requirements as stated in the Australian Bovine Semen Collection Standard, documented in Bovine Semen Collection Centres, SCARM Report 64.
18. Prior to export, the container in which the semen is to be transported, was sealed using an Official Seal bearing the marks: Australian Government Seal No. XXXXXXXXXXXM
    

Attachment

Schedule of donors and Test Results

1. The semen must come from Bull Centres approved by the Department, according to official certification from the exporting country, that either declares there are ongoing veterinary inspections or that sanitary requirements have been fulfilled.


2. All bulls in the Centre meet the requirements as stated in the Australian bovine semen collection Standard, documented in Bovine Semen Collection Centres, SCARM Report 64.

Centre veterinarian declaration

A declaration by the centre veterinarian is required for this export.

This template (DOCX 45 KB | PDF 156 KB) provides​ the format for the Centre Veterinarian Declaration (CVD) for the export of bovine semen to Uruguay.​

Based on protocol of March 2003 and permit based trade.

Entry last reviewed 27 April 2022.