LOS ANGELES: The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated on Wednesday the company is updating its dog importation regulation.
The new regulation requires that beginning on Aug 1, 2024, all canine coming into the United States should seem wholesome upon arrival, be at the least six months of age, be microchipped, and be accompanied by a CDC Dog Import Form on-line submission receipt, reported Xinhua.
The CDC requires canine arriving from international locations with a excessive danger of dog rabies to be protected towards rabies.
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The rabies virus variant carried by canine was eradicated within the United States in 2007 and the CDC desires to stop the re-introduction of dog rabies into the United States.
The CDC encourages folks travelling with their canine to make use of its new personalised question-and-answer instrument, “DogBot,“ on the CDC web site to find out what guidelines apply to their canine based mostly on their journey dates, the place their dog is travelling from, and the place their dog was vaccinated.
The regulation goals to guard the well being and security of individuals and animals by ensuring any dog arriving within the United States is wholesome and doesn’t current a danger to communities, stated the CDC.
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