MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

(Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying)

NOTIFICATION

Mew Delhi, the 24th July, 2002

G.S.R 522(£).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (1) of section 3 of the

Livestock Importation Act, 1898 (Act 9 of 1898) as amended by Livestock Importation

Amendment Act, 2001 (Act 28 of 2001) and in supersession of the notification of the Government

of India in the Ministry of Agriculture No. 50-22/77-LDT(AQ)/Pt. Dated the 11^th August, 1999,

the Central Government hereby allows with immediate effect the import of equine species of

animals in to India.

Import of the equines shall" be allowed as per the procedures laid down in the schedule as

under.

SCHEDULE CONDITIONS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF EQUINES IN TO INDIA

ELIGIBILITY:

1.1.

The equine should come from a country:

a. Which is free from African Horse Sickness.

b. Where Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) has not been reported during the last three

years. However, from the CEM infected countries male upto seven years and female

upto five years of age which have never been mated are allowed.

1.2

In case of Thoroughbred horses, import will be allowed for breeding purpose only.

1.3

Prior to export the equines are required to under go pre-export quarantine for necessary

testing.

1.4

The equine shall only be imported through the International airports of Delhi, Kolkata, ^

Mumbai and Chennai or any other airport notified by the Government from time to time

'and the quarantine officers may be informed by the importer in writing at least fifteen days

prior to the arrival of the consignment.

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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PARTII—SEC.3(J)]

1.5

The animal with more than three hundred days of pregnancy prior to departure is not be

imported at all.

IDENTIFICATION:

The equine must accompany with a valid passport; OR*

In case of the-horse originate from countries not issuing a passport, the import must be

accompanied by complete history sheet with an identification certificate duly

authenticated by an official veterinarian of the exporting country.

VETERINARY CERTIFICATE

3.1.

The equine must accompany a valid health certificate issued by an official veterinarian of

the exporting country as per the following format:

7 ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR IMPORT OF EQUINES INTO INDIA

Exporting Country:

Ministry /Department of:

Province or District, etc.:

I. Identification of the animal

Number

Breed

Sex

Age

n Origin of the animal

Name and address of exporter:

Place of origin of the animal:

Ill Destination of the animal

Country of destination:

Name and address of consignee:

Nature and identification of means of transport:

IV Sanitary information

I, the undersigned official veterinarian certify that the animal described above examined on

this day:

(a) shows no clinical sign or symptom of infectious or contagious diseases on the day of

shipment.

(b) satisfies the following requirements:

The country is free frorrrAfrican Horse Sickness.

During one hundred and eighty days immediately prior ro export, the equine

under export has not visited any country where African Horse Sickness occurred

in the past two years immediately preceding the export.

Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) has not been reported during last three years

in the country and the animal has not originated from / reared in / visited any of

the CEM infected countries during the last two years; OR

the country has reported CEM but the animal under export is less than seven

years (in case of male) / less than five years (in case of female) of age which have

never been mated and the equine has not been in contact with breeding stock

during the twelve months immediately prior to export and that swabs collected

from the prepuce/urethra/vagina/cervix as the case may be of the equine has been

found negative for pathogenic micro-organisms, specifically Taylorella-

equigenitalis, by standard culture methods on three consecutive occasions at

seven days interval during the thirty days pre-export quarantine.

The equine was kept in an establishment for three months prior to shipment where

no infectious or contagious diseases including Epizootic Lymphangitis, Ulcerative

Lymphangitis,

Trypanosomosis,

Dourine, Equine

Piroplasmosis,

Equine

Rhinopneumonitis,

Equine Encephalomyelitis,

Equine

Influenza,

Equine

Infectious Anaemia, Potomac Horse Fever, West Nile Virus infection and

Vesicular Stomatitis was reported and no such diseases reported around such

establishment.

The animal prior to export has been vaccinated with Equine Influenza (killed)

bivalent vaccine, and the last vaccination be within thirty days prior to

embarkation but not less than fourteen days.

The equine being exported has been kept in isolation in an approved Government

quarantine station and subjected to the following tests with negative results:

Disease

Glanders

Dourine

Equine

Infectious

Anaemia

Infectious Equine

Abortion

(Salmonella

abortus equi)

Equine

Viral

Arteritis (EVA)

Diagnostic Test

Mallein/Complement Fixation Test

(CFT)

Complement Fixation Test (CFT)

Coggins (Immunodiffusion Test) '

-Serum Agglutination Test (titre not

greater than one/three thousand)

Virus Neutralisation Test

During fifteen days before

shipment.

During fifteen days before

shipment.

During thirty days before

shipment.

During fifteen days before

shipment.

Two occasions

at least

fourteen days apart with

negative

result

during

twenty eight days prior to

shipment.

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PARTIT—SKc.3(i)l

Vesicular

Stomatitis

Contagious Equine

Metritis (CEM)

Equine

Piroplasmosis

(Babesia egui and

Babesia caballi)

Venezuelan

Equine

Encephalomyelitis

Complement Fixation Test (CFT)/

Enzyme-Linked

Immunosorbent

Assay (ELISA)

Culture of Micro-organisms

Complement Fixation Test (CFT) /

Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test

(IFAT)

Haemagglutination Inhibition (HI) /

Complement Fixation Test (CFT) /

Plaaue Reduction Neutralisation Test

(PRNT)

At least twenty one days

after the commencement of

pre-export quarantine

Three consecutive¹ tests at

weekly interval during pre-

export

quarantine period

with negative results.

During thirty days before

shipment.

Not less than fourteen days

after the commencement of

pre-export quarantine.

N.B.: No testing is necessary in respect of such diseases for which freedom status

has been certified.

Official stamp:

Issued at

Name and address of Veterinarian

Signature:

4. Post-Import Quarantine:

After import in to India, the animal shall be kept in quarantine for minimum period of

thirty days at the Government Quarantine Station. During the quarantine period, the animal shall

be subjected to standard culture and serological examination for any disease as deemed necessary

by the Government, hi the event of any animal found positive for any exotic disease, the same

shall be deported back to the country of origin / destroyed at the quarantine station at the cost of

the importer.

[F.No. 50-22/77-LDT(AQ)/Pt.]

NTTA CHOWDHURY, Jt. Secy.

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