The Pet Travel Scheme (Scotland) Order 2003

Schedule 1, paragraph 4(3)

SCHEDULE 2 INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN THE OFFICIAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE RELATING TO RABIES VACCINATION

1.  The period of validity of the certificate, calculated on the basis that the certificate shall become valid on the day on which it is completed or six months after the date on which the sample was taken (whichever is the later) and shall cease to be valid on the date of expiry of the current vaccination.

2.  The microchip number and the location of the microchip.

3.  A declaration that:

• the official veterinary surgeon has seen a record of rabies vaccination for the animal, which identifies the microchip number, indicates that the animal was vaccinated against rabies after the microchip was implanted, and (in the case of re-vaccination) indicates that the latest vaccination was carried out before the previous vaccination had expired in accordance with the recommendation in the manufacturer’s data sheet and indicates that the latest vaccination is valid;

• the official veterinary surgeon has seen a record (certified by the laboratory carrying out the test) of the result of a serological test for the animal, carried out on a blood sample taken on a date after the first vaccination referred to above, and in a laboratory recognised by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with article 5 for the purpose, which states that the rabies neutralising antibody titre was equal to or greater than 0.5 IU/ml; and

• the animal showed no clinical signs of rabies at the time of certification.