*NORWAY AND SWEDEN*
CHECK AT THE BORDER
According to the swedish law,When crossing the swedish or Norwegian border you must show the “European Dogs Passport”.
It must be indicated when the dog has been vaccinated against rabies.
IDENTIFICATION
The dog shall be identity marked by means of a tattoo or have a micro-chip identificationsystem implanted. The ID-number shall be present in all vaccination certificates or vaccination booklet as well as in the blood-testing results from the laboratory, pertaining to the dog.
The dogs must have stayed within the EU/EFTA region for a period of at least 6 months.
EUROPEAN DOGS PASSPORT
The ID-marked dog must be vaccinated against rabies, leptospirosis and canine distemper and have undergone a blood sample test with regards to rabies antibodies.
VACCINATIONS
Rabies: the dog must have been vaccinated against rabies with an approved vaccine And the vaccination may not have been performed more than one year (365 days) prior to entry into Sweden.
Please observe that rabies vaccinations performed earlier than at the age of three months are not valid for entry into Sweden.
Blood testing regarding rabies antibodies must be made not earlier than 120 days (and not later than 365 days) after the rabies vaccination. (If the dog receieves two rabies vaccinations at a one month interval, the blood sample must be taken not earlier than 120 days after the last performed vaccination).
The blood sample must be taken by an official veterinarian and analysed at a laboratory approved by the Swedish Board of Agriculture, showing a protective antibody titre of at least 0,5 international units per millilitre blood, (IU/ml).
If the dog does not reach the specified antibody protective level, the rabies vaccination must be repeated and an additional bloodtest must be taken 120 days later.
*IRELAND*
IDENTIFICATION
All pets must be identified by means of a micro-chip. No other form of identification is acceptable. The micro-chip should comply with ISO standard 11784 or Annex A to ISO standard 11785 - if this is not the case you must carry your own scanner.
VACCINATION
Subsequent to micro-chipping, your pet must have been vaccinated against rabies with an inactivated vaccine of at least one antigenic unit per dose (WHO standard) in a manner in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. This vaccination must have been carried out in an eligible country.
Subsequent to the first rabies vaccination (usually about a month later but your veterinarian will advise) your pet must be blood tested to confirm a neutralising antibody titration at least equal to 0.5 IU/ml. The test must be carried out in a laboratory approved for this purpose - the list of such laboratories is enclosed. If you keep your rabies vaccinations up to date you will only have to do this blood-test once. However if there is any break in vaccination the test must be repeated.
EUROPEAN DOGS PASSPORT
If you are travelling from a European Union country, you must have an EU passport for your pet, fully completed, signed and stamped by a registered veterinarian. If you are travelling from an eligible country outside of the European Union you must have the 'Veterinary Certificate for Domestic Dogs, Cats and Ferrets entering the European Community'. However if you are travelling from a Non-EU European country/territory it may be possible to use the EU passport instead of the certificate. For details please phone to us or to the Irish authority.
Your pet may enter Ireland only when at least six months has expired since a successful blood-test. This provision is to ensure that your pet is not incubating rabies.
If your pet has had a break in its vaccinations and has had to repeat the blood-test, six months must pass from the date of the most recent test before your pet can enter Ireland.
TICK AND TAPEWORM TREATMENT
Between 24 and 48 hours before you check-in for travel you must bring your pet to a registered veterinarian to be treated against tick and tapeworm. This is to prevent a risk of potentially serious disease entering Ireland. The tick treatment must be other than by a collar impregnated with acaricide. The tapeworm (echinococcus multilocularis) treatment must contain praziquantal as an active ingredient.
The veterinarian must complete the relevant sections of the passport/certificate, i.e section VI (tick) and section VII (echinococcus), noting down the time of treatment as well as the date.
*ESTONIA,LITHUANIA AND LATVIJA*
According to the swedish law,When crossing the swedish or Norwegian border you must show the “European Dogs Passport”.
It must be indicated when the dog has been vaccinated against rabies.
-The vaccination against rabies must be done not less than 30 days and not more than 12 months before the entry to these nations