Restriction

THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO RESEARCH RODENTS:

NOTE: AQIS officers must use the approved health certificate template published on AQIS 
intranet.


Origin of the animals:
Name and address of consignor:

Establishment that animals was/were born and kept :
Name and address:
Establishment number (if any):

Destination of animals:
Name and address of consignee:
Name of vessel or flight number:
Place of boarding or loading:
Date of boarding or loading: 

Health certificate for export of research rodents to Japan
Option B

1. The animals have been kept since birth in a place that is in a storage
establishment meeting all of the following that has been isolated from other
areas and in which there have been not other animals than such rodents

The storage establishment of Rodents meets the requirements below. 

(1) Feeding control (herein after including the management of records of the
    animals and their breeding, shipment and death) and sanitary control are
    carried out under the supervision of a committee consisting of members
    concerned including veterinarians  in the establishment. 

(2) Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that the intrusion of animals
    from the outside is prevented.

(3) When introduced into the establishment, the animals are confirmed not to
    be contaminated with the pathogens of infectious disease in order to
    prevent the intrusion of infectious disease that may infect humans through
    animals. 

(4) Examinations are conducted periodically on all the animals stored in the
    establishment to confirm that they are not contaminated with pathogens of
    infectious disease.

(5) Information concerning the feeding and sanitary controls of the animals is
    recorded in documents and such documents are retained. 

2. Since birth, the animals have not been used in any study with pathogens of infectious 
disease or have not come in contact with any animal used in such a study.

Name and address of AQIS certifying officer