Hi guys we are trying to apply for the import licence for the dog to take to oz. One of the things we re having trouble grasping is with the leptosperocis injection. At what point does the dog have this injection? Does he have a test to see if he has it and then a vacine or visa versa? the other issue is we live in spain and he needs a rabies vaccination. Can we apply for the import licence before the results on these tests for rabies have come back?
Cheers guys anyother info would be great!

Best to start with www.aqis.gov.au, you will find under "Importing cats and dogs" a checklist which guides you step by step. Just put in the name of the exporting country (Spain). It will also tell you when to do the lep injection and the rabies blood test. We brought our 2 cats from Germany, so we also had to do the rabies test. You need the certificate with a satisfactory result of the rabies test for the import permit as far as I can remember.

Make sure you start about six months before you plan to leave, as with the rabies test 150 days have to be between taking the blood and having the dogs released from quarantine, otherwise the dogs have to stay a lot longer in quarantine than the minimum 30 days.

Good luck.

Katie

Do NOTget the Lepto injection. It is vital that the vet does not give the Lepto injection as part of the dogs booster jabs. Two weeks before the dog travels he/she will be tested for Lepto and if he has had the vaccine it will show in his blood test and will be refused entry. Dogs have been know to show positive when they had there boosters, which can include Lepto, 9 months prior to travel so be careful. if you do a search on here there is a lot about this subject. Good luck
tracie

When is it be to have his booster jabs in tems of time before he goes? Also do thse booster jabs include the stuff needed to pass the other blood tests?
thankyou

hello, have you thought of going through a company??? they will do all this for you. we have gone with airpets and although it might be a bit more expensive well worth it, we were the same as you worrying about all of the paper work and not understanding it but it is so easy when a professional tells you what to do. its costing us around £2000 for our labrador thats the import permit, flight, vet checks before flight, fleaing and worming at kennels, they will book your dog into quarantine, bascially everything and the joy of having someone at the other end of the phone to tell you exactly what to do......priceless!!! good luck

We are using a pet export company but we are based in spain and that company is in england. They will sort out the flight ect but we have to get everything else done in spain and the vets arnt too familiar with sending animals to oz from here so we have to trudge on alone!

Your pet export company should be able to tell you all of this - what else are you paying them for?! As someone else said, just make sure you don't get the lepto jab - the blood test the dog has needs to show that there is no lepto in their system, and if they have the jab then it might show a positive. It's not a problem for them to have a booster jab without lepto, just specify this to the vet.
Not sure about the rabies issue - I suppose it could extend his quarantine period.... best check that aqis site, as they are the ones with all the rules.
Good luck with it all!

Ok I've had a look - you can still get away with the 30 days minimum quarantine period if your dog has the rabies test nice and early. I presume he has already had a rabies jab as you are in Spain? If not then give him one asap. At least 4 weeks has to pass between the rabies jab and this test, which makes sure the dog has produced antibodies against rabies. Then 180 days has to pass between that test and the dog being released from quarantine - so if you have it done 150 days ahead of the import date, then with 30 days quarantine that gets you up to the requisite 180 days.
BUT if you had the rabies test done a month before export, that would only be 30 days, so he would have to stay in quarantine for 150 days. See below!

STEP 5: RABIES NEUTRALISING ANTIBODY TITRE TEST (RNATT)
Time frame: Between 60 days and 12 months prior to export.
For pregnant animals: between 150 days and12 months prior to export.

Note: As this test measures your pet’s antibody response to the rabies vaccination it should be done at least 4 weeks after the rabies vaccination. This enables your pet to produce sufficient antibodies to record a positive result.
The date that the blood is drawn for the RNATT will determine the amount of time your pet must stay in quarantine in Australia. One hundred and eighty (180) days must elapse between the date that the blood was taken for the RNAT test (with a satisfactory result) and the date your pet is released from quarantine in Australia. Keep in mind that your pet must spend at least 30 days in a quarantine kennel in Australia regardless of when the blood was taken for the RNATT test. This means that if you want your pet to be quarantined in Australia for the minimum amount of time of 30 days then blood for the RNAT test must be taken at least 150 days prior to the export of your pet.
Collection of sample for RNATT Minimum quarantine period
150 days or more prior to arrival in Australia 30 days
135 days prior to arrival in Australia 45 days
120 days prior to arrival in Australia 60 days
90 days prior to arrival in Australia 90 days
65 days prior to arrival in Australia 115 days

Of course that is not the only thing you need to be worried about, but other things can be done much closer to the time of export without causing such big problems. Also where are you having him flown in to? I know Perth can have big waiting lists for space in quarantine, Sydney not such an issue as they have more room there.

We broughthim over to spain in august so he has had his rabies then. He went to vets last week to get his booster rabies jab and he goes back in three weeks to get blood tested. When should he have a booster jab do you know? And all the other things can be tested for a month before he goes right?

He needs to have a booster that will be valid through his stay in quarantine - so it could safely be any time in the last six months before you go. Our dog had his a month before going, as we didn't realise his had gone out of date.
Best to get all the blood tests done as close to a month in advance as you can (not more than a month or they're meaningless) so there is time to re-do them if necessary.
I just got a call from our export people saying our dog's lepto test has come back positive (even tho his last jab with lepto in was July 2005) and he will need to have more blood taken and sent off. There has to be a 14 day gap between the first & second test, which makes it march 21st for his repeat blood-taking - and he is supposed to fly on the 3rd april. If you leave the tests until a week or two before the export date then there would not be time to do re-tests like this.

So the best thing is to do everything bar his rabies injection a month before then? It seems more complicated than you think all these tests ect. We have done his rabies this early so we can book him into perth for mid november. We have to send rabies to germany as sending it in spain can take upto 4 months which is not leaving us enough time to get everything done before november.

To be honest you really need to get all of this info from the company who is handling your export and from the aqis website that someone posted a link to earlier. It is possible that the info that was correct for one person's dog in the UK might not be exactly what you need to ship your dog from Spain.
I'm sure everyone on here will give you whatever info they can, but you should still only rely on information from 'official' sources and treat other comments on here (my own included) as friendly advice to be looked in to, not as gospel.

Yeah will dthanks for info though!

I am in a similar situation. We are in Belgium and my dogs both have been vaccinated against rabies and have had the blood tests we need it for their passport to go to visits to Uk . I have been reading the info but not so sure I am reading it right. When they get their annual booster do they need to have another rabies blood tests ? It also says blood tests last 6 months. Does that mesn we get blood tests , apply for licence and ship dogs to Oz in a 6 month period?

I know I am prob jumping the gun we aint got out full ack yet but iI amjust trying to make sure that we get the timing right.. We will be going to Perth and if they got a waiting list then I want to male sure we apply in time etc..
Thanks for any info