Even our smallest friends must be prepared for a trip abroad
But taking a pet abroad must be approached more than seriously. It is worth conducting the necessary research, and the veterinary laboratory "NeoVetLab Ukraine" will help you with this. Here you can test your pet's blood for antibodies against the rabies virus, as well as obtain an international veterinary passport. On the company's website https://www.neovetlab.com.ua/ you can learn more about the list of services.
Taking animals abroad
To travel abroad for a vacation or to visit relatives with a cat or dog, you must have an international veterinary passport. It must contain records of the animal's vaccination against viral diseases. The last vaccine must be administered no less than a month before the trip and no more than a year before. Therefore, even if you have traveled abroad with your pet many times before, the data in the veterinary passport must be updated in a timely manner.
In addition to the record of vaccination against viral diseases, the passport must indicate the date and name of the last rabies vaccination. The document must also contain information about treatment against ecto- and endoparasites.
The presence of all vaccinations, as well as other necessary information in the passport, is a mandatory condition for traveling abroad with a pet.
Microchipping of animals
For electronic identification, animals are microchipped. Such a chip contains a 15-digit digital code that is unique to each animal and will not change throughout its life. Implantation of the microchip is quick and completely painless for the pet. Microchipping is a subcutaneous injection during which the capsule with the chip is simply implanted.
Microchipping of the pet must precede the date of vaccination. In other words, all vaccines must be administered to an animal that has already undergone the electronic identification procedure.
Fulfilling all requirements for taking a cat, dog, or other pet to a foreign country must be approached more than seriously. After all, you are unlikely to be happy if, due to violation of the rules, the animal is "deported" or placed in a quarantine zone. That is why the set of services provided by veterinary clinics and laboratories is extremely important.