PART 3
LIST B DISEASES
SECTION 3.1.
MULTIPLE SPECIES
CHAPTER 3.1.4.

LEPTOSPIROSIS

Preamble: For diagnostic tests, reference should be made to the Manual (B6).

Article 3.1.4.1.


Veterinary Administrations of importing countries should require: for domestic ruminants, equines and pigs for breeding or rearing
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the presentation of an international animal health certificate attesting that the animals:

1) showed no clinical sign of leptospirosis on the day of shipment;

2) were kept in an establishment in which no clinical sign of leptospirosis was officially reported during the 90 days prior to shipment;

3) were injected twice with 25 mg dihydrostreptomycin per kg of live body weight, the first injection being given 14 days prior to shipment and the second on the day of shipment (this paragraph is subject to up-dating);

4) when required by the importing country, were subjected to a diagnostic test with negative results.

Article 3.1.4.2.
(under study)

Veterinary Administrations of importing countries should require: for semen and embryos/ova
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the presentation of an international animal health certificate attesting that the donor animals were injected twice with 25 mg dihydrostreptomycin per kg of live body weight, the first injection being given 14 days prior to collection and the second on the day of collection.
Donor males in AI centres may be subjected to prophylactic treatment twice a year.