Bovine (live) model health certificates: version history
Updated 30 April 2024
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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Competent authorities in EU and non-EU countries must provide a health certificate to exporters of animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Competent authorities should use the updates below to make changes to health certificates for exporters to ensure they are in line with the current version of the model health certificates.
GBHC620 BOV-X: Domestic bovine animals for breeding or production
Version 2.0
Published April 2024
- Part I: I.24 and I.27 have been amended to ‘not in use’
- Part I: I.25 ‘Human consumption’ changed to ‘breeding’ and added ‘production’
- Part I: I.28 all headings deleted and replaced with new headings.
- AH/T117 point (d) : removed references to epizootic haemorrhagic disease throughout and added a table for vaccinations
- AH/T117 point (d) (i): added “and the animals have been kept in that territory for at least 60 days”
- AH/T117 point (d) (iii): replaced “present in the source population as demonstrated through a surveillance programme in an area with a 150km radius around the holding(s) of origin described under box reference I.11.” with “officially reported anywhere in the whole territory during at least the preceding 24 months” And added “as demonstrated through a surveillance programme”
- AH/T117 point (e): has been added this covers the epizootic haemorrhagic disease requirements previously in AH/T117 point(d)
- AH/E009 (a): 60 days replaced with 90 days.
- AH/E009 (b): amended to require no Bluetongue virus cases within 150 km, No rift valley fever cases within 100km and no lumpy skin disease cases within 50 km in the previous 40 days
- AH/T117 notes for completion point (d) : removed references to epizootic haemorrhagic disease throughout
- AH/T117 notes for completion point (d) (iii) : added “For the avoidance of doubt, animals cannot be exported without vaccination (even if they may have originated from parts of the territory considered unaffected by bluetongue or a particular strain of bluetongue).”
- AH/T117 notes for completion point (e): has been added this covers the epizootic haemorrhagic disease requirements previously in AH/T117 point(d)
- AH/E009 notes for completion: added “The distances specified apply irrespective of national or territorial boundaries.” *AH/E602 notes for completion: removed “When required by Jersey, in accordance with Decision 2004/558, otherwise delete”
Version 1.0
Published August 2023 - accepted until 30 October 2024
- replaces GBHC012E and GBHC012X.
GBHC621 BOV-Y: Domestic bovine animals for slaughter
Version 2.0
Published April 2024
- AH/T117 point (d) : removed references to epizootic haemorrhagic disease throughout and added a table for vaccinations
- AH/T117 point (d) (i): added “and the animals have been kept in that territory for at least 60 days”
- AH/T117 point (d) (iii): replaced “present in the source population as demonstrated through a surveillance programme in an area with a 150km radius around the holding(s) of origin described under box reference I.11.” with “officially reported anywhere in the whole territory during at least the preceding 24 months”
- AH/T117 point (e): has been added this covers the epizootic haemorrhagic disease requirements previously in AH/T117 point(d)
- AH/E009 (a): 60 days replaced with 90 days.
- AH/E009 (b): amended to require no Bluetongue virus cases within 150 km, No rift valley fever cases within 100km and no lumpy skin disease cases within 50 km in the previous 40 days
- AH/T117 notes for completion point (d) : removed references to epizootic haemorrhagic disease throughout
- AH/T117 notes for completion point (d) (iii) : added “For the avoidance of doubt, animals cannot be exported without vaccination (even if they may have originated from parts of the territory considered unaffected by bluetongue or a particular strain of bluetongue).”
- AH/T117 notes for completion point (e): has been added this covers the epizootic haemorrhagic disease requirements previously in AH/T117 point(d)
- AH/E009 notes for completion: added “The distances specified apply irrespective of national or territorial boundaries.”
Version 1.0
Published August 2023 - accepted until 30 October 2024
- replaces GBHC013E and GBHC013X.