Travel Injections

Quarantine signifies a period of six months residence kennels to ensure that a pet is not incubate a number of diseases. For many years there was no alternative but to quarantine for animals entering the country - the main concern is to maintain our rage - a free state. However, the advent of improved techniques for identifying and improving preventive medicines now mean that the alternative Pet Travel scheme is open, operated by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.)

Plan Requirements

Microchip
A microchip must be implanted in a dog or a cat Scruff. The chip is about the size of a grain of rice and is implanted by injection, usually but not necessarily, by a veterinarian. Most animals respond very little to this injection, but it may be a bit painful. The chip contains a unique identification number that is registered with the owners details on a central database. At each step of the chip set will be checked by a scanner, which detects the individual number.
The cost of the microchip may vary between £ 10 - £ 30.

Vaccination
Dogs and cats must have current vaccinations against common contagious diseases in accordance with protocols established in the United Kingdom.

Vaccination against rabies should be administered, which can be done at any time, but generally the first stage of the Program Travel Plan alongside microchip. There are several products approved vaccination against rabies in the United Kingdom. Currently, all vaccines are licensed for use in a single injection. However, the possibility of an inadequate response to vaccination may be reduced by giving a second injection after a period of 2-4 weeks. Manufacturers data sheets state an obligation to recall one, two, or three years apart. Unfortunately, the requirements of different European states, which often means that an annual booster is necessary.
The blood test for rabies post vaccination antibody
It is necessary to have evidence of a positive response to vaccination against rabies. This is achieved by a blood test to measure antibodies to rabies. The test can now be taken by your veterinarian fourteen days after the rabies vaccination is administered. The sample must be sent to a laboratory approved by the Government issuing the veterinary surgeon to submit a certificate attesting to the antibody response.
Re-enter the United Kingdom is not permitted until six months after the date of a positive blood sample taken, although the animals can not leave the United Kingdom at any time.

Passport
Upon receipt of a satisfactory outcome for the response to rabies, a veterinarian can provide your pet passport. The book is a unique number in which all details of identification chip, vaccines and blood testing are listed alongside the records of the administration of parasite treatments given prior to re-enter the United Kingdom .

pest control
Due to the risk of contracting some worms and ticks can act as carriers for serious infectious diseases (leishmaniasis, transmitted by sandflies and ehrlichiosis, transmitted by ticks)
it is necessary to treat the animals from these parasites before school starts. Several products are available including Wormer Drontal Plus tablets and Milbemax. Fight against ticks can be obtained through collars and Scalibor Advantix, Advocate and place frontline products. It is necessary that the administration of a product capable of being seen by a vet 24-48 hours before school starts.