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Requirements for the Movement of Small Ruminants Transiting Canada by Land Between the Continental United States and Alaska

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TAHD-DSAT-IE-2011-4-1
June 8, 2011

Small ruminants are defined as members of the Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovis and Capra. In general, the term "small ruminants" applies to sheep and goats and their exotic relatives (of the genus Ovis and Capra).

Purpose

Note

In-transit shipments will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and approved subject to a shipment's meeting CFIA requirements and the availability of the necessary CFIA resources.

For additional information on the U.S. requirements, please visit the USDA-APHIS animal import web page and review the section on "Procedures for Interstate Shipments of U.S. Origin Non-Bovine Ruminant Animals Transiting Through Canada (Also Pertains to Alaskan Intrastate Movements Through Canada)."

Documentation requirements

Import permit

Note

A Canadian Import Permit can only be issued to a Canadian resident, a registered Canadian business, or a Canadian broker acting on behalf of a U.S. exporter.

Please see the additional information on the process of application for a permit to import.

USDA export certificate

General import notes

Certification

Test requirements

Goats

  1. Brucellosis: fluorescent polarization assay (FPA) test, or other test approvedFootnote 1 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for this purpose, performed within 30 days of import.
  2. Tuberculosis: the standard caudal fold tuberculin injection with a reading of results at 72 hours as "No Reaction" performed within 60 days of import.

Sheep

No test requirements.

Additional information

Transportation requirements

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