Special requirements for testing of stock for interstate movement
- Advice on requirements for interstate movement should be obtained from the District Veterinarian of the local Rural Lands Protection Board. Nomination of tests to be performed is the responsibility of the authorised official submitting veterinarian.
- In cases where large numbers of animals are to be tested for interstate movement (i.e. greater than 200), the Officer-in-Charge of the local Regional Veterinary Laboratory or his/her appointed nominee should be advised of the expected dates of sampling and transport of the animals, prior to the submission of the specimens.
- The vendor of the stock should be listed as the owner of the stock, rather than the agent or transport company. This allows different lots to be traced, when animals are being purchased from several properties.
- Full legal animal identification must be documented.
- It is particularly important that samples of good quality and adequate quantity be submitted, and that they be correctly labelled. This will expedite testing.
- For interstate movement, send specimens to the relevant Regional Veterinary Laboratory for the district of origin of the stock.
(Those tests unavailable at Regional Veterinary Laboratories will be undertaken at EMAI, following referral of specimens from the Regional Veterinary Laboratories).