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| I have found that dogs need rabies shots, blood tests, and a micro chip. Are the blood tests general, or should they be specific? And if specific- for what? | |
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While you do need the up-to-date rabies vacs (by the manufacturer's expiry date) and (ISO standard 11784 - NOT the US standard*) microchip, coming from the US you do not need the blood test .
See the BVet site here:
http://bvet.bytix.com/plus/dbr/default.aspx?lang=en
Plug in your info, it tells you exactly what to do.
* If you have implanted a US norm chip you will need to bring a compatible scanner with you. The CH/EU scanners do not read US chips.
However, I would urge you to get your dog implanted with the EU chip - should (doG forbid) he ever get lost you want to ensure that his chip is readable here by whoever finds him.
There are many threads on importing dogs from the US, and also a few threads on the ban on importing docked/cropped dogs - do a quick search; you will find more info and other poster's experiences.