Laboratory Tests 



All tests for export must be conducted in USDA-approved laboratories (State or 

 private diagnostic laboratories). Official retests must be conducted in the same 

 laboratory where the initial test was performed. Contact your APHIS-VS Area Office 

 for a list of approved laboratories. NVSL in Ames, lA, will conduct export-qualifying 

 tests for dourine, glanders, and piroplasmosis and other tests that are not available 

 from other laboratories. All submissions to NVSL must be accompanied by a VS 

 Form 10-4, Laboratory Submission Form. When preparing to submit samples to 

 NVSL, you should contact the local APHIS-VS Area Office because they may need to 

 have the permission of the AVIC to submit samples to NVSL. See the section entitled 

 "Laboratory Submissions." 



Certification Statements 



If more than one veterinarian is involved in the preparation of the animal(s) for 

 export, each accredited veterinarian who provided certification statements and 

 performed tests or vaccinations, as well as the location where such inspections, 

 tests, or vaccinations were performed, must be identified on the CVI. If test results, 

 vaccinations, or certification statements are provided by a nonaccredited veterinarian, 

 they are not acceptable. If you have any questions about certifying work that was 

 done by another veterinarian, call your APHIS-VS Area Office for instructions. The 

 following format can be used by the issuing veterinarian: 



I certify that the certification statements, tests, and/or vaccinations 

 included in this certificate of veterinary inspection were either performed 

 and issued by me or I have the documents on file from the accredited 

 veterinarians listed below: 



Veterinarian's Name and Location (City, State) 



When the animals offered for export are assembled from many premises for 

 testing, the herd and premises of origin are often difficult to ascertain. When herd 

 certification statements are required by the importing country for periods greater 

 than the time spent at the assembly points, the exporter and accredited veterinarian 

 wUl be required to obtain proper certification statements on the herd health status for 

 both the assembly premises and the premises where the animals have been located for 

 at least the 120 days before assembly for export. For example, if the animals were on 

 two premises during the 120 days before assembly, the certification statements would 

 need to be prepared for each premises, including the assembly premises. A sample 

 certification format that could be used by the accredited veterinarian and owner is 

 shown in figure 1. All certification statements should be typed exactly as they appear 

 in the requirements received from the APHIS-VS Area Office. 



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