Author Topic: Quarantine laws will not change until December 1, 2012 for dogs and cats!  (Read 348 times)

Offline ajosshi

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Quarantine laws will not change until December 1, 2012 for dogs and cats!

Man, I am so happy. I was going to make a special trip just to get my dog before the change. This just saved me a bunch of time and a few dollars!

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What will the new laws be? I would like to bring my doberman, Eva, back with me when I return after winter break.
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What will the new laws be? I would like to bring my doberman, Eva, back with me when I return after winter break.

http://ajosshi.com/?p=381 (click the photo 2x to read)
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Here is the direct link. http://www.nvrqs.go.kr/PopuoUrl/201105/popup_20110504_eng.html

You'll have to micro chip your pet, provide a health certificate, and if they show that they are rabies free, a 1 day quarantine.  It's a hassle, but not a big deal. 
New Zealand is also free of rabies, their quarantine policy for bringing dogs from regions with rabies is much stricter. 

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Pfft one day quarantine, thats nothing!

Many countries do a 90 day quarantine that costs upwards of a hundred dollars per day...

Thanks for the heads up about the changing regulations though.

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Here is the direct link. http://www.nvrqs.go.kr/PopuoUrl/201105/popup_20110504_eng.html

You'll have to micro chip your pet, provide a health certificate, and if they show that they are rabies free, a 1 day quarantine.  It's a hassle, but not a big deal. 
New Zealand is also free of rabies, their quarantine policy for bringing dogs from regions with rabies is much stricter.

To show that your dog is free of rabies, that test needs to be completed 3 months before you get to Korea. In the U.S., there is only 1 lab that does this. You would take your dog to a vet for a blood sample, then that blood would be picked up by an intermediary lab. The intermediary lab would pack it in dry ice, then express mail it to the lab in Kansas. The lab in Kansas (the only internationally approved lab in the U.S.), would take about 4 weeks to complete the test. If the test shows that the antibody level is .5 IU/ml or greater, then the 3 month (in-country) quarantine starts from that date.

Add these things up: Vet visit + Intermediary lab + Shipping to the lab in Kansas + 1 month for the rabies test + 3 month (in-country) quarantine.  I'd say it's at least 4.5 months. This is assuming your dog's shots are current, or you'll have to wait 30 days before you can even start the antibody test. That would add another month, bringing the total to 5.5 months. If your pup's antibody tests lower, you'll have to restart the process. 

I verified all of the info with the Korean Quarantine Service.
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Pfft one day quarantine, thats nothing!

Many countries do a 90 day quarantine that costs upwards of a hundred dollars per day...

Thanks for the heads up about the changing regulations though.

It's 91 days, at the least. There is an in-country 90 day quarantine + 1 day in Korea (usually it's the same day). That 90 day (in-country) quarantine does not officially start until your pet's rabies antibody test shows that it's .5 IU/ml or greater. That test itself takes 4 weeks. Then add the vet visit and time for the blood to be sent to the only lab (at least in the U.S.).
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I may be out of luck  :( I seriously doubt if there is such a rabies checking place, whose documentation Korea would accept in Laos.

I wonder if Korea would accept a vet's documentation as Eva being rabies free - I have a 3 month window if I get started now - if it was notarized by the Korean Embassy in Vientiane.

Anybody have any thoughts?
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