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Notice:If you have any questions or concerns regarding the procedures and requirements for exporting animals, animal products, or to obtain a zoosanitary certificate for an animal product, you should contact the VS Field Office covering the area from where the animal or product will be exported (or the area in which your office is located).

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Turkey - Summary of Requirements for Animals

 

SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE

Cattle

• Female breeding cattle- January 2014(pdf 414kb)
• Fattening Cattle - March 2012 (pdf 326kb)
• Breeding Bulls - November 2009 (pdf 422kb)
• Bovine embryos (in vivo-derived) December 2014 (pdf 111 kb)
• Bovine semen Annex II, Part 1 - January 2006 - Semen collected after 31 December 2004, in accordance with Council Directive 88/407/EEC, as amended by Directive 2003/43/EC (Bilingual English-Turkish) (pdf 177kb)
• Bovine semen Annex II, Part 2 - January 2006 - Semen collected, processed, and stored before 31 December 2004, in accordance with Council Directive 88/407/EEC (Bilingual English-Turkish) (pdf 117kb)

Horses

• Horses - Health Certificate _November 2007 (pdf 179kb)

Poultry

US exports of live poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs from the states of Indiana and Missouri, have been restricted by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) to the Republic of Turkey.

Effective January 1, 2015 the following veterinary health certificates will be in effect.

• Hatching eggs Health Certificate – December 2014
• Day-old chicks Health Certificate– December 2014

 

Sheep and Goats

• Sheep and goats for breeding and production - Health Certificate - September 2010 - (pdf 118kb)

Aquaculture Animals

• Aquaculture health certificate open — May 2016 (pdf 408kb) Aquaculture animals for farming, relaying, or put and take fisheries, and/or intended for open ornamental facilities - (Annex IV, Part A, Commission Regulation 1012/2012)
• Aquatic health certificate closed ornamental facilities — May 2016 (pdf 197kb) Ornamental aquatic animals intended for closed ornamental facilities - (Annex IV, Part B, Commission Regulation 1012/2012)   
  

Bees

• Bumble Bees - Bred Under Environmentally Controlled Conditions (Bilingual English-Turkish) (pdf 156kb)

For species not listed, the requirements are not known. However, exporters wanting to ship livestock or germplasm whose requirements are not listed in the IREGS, should have the interested party (importer/buyer) in the country of destination apply for an Import Permit at the appropriate ministry. This Import Permit will most likely outline the specific requirements.