United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United Kingdom
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 which the animal or product will be exported, the area in which your office is located, or the area in which the product is manufactured.
Animal Products
Live Animals
HEALTH CERTIFICATE ISSUANCE AND SUBMISSION
| USDA Accredited Veterinarian Signature | Original Ink |
| APHIS Veterinary Medical Officer Signature | Original Ink |
Details: Health certificates require original ink signatures from the issuing USDA Accredited Veterinarian and the endorsing APHIS Veterinary Medical Officer with the application of the APHIS embossed seal. Submissions through the online Veterinary Export Health Certification System (VEHCS) cannot be accepted at this time.
United Kingdom - Summary of Requirements for Live Animals
United Kingdom (UK) is a Member State of the European Union. Please refer to the English version of the certificates on the link to the European Union. Note special requirements for export of dogs, cats, and ferret to the UK below.
Bovine Semen
- Bovine Semen Model 1 - Health certificate for imports into and transits through the EU of bovine semen dispatched from a semen collection center where the semen was collected - April 2015 (pdf 49kb)
Pets
The pet import information has been moved to the pet travel website click here
Equine Semen
- Model 1: Equine semen collected, processed and/or stored after 30 September 2014 and dispatched from the semen collection center of origin - Health Certificate - May 2015 (pdf 277kb)
- Model 2: Equine semen collected, processed and/or stored after 31 August 2010 and before 1 October 2014 and dispatched from the semen collection center of origin - Health Certificate - May 2015 (pdf 82kb)
- Model 3: Equine semen collected, processed and stored before 1 September 2010 and dispatched from the semen collection center of origin - Health Certificate - May 2015 (pdf 47kb)
- Model 4: Equine semen dispatched after 31 August 2010 from a semen storage center - Health Certificate - May 2015 (pdf 43kb)
Canine Semen
- Health Certificate: Canine/Feline semen
Click here for additional information about export of canine and feline semen from the United States to the United Kingdom.
Click here for contact information for UK border inspection posts.