Export Live Animals to Peru
Live Animal Export Country Requirements
Summary of Requirements
When exporting animals or poultry to Peru, you should request an import permit from SENASA prior to the exportation.
- Temporary Export of Competition Horses (266.74 KB) (October 2025)
- Horses - Protocol and Health Certificate With ID Silhouette (357.6 KB) (May 2009)
- Bovine - Breeding, Fattening, and Exhibition Cattle - Health Certificate (1.43 MB) (June 2025)
- Bovine Bluetongue Quarantine Procedures in Peru (47.53 KB) (July 2015)
- Bovine - Embryos - Health Certificate (214.16 KB) (May 2021)
- Registration Bovine Embryos - Questionnaire (47.97 KB) (October 2017)
- Registration Bovine Embryos - Questionnaire - Mobile Unit (32.78 KB) (October 2017)
- Bovine - Semen - Health Certificate (165.48 KB) (August 2013)
Effective December 24, 2003, small ruminants from the United States are restricted from export to Peru due to a risk of scrapie.
- Swine - Breeding - Health Certificate (236.73 KB) (January 2022)
Note: Peru restricts the importation of hatching eggs (chicken) and day-old chicks from counties with a detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry. To confirm the county of origin status for HPAI in commercial poultry, check with your Veterinary Export Trade Services (VETS) Endorsement Office.
When exporting animals, germplasm, or poultry to Peru, remember to request an import permit from SENASA prior to exportation. Without an import permit, the shipment will not be allowed in the country.
- Poultry - SPF Eggs - Supplemental Health Certificate (Under Negotiation)
- Poultry - Chicken - Day-Old chicks - Health Certificate (450.89 KB) (January 2025)
- Chicken - Hatching Eggs - Protocol (323.71 KB) (January 2025)
- Turkeys - Protocol - Health Certificate Addendum - Day-Old Poults and Hatching Eggs (249.73 KB) (January 2025)
- Ducks - Health Certificate Addendum - Day-Old Duckling and Hatching Eggs (344.64 KB) (January 2025)
- Guineafowl - Day-Old Chicks and Hatching Eggs - Protocol and Health Certificate (Under Negotiation)
- Ornamental and Song Birds - Protocol and Health Certificate (44.09 KB) (January 2012)
Taking a Pet to Another Country?
- Polychaetas- Health Certificate (2.26 MB) (May 2024)
APHIS-Registered Aquaculture Export Facility approval is required for the following certificates:
- Artemia – Health Certificate (914.92 KB) (October 2023)
- If testing for WSSV is selected, then at least 2 samples (pools) of 50 specimens each should be sampled and tested.
- Crustaceans - Health Certificate (275.11 KB) (May 2021)
- Testing for premises freedom on this certificate (Option C) is at the level of 95% confidence, 5% apparent predicted prevalence level, with pools of 5 samples allowed.
- Ornamental Aquatic Animals – Health Certificate (168.75 KB) (June 2023)
- Blank Page for VEHCS Submissions (if not attaching animal information via an addendum) (99.13 KB) (October 2023)
- Salmonid Eggs and Gametes – Health Certificate (230.8 KB)(August 2025)
- Tilapia - Health Certificate (243.92 KB) (March 2019)
- Laboratory Mice - Health Certificate (25.08 KB) (May 2015)
- Camels and Dromedaries - Health Certificate (446.16 KB) (March 2024)
- Alpacas and Llamas - Protocol (36.08 KB) (June 2007)
- Giraffes - Protocol (384.87 KB) (May 2024)
- Reptiles - Health Certificate and Protocol (41.9 KB) (February 2015)
- Hyenas - Health Certificate (149.96 KB) (November 2017)
- Macropodidae Family (Kangaroos, Wallabies, and Related Species) - Health Certificate (147 KB) (December 2017)
- Frozen Canine Semen - Health Certificate (47.4 KB) (February 2015)
Taking a Pet to Another Country?
If your species is not listed, the requirements for that species are not known. Exporters who want to ship livestock or germplasm whose requirements are not listed above should have the importer or buyer in the destination country apply for an import permit at the appropriate ministry. This import permit will most likely outline the specific requirements.
Need Help?
USDA-Accredited Veterinarians
Contact a USDA-accredited veterinarian for questions about your destination country's entry requirements for animals (including any needed vaccinations, tests, or treatments); issuance of health certificates; and status updates on certificate endorsement.
APHIS Endorsement Offices
APHIS Veterinary Export Trade Services (VETS) offers commodity-specific expertise for exporting animals. Use the dropdown to contact us with questions about endorsing health certificates. For quickest help, see tips for exporters and accredited veterinarians.