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 Quarantine Requirements for the  Importation of Porcine Semen 
(Revised version of th e draft amendments)  
(In case of any discrepancy between the English version and the  Chinese text of these  Requirements, the Chinese text shall gov ern.) 
1. Testing as referred to in this set of Requirements must be c onducted by laboratories owned or, 
designated or approved  by the government of the exporti ng country using methods presc ribed, 
recommended or considered suitabl e in the OIE’s Manual of Diagn ostic Tests and Vaccines 
for Terrestrial Animals (herein after OIE Manual) for confirmati on of population freedom 
from infection with pathogens of  corresponding diseases or indi vidual animal freedom from 
infection with pathogens of corre sponding diseases prior to mov ement. For diseases with no 
such testing methods, methods t hat have been published in inter national scientific journals 
may also be used. 
2. Disease free countries (zones) r eferred to in this set of Re quirements are determined by the 
following criteria: 
2.1 Foot and mouth disease and Afric an swine fever: countries ( zones) that are included in the 
List of Infectious Animal Diseas es-free and infected Countries (Zones) – made according to 
Article 33 of the Statute for Pre vention and Control of Infecti ous Animal Disease by Tai-
wan’s central competent authorit y – as free from the correspond ing disease. 
2.2 Disease other than those name d in Article 2.1: countries (z ones) that are officially recognized 
by the OIE as free from the cor responding diseas e; for diseases  that OIE does not provide of-
ficial disease status recogniti on, criteria of a free country o r zone described in the corre-
sponding disease chapter of the OIE ’s Terrestrial Animal Health  Code (hereinafter OIE 
Code) apply. 
3. The donor boars must comply with the following requirements:  
3.1 Never being used for natural mating services; 3.2 Since birth or at least one y ear prior to collection of sem en for export to Taiwan have been 
kept in a country (zone) whic h, during that period of time, complied with the following r
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quirements:  
3.2.1 F free from foot and mouth diseas e, African swine fever and  Aujeszky's disease  classical 
swine fever; 
3.2.2 Without confirmed cases  of swine vesicular di sease; and  
3.2.3 Without confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis in the st ate or equivalent administrative 
area where  the donor boars have been re sident .  
3.3 At least  six three  months prior to collection o f semen for export to Taiwan, bein g continuous-
ly resident in a semen collec tion center which is under the sup ervision of the competent au-
thority of the exporting country a s well as in compliance with Article 4 and standards stipu-
lated in OIE Code chapters with r egards to semen collection and  processing.  
3.4 Within one year prior to col lection of semen for export to Taiwan, being tested negative for 
the following diseases in the semen collection center: 
3.4.1 Swine vesicular disease; 3.4.2 Vesicular stomatitis; 3.4.3 Aujeszky's disease;
 
3.4.43 Brucellosis; 
3.4.5 Tuberculosis ; 
3.4.64 Other tests provisionally desi gnated by Taiwan’s animal quaran tine authority in response 
to global emergent d isease situation. 
3.5 Complying with one of the following requirements concerning  transmissible gastroenteritis 
(TGE): 
3.5.1 For fresh semen, the donor boars are tested negative for TGE within 30 days prior to col-
lection of semen for export to Tai wan; for frozen semen, the te st must be conducted at least 
14 days after collection; 
3.5.2 The donor boars have been residen t since birth in a count ry where TGE is officially 2019 
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 notifiable and no confirmed case ha s been recorded in at least three years prior to collec-
tion of semen for export to Taiwan. 
3.6 Complying with one of the following requirements concerning  porcine reproductive and res-
piratory syndrome (PRRS): 
3.6.1 The donor boars have been in re sidence since birth or at least one year prior to collection of 
semen for export to Taiwan, ha ving been kept in a country (zone ) which is, during that pe-
riod of time, free from PRRS;  
3.6.2 Complying with all of the f ollowing requirements: 
3.6.2.1 The donor boars have been kept, s ince birth or for  at least t hree months prior to entry into 
the semen collection center, in farms of origin where no pigs w ere vaccinated against 
PRRS and no infection with pathog en of PRRS was detected within  that period; 
3.6. 2.2 The donor boars showed no clinical  sign of PRRS on the day of  entry into the semen 
collection center and were subjec ted to a serological test with  negative results on samples 
collected on the same day; 
3.6. 2.3 The donor boars were first quaran tined in the pre-entry isola tion facility for at least 28 
days after entering the semen c ollection center, and were subje cted to a serological test 
with negative results on sample s collected on or after 21 days after entry. 
4.3.1  3.6.2.4 In the semen collection center , at least once testing every mon th during the period 
of one year prior to collection of  semen for export to Taiwan, serum samples from a statis-
tically representative numb er of boars were subjected to a  serological antibody  test for in-
fection with pathogen of PRRS wit h negative results. The sampli ng scheme must ensure 
that all boars within the semen c ollection center are tested at  least once during that period; 
or 
4.3.2  3.6.2.5 In the semen collection center , all boars were subjected to serological antibody  and 
virological  antigen  tests for  infection with pathogen of PRRS, with negative results, on se-
rum samples taken on the day of semen collection.  
3.7. Complying with one of the follo wing requirements concernin g Aujeszky's disease (AD):  
3.7.1The donor boars have been in resi dence since birth or at l east one year prior to collection of 
semen for export to Taiwan, ha ving been kept in a country (zone ) which is, during that peri-
od of time, free from AD;  
3.7.2 The donor boars: (a) have been kept in an AD free establi shment for at least six months 
prior to entering the semen col lection center; ( b) have been ke pt for at least four months pri-
or to semen collection in the s emen collection center which has  the status of AD free estab-
lishment, and where all boars are  subjected to a serological te st to the AD virus with nega-
tive results every four months; and,  (c) were subjected to a s erological test to the AD virus 
with negative results within 10 da ys prior to or 21 days after semen collection;  
3.78 Complying with one of the follo wing requirements concerning po rcine epidemic diarrhea 
(PED): 
3. 78.1 No confirmed case of PED has e ver occurred at the farms of o rigin or the semen collec-
tion center; or 
3. 78.2 No confirmed case of PED has o ccurred at the semen collectio n center during the 6 
months prior to colle ction of semen for export to Taiwan. The d onor boars are tested nega-
tive for PED prior to entry int o the semen collection center as  well as during quarantine in 
the pre-entry isolation facilit y. In addition, at least one of the following requirements is 
complied with: 
3. 78.2.1 During the 60 days prior to c ollection of semen for export  to Taiwan, the donor boars 
are tested negative for antigen of PED using samples of fresh feces; or  
3. 78.2.2 For frozen semen, a sample of the semen is tested negative  for antigen of PED. How-
ever, semen which was collect ed prior to 31 March 2013 is exemp t from PED testing. 
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tion of semen for export to Taiwan. 
4. The semen collection center  described in Article 3 must comp ly with the following require-
ments: 
4.1 No diseases listed below have be en confirmed in the corresp onding time period: 
4.1.1 Brucellosis, enterovirus encephalomyelitis (Teschen disea se), tuberculosis, vesicular exan-
thema, swine hemorrhagic septicem ia or TGE for at least one yea r prior to collection;  
4.1.2 Atrophic rhinitis, hemophilus pneumonia, leptospirosis, t oxoplasmosis, swine influenza, 
and swine erysipelas for at lea st 6 months prior to collection.  
4.2 No pigs have been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease , classical swine fever, African 
swine fever, Aujeszky's disease, brucellosis , enterovirus encephelomyetis (T eschen disease), 
swine vesicular disease or  PRRS; 
4.3 Complying with one of the following requirements concerning  PRRS:  
4.3.1 At least once testing ev ery month during the per iod of one year pr ior to collection of semen 
for export to Ta iwan, serum samples from a statist ically representative nu mber of boars 
were su bjected to a ser ological test for in fection with path ogen of PRRS with neg ative r e-
sults. The sampling scheme mu st ensure that all boar s within the s emen collection ce nter 
are tested at least on ce during that period; or  
4.3.2 All boars were su bjected to serological and vir ological tests for infe ction with pathogen of 
PRRS, with negative results, on ser um samples taken on the day of semen colle ction. 
4.43 After  For at least 3 0 days following  semen collection  and until completing export certific a-
tion for the porcine sem en destined for Taiwan , all animals in the semen collecting center 
show no clinical sign of swine v esicular disease,  PED or other diseases listed in Articles 4.1 
to 4.32.  
5. The collection , test , processing and storage of the sem en must comply with the foll owing re-
quirements and related norms s tipulated in the OIE Code:  
5.1 The semen is tested negative for antigen of leptospira; or Aantibiotics added to diluent of the 
semen must have effective bactericidal activity against leptosp ira. 
5.2 For frozen semen, it must be s tored in the exporting countr y for at least 30 days following 
collection. 
6. The consignment must be accompanied by an original veterinar y certificate i ssued by the ex-
porting country’s competent auth ority. The certificate must spe cify the following information  
in English: 
6.1 Origin  
6.1.1 Name of the exporting country; 6.1.2 Name of the exporting country ’s competent authority; 
6.1.3 Name and address of the far ms of origin of the donor boar s; 
6.1.4 Name and address of the s emen collection center; 
6.1.5 Name and address of the exporter; 6.1.6
2 Quantity of the semen; and 
6.1.7 3Dates of semen collection 
6.24 Destination 
6. 24.1 Country of destination; and 
6. 24.2 Name and address of the importer. 
6.35 Results of quarantine inspection:  specify explicitly that the consignment complies with Ar-
ticles 2 to 5 as well as the  following information: 
6. 35.1 Sampling dates, testing dates, na me of the laboratories, tes t methods and results for the 
tests conducted for the donor boars in accordance with Article 3 and 4.3 .(Article 3.6.2.4, 2019 
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 3.6.2.5 and the every four months t ests in Article 3.7.2 (b) ar e being excluded) ; and  
6. 35.2 Kinds of antibiotics added to the  diluent of the semen, their b rand names, batch numbers 
and concentration in the diluent.  The name of the journals, t he publication date, and title  
of the associated articles whe n using methods published in inte rnational scientific journals  
6.46 Date and place where the certif icate was issued, name and offi cial stamp of the issuing au-
thority, and name and signature of  the certifying veterinary of ficer. 
7. The animal quarantine author ity of the exporting country mus t submit a sample veterinary 
certificate in advance for confirmation by Taiwan’s animal quar antine authority.