Page 1 of 2 Amendment of Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Sheep and 
Goats  
 
(In case of any discrepancy between the English version and the Chinese text of these Requirements, 
the Chinese text shall govern.)  
Promulgated by Council of Agriculture on Novem ber 26, 1986  
First amendment by Council of Agriculture on June 9, 1993  
Second amendment by Council of Agriculture on December 5, 1994  
Third amendment by Council of Agriculture on September  28, 2011  
 
1. Sheep and goats shall be imported only from countrie s or zones recognized by the 
Council of Agriculture as free from foot and mouth disease  and rinderpest ., 
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, and African swine fever.  
 
2 The sheep and goats shall originate from farms where have been in compliance  with 
the re quirements of scrapie free establishment of World Animal Health 
Organization (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code for at least seven years, brucellosis, sheep pox, goat pox, mange, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis (Johne's 
disease), bluetongue, and hemorrhag ic septicemia have not occurred in the 
previous year and contagious pustular dermatitis, enzootic abortion of sheep, melioidosis, Maedi -visna, pseudo -rinderpest, leptospirosis, sheep genital 
campylobacteriosis and Listeriosis have not occurred during the p ast 6 months.
 In addition, the sheep and goats shall be inspected and found free from clinical 
evidence of any communicable disease during the pre -export quarantine period 
prior to shipment.  
 3. The sheep and goats shall originate from states or zones wher e vesicular stomatitis 
has not occurred in the previous year.  
 4. The sheep and goats shall be detained for pre -export quarantine in an approved 
isolated quarantine premises under the supervision of the animal quarantine 
authorities of the exporting countr y for 14 days prior to shipment.   During the 
pre-exporting quarantine, the animals shall be subject to the following tests with 
negative results. The intradermal tuberculin test for tuberculosis shall be carried 
out within 60 -90 days prior to shipment and the test interval between the said test 
and the previous one shall exceed 60 days.  
(1) Foot and mouth disease: serum neutralization test  (virus neutralization, VN ) 
or enzyme -linked immunosorbent assay  (ELISA) or complement fixation 
test (CFT ). Page 2 of 2 (2) Tubercul osis: intradermal tuberculin test.  
(3) Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease): ELISA or Delayed -type hypersensitivity 
test (DTH) . 
(4) Bluetongue: CFT and agar -gel immunodiffusion test or ELISA or 
polymerase chain reaction (PCR ). 
(5) Brucellosis: ELISA or CFT o r Buffered Brucella  antigen test (BBAT ) or 
Fluorescence polarization assay  (FPA ). 
(6) Leptospirosis: agglutination -lysis test for Leptospira canicola , Leptospira 
Pomona , Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae  otherwise the sheep and goats 
should be injected with oxytetracycl ine (20 mg/kg) once at an interval of 14 
days with the second injection given 2 days prior to shipment.   
(7) Vesicular stomatitis: serum neutralization test VN or ELISA or CFT . 
(8) Other diseases and diagnostic tests provisionally designated.  
The diagnostic tests described above may be exempted for the countries where, 
according to the report of the World Organization for Animal Health ( OIE)  or the 
relevant epidemiological information, have been free from the above diseases for 
more than 5 years.  
 
5. The sheep and goats shall not be vaccinated against foot and mouth disease, 
rinderpest, or with any other vaccine that has not been approved by the animal 
quarantine authority of this country . 
 
6. The sheep and goats shall be transported with clean container and vehicles 
disinfected with officially approved disinfectant. In addition, the sheep and goats 
shall not be transshipped through countries or zones where foot and mouth 
disease, rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia or African swine fever is 
known to occur.  No supplementary feed, fodder or beddings shall be supplied or 
other animals be loaded during the transportation.  
 
7. To import sheep and goats,  an original veterinary certificate in English  issued by 
the animal quarantine authorities of  the exporting country should be provided .  
The certificate include dates of quarantine detention, dates of sample collections, 
test methods, dates of tests, test results, and the relevant information designated in 
Articles 2 to 5 of this requirement.