1Appendix I-V 
Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Horses 
(In case of any discrepancy between the English version and the Chinese text of these Requirem ents, the Chinese text shall gove rn.)  
 
Promulgated by Council of Agriculture on November 26, 1986  
First amendment by Council of Agriculture on December 11, 1989  
Second amendment by Council of Agriculture on October 30, 2006 
Third amendment by Council of Agriculture on June 6, 2009 
 
 
1. Before the importation of horses, t he importer shall apply to the animal 
quarantine authority of this country for import.  Only the horses which 
comply with this Requ irements are allowed to  enter this country. 
2. The horses are prohibited from import ation from a country (zone) where 
has been recognized by centr al competent authority of this country as a 
country (zone) infect ed with glanders. 
If the horses from countries or zones free from glanders are 
transshipped through seaports or airp orts in countries or zones where 
have been recogniz ed by central competent auth ority of this country as 
a country (zone) infected with gla nders, they shall be deemed as 
originating from infected countries or zones and sha ll therefore be 
prohibited from importation. 
3. To import horses, the following requirements shall be complied with: 
A) Horses shall be imported only from countries or zones, which have 
been free from African horse sickne ss in the previous five years and 
free from Venezuelan equine encepha lomyelitis in the previous two 
years. 
B) The horses shall originate from th e states (provinces ) or zones where 
vesicular stomatitis has not occu rred in the previous year. 
C) The farms of origin shall be comp lied with the following requirements: 
I. Rabies, dourine, equine encephal omyelitis (eastern, western), equine 
infectious anemia, equine infl uenza, epizootic lymphangitis and 
equine piroplasmosis have not oc curred in the previous year.  2II. Hendra virus infection, Nipah virus encephalitis, contagious equine 
metritis, horse pox, equine viral arte ritis, strangles, pseudoglanders, 
equine rhinopneumonitis, Ja panese encephalitis, surra 
(Trypanosoma evansi ) and anthrax have  not occurred during the past 
six months. 
D) The horses shall be detained for pre-export qu arantine in the approved 
isolated quarantine premises where mosquito repellent measures have 
been implemented, and under the supervision of  the animal quarantine 
authorities of the exporting country fo r at least twenty-eight days prior 
to shipment.  In additio n, the horses shall be inspected and found free 
from clinical evidence of any comm unicable disease and subjected to 
the following tests and treatments: 
I. The horses shall be subjected to  the following tests with negative 
results: 
(I) Equine infectious anemia: AGID (Agar Gel Immunodiffusion) test 
or enzyme-linked im munosorbent assays ¡]ELISA¡^. 
(II) Equine piroplasmosis: complemen t fixation test or indirect 
florescent antibody test or ELISA.  
(III) Contagious equine metritis: bact eriological culture test for the 
genital organs. 
(¢¼) Equine viral arteritis: se rum neutralization test.  
(V)Vesicular stomatitis: se rum neutralization test. 
(VI) Other diseases and diagnostic  tests provisionally designated. 
II. The horses shall be treated for inte rnal and external parasites at least 
ten days prior to shipment. 
E) Either of following quarantine me asures regarding West Nile fever 
shall be conducted: 
¢¹ The horses shall originate from farms where West Nile fever have 
not occurred at least during the pa st six months, and were subject 
to the MAC-ELISA tests with n egative results during pre-export  3quarantine. 
¢º The horses shall be vaccinated with  either of the following methods 
(The nature of the vaccines us ed and the dates of  the last two 
vaccinations shall be stated in  the veterinary certificate): 
a) Use of inactivated vaccines against West Nile fever twice at 
interval of twenty-one to fo rty-two days, and the second 
vaccination being taken wi thin thirty to sixty days prior to export. 
b) Vaccination against West Nile fever annually and an inactivated 
booster vaccine being taken within thirty to sixty days prior to 
export.  
F) The horses shall not be vaccinated with vaccines against African horse 
sickness. 
G). To import the horses, an original  veterinary certificate issued by the 
animal quarantine authorities of  the exporting country shall be 
provided and the cer tificate shall state the following detailed 
information in English: 
¢¹ Species of the horses and origin: 
a) Species of horses: scient ific name or common name. 
b) Quantity, sex and age. 
c) Animal identification numbe r or marks and description. 
d) Exporting country and competent au thority of the exporting country. 
e) Name, address, state (province) or area of the farm of origin. 
f) Name and address of the expo rter or the exporting company. 
¢º Destination: 
a) Country of destination. 
b) Name and address of the impo rter or the importing company. 
¢» Results of quarantine inspection: 
a) Dates of pre-export quarantine deten tion, dates of sample collections, 
name of the test laboratory, and me thods, dates, and results of the 
test.  4b) Attesting that the health stat us of the imported horse is in 
compliance with Article 3. (A) to (F) of the requirements. 
¢¼ Kinds of vaccines administere d and date of vaccination. 
¢½ The medicine, doses, and the date of internal and external parasites 
treatment. 
¢¾ Date, place and aut hority of issuance of the veterinary certificate, 
official stamp, and the name and si gnature of the veterinary officer. 
4. The horses shall be transported with clean containers and vehicles 
disinfected with officially approved  disinfectant.  No feed, fodder, 
bedding or other animals shall be supplementary load ed during the 
transportation.  The transportation and transition shall be pursuant to 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code (terrestrial code) of the World 
Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and regulations of International 
Air Transport Association (IATA). 
5. The pregnant horses to be importe d will be allowed entry only within 
two third duration of pregnan cy at the time of shipment. 
6. Regarding the diseases test, quara ntine measures and treatments stated 
in Article 3 of this Requirements , the competent authority of the 
exporting country may appl y to the animal quarantine authority of this 
country to exempt from specific dis eases test due to the disease free 
status or to test with  an alternative method. 
For the said application, the competent authority of the exporting 
country shall submit to th e animal quarantine aut hority of this country 
with documents that tes tify its free status comp ly with the terrestrial 
code of OIE.  The animal quaran tine authority of this country may 
follow the terrestrial code of OIE to review the said application. The 
animal quarantine authorit y of this country may send inspectors to the 
exporting country to cond uct on-site inspection if necessary.  The 
expense shall be born by  the exporting country. 
7. This Requirements are not applic able to, and the animal quarantine 
authority of this countr y will, on a case by case  basis, evaluate and set  5forth a set of quarantine requirement s for, the horses exported from this 
country for international games and to be back to  this country within 
two-month period of time from  the data of exportation.