Travelling across Europe

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Right so as soon as I sort out a livery space (end of July/August) I can start putting concrete plans into place.
I'm travelling one of my horses over from Tuscany to UK via a professional service.
Is there anything i should be doing in advance eg. vaccinations etc? :confused:

Thanks in advance! Bit clueless!! :)
 
you will need a current coggins test (obviously negative) and a health certificate from the ASL
vet giving him a clean bill of health to travel. Apart from that, his usual flue jab up to date. Best thing to do is check with your local ASL, they will have all the info you need.
 
Fairynuff said:
you will need a current coggins test (obviously negative) and a health certificate from the ASL
vet giving him a clean bill of health to travel. Apart from that, his usual flue jab up to date. Best thing to do is check with your local ASL, they will have all the info you need.
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Thank you so much for your reply! :)
 
I brought my Haflinger over from Spain last October - only thing he had to have was passport & microchip, plus a health check 24hrs prior to departure. Jabs etc were recommended, but not required. Obviously, Italy may be slightly different, but with regards to importation to UK, this was all he had to have.

Good luck :)
 
Will a Coggins test be required? Thought that was only for 'unsafe' countries (ie not Western Europe). I brought a horse over from Switzerland 10 years ago and just remember making sure jabs were up to date. Your transporter will be able to advise you too.
 
No idea about travel from Italy, but I travelled my lad from Holland last summer and all I needed was up to date jabs and a visit from the ministry vet no more than 48 hrs before he travelled to say he was fit and healthy and do his export paperwork.

Another recomendation for ETA, who handled everything for me, gave fantastic advice and handled my horse who was coming over in a mixed load perfectly. When the guys turned up with the transporter to be faced with one very nervous mum, one took me off for a coffee to do all the paperwork and the other spent 10 minutes with my horse getting to know him, when it was time to load my horse followed them up the ramp with nay a backward glance!

The guys even texted me at midnight to say he was safely unloaded in their stables in Dover happily eating a haynet.

Throughly recomend.
 
Fairynuff said:
you will need a current coggins test (obviously negative) and a health certificate from the ASL
vet giving him a clean bill of health to travel. Apart from that, his usual flue jab up to date. Best thing to do is check with your local ASL, they will have all the info you need.
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What's a coggins test?
 
'coggins test' is the name given to the test for equine infectious anemia. Law in Italy states all horses must have negative coggins test to travel. The law is a farce though as there is no requirement for a coggins test to ENTER the country!

I have heard Parkers is very good, but I usually use Mullins as I transport from Ireland.
 
Marianne France said:
Will a Coggins test be required? Thought that was only for 'unsafe' countries (ie not Western Europe). I brought a horse over from Switzerland 10 years ago and just remember making sure jabs were up to date. Your transporter will be able to advise you too.
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Equine Infectious Anaemia is endemic here in Italy and ALL equines must have a current Coggins certificate unless it is an imported horse going straight to a slaughter plant (without passing go!)
 
Scrooge said:
'coggins test' is the name given to the test for equine infectious anemia. Law in Italy states all horses must have negative coggins test to travel. The law is a farce though as there is no requirement for a coggins test to ENTER the country!

I have heard Parkers is very good, but I usually use Mullins as I transport from Ireland.
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are you sure re Coggins for imported horses? I had to have a cert issued in the UK for my horse. I brought him over in 92 with J Parker.
 
Fairynuff said:
are you sure re Coggins for imported horses? I had to have a cert issued in the UK for my horse. I brought him over in 92 with J Parker.
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I've only brought over from Ireland, but from my experience and what I have heard from friends horses only need a cert to say they haven't been around EIA positive horses in x number of months as well as vet cert which is basically a look over to see it's not visibly ill. No requirement for coggins test to be carried out.

I bought a horse in Ireland it arrived 3 days later. Bought a horse from Arezzo (an hour away) and I was waiting 5 months, still didn't have the right documents so just brought her over and risked the fine. Madness!
 
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