Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Dispatch
Travel-Associated Rabies in Pets and Residual Rabies Risk, Western Europe
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Figure. European Union (EU) regulations (no. 998/2003 and no. 576/2013, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013R0576) on movement of cats, dogs, and ferrets, 2003–2013. Before 2003, national rules applied (e.g., animal checked at destinations, rabies vaccination, animal identification, quarantine, health certification). EC, European community. *http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/pets/list_third_en.htm. †A pet passport is required for pets transported in the EU. A health certificate provided by an official veterinarian is mandatory for pets transported from outside the EU.