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21/01/2008, 11:23 mrbeeman Joined on 26/08/2004 Posts 6 Re: RE: Answer from DEFRA: Is this a joke?? I have just  gone through the system with my dog so that I can travel with her in future. My Vet says that althought the UK regs are longer than one year the French ask for boosters every year and therefore he recommended me to have yearly boosters to avoid problems of this nature. He furthermore says that the gestation period for rabies can be six months, therefore the UK six month rule is because antibodies in the blood could come from either the injection or a previous infection and the waiting period is to make sure it is not an infection. This actually means I can go to France now but not return before June 2008, therefore I cannot really take her out before June if I intent to return after a couple of weeks. Rob.    Report

21/01/2008, 11:58 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 711 Re: RE: Answer from DEFRA: Is this a joke??  mrbeeman wrote: This actually means I can go to France now but not return before June 2008, Yes, this is correct therefore I cannot really take her out before June if I intent to return after a couple of weeks. Yes if you take her out to France now, you will have to keep her there until her 6 months are up, so if you just want a holiday of say 2 weeks you can not go until 2 weeks before her first return date, that is why you should always plan well ahead and give yourself minimum 7 1/2 months + you must take in account that the first blood test may be neg so you will require a further 1 month to repeat treatment Rob. Jackie    Report

21/04/2008, 15:34 JanTy Joined on 15/04/2008 Maël Cahaix/Plymouth Posts 11 Re: RE: Answer from DEFRA: Is this a joke?? We spoke to our French vet about this the first time we brought our cats over. She explained the thing quite clearly to us. As long as you remain classified as a visitor you adhere to the rules regarding boosters accepted in your own country. As soon as you become resident in France (for these purposes after 3 months continuous residence) then you adhere to the French rules. This means that, if your animal has passed the 1 year period (French rules) before or during your 'becoming resident' stay you must make sure you get a booster done in France before the end of the 3 month 'becoming resident' period - that is, while you are still within the UK rules period - you should not then need any blood teast or 6 months wait. You then have your animal vaccinated every year & no further blood tests or waits are necessary . I do not think this is made clear in any of the info you receive about Pet Passports but hope it is of some use to people. The motto is, 'if in doubt get a jab'. By the way, the French vaccinate every year because they have found that blood tests on animals tested between 2 & 3 years after the vaccination have little or no immunity left despite the fact that the vaccine is supposed to last 3 years. House built, permanent by September we hope    Report

21/04/2008, 18:26 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 711 Re: RE: Answer from DEFRA: Is this a joke??  JanTy wrote: We spoke to our French vet about this the first time we brought our cats over. She explained the thing quite clearly to us. As long as you remain classified as a visitor you adhere to the rules regarding boosters accepted in your own country. As soon as you become resident in France (for these purposes after 3 months continuous residence) then you adhere to the French rules. This means that, if your animal has passed the 1 year period (French rules) before or during your 'becoming resident' stay you must make sure you get a booster done in France before the end of the 3 month 'becoming resident' period - that is, while you are still within the UK rules period - you should not then need any blood teast or 6 months wait. You then have your animal vaccinated every year & no further blood tests or waits are necessary . I do not think this is made clear in any of the info you receive about Pet Passports but hope it is of some use to people. The motto is, 'if in doubt get a jab'. By the way, the French vaccinate every year because they have found that blood tests on animals tested between 2 & 3 years after the vaccination have little or no immunity left despite the fact that the vaccine is supposed to last 3 years. I find you post a little confusing (my Bold) Are you referring to UK pets already passported, successfully blood tested more that six months ago, or pets taken to France that are vacinated but might not have had blood tests and 6 months wait ? Jackie    Report

26/06/2008, 19:43 odile Joined on 09/05/2008 East Mids + Swiss Jura Posts 659 Re: RE: Answer from DEFRA: Is this a joke?? so sorry you are having a nightmare with this. Our vet told us clearly that if we ever stay abroad for more than 3 months, the vaccination would have to be done yearly. Bonne chance    Report

29/07/2008, 18:25 Nicos Joined on 21/01/2007 61 and Cheshire Posts 388 Re: RE: Answer from DEFRA: Is this a joke?? Out of interset..( and forgive me if I am repeating a question)..when does a pet become a French National???    Report

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