Glanders

Article 12.10.1.

General provisions

For the purposes of the Terrestrial Code, the incubation period for glanders shall be six months.

Standards for diagnostic tests are described in the Terrestrial Manual.

Article 12.10.2.

Glanders free country

A country may be considered free from glanders when:

1. glanders is notifiable in the country;

2. no case of glanders has been reported during the past three years, or no case has been reported for a period of at least six months and a surveillance programme is in place demonstrating the absence of the disease in accordance with general recommendations on animal health surveillance (Chapter 1.4.).

Article 12.10.3.

Recommendations for importation from glanders free countries

For equines

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an international veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:

1. showed no clinical sign of glanders on the day of shipment;

2. were kept for the six months prior to shipment, or since birth if less than six months of age, in the exporting country.

Article 12.10.4.

Recommendations for importation from countries considered infected with glanders

For equines

Veterinary Authorities should require the presentation of an international veterinary certificate attesting that the animals:

1. showed no clinical sign of glanders on the day of shipment;

2. were kept for the six months prior to shipment in an establishment where no case of glanders was reported during that period;

3. were subjected to a test as prescribed in the Terrestrial Manual for glanders with negative results, during the 30 days prior to shipment.