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Notice
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these regulations for exporting animals or animal products to a foreign country, you should contact the APHIS-VS Area Office in the State from which the animals or products will be exported.
Argentina - Summary of Requirements
The following protocols for exporting animals to Argentina are available through the International Regulations Retrieval System (IRRS).
SPECIES - MOST RECENT UPDATE
Cattle
- Cattle and water buffalo from the United States are currently banned due to a risk of BSE (January 2004)
- Bovine semen (protocol) - September 2006 (pdf 11kb)
- Bovine semen - (Health Certificate) - September 2006 (pdf 50kb)
- Bovine embryos (protocol)- December 2006 (pdf 17kb)
- Bovine embryos- (Health Certificate) - December 2006 (pdf 45kb)
Horses
- Horses - (bilingual) - December 2008 (pdf 29kb)
Swine
Swine and swine semen from the United States are currently banned due to a risk of porcine reproduction and respiratory syndrome.
Poultry and other avian species
- Ducks - Under Revision
- Poultry (Day-old chicks and hatching eggs) (Bilingual) - November 2005 (pdf 130kb)
Rabbits
- Rabbits - January 1999 (pdf 9kb)
Other Animals
Argentina has suspended the import of monkeys and prairie dogs coming from the United States due to the occurrence of Monkeypox.
- Zoological (yaks) - July 1996 (pdf 7kb)
For species not listed, the requirements are not known. However, exporters wanting to ship livestock whose requirements are not listed above, should have the interested party (importer/buyer) in the country of destination apply for an Import Permit at the appropriate ministry. This Import Permit will most likely outline the specific requirements.
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