Health certification requirements may apply to stock entering South Australia, including the entry of stock into the Bovine Johne's Disease Protected Zone of SA.

Beef Cattle

A Form 1 Health Certificate (.PDF) is required. Please note that an Inspectors Certification may also be required.

Other conditions apply to the movement of beef cattle from Victoria, Tasmania or those areas of NSW not in the declared Protected Zone for Johne's disease. See bovine Johne's disease conditions below.

Buffalo

A Form 1 Health Certificate is required. Please note that an Inspectors Certification may also be required.

Other conditions apply to the movement of buffalo from Victoria, Tasmania or those areas of NSW not in the declared Protected Zone for Johne's disease. See bovine Johne's disease conditions below.

Camelids including Alpacas (South American only)

A SA Movement and Health Declaration is required for alpacas entering South Australia.

Use of the SA Movement and Health Declaration is currently an optional requirement for the movement of alpacas within South Australia.

Dairy Cattle

A Form 1 Health Certificate is required. Please note that an Inspectors Certification may also be required.

Other conditions apply to the movement of dairy cattle from all states. See bovine Johne's disease and enzootic bovine leucosis conditions below.

Dairy cattle require a completed Dairy BJD Assurance Score Declaration Form.

Deer

A Form 1 Health Certificate is required. Please note that an Inspectors Certification may also be required.

Other conditions apply to the movement of deer. See bovine Johne's disease conditions below.

Pigs (Swine)

A Form 1 Health Certificate is required. Please note that an Inspectors Certification may also be required.

Pigs originating from Queensland must be from an accredited brucellosis-free herd or have been tested with negative results in the 30 days immediately preceding introduction.

 

Form 1 Special conditions (for beef cattle, buffalo, camelids, dairy cattle, deer, pigs)

If one of the following conditions is met you only need to complete the owner declaration on Form 1:

• Stock from South Australia, returning direct to South Australia from an interstate show/ sale where Johne’s disease (all species) and Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL) (dairy cattle) restrictions were in place
• Alpaca returning to South Australia from supervised mating interstate where the mating areas conformed to the Australian Johne’s Disease Market Assurance Program for Alpaca.
• Stock consigned to the live export trade
• Stock consigned direct to immediate slaughter at an abattoir
• Beef cattle from a herd west of the Henty Highway in Victoria, whose Johne’s disease status is not 'Infected' or 'Suspect' and consigned for sale at the Naracoorte or Mt Gambier market
  

Bovine Johne's disease conditions relating to the movement of beef cattle, buffalo, camelids, dairy cattle and deer

• The property of origin does not have an 'Infected', 'Suspect' or 'Restricted' status.
• Cattle entering the Control Zone of South Australia from a Residual Zone must also be accompanied by a 'Declaration of Johne's Disease Status for Cattle/Goats' (BJD Declaration)and be from a Check Tested herd or a herd with a Monitored Negative or Tested Negative status, under the Australian Johne's Disease Market Assurance Program of Cattle.
• Cattle entering the Protected Zone of South Australia from a Control Zone (either from within South Australia or from interstate) must also be accompanied by a 'National Animal Health Statement for Johne's Disease of Beef Cattle' and be from a Check Tested herd or a herd with a Monitored Negative or Tested Negative status, under the Australian Johne's Disease Market Assurance Program of Cattle.
• Cattle entering the Protected Zone of South Australia from a Residual Zone must also be accompanied by a 'National Animal Health Statement for Johne's Disease of Beef Cattle'  and be from a herd with a Monitored Negative or Tested Negative status, under the Australian Johne's Disease Market Assurance Program of Cattle, or a 'Beef Only' herd as above.

Animal Health Statements for Johne's Disease Status

 

Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL) conditions relating to dairy cattle only

• Animals from a herd with a 'Non-assessed', 'Infected' or 'Suspect' status are not allowed entry unless going direct to slaughter. If animals are not from an EBL Accredited or Certified Free herd then a negative EBL ELISA test on sera or milk is required within 30 days prior to entry for each animal (including calves).

 

Sheep

Sheep from all States must be accompanied by a completed Sheep Health Statement when entering South Australia. The Statement must be in the form of the National Sheep Health Statement.

Footrot

The sheep are to be free from footrot, and have not within a period of one (1) year immediately preceding the date of the declaration been in direct contact with stock infected with footrot, and have not been vaccinated against footrot. 

The Sheep Health Statement must contain a statement in relation to the examination of the sheep for footrot and that no virulent footrot was detected.

Ovine Johne’s Disease (OJD)

Sheep must originate from flocks with a minimum OJD Assurance Based Credit Score of at least four (4) for unrestricted movement into South Australia.

Sheep, within the SA OJD Medium Prevalence Area, from a flock with an OJD Assurance Based Credit score of two (2) are permitted to be moved to other flocks in the same Prevalence Area with the same or lower score.

Terminal ‘T’ Tag Lambs

Lambs from a 'Non-assessed' or tested 'Low Prevalence' OJD infected property in the Medium Prevalence Area of South Australia may be moved into the 'Low Prevalence' Area conditional upon:

• The lambs must be tagged with a fluorescent pink tag embossed with the letter T in a circle and the property identification code of the property of origin
• The lambs may be sold either privately or through a public market into the 'Low Prevalence' Area on the understanding that the lambs will be slaughtered before the eruption of their first adult teeth
• The lambs must be accompanied by a Sheep Health Statement and consignment permit

Producers moving sheep and lambs from a flock, within the Low Prevalence Area, with a total assurance based credit score of less than four (4) must obtain the prior written permission of an Inspector of Stock before movement commences. This includes Terminal ‘T’ Tag lambs.

Goats

Goats from all States must be accompanied by a Form 2 Health Certificate when entering South Australia.

Footrot

The goats are to be free from footrot, and have not within a period of one (1) year immediately preceding the date of the declaration been in direct contact with stock infected with footrot, and have not been vaccinated against footrot and if from:

A footrot protected area (an area proclaimed by the State authority as having a footrot prevalence for flock infection of less than 1%, including the Mildura Rural City area):

• they have a Declaration by Owner/Manager of the property of origin that the goats have been examined for footrot and footscald within the previous 21 days and no footrot was observed
• all feet of any lame goats were examined, and
• where footscald (benign footrot) was present, samples from lesions on at least five affected goats (or all affected goats if less than five) were found to be negative by the gelatin gel test.

Or other areas of Australia:

• they have a declaration by an Inspector of Stock that the goats have been examined for footrot and footscald within the previous 21 days and no footrot was observed, and where footscald (benign footrot) was present, samples from lesions on at least five affected goats (or all affected goats if less than five) were found to be negative by the gelatin gel test, or
• are moving direct from a market that was inspected by an inspector of stock and in which no virulent footrot was found and the consignment has no evidence of footscald.

Johne’s Disease: includes both ovine (OJD) and bovine (BJD)

• From OJD Very Low or Low Prevalence Areas  Ovine Johne’s Disease is not known or suspected to occur in the flock/herd(s) or on the property(ies) of origin of the goats.
• From OJD Medium Prevalence Areas  The goats must have a status of MN1 or better under the Australian Goat Johne’s Disease Market Assurance Programs (GoatMAP). The GoatMAP Certificate No. and Expiry Date must be quoted. Alternatively, the goats originate from a herd that has been tested to a level equivalent to MN1 status in the previous 12 months (TMS flock). The date of the most recent test and laboratory number must be quoted on the form.
• From OJD High Prevalence Areas  The goats must have a status of MN2 or better under the Australian Goat Johne’s Disease Market Assurance Programs (GoatMAP) . The GoatMAP Certificate No. and Expiry Date must be quoted.
• From an OJD Medium Prevalence Area within SA to the SA OJD Very Low Prevalence Area   Goats from herds not enrolled in the GoatMAP must be accompanied by a permit obtained from the Chief Inspector of Stock.

Form 2 special conditions for goats

Only the owner declaration (part 1) of Form 2 needs to be completed if one of the following conditions are met. If the goats:

• are from South Australia, returning direct to South Australia from a show/ sale interstate where footrot and Ovine Johne’s Disease restrictions were in place
• are consigned to the live export trade
• are consigned direct to immediate slaughter at an abattoir.

If the goats were born on and consigned from a property in the Victorian municipal area known as the Mildura Rural City parts 2 and 3 of the Form 2 must also be completed.

Bees and Bee Products

All bees and bee products entering South Australia require a Form 3 Health Certificate. This is a national certificate suitable for entry into other States.

Health Certificates 

The following Health Certificates are available here for download:

• Form 1 Health Certificate
• Form 2 Health Certificate
• Form 3 Health Certificate

The Health Certificates are in PDF format so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to view the files. If you do not have Acrobat Reader it can be downloaded for free from the Adobe web site.

Contact

For more information about the required health certificates contact:

Mark Langman, PIRSA Animal Health
Phone 08 8207 7971
E-mail: langman.mark@saugov.sa.gov.au