Modifica Resolución Exenta n° 809 de 2003 que fija exigencias sanitarias para la internación a Chile de roedores de laboratorio (Amendment to Exempt Resolution No. 809 of 2003 establishing health requirements for the importation into Chile of laboratory rodents)

The notified draft Resolution amends Exempt Resolution No. 809 of 2003 establishing health requirements for the importation into Chile of laboratory rodents, through:
1.- The replacement of point 1 by the following:
The animals must come from barrier colonies and must be free of viral diseases such as ectromelia, Sendai virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis, and from the following bacterial diseases: salmonella, tularemia, leptospirosis, pseudotuberculosis and rat-bite fever. Furthermore, the laboratories from which the animals come must have had no cases of the following zoonotic diseases: California encephalitis virus, Argentine haemorrhagic fever (Junín virus) and Bolivian haemorrhagic fever (black typhus).
2.- The replacement of point 2 by the following:
During the 30 days prior to shipment, the animals must have undergone a coproparasitic test and direct observation using a black background to detect external parasites (lice: Polyplax serrata and mites such as Miobia musculi, Radfordia affinis, Miocoptes musculinus and Psorergates simplex), in order to establish whether they are free of diseases of this type.
3.- The removal of point 3.
4.- The replacement in point 4 of the word "embarque" (shipment) by the word "despacho" (dispatch).
5.- The inclusion of the following points 9 and 10:
9.- Upon entry into the country, the parties concerned must submit, together with the health certificate, the exotic wildlife authorization resolution issued by the Renewable Natural Resources Division of the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG).
10.- If the species to be imported is listed in the appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the parties concerned must comply with the requirements established by the Convention and the relevant regulations in force.