# Validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test · European Union — The dated, ordered steps for taking a dog, cat or ferret into the United States, the European Union or Great Britain — microchip, rabies vaccination, blood test and the waiting periods between them, quoted from the law itself

For Validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test · European Union, entering is European Union; provision is Validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test; what is required is must be carried out on a sample collected at least 30 days after the date of vaccination; the clock is at least 30 days after the date of vaccination; order it must come in is on a sample collected at least 30 days after the date of vaccination, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **Entering:** European Union
- **Provision:** Validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What is required:** must be carried out on a sample collected at least 30 days after the date of vaccination _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **The clock:** at least 30 days after the date of vaccination _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Order it must come in:** on a sample collected at least 30 days after the date of vaccination _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Citation:** Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, Annex IV, point 2(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Validity requirements for the rabies antibody titration test 1. | The collection of the sample of blood necessary to carry out the rabies antibody titration test must be carried out and documented by an authorised veterinarian in the appropriate section of the identification document; | 2. | The rabies antibody titration test: (a) | must be carried out on a sample collected at least 30 days after the date of vaccination and: (i) | not less than three months before the date of: — | the non-commercial movement from a territory or a third country other than those listed in the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 13(1) or (2), or | — | the transit through such a territory or third country, where the conditions laid down in point (c) of Article 12 are not fulfilled

## Source

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32013R0576

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2026-12-26.
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