# Veterinary examination, revaccination against rabies, and quarantine at a CDC-registered animal care facility for foreign-vaccinated dogs from DMRVV high-risk countries · United States — 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 Veterinary examination, revaccination against rabies, and quarantine at a CDC-registered animal care facility for foreign-vaccinated dogs from DMRVV high-risk countries · United States, entering is United States; provision is Veterinary examination, revaccination against rabies, and quarantine at a CDC-registered animal care facility for foreign-vaccinated dogs from DMRVV high-risk countries; applies to is All dogs arriving into the United States that have been in DMRVV high-risk countries within the last six months and that do not have a valid certification of U.S.-issued rabies vaccination form; what is required is shall undergo veterinary examination and revaccination against rabies at a CDC-registered animal care facility upon arrival; the clock is within the last six months, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **Entering:** United States _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Provision:** Veterinary examination, revaccination against rabies, and quarantine at a CDC-registered animal care facility for foreign-vaccinated dogs from DMRVV high-risk countries _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** All dogs arriving into the United States that have been in DMRVV high-risk countries within the last six months and that do not have a valid certification of U.S.-issued rabies vaccination form _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What is required:** shall undergo veterinary examination and revaccination against rabies at a CDC-registered animal care facility upon arrival _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **The clock:** within the last six months _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Citation:** 42 CFR 71.51(k)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Veterinary examination, revaccination against rabies, and quarantine at a CDC-registered animal care facility for foreign-vaccinated dogs from DMRVV high-risk countries. (1) All dogs arriving into the United States that have been in DMRVV high-risk countries within the last six months and that do not have a valid certification of U.S.-issued rabies vaccination form shall undergo veterinary examination and revaccination against rabies at a CDC-registered animal care facility upon arrival.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.51

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