Importing Live Horses

Live horses can currently be imported into Australia from selected AQIS approved countries only. To bring horses to Australia, they must meet all of the AQIS import conditions prior to export.

The AQIS Import Conditions database (ICON) provides the import conditions for all permitted live horse imports. Importation of live horses from some countries are not permitted into Australia and therefore may not be listed.
View ICON for further information.

The links below provide information relating to the importation of live horses into Australia.

• Notice to Industry 1: Horse importer responsibilities   
• Notice to Industry 2: Freighter aircraft operations personnel—Biosecurity requirements  
• Notice to Industry 3: Transport drivers—Biosecurity requirements   
• Notice to Industry 4: Grooms—Biosecurity requirements   
• Notice to Industry 5: Veterinarians—Biosecurity requirements   
• Notice to Industry 6: Visitors to the AQIS post arrival quarantine station—Biosecurity requirements   
• Notice to Industry 7: Veterinary Therapeutics—Live Animals
• 0.10 Form - Authorisation for visitors to enter, leave and take horses out of a Quarantine Station at the end of PAQ  PDF [79kb]
• 0.10A Form - Authorisation for visitors to enter leave and take horses out of a Quarantine Station at the end of PAQ Attachment A  Word [103kb]
• 0.2 Form - Notice of Intent  Word [137kb]
• 3.9 Form - Authorisation for grooms, veterinarians, farriers or other authorised visitors to attend to horses in a quarantine station  PDF [82kb]
• 3.9A Form - Authorisation for grooms.... or other authorised visitors to attend to horses in a quarantine station - Attachment A  Word [91kb]

Further information regarding the Equine Influenza Inquiry - the Government's response

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