D E P A R T M E N
T O F
A G R I C U L T U R E , F I S H
E R I E S A N D F O R E S T R Y
During PAQ the animal/s are to be monitored daily for
signs of illness and, if necessary, be
subjected to a clinical examination. AQIS is to be promptly advised of any disease incident and its outcome. If any animal dies
during PAQ, AQIS must be promptly
notified, the animal must be subjected to a post-mortem examination by a registered veterinarian to determine the cause of death,
and the results reported to AQIS.
Quarantine may be extended at the discretion of the
Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine
(the Director) until any adverse events during the quarantine period are fully investigated and resolved, and no evidence of
transmission of infectious agents
within the quarantine group exists.
At the satisfactory completion of PAQ, the animals will
be released under quarantine surveillance,
into premises approved by the appropriate State or Territory Government for holding the imported species, subject to
meeting EA and CITES requirements.
While in PAQ or under quarantine surveillance the animal/s may be subjected to such tests and/or treatments as are
specified by AQIS at the importer’s
expense. If any animal fails a test or shows evidence of an exotic disease during PAQ, it may be detained in quarantine, exported
at the importer’s expense or destroyed.
Animals imported under these conditions
will be held under quarantine surveillance until two years after importation. If they are free from
suspicion of a quarantinable disease,
they will then be released unconditionally from quarantine.