Canada → Brazil

CFIA form HA2348 "Veterinary health certificate for export of dogs and cats from Canada to Brazil" (bilingual, print on legal size), completed and signed by a licensed veterinarian, then signed and stamped by a CFIA official veterinarian (Animal Health Office). Valid 60 days from issue for entering or returning to MERCOSUR countries while the rabies vaccination is valid. The Brazilian embassy in Ottawa links this form (page updated October 2025) alongside MAPA's 2025 model.

Not compulsory for entry into Brazil (Brazil has not made identification mandatory for pets). If the pet has a microchip it must be ISO 11784/11785 and the CVI must state its number, implant date and body location. Strongly advisable — the return trip to the EU/UK and most other countries requires one.

Rabies vaccination on an animal over 3 months old, given at least 21 days before arrival in Brazil (the CFIA form applies the 21 days to every vaccination, not only the first — follow the form). Vaccine name, manufacturer, batch and expiry on the form. Under 90 days: unvaccinated with the form's alternative statement.

Broad-spectrum internal and external parasite treatment within the 15 days before the certificate is issued, with products authorised by the Government of Canada.

Examined within the 10 days before the certificate is issued: no clinical signs of parasitic or infectious disease, fit for transport.

Brazil may refuse entry to an animal previously diagnosed with leishmaniasis. No test is required; the exam and certificate must not show the disease.

Declare the pet on the e-DBV (Declaração Eletrônica de Bens do Viajante) and go through the "Bens a Declarar" (goods to declare) channel to the Vigiagro unit at the airport, port or border post. Where there is no such channel, go straight to the customs inspection. Unaccompanied baggage or cargo: a DAT-PF (agricultural transit declaration for individuals) and the air waybill / cargo manifest instead of the e-DBV.

The Vigiagro inspector (AFFA) checks the documents, verifies the animal's identity against the certificate and inspects its health; the original CVI stays with the owner. A pet travelling on to another Brazilian state is released with a Vigiagro transit attestation. Pets with clinical signs of disease are refused (returned or destroyed); with no papers at all, refused and returned; with errors or missing items in the papers, the inspector may impose home quarantine supervised by a private vet at the owner's cost (TC-IAC undertaking: exam, rabies shot, parasite treatments, isolation for a set number of days).

Industrialised (commercially made, heat-processed, canned, pouch, pelleted or extruded) pet food and treats for the pet's own use may enter from any country in the original, intact, labelled packaging; the pack used during the trip may be open. Raw or home-made food and treats, raw hides/ears/hooves and feed additives are prohibited. (MAPA's older FAQ says leftover food is prohibited outright — the 2026 list, made under Portaria 872/2025, is the current rule.)