{"topic_id":"pet_travel_us_usda_aphis","category":"pet-travel","context":"---\ntopic_id: pet_travel_us_usda_aphis\ncategory: pet-travel\ntitle: \"United States — traveling with a pet: USDA APHIS overview (qualifying species, CDC dog-import authority, accredited vet)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"USDA APHIS — Travel With a Pet (aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel), extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/pet-travel/usda_aphis_pet_travel.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 300\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 5\n  passed: 5\n  date: 2026-07-24\nrecovered: false\npath: pet-travel/pet_travel_us_usda_aphis/01_pet_travel_us_usda_aphis.md\nsource_document: \"Pet travel / import regulation\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"USDA APHIS — Travel With a Pet\"\n  title: \"United States — traveling with a pet: USDA APHIS overview (qualifying species, CDC dog-import authority, accredited vet)\"\n  url: \"https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-24\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:eu-law\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# United States — traveling with a pet: USDA APHIS overview (qualifying species, CDC dog-import authority, accredited vet)\n\nSource: USDA APHIS — Travel With a Pet (aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel), extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay. First-hand U.S. government page; C1 substring-verified. This recovers a source previously blocked on the local box (the pet-travel _source.json noted USDA APHIS + CDC as 'BLOCKED ... US source pending'). Covers which animals qualify as pets, that CDC is the primary U.S. dog-import authority, the high-risk-country rabies-certification form, and the role of a USDA-accredited veterinarian for export.\n\nVerbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file + this body):\n1. \"Travel With a Pet\"\n2. \"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the primary authority for dog imports. This includes dogs entering or returning to the United States.\"\n3. \"CDC requires all U.S.-vaccinated dogs that have traveled to a high-risk country for rabies within the past 6 months to have a \"Certification of U.S.-Issued Rabies Vaccination\" form.\"\n4. \"If you are planning to take your pet from the United States to another country, contact a USDA-accredited veterinarian as soon as you decide to travel.\"\n5. \"What is considered a pet? A pet is a privately owned companion animal not intended for research or resale and includes only certain animal groups.\"\n","sources":["European Commission (food.ec.europa.eu) & UK Government (gov.uk) — United States — traveling with a pet: USDA APHIS overview (qualifying species, CDC dog-import authority, accredited vet) (retrieved 2026-07-24)"],"source":{"authority":"European Commission (food.ec.europa.eu) & UK Government (gov.uk)","title":"United States — traveling with a pet: USDA APHIS overview (qualifying species, CDC dog-import authority, accredited vet)","url":"https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/pet-travel","retrieved":"2026-07-24","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Pet travel / import regulation","verification_file":"pdf-raw/pet-travel/usda_aphis_pet_travel.txt"},"source_document":"Pet travel / import regulation","source_file":"pdf-raw/pet-travel/usda_aphis_pet_travel.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":300,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}