Health Certificates

This appointment allows our veterinarians to review your pet's travel requirements and identify any additional steps needed before the official health certificate can be issued.

During the consultation, we will:

• Review your travel destination and planned travel dates

• Discuss destination-specific entry requirements and important timelines

• Review your pet's medical records, including:

  • Vaccination history

  • Microchip information

  • Required bloodwork or laboratory testing

  • Previous health certificates or other relevant documentation

• Perform a physical examination

• Determine whether any additional vaccinations, testing, treatments, or documentation are needed before your health certificate appointment

Please bring copies of all relevant records if your pet has received care at another veterinary hospital. This includes vaccination records, laboratory results, and microchip registration information. Complete records help us verify that all travel requirements have been met and minimize the risk of delays.

Travel regulations can be complex and often have strict deadlines. Missing documentation, expired vaccinations, incorrect microchip information, or incomplete testing can delay—or even prevent—your pet from traveling.

By reviewing everything in advance, we can identify any outstanding requirements early and help you complete them before your departure date.

The initial consultation is $125. Please note that this fee is separate from the health certificate appointment fee. If you are traveling with multiple pets, there will be an additional consultation fee of up to $125 per additional pet.

The estimated cost of the health certificate appointment (performed right before travel) is dependent on the requirements of your destination. For the travel examination and health certificate preparation, a base cost of $300-$400 per pet should be expected. If your destination requires USDA endorsement, you should anticipate $450-$600 per pet. These costs are estimated, not total or final costs, and do not include additional fees that may be incurred due to individual destination requirements (examples listed below.)

Our team will review the anticipated timeline, discuss requirements, and provide an itemized estimate of expected costs during your consultation.

Health certificate related costs to expect:

• Health certificate preparation

• Physical Examination

• Vaccinations

• Laboratory testing or bloodwork

• Parasite testing or treatments

• Microchip implantation

• USDA endorsement and shipping fees (when applicable)

For standard domestic health certificates, if your pet is a current patient with us, you can contact us to make an appointment or visit during our walk in hours.

If you are a new client, please visit our new client page before calling to schedule a visit.