A tapeworm treatment is required to enter Great Britain.
A tapeworm treatment is required to enter Ireland, Malta, Finland & Norway.

A tapeworm treatment is not required to leave Great Britain and it is not required for entering common destinations such as France, Spain & the Netherlands.

A tapeworm treatment is not required to enter Great Britain if you are entering Great Britain directly from Finland, Ireland, Malta or Norway.

The treatment must be administered a minimum of 24 hours and a maximum of 120 hours before arriving into Great Britain. This time frame also applies if you are planning to enter Ireland, Malta, Finland & Norway.

If you are planning a trip to the EU and you will return to Great Britain within 120 hours or if you are travelling to Ireland, Malta, Finland or Norway, you can have the tapeworm treatment administered in Great Britain.

No, you do not need to be registered with us. This service is available to everyone.

Yes, you can. If you have an AHC issued elsewhere or a EU Pet Passport we can certainly arrange an appointment for you. You do not need to use our AHC service to book a tapeworming appointment.

Only dogs require a tapeworm treatment.

No, the tapeworming treatment must be administered by a veterinary surgeon who must correctly record this in your travel documents.

If you would like to have a tapeworm treatment administered when collecting your AHC, Abbeywell Vets can provide this service. Please clearly state that you require a tapeworming appointment when submitting your application for an AHC.

Yes, a scheduled appointment is required.
If we are providing an Animal Health Certificate for you and you have requested a tapewormer, we will contact you to arrange this appointment.
If you will be providing your own travel documents, please email your appointment request to info@ahc.online – please include your name, your mobile number, your preferred time & date and the number of dogs that require a tapeworm treatment.

The fee for a veterinary appointment to administer the tapeworming treatment and complete the relevant section of your dog’s travel document is £55 for the first dog and £15 for each additional dog – up to a maximum of 5 dogs. The cost for the appointment also includes the cost of the tapeworming treatment.

Each appointment is for a one owner with a maximum of 5 dogs. The travel documents must be in the same owner’s name. If you are travelling with friends and family with their own dogs and their own travel documents, they will need to arrange their own appointment. If people are travelling together, we will try our best to schedule multiple appointments at around the same time.

The veterinary surgeon who will administer the treatment and certify the travel documents must be completely satisfied that the medication they administer is suitable and has been kept in the correct conditions etc. Therefore, they will only use appropriate products. The cost of the tapeworming treatment is included in the appointment fee.

The wormer we use will not cause vomiting – the product we use contains the simplest form of the active ingredient required for pet travel. It is generally the additional ingredients in broad spectrum wormers that may cause vomiting.