Veterinary Requirements

1. The exhibitor must have a health booklet or passport for each cat.

2. The national exhibitor must have a veterinary certificate issued no more than 3 days before the show, stating that the cat is clinically healthy.

3. A foreign exhibitor from the EU zone must have an appropriate entry in the passport, chapter X. Clinical Examination (page 20), confirming the cat is clinically healthy.

4. Cats participating in the show must have a microchip, be healthy, and free from infectious and parasitic diseases.

5. White cats must have a medical certificate confirming their hearing status. A “BAER test“ is required (FIFe Exhibition Rules 3.5).

6. Cats presented at the show must have their claws trimmed (FIFe Exhibition Rules 3.4).

7. Mandatory vaccinations against feline viral rhinotracheitis and panleukopenia must be administered no later than 2 years (730 days) prior to the show and no earlier than 21 days before the show.

8. Foreign exhibitors cats must be vaccinated against Rabies from the age of 4 months.

If, during registration or the show, the veterinarian detects any symptoms of illness in a cat, that cat and any other cats belonging to the exhibitor will be immediately removed from the exhibition hall (FIFe Exhibition Rules 3.8).