GoPass¨ 6 – Month Equine “Passport” Certificate Launched in Georgia

Ames, IA – April 19th, 2013 — GlobalVetLINK (GVL¨), introduces an electronic six-month equine passport health certificate that may be a substitute for the existing paper-based, 30-day electronic Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (eCVI) health certificate. GlobalVetLINK is excited to launch the GoPass¨ 6-Month Electronic Passport System for the Georgia horse industry.

Veterinarians in the state of Georgia are approved to issue GoPass certificates for horses entering Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The horses may travel to all 13 states, plus Georgia, on one GoPass. The user-friendly, point and click functionality of creating an electronic GoPass certificate makes it a more efficient method than the traditional hand-written, 30-day certificate or the paper-based equine passport option.

Georgia GoPass Guidelines:
¥ The horse must have a current GVL eCVI in the system (created within the past 30 days).
¥ The horse must have a current GVL EIA Certificate in the system (created within the past 12 months).
¥ GoPass Certificates are submitted to the Georgia Department of Agriculture for approval and made available to the client’s veterinarian after they are electronically signed by a State Animal Health Official.
¥ Owners will log their itineraries through an owner portal site – MyVetLINK.com, where they can also access their GVL EIA certificates