Serbia keeps to the European template and asks for nothing exotic: a microchip fitted before the rabies vaccination, a titre test with 90 days behind it, and a health certificate endorsed within ten days of travel. No import permit, no quarantine, no tapeworm treatment. Nala crossed the Balkans on exactly this set of documents and nobody blinked.

Bringing a pet to Serbia requires three documents in the right order: a microchip, a rabies vaccine within the destination's wait window, and a government-endorsed health certificate. The table below lays out exactly what's required, what's not, and where each rule comes from.

How Serbia handles your pet

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Health & documents

Microchip · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Microchip · Tattoo accepted Yesverified 2026-09-03
Microchip · Must be done before vaccination Yesverified 2026-09-03
Quarantine · Required Noverified 2026-09-03
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Minimum level iu ml0.5verified 2026-09-03
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Approved laboratory required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Waiting period after test days90 daysverified 2026-09-03
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Test must follow vaccination days30 daysverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Endorsed bycompetent authorityverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Validity days10 daysverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Original required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Government endorsed Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Booster required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Approved vaccines listinactivated vaccineverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Waiting period after vaccination21 daysverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Min age at vaccination12 weeksverified 2026-09-03
Tapeworm treatment · Required Noverified 2026-09-03

Other rules

Pets accepted Acceptedverified 2026-09-03

Timing chain

Day -90 microchip implant · Day -21 rabies vaccine deadline · Day -10 health certificate issued · Day 0 arrive at customs

Conditional requirements

These rules apply only to some travellers — where the pet is departing from, where it has been, or who is travelling with it. Most people can ignore them, but if one applies to you it can change what you need, or mean denied entry if you skip it.

Pet entering Serbia from a country listed in Prilog 1 (Deo A, B or C)

  • Rabies titer (blood) test: Pravilnik (Sl. glasnik RS 11/11) Član 7 stav 2 imposes the rabies serological test ONLY on pets brought in from countries NOT listed in Prilog 1. Prilog 1 Deo A + Deo B (EU member states, Gibraltar, and the DK/ES/FR/PT territories, plus AD/CH/IS/LI/MC/NO/SM/VA) and Deo C (the Commission-recognised rabies-controlled third countries) are all listed, so no titer test and no 3-month wait apply from any of them. Član 5 sets the Deo A/B conditions and lists no serological test at all. Note: Prilog 1's Deo C prints the code 'VC' beside Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which is a transcription error in the annex (VC is Saint Vincent, listed separately) — PM is included here because the annex names the territory.
The marking of the animal must always precede any vaccination or, where applicable, any testing carried out. That ordering is the requirement itself. A rabies vaccination given before the chip was fitted cannot be certified, and the titre test drawn from it does not count either, so both steps have to be repeated. Check the implant date first.
The health certificate must be issued and endorsed within 10 days of the pet's travel. Issued and endorsed are two separate acts, and the endorsement by the competent authority is the one that tends to add days. Book the veterinary appointment early enough inside the ten-day window that the endorsement can still be completed before departure.
Serbia is a straightforward entry once the order of operations is right: chip, vaccination, titre draw, then 90 days of waiting, then a certificate issued and endorsed inside ten days of travel. The endorsement step is the one people underestimate. Put your travel date into the plan builder and it will leave room for it.
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Glossary

ISO chip
ISO 11784/11785 — the universal microchip standard.
FAVN
Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization — a rabies serology test required by rabies-free destinations.
Brachycephalic
Snub-nosed breeds (French Bulldogs, Pugs, Persians, Himalayans) with restricted airline acceptance due to heat-stress risk.
AVIH
Animal Vehicle In Hold — IATA's term for cargo pet shipment, with fees that vary by carrier and route.