Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-13 - ANIMAL HEALTH DIVISION › Subject 40-13-2 - INTERSTATE MOVEMENT HEALTH REQUIREMENTS › Rule 40-13-2-.15 - Poultry

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) All poultry
				including but not limited to hatching eggs, chicks, poults, and poultry
				breeding stock entering Georgia must be accompanied by an official Certificate
				of Veterinary Inspection or an official National Poultry Improvement Plan
				(N.P.I.P.) Form 9-3 and N.P.I.P Form 9-2, if applicable. A copy of the
				Certificate of Veterinary Inspection shall be sent to the State Veterinarian of
				Georgia, Agriculture Building, 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SW, Atlanta,
				Georgia 30334. A copy of the N.P.I.P. Form 9-3 and N.P.I.P. Form 9-2, if
				applicable, shall be sent to the Georgia Poultry Laboratory, 3235 Abit Massey
				Way, Gainesville, Georgia 30507. If a company operates across the state line
				between Georgia and an adjacent state, the requirement for the Certificate of
				Veterinary Inspection, the Form 9-3, and the Form 9-2, if applicable, may be
				waived as long as both official state agencies are in agreement and a
				memorandum of understanding about the company between the two official state
				agencies is reached and updated yearly.
(2) Poultry not participating in the PT Clean
				and AI Clean programs of the N.P.I.P. must be tested negative for
				pullorum-typhoid disease as well as avian influenza, using an approved serology
				test for pullorum-typhoid and an approved antigen detection test for avian
				influenza, within twenty-one (21) days prior to entering Georgia. Hatching eggs
				or unfed and unwatered poultry may enter Georgia provided the breeder flock
				from which they originated was tested negative for pullorum-typhoid disease,
				using an approved serology test, and avian influenza, using an approved antigen
				detection test, within twenty-one (21) days prior to entering
				Georgia.
(3) All domestic quail,
				pheasants, and other gallinaceous birds not participating in the PT Clean and
				AI Clean programs of the N.P.I.P. must be tested negative for pullorum-typhoid
				disease, using an approved serology test, as well as avian influenza, using an
				approved antigen detection test, within twenty-one (21) days prior to entering
				Georgia.
(4) The order Anseriforme,
				which includes waterfowl, is exempt from pullorum-typhoid requirements but must
				be tested negative for avian influenza, using an approved antigen detection
				test, within twenty-one (21) days prior to entering Georgia.
(5) When testing for pullorum-typhoid, all
				birds coming into Georgia must be tested individually. When testing for avian
				influenza, for birds coming into Georgia in shipments of under thirty (30)
				birds, all birds must be tested; for shipments of over thirty (30) birds, at
				least thirty (30) birds from the flock must be tested.
(6) Poultry vaccinated with live
Mycoplasma gallisepticum
may not be imported into the state of
				Georgia without prior written permission of the State Veterinarian. Permit
				requests must be submitted in writing.
(7) H5 and H7 Avian Influenza Controls.
(a) For the purpose of this avian influenza
				control, the following definitions will apply:
1. "Poultry" means chickens, turkeys, quail,
				pheasants, peafowl, guineas, chukars and other partridge, grouse, ratites and
				waterfowl.
2. "Poultry products"
				means hatching eggs, chicks, poults, table eggs, litter, and offal but does not
				include processed poultry meat for human consumption.
3. "Flock affected with avian influenza"
				means the subtype H5 or H7 avian influenza virus has been diagnosed in that
				flock. A flock represents all birds on a premise.
4. "Avian Influenza" means the detection of
				subtype H5 or H7 avian influenza virus as confirmed by the U. S. Department of
				Agriculture.
5. "State Control Zone
				(SCZ)" means a control zone within a state in which avian influenza virus has
				been diagnosed in commercial poultry or non-commercial poultry and immediate
				containment has taken place within an area that is at a minimum of ten (10)
				kilometers in radius around the case or as defined by the affected State
				Initial Response and Control Plan. A SCZ will be considered to remain infected
				with avian influenza until the affected state has depopulated infected flocks,
				has had no new infections, and the Control Zone has been officially released
				from quarantine by State authorities.
6. "Cleaned and disinfected" means the item
				is free of visible organic matter and is disinfected with a disinfectant
				effective against Influenza virus.
7. "Contiguous State Business Continuity
				Control Zone (CSBCCZ)" means a control zone within a state sharing a border
				with Georgia that encompasses poultry companies doing daily business across
				state lines including transportation of feed and poultry products.