Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › TESTING › Section 15.21 - Testing requirements for pullorum-typhoid free flock status

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) At least one
				  official negative flock test shall be achieved as of January 1, 1975, or
				  thereafter, by any breeding flock in order to achieve a pullorum-typhoid free
				  flock status.
(b) If the
				  Commonwealth is not a United States pullorum-typhoid clean state, breeding
				  flocks shall maintain pullorum-typhoid status by repeat testing in accordance
				  with minimum requirements for the classification of the Commonwealth as either
				  a United States Pullorum-Typhoid Clean State or a Pullorum-Typhoid Free State
				  by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(c) If the Commonwealth is a United States
				  Pullorum-Typhoid Clean State, all breeding flocks shall maintain
				  pullorum-typhoid free flock status by repeat testing as follows:
(1)
Chickens.
Pullorum-typhoid free primary breeding flocks shall either officially test a
				  representative sample of 300 birds from flocks of more than 300 and each bird
				  in flocks of 300 or less every three years in conjunction with the official
				  bacteriological monitoring program or officially test a representative sample
				  of 300 birds from flocks of more than 300 and each bird in flocks of 300 or
				  less annually. Pullorum-typhoid free multiplier breeding flocks shall either
				  officially test a representative sample of 200 birds from flocks of more than
				  200 and each bird in flocks of 200 or less every three years in conjunction
				  with the official bacteriological monitoring program or officially test a
				  representative sample of 200 birds from flocks of more than 200 and each bird
				  in flocks of 200 or less annually.
(2)
Turkeys.
Pullorum-typhoid free breeding flocks shall either participate in the official
				  bacteriological monitoring program or officially test a representative sample
				  of 200 birds from flocks of more than 200 and each bird in flocks of 200 or
				  less annually.
(3)
Waterfowl.
Pullorum-typhoid free breeding flocks shall either
				  officially test a representative sample of 300 birds from flocks of more than
				  300 and each bird in flocks of 300 or less every 5 years in conjunction with
				  the official bacteriological monitoring program or officially test a
				  representative sample of 300 birds from flocks of more than 300 and each bird
				  in flocks of 300 or less annually.
(4)
Guinea and game fowl
.
				  Pullorum-typhoid free breeding flocks shall either officially test each bird in
				  flocks of 40 birds or less, or a representative sample of 40 birds in flocks of
				  40 to 200, or a representative sample of at least 20% of flocks larger than 200
				  with a maximum of 300 samples annually in conjunction with the official
				  bacteriological monitoring program or officially test a representative sample
				  of 300 birds from flocks of more than 300 and each bird in flocks of 300 or
				  less annually. Pullorum-typhoid free quail breeders may test under the
				  requirements of paragraph (3) for waterfowl.