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See General Requirements.
With the exception of poultry imported for immediate slaughter or specifically approved auction market, all poultry, hatching eggs, baby chicks, turkey poults, or birds must be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, or a properly completed and distributed form VS Form 9-3, from the state of origin.
Chickens, turkeys, domestic waterfowl, domestic game birds, and exhibition poultry:
All poultry must originate from flocks or hatcheries that have a pullorum-typhoid clean rating given by the official state agency of the National Poultry Improvement Plan or another qualifying state agency of the state of origin, or be tested negative for pullorum-typhoid within 30 days prior to shipment, and so stated on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, or form VS 9-3.
When selling or delivering baby chicks to a purchaser in the state, place the same in a box, crate, coop, or other sanitary container for delivery. Each lot shall be plainly labeled with the name of the seller and description of contents. Such description shall include name of breed and variety, percent of guarantee if chicks are sold as sexed chicks, date of hatch, number of chicks, and any tests made on parent stock.
Turkeys:
No turkeys shall be imported for breeding purposes and no turkey eggs shall be imported for hatching purposes unless they originate from a flock that has been tested annually and can be classified as follows:
1. Pullorum typhoid clean as provided by the National Turkey Improvement Plan or other official state agency.
2. Mycoplasma gallisepticum tested and no reactor found
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