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So I will be going through my yearly NPIP blood testing in a few weeks and my mom (who does the blood draw) wanted me to get my turkey numbers to somewhere around....
10.....

I have 31 turkeys right now...
She might throttle me
Kermit The Frog Reaction GIF
 
On the other hand there are 55 chickens. They are easier because the state lets us do testing on our portable table, but the turkeys, they make us draw red tops for each turkey and send it into their lab for testing!
It's silly because chickens and turkeys use the same antigen, yet she(the state vet) wants us to send in the turkey blood and lets us test the chicken blood ourselves....

I asked mom if the state lab can go ahead and do all the other tests that the more uptight states want for turkeys (like the various mycoplasma) done, since I got a nastygram from Washington even though they didn't have anything really on their NPIP database telling me they wanted any mycoplasma testing done. Turns out they only require mycoplasma for just the turkeys but not chickens. I sold 30 jakes to a guy who was going to butcher them anyways, which is their stated exemption, so I skirted out of the issue (phew), but still! I just wish states would be more clear about what they want, but consistency in government is too much to ask.
 
Bantambird said:
On the other hand there are 55 chickens. They are easier because the state lets us do testing on our portable table, but the turkeys, they make us draw red tops for each turkey and send it into their lab for testing!
It's silly because chickens and turkeys use the same antigen, yet she(the state vet) wants us to send in the turkey blood and lets us test the chicken blood ourselves....

I asked mom if the state lab can go ahead and do all the other tests that the more uptight states want for turkeys (like the various mycoplasma) done, since I got a nastygram from Washington even though they didn't have anything really on their NPIP database telling me they wanted any mycoplasma testing done. Turns out they only require mycoplasma for just the turkeys but not chickens. I sold 30 jakes to a guy who was going to butcher them anyways, which is their stated exemption, so I skirted out of the issue (phew), but still! I just wish states would be more clear about what they want, but consistency in government is too much to ask.
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I fought that battle a few years ago here in Mn. They allowed me to not test the turkeys and still keep NPIP.

It is nearly impossible to have turkeys not have some type of mycoplasma of one kind or another raised as we do in the outdoors. It really has little effect on those of us that raise or raised in my case, heritage breeds.

The main reason it is considered a problem is because it will slow the weight gain for a few weeks on the bird.

Which the huge turkey factory farms can’t afford or don’t want too.

A million turkeys not gaining a pound a week for 4 weeks is a huge loss to the factory farms.

6 turkeys not gaining weight for four weeks is not a huge loss to us.


As I write this I recall, the state had a standard for us and a separate one for the commercial farms.
 

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