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Shipping to Canada is currently strictly prohibited from my state due to the AI outbreak last year. I'll revisit that avenue when the ban is lifted.
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This is why I don't ship to VA.
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Virginia[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]A. Pullorum-Typhoid[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Hatching eggs and poultry shall not be imported into the Commonwealth of Virginia unless such eggs or poultry originate exclusively from flocks participating in the[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) or the National Turkey Improvement Plan (NTIP) (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 9, Chapter 1, and Parts 1 to[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]199). These programs shall be under supervision of the Official State Agency of NPIP or NTIP, the livestock health official, or other authorized government agency[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]of the state of origin certifying them to be free of pullorum-typhoid.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]B. Mycoplasma gallisepticum[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Hatching eggs and poultry shall not be imported into the Commonwealth of Virginia unless such eggs or poultry originate from flocks that are designated free of[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Mycoplasma gallisepticum by the livestock health official of the state of origin. Each importer of hatching eggs or poultry into Virginia shall secure from the State[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Veterinarian an approval number, after having provided evidence that the flocks of origin are free of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. This approval number shall appear[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]on shipping labels or containers of each lot shipped into Virginia.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]C. Avian Influenza[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Except as provided below no person may bring or ship to Virginia any chicken, turkey, waterfowl, game bird or other avian species that is susceptible to Avian[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Influenza (hereby referred to as subject avian species), or hatching egg unless:[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]1. The subject avian species or hatching egg is first tested and found negative for avian influenza (H5 and H7), or comes from a flock that[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]has first been tested (20 birds per house minimum, or for flocks of 500 or less, 20 birds per flock minimum as long as all houses and[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]pens are represented) and found negative for avian influenza (H5 and H7), within 10 days before the subject avian species or hatching[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]egg enters Virginia; and[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]2. The results of the test for avian influenza are recorded on a health certificate signed by an accredited veterinarian in the state of origin[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]or on a report issued by a laboratory approved by any state or federal animal health authority.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]In testing for Avian Influenza, the accredited veterinarian shall use only the AGID, ELISA, Directigen, PCR or virus isolation test methods[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]in a laboratory approved by a state or federal animal health authority.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Nothing in this proclamation shall apply to:[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]1. Any subject avian species or hatching egg passing directly through Virginia to another state without being removed from its primary[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]container;[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]2. Any hatching egg, day-old chicken, day-old game bird, or day-old turkey, so long as the flock from which the hatching egg, day-old[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]chicken, day-old game bird, or day-old turkey originates participates in the National Poultry Improvement Plan's Avian Influenza Clean[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]Program, to include the Auxiliary Provisions included in USDA/APHIS Proposed Rule, Docket No. 03-017-1, May 23, 2003; or[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]3. Any broiler less than 70 days of age going directly to slaughter.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]4. Pigeons, doves, finches, and psittacine birds.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]C. Approval Numbers[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]1. Each shipper of hatching eggs or poultry shall first secure an approval number from the State Veterinarian. This approval number must appear on each shipping[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]label or on each container of hatching eggs or poultry shipped into Virginia.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]2. Applications for approval numbers must be made on forms provided by the State Veterinarian. Each application shall require the following information on each[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]flock from which the hatching eggs or poultry originate:[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]a. The name and address of each flock owner;[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]b. The species (i.e. chickens or turkeys) and the number of birds in each flock;[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]c. The date of the most recent Pullorum-typhoid test;[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]d. The total number, or the percentage, of positive reactions to the most recent Pullorum-typhoid test;[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]e. The Pullorum-typhoid status attained; and[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]f. Such additional information as the State Veterinarian may require.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]3. Such applications, when completed, must be forwarded to the official state agency, the state livestock health official, or other competent and recognized authority[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]of the state of origin for verification, approval and signature; and then forwarded to the State Veterinarian for final approval. Hatching eggs or poultry shall not be[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]shipped into Virginia until final approval has been granted and the approval number is received.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]D. Exceptions[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]This regulation shall not apply to hatching eggs or poultry passing directly through the Commonwealth of Virginia in interstate commerce, nor to poultry imported into[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]the Commonwealth of Virginia for immediate slaughter and consigned directly to a poultry processing establishment that is approved and inspected by the United[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=660000][COLOR=000000]States Department of Agriculture or by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.[/COLOR][/COLOR]