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Somethings not right there. This program is run by the usda, they HAVE to come out and test you, im pretty sure they cant refuse. Usually states have several different testers. Mine tests a couple different counties. I would send another email to them. You need to make it clear that you want to be in the program, NPIP. I would send an email to your state contact.
Dr. Nan Hanshaw, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Health & Diagnostic Services,
2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg 17110-9408. Phone: (717)783-8555 Ext. 212, FAX: (717)787-1868
E-mail: [email protected].
In some states its next to impossible to get tested or is so cost prohibitive that its still unavailable. I'm trying to remember who it was that said the cost would run in to the hundreds. With budget cuts states that don't have poultry as a big industry are more than likely cutting back in the NPIP area.
All I do is call the cell number of the woman that does my area and she makes an appt for when she's gonna be in my area. I'm getting retested August 31st since i'm due in October. They test a certain number of your birds, not all of them, and it's free unless you want the paperwork that goes along with it and of course I would and it's only $25.
Maybe it's because we have all these Tyson barns around here, I don't know. I was told a few years ago there was a sickness and they had to drive around all over and test all the places they found that had chickens and dispose of the sick ones. Thats alot of work because there are alot of country homes in the back woods around here with farm animals that aren't registered.
Somethings not right there. This program is run by the usda, they HAVE to come out and test you, im pretty sure they cant refuse. Usually states have several different testers. Mine tests a couple different counties. I would send another email to them. You need to make it clear that you want to be in the program, NPIP. I would send an email to your state contact.
Dr. Nan Hanshaw, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Health & Diagnostic Services,
2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg 17110-9408. Phone: (717)783-8555 Ext. 212, FAX: (717)787-1868
E-mail: [email protected].
In some states its next to impossible to get tested or is so cost prohibitive that its still unavailable. I'm trying to remember who it was that said the cost would run in to the hundreds. With budget cuts states that don't have poultry as a big industry are more than likely cutting back in the NPIP area.
All I do is call the cell number of the woman that does my area and she makes an appt for when she's gonna be in my area. I'm getting retested August 31st since i'm due in October. They test a certain number of your birds, not all of them, and it's free unless you want the paperwork that goes along with it and of course I would and it's only $25.
Maybe it's because we have all these Tyson barns around here, I don't know. I was told a few years ago there was a sickness and they had to drive around all over and test all the places they found that had chickens and dispose of the sick ones. Thats alot of work because there are alot of country homes in the back woods around here with farm animals that aren't registered.
