How do I become NPIP certified?

[333113]

... If you believe having NPIP status will allow you to charge more and help you sell more - well I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen sorry to say.

Now for interstate sales what your state requires for their NPIP program doesn't mean squat to the state the buyer lives in. The seller must meet the poultry health requirements for the state the buyer lives in. Some states require simply NPIP to the P/T level, other states require that plus AI testing while still others require NPIP to include P/T and AI level plus veterinarian health certificates for each bird. Each state has different requirements for poultry coming into the state. What your state requires for NPIP may or may not be acceptable to the state the buyer lives in.

I agree with both statements. NPIP certification won't necessarily bring higher prices, but sometimes for a buyer who already has flock certification it may make your birds or hatching eggs more attractive than non-certified birds or eggs. And definitely the buyer state rules apply.
I would add that a state will occasionally declare an emergency and toughen up their requirements or restrict poultry movement altogether, as is happening now in some California counties with the Newcastle outbreak. It's important to know what is going on on both sides of the transaction. You probably don't want to send your birds to a possible bird death/disease zone, even if you get paid for it.

Many poultry buyers know nothing about poultry diseases or NPIP, so they don't put any value on certification. They don't realize that NPIP tests only for pullorum, and the AI free is only testing for avian influenza. Neither test will reveal other diseases like Newcastle.

 

[Fairview01]

I agree with both statements. NPIP certification won't necessarily bring higher prices, but sometimes for a buyer who already has flock certification it may make your birds or hatching eggs more attractive than non-certified birds or eggs. And definitely the buyer state rules apply.
I would add that a state will occasionally declare an emergency and toughen up their requirements or restrict poultry movement altogether, as is happening now in some California counties with the Newcastle outbreak. It's important to know what is going on on both sides of the transaction. You probably don't want to send your birds to a possible bird death/disease zone, even if you get paid for it.

Many poultry buyers know nothing about poultry diseases or NPIP, so they don't put any value on certification. They don't realize that NPIP tests only for pullorum, and the AI free is only testing for avian influenza. Neither test will reveal other diseases like Newcastle.

I compare P/T testing to the old school blue laws of yesteryear despite I am a Texas certified tester. P/T unlike AI is considered a vertically transmitted poultry disease. Hen to chick via the egg. Very rare to have an entire flock infected from. In the event of a confirmed positive there is no requirement to destroy the entire flock in Texas. The flock owner must have 100% testing and any additional positives will be destroyed. The flock is then put on an accelerated test schedule and after that is over if there are no more positives the flock is certified as P/T negative.

 

[Cyprus]

Does anybody know if I can legally sell my birds if I individually test each bird? Even if I'm not a tested flock.

 

[Cyprus]

Turns out, all of my live birds are from tested flocks. So I'm good to go as soon as I get all those papers in.


For "number of breeders" is that only applicable to adult birds at the time of application, or are chicks in the count?

 

[Cyprus]

Well, I emailed the WI office for NPIP. Guess I'll find out what goes into that.