NPIP Certification Friday 11am

[Indiana hens]

 

[sara]

Good for you

 

[DawnSuiter]

Thank you thank you!

 

[Promiselandfarm]

now you can legally sell your birds and eggs something some don't think about...what is your number? have you gotten your neat card yet? I think the card that you get is really great much better than a piece of paper.

 

[DawnSuiter]

I don't know what my number is...

There is a "report number" on the sheet I have for now, perhaps thats my number?? Well.. he said he'll send the paperwork tomorrow and it could take up to a month to get the card.

 

[ItsSuzzie]

I had been told that it costs over $300 to get certified in California. I wrote to the Calif. Dept. of Food and Agriculture. I got a response and now I am contacting the Calif. Poultry Health Board for further information.

Here is what I discovered.
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Dear Suzzie

Thank you for your inquiry regarding certification of your poultry flock by the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP). This program originated in the 1930's and was originally designed to reduce the prevalence of mycoplasma disease in poultry. Since its inception the NPIP has expanded to include other diseases the reduction of which benefits not only poultry producers but also contributes to improved public health as well.

Animal Health Branch staff of the Department of Food & Agriculture conduct the annual inspections of NPIP particpant flocks. Testing is conducted in California by the California Animal Health & Food Safety Services Laboratory (CAHFSS). The NPIP program is administered by the California Poultry Federation (CPF) located in Modesto. You might want to contact CPF for further information and details regarding certification. Costs include the CAHFSS lab fees plus NPIP membership fee. The number of tests depends on what program one wants to qualify for.

The contact person at CPF for the NPIP is Monica DelaMajorie, telephone number 209-576-6355. The CPF website also may be helpful to you: www.cpif.org
email to: [email protected]

Additional information regarding the NPIP and how to become certified may be obtained from the USDA website: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/

If you have questions or if we may be of further assistance to you, please feel free to contact us directly.


Larry J. Allen, DVM MPVM PhD ACVPM
Staff Veterinarian
California Dept of Food & Agriculture
1220 N Street, A-107
Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916 651 1199
FAX: 916 653 2215

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The California Poultry Health Board (CPHB) is the official state agency which administers the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP).
The NPIP is a state, federal and industry cooperative program that began in the 1930s to coordinate state efforts aimed at eliminating certain diseases from poultry breeding flocks and hatcheries. Since the program’s inception, the NPIP has added provisions and changed programs to meet the needs of the poultry industry. The provisions of the Plan, developed jointly by industry members and state and federal officials, establish testing standards and protocols used to monitor and control diseases spread through the reproduction process.
The CPHB certifies chicken, turkey and game bird flocks to be free of certain poultry diseases.
Flocks are tested under NPIP provisions at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratories located throughout the state.
Being a member of NPIP allows for the safe movement of hatching eggs and live birds within the state, across state lines, and into other countries. This voluntary program protects both the consumer and the industry
NPIP participants are classified under the following categories:
Subpart B: Egg-Type Chicken
Subpart C: Meat-Type Chicken
Subpart D: Turkey
Subpart E: Waterfowl, Exhibition Poultry, and Game Bird Breeding Flocks

NPIP Programs disease control programs:
• Pullorum-Typhoid Clean
• Mycoplasma gallisepticum Clean
• Mycoplasma synoviae Clean
• Mycoplasma meleagridis Clean
• Avian Influenza Clean
• Salmonella enteritidis Clean
• Mycoplasma gallisepticum Monitored
• Mycoplasma synoviae Monitored
• Salmonella Monitored
• Sanitation Monitored

The California Poultry Health Board also manages the recently approved H5/H7 Low Path Avian Influenza Control Program for commercial table-egg layers, broilers and turkeys. The Program provides for the payment of indemnity for costs associated with eradication of the H5/H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian influenza in poultry. The H5/H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian influenza can mutate into highly pathogenic avian influenza, a disease that can have serious economic and public health consequences.
This combination of a control program and indemnity provisions is necessary to help ensure that the H5/H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian influenza are detected and eradicated when they occur within the United States.

For more information or questions on the NPIP program, please contact Monica Della Maggiore at 209-576-6355.
Additional Information
California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory (CAHFS)
NPIP

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So it leaves me thinking....OMG!
We will see how this other person, Monica, responds to me. Modesto is located in Northern California, I live in Southern California.

 

[happyheart]

Wow that is something how states vary my testing is free and he is coming thursday morning.
He told me if I didnt have them tested for the Avian Bird Flu along with the Pollorum then there would have been a fee, but since I agreed it is free.

 

[ItsSuzzie]

Congradulations on the testing and passing!!

Wear your NPIP certification proud!

 

[jenjscott]

I thought Having your flock tested and being certified were two different things. I guess I'll find out, I'm going to a testing class in april to be a private tester. I'll find out then what the scoop is in Arkansas.

 

[DawnSuiter]

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I think it is... the way I understood it was that I could have my birds tested quarterly.. for shows or whatever reason I had.. selling eggs etc
or I can have them tested annually and participate in the NPIP, be a card carying member of sorts.

I'm not sure why anyone would do it the other way... but some do apparently.

As a NPIP participant I did have to agree to some basic conditions... like keeping my poultry breeding stock seperate from other poultry and I "shouldn't" take in any birds from an NON NPIP flock owners, should avoid poultry shows and swap meets... and should I go to take extra precautions... and so on.

My friend Don is a private tester... he has the same guy do his that did mine because "it's easier this way AND cheaper too. Plus it's better to have the card when you go to shows"