NPIP Testing.

[deerman]

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Reason whole flocks are not test, for what they test if birds have been in the flock long. alot more than one would have it.

 

[AndysPeafowlSanctuary]

Thanks for all the information guys. Thankfully its free here in louisiana. kuntry girl she doesn't have a website but she does have an ad on craiglist.org. if you like i can you her email or her phone #. she lives right outside of Baton Rouge in Gonzales, La. She's fairly cheap on her prices compared to most people around the area. Her birds are also NPIP tested and she's listed as a breeder on the UPA Website. She has india blues, whites, midnights, white eyes, blackshoulders and green peafowl. Next summer i'll defintly have india blues, blackshoulders, silver pieds, whites and dark pieds up for sale. Welcome to the world of the pea fevah!

My java just got its first eye feather! so so excited! he only has one for now tho

 

[FarmGirl01]

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Reason whole flocks are not test, for what they test if birds have been in the flock long. alot more than one would have it.

I assumed it was because it was pouring down raining.

Your right about being altogether.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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NO NO NO,
If any come back sick with pullorum/typhoid, it's all over, they will all be destroyed. If one has it, they will eventually all get it, stopping the spread is the reason for all this, and why it is mandatory to have if you ship outside of your home state.
Yes, the testing is done on site, just a prick under the wing and a band on the leg and it's over.
Actually, here in Georgia, you have NO CHOICE, ALL have to be tested and individually banded, pretty sure, if the truth be know, it's in the books that way everywhere since this is a Federal program, some testers just let some of the rules slide. I got tested last year, and we did every stinking one of the birds here, about 400-500, all freakin day long of catching, bleeding and banding birds.

Now for the avian influenza testing, that is a blood sample sent off to a lab, as are all the other test they can do for you.
With the A.I., which I did too, it's a maximum of 30 birds, if you have 28, they do all 28, if you 500, they just do 30 from random pens, may be different in different states like the pricing, but that's what they did here.
All this only cost me, like $75 , $30 of which was for the A.I. so it's not bad

And to make yall feel better, my guy said is was one of those things (p.t. that is) that they have to test for, but no one hardly ever has. Think he said it had been 25 years since a case was found here in Georgia, so most likely, you all are fine.
But remember, it is a misdemeanor if you get caught selling out of state without it!!

 

[lorad]

Does anyone know if NPIP affects shipping hatching eggs? I'm debating the pros(its the right thing to do) and cons (limitation for purchasing, "big brother" pinpoint poulty flocks, in addition to catching every bird older than 4 months on my farm). I think the worst birds will be the guinea fowl- I need to sell or butcher at least a dozen before I test. Same with the 4 turkeys running around my husband enjoys watching...

Lora in windy, icy IL

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

you have to have it for all sales of poultry, yes eggs included, pullorum/typhoid is transmitted from mother to egg easier than bird to bird

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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turkey testing is different than other poultry, the standard blood test will not work, here in WI all turkey blood go's to a state lab for testing. guineas are easier than you might think once you get them on there backs they calm down, and are easy to test, turkey are the hard ones,you actually need to draw blood

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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turkey testing is different than other poultry, the standard blood test will not work, here in WI all turkey blood go's to a state lab for testing. guineas are easier than you might think once you get them on there backs they calm down, and are easy to test, turkey are the hard ones,you actually need to draw blood

That must be a state thing, here they are tested the same as all other poultry, a blood antigen test will show pullorum in any bird on the spot, turkeys included.
Now, turkeys do require a lot more testing is many states. A lot of them require MG and AI test to be done to legally be sent into these states, now yes, these test do have to be sent off to the lab.

I have bantams, wild turkeys, domestic turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, and waterfowl, all are pullorum/typhoid tested on the spot here in Georgia

 

[chickenzoo]

Here in Fl it is free. If you have any known ill birds ( losing weight for no reason etc...) they will test them and make a note to test more things on those samples. They told me you would know if you had Typhoid or Pullorium , as you would have dead birds dropping all over, so don't let that scare you. In FL, they take one bird from each pen and test if you have a lot of birds. They were mostly interested in just the chickens. I guess it varies from state to state depending on what they are concerned about.....

 

[deerman]

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turkey testing is different than other poultry, the standard blood test will not work, here in WI all turkey blood go's to a state lab for testing. guineas are easier than you might think once you get them on there backs they calm down, and are easy to test, turkey are the hard ones,you actually need to draw blood

That must be a state thing, here they are tested the same as all other poultry, a blood antigen test will show pullorum in any bird on the spot, turkeys included.
Now, turkeys do require a lot more testing is many states. A lot of them require MG and AI test to be done to legally be sent into these states, now yes, these test do have to be sent off to the lab.

I have bantams, wild turkeys, domestic turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, and waterfowl, all are pullorum/typhoid tested on the spot here in Georgia

Yes same here in Ohio , just like all poultry.....may be different from State to State.