Showing and pullorum testing...ack

[robin416]

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Hi! Just wondering if you have the contact numbers for Middle TN. for who I'd call for testing or know where I could find them? Thanks!

If you look up TN State Ag they will have a listing for the State Vet. Call that number listed, she will give you the name and number for the tester in your area. Who knows, it might be the same I guy that does mine. I know he covers a large area.

 

[Brown Chicka Brown Cow]

Thanks robin416!!!!! Very much appreciated!!!

 

[destiny_56085]

Up here in MN, its a bit different again. I have a brother and my mom that are both certified testors. You pay $80 to take the course and sit through an all day seminar with the state vets. Then one of the district vets actually comes to your farm and watches you actually test a certain percentage of the birds. The antigen and supplies are provided for free. You just have to stock up int he fall because it will freeze enroute otherwise. It is up to the individual testors what they want to charge. If its people we know, we usually have them meet us somewhere and do it for free. If its someone we have no idea on and they live 40-60 miles away, its either $0.50 a bird or enough to cover gas if its only a few birds. The people at the swaps charge anywhere from $0.50-2.00 per bird and it depends if they have to supply the bands too.

Testing on turkeys for MG/MS is a bit different. Its not done on the platelet. You have to draw a 10 ml vial of blood on each bird and send it in. You first get the paperwork back on them about 10 days later. If you do it in the winter and the vials even partially freeze enroute, you will get false positives showing up.

Now for an exhibitor's requirement on paperwork up here.... What the state wants and what is actually in writing so far are 2 different things. The state wants ALL birds to be tested within 90 days of the show/swap/etc even if they are NPIP. Technically in the rules, it says in-state waterfowl are exempt from testing for exhibition purposes. It also states that if they are from an NPIP source, they can just get by with that documentation too. Now if you are coming in from out of state for a show, you have to follow the import laws first of all. This applies to waterfowl as well. All adult birds have to have PT testing within 30 days and a current CVI- certificate of veterinary inspection. Hatching eggs and chicks need a permit from the state to be shipped in.

 

[chickendales]

im michigan u plate test turkeys too

 

[chickendales]

ive been to shows where they never even looked at my papers

 

[chickendales]

the hole piont of NPIP closed folck is so u dont have test every 90 day to show

 

[destiny_56085]

I have too.... Last couple years, they have really been cracking down at shows/swaps. I ship alot of birds and have to know the regulations for each state there as well. I also helped a show secretary the last few years and the state vets were on us like crazy. If we didn't have the paperwork in hand on each bird, we couldn't have the show. Had to have a vet present at the show and the state vet showed up to check paperwork just before judging started. They blame it on the recent salmonella outbreak in IA, the Newcastle outbreak up here in MN, AI in some turkey barns, etc. Not much we can do but comply if we want to continue with our shows. Our swaps this spring also now need a written permit from the state to be held. No more gatherings at feed store parking lots and stuff like that allowed.

 

[destiny_56085]

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You plate test for pullorum-typhoid. You swab their throats for avian influenza. The mycoplasma synoviae and mycoplasma galliseptum tests are blood tests where vials have to be drawn though. Turkeys have to be MS/MG tested.....

 

[chickendales]

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You plate test for pullorum-typhoid. You swab their throats for avian influenza. The mycoplasma synoviae and mycoplasma galliseptum tests are blood tests where vials have to be drawn though. Turkeys have to be MS/MG tested.....

the only test required for michigan is plate test for pollorum

 

[chickendales]

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and the last show i went to said to u have your pollorum papers and i said here they are and they never looked at them or took a copy