transporting my flock across country

[Joellen71]

AZ stops and does checks on every vehicle entering the state.

but I'm leaving arizona, not entering

 

[blackdog043]

AZ stops and does checks on every vehicle entering the state.

Really, every vehicle, every road going in? It must take forever to get through the state line, that's ridiculous. I'll never go there.

 

[Joellen71]

Really, every vehicle, every road going in? It must take forever to get through the state line, that's ridiculous. I'll never go there.

They have checkpoints on main roads leaving areas near the border...like I-10 leaving Tucson. But they are looking for illegals aliens and drugs...I don't know if they would care about my chickens or not...

 

[blackdog043]

oh, ok

 

[aart]

True, even dogs and cats have to have a vet certification, but it is only to show they are vaccinated for rabies, which you have to do anyway.
Unfortunately, there are very few vets here in my city that deal with chickens, so I'm feeling that they are free to charge whatever they want.

Could be...or could be a highball quote because 'they really don't want to do this job'.
They may not know how.

.....Check with your State Veterinarian and you may find that the vet you talked to is probably exaggerating the cost of the tests because he doesn't want to deal with it. Our State Veterinarian offered free Avian Flu testing when it was a big issue here.

Good advice here^^^

 

[centrarchid]

When I get animals tested for a single virus, it usually cost several hundred dollars minimum.

I would comply. These rules are as much to protect people making livelihoods from poultry.

 

[centrarchid]

Ask someone that shows poultry. A lot of people that participate in shows I go to go across several state lines for each event. I am pretty sure they are getting some sort of testing, possibly related to the NPIP that makes such transporting less problematic.

 

[jjchickmom]

Driving that far you will get pulled over at least once. My husband did when we made the big move. They also asked to search the car. He had a firearm in the car but had it secured and stored correctly. My guess is the police don't know agricultural laws. They just want to make sure drugs are not coming in.

 

[centrarchid]

Maybe we need to obey traffic laws. I drive a lot across state lines with stock but do not get stopped. Law enforcement has no way of knowing I have permits just my seeing my vehicle drive by.

 

[Joellen71]

I checked about the NPIP...it's relatively cheap, but Arizona doesn't test for avian flu, and Alabama requires it. The state vet says they don't have the manpower for the testing. So its pay a lot of money for the flu test, or hope no one questions the NPIP certification.