Don't take my information to the book as I'm not in your state but you should have similar rules and guidelines as we do here in Virginia but less stringent due to our Avian "issues" the past few years. The documents cv posted are nearly identical. I think you may have the conception that you must submit your flock for testing and they will be killed for this test (if I'm understanding your post correctly). What I do for NPIP testing here at my place and when I travel to other farms for testing their flock I do a simple blood test under the right wing. The birds are then banded and released back into the flock. For Avian Testing you must have that done in the lab. For that here we can submit a series of eggs without having to test the bird itself. Try finding an NPIP tester for your area and have them come out and test the birds for you. Like I said I may be off the path entirely here.
Larry
Hey Larry,
I am in full agreement with you on the AI testing which is on a 90 day cycle being either a throat swab or vent swab, on 30 birds and then sent to the state lab, this year WV will accept the egg testing.
What I want to know from
you is, since you do N.P.I.P. testing on other locations, with a simple blood test under the right wing, do you test the
whole flock, or a percentage? Here in WV, if I have 2000 birds, they want to bleed all 2000 birds.
Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm