7 Pa. Code § 15.2 - Flock and participation

(a) Participation in the program shall be required for program bird breeding flocks within this Commonwealth.

(b) Only program birds and hatching eggs originating from breeding flocks or hatcheries participating in the program or an equivalent official pullorum-typhoid eradication program may be bought, sold, added to flocks, transported within or imported into this Commonwealth, except those to be immediately slaughtered.

(c) Participation in the program requires:

(i) Blood tests of breeding flocks.

(ii) Blood tests of other avian species kept with or near the breeding flocks as deemed necessary by the Department.

(iii) Achievement and maintenance of a pullorum-typhoid free flock status under the requirements of § § 15.21 -15.23 (relating to testing).

(d) The owner shall place his flock under the supervision and inspection of the Department in order to participate in the program and shall confine the birds to enable collection of blood samples.

(e) Both open and closed breeding flocks shall participate.

Notes

7 Pa. Code § 15.2

The provisions of this § 15.2 amended January 2, 1976, effective 1/3/1976, 6 Pa.B. 7; amended July 16, 1976, effective 7/17/1976, 6 Pa.B. 1665; amended November 18, 1977, effective 11/19/1977, 7 Pa.B. 3361.

This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 15.10 (relating to importation and intrastate transportation of program birds and their hatching eggs).