Code of Massachusetts Regulations
330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
Title 330 CMR 5.00 - Poultry
Section 5.02 - Pullorum-typhoid
Universal Citation: 330 MA Code of Regs 330.5
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Requirement. No Person shall buy, sell or transport within or import into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hatching eggs or live Poultry unless:
(a) documentation accompanies the hatching
eggs showing they are the produce of flocks which meet the minimum requirements
for "Pullorum-typhoid Passed" or "Pullorum-typhoid Clean";
(b) documentation accompanies the live
Poultry showing they meet or are the first generation of progeny of flocks
which meet, the minimum requirements for "Pullorum-typhoid Passed" or
"Pullorum-typhoid Clean";
(c) the
poultry is bought, sold, transported or imported for immediate slaughter;
or
(d) the poultry is transported
or imported for exhibition purposes subject to a permit granted by the
Department.
(2) Minimum Requirements. The Department establishes the following minimum standards for "Pullorum-typhoid Clean" or "Pullorum-typhoid Passed" flocks:
(a)
Massachusetts
Pullorum-typhoid Clean
1.
Breeding or exhibition flocks over four months of age are 100% tested and found
to be free of Pullorum-typhoid disease for two or more tests not less than six
months apart.
2. Breeding stock are
free from Pullorum-typhoid disease for two or more years.
3. Hatching eggs are produced only from
Massachusetts Pullorum-typhoid Clean breeding stock.
4. Baby Chicks are produced from
Massachusetts Pullorum-typhoid Clean hatching eggs only and are normal and
vigorous.
5. Flocks which have
qualified for one year under the Massachusetts Pullorum-typhoid Passed
requirement and are primary breeding flocks located in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, a sample of 300 birds from flocks of 300 or more will qualify as
an official test for Pollorum-typhoid Clean.
(b)
Massachusetts
Pullorum-typhoid Passed
1. Flocks
over four months of age are 100% tested and found to be free of
Pullorum-typhoid disease for one test.
2. Breeding stock is free from
Pullorum-typhoid disease for one year.
3. Hatching eggs are produced from
Massachusetts Pullorum-typhoid Passed and Massachusetts Pullorum-typhoid Clean
breeding stock only.
4. Baby Chicks
are produced from Massachusetts Pullorum-typhoid Passed or Massachusetts
Pullorum-typhoid Clean hatching eggs only and are normal and
vigorous.
(3) Additional Requirements
(a) All testing to determine whether a Flock
meets the standard established in 330 CMR 5.02(2)(a) or (b) shall be done by
the Department.
(b) To maintain the
standing as Pullorum-typhoid Clean or Pullorum-typhoid Passed, all flocks must
be retested annually.
(c) Custom
Hatching is not permitted unless all eggs are supplied by Pullorum-typhoid
disease free flocks.
(4) Certificates. The Department may issue a certificate to any Person whose Flock meets the standards established in 330 CMR 5.02(2)(a) or (b).
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