North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 52 - VETERINARY
Subchapter B - ANIMAL DISEASE
Section .0500 - POULTRY DISEASES
Section 52B .0502 - HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR POULTRY EXHIBITIONS
Universal Citation: 02 NC Admin Code 52B .0502
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Persons conducting and participating in poultry exhibitions shall comply with the following:
(1) All poultry, excluding
doves and pigeons, for exhibition in North Carolina shall originate from U.S.
pullorum-typhoid clean flocks, or have a negative pullorum-typhoid test within
90 days (30 days for out-of-state birds) of the date of exhibition. All North
Carolina owned birds must be tested by agents of the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture. For North Carolina birds and for out-of-state birds from U.S.
pullorum-typhoid clean states, these test requirements may be satisfied by a
negative test conducted by a North Carolina Department of Agriculture agent at
the time of entry. The fee for pullorum-typhoid testing at the exhibition is
ten cents ($0.10) per bird with a minimum fee of one dollar ($1.00) per
exhibitor.
(2) Poultry for
exhibition shall not have been vaccinated with a live virus vaccine within the
last 30 days preceding the exhibition.
(3) Each bird must be identified with a
"tamper-proof" band at the time of pullorum-typhoid test. A copy of the
pullorum-typhoid test chart must accompany birds to exhibition.
(4) Birds are subject to examination
(including blood test and swabs) by a representative of the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture. Birds shall not be accepted which are infected with
or showing any clinical signs of a contagious disease, or are infested with
lice or mites.
(5) Out-of-state
birds shall be admitted provided they are from an area that is not under
quarantine for an infectious disease and have a negative antigen detection test
for Avian Influenza performed within 21 days prior to presenting for
exhibition.
(6) The secretary of
each show shall furnish the representative of the State Veterinarian with a
list of names and addresses of all exhibitors at the time of the
exhibition.
(7) The secretary of
each show shall have the requirements in this Rule printed in the show catalog
or premium list.
(b) The Commissioner may, when in the public interest to prevent disease, suspend any poultry exhibition in North Carolina.
Authority
G.S.
106-540;
Eff. April 1,
1984;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2010; October 1, 1993;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. March 26,
2017.
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