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National Poultry Improvement Plan |
Introduction to the
National Poultry Improvement Plan
The Indiana State Poultry Association serves as Indiana’s
official state agency for the National Poultry
Improvement Plan (NPIP), a USDA program directed at the control and elimination of
poultry diseases that can be transmitted through the reproductive process.
Raising chickens, turkeys and other types of poultry--whether done for profit or pleasure--entails undertaking the serious responsibility of disease prevention. NPIP’s objective is to provide a cooperative Industry-State-Federal program through which new technology can be effectively applied to the improvement of poultry and poultry products throughout the country. The provisions of the Plan, developed jointly by industry members and State and Federal Officials, establish testing standards and protocols used to monitor and control diseases disseminated through the reproduction process.
Exhibition of Birds in the State of Indiana
Part of the NPIP program regulates birds exhibited in the state of Indiana. In order to exhibit in Indiana, the birds must come from an NPIP-certified Pullorum-Typhoid clean flock within one year of exhibition or have had a negative Pullorum-Typhoid test within ninety (90) days prior to exhibition.
Pullorum-Typhoid blood testing can be completed by sending a two (2) ml sample of blood serum from each bird to an NPIP-approved laboratory, such as Purdue University’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratories in West Lafayette and Dubois, Indiana. http://www.addl.purdue.edu/ Your local veterinarian may draw the blood.
Another alternative is to become an NPIP-certified blood tester. This can be accomplished by participating in and successfully completing an NPIP Blood Testing school conducted by the Indiana State Poultry Association. Two schools are held in the spring: one at Purdue University, West Lafayette, and the other at Purdue SIPAC, Dubois, Indiana. NPIP Blood Testing School Certification lasts for three years.
To add your name to the Blood Testing School mailing list, please call the office (765-494-8517) or mail this form to our office.Pullorum-Typhoid Antigen
Veterinary/Poultry Supply, Inc.
Attn: Thad Stuteville
120 S. Greene Road
PO Box 458
Goshen, IN 46527-0458
Phone: 800-624-2061 or 574-534-2626
Antigen will be sold in 1,000 ml bottles (1,000 tests). Customers can call Veterinary/Poultry Supply’s office for pricing information. All antigen will be shipped from their main warehouse location in Goshen.
To avoid possible antigen shortages, it would be helpful to order and pay by check early in the blood testing season. Veterinary/Poultry Supply will give priority to prepaid orders.
NPIP Exhibition Participation
The following documents will give you more information on Indiana’s National Improvement Plan. If you are interested in becoming an Exhibition NPIP participant, please return the participation sheet with your remittance. At that time, we will provide you with information on having your flock tested for Pullorum-Typhoid. Once you have met the testing and participation requirements, our office will contact the federal NPIP office for your NPIP participation number.
· Indiana NPIP Explanation and History
· Exhibition Participation Fees (Get this in Word Format)
· Indiana Requirements for Participation in NPIP
· Indiana NPIP Requirements for Poultry Exhibition
If you are interested in our Commercial NPIP program, please contact our office at 765-494-8517.
Indiana County Fair and/or Poultry Exhibitor Forms
· Poultry Exhibitor Form (This document is presented to the County Fair Poultry Superintendent or other assigned representative.) (Get this form in another format)
· County Fair Poultry Superintendent’s Report (This form is mailed to the ISPA office within 7 days of the fair or exhibition.) (Get this form in another format)