7 Pa. Code § 3.116. Commercial, backyard or exhibition types of poultry, water and game fowl and their hatching eggs.

§ 3.116. Commercial, backyard or exhibition types of poultry, water and game fowl and their hatching eggs.

(a)  Imports shall be only from flocks classified or rated as Pullorum-Typhoid Clean or Free by either their state of origin, the National Poultry Improvement Plan or the Commonwealth under Chapter 15 (relating to control and eradication of pullorum disease).
(b)  The annual pullorum blood test requirements for water fowl such as ducks and geese, game fowl such as pheasants, quail, guinea fowl and the hatching eggs of water and game fowl, may be waived on written request to the Department if they originate from geographical regions, flocks and hatcheries with a history of freedom from pullorum disease and fowl typhoid.

Source

   The provisions of this §  3.116 adopted April 11, 1975, effective April 12, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 895; amended January 27, 1978, effective January 28, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 246; amended March 10, 1978, effective March 11, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 715; amended August 16, 1991, effective August 17, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 3688. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (144180) to (144181).

Cross References

   This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §  5.81 (relating to entry of poultry into this Commonwealth).

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