7 Pa. Code § 15.4. Official bacteriological monitoring program.

§ 15.4. Official bacteriological monitoring program.

The Bureau may allow the official bacteriological monitoring program for maintenance of pullorum-typhoid free flock status. The official monitoring program shall consist of:
   (1)  Monitoring of hatching eggs and their environment for salmonella pullorum and salmonella gallinarum by Bureau-approved bacteriological sampling tests.
   (2)  Blood tests of the breeding flock as specified in §  15.21 (relating to testing requirements for pullorum-typhoid free flock status), as related to numbers, percentages, and species tested.
   (3)  Prompt reporting of abnormal hatching egg fertility, hatchability or abnormal mortality in chicks or other baby fowl.
   (4)  Compliance with §  15.9 (relating to records of movement and reports of official tests).

Source

   The provisions of this §  15.4 amended January 2, 1976, effective January 3, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 7; reserved November 18, 1977, effective November 19, 1977, 7 Pa.B. 3361; amended September 7, 1979, effective September 8, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 2999. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (38140).

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