La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXI-1103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXI-1103 - Slaughter and Testing of Poultry of Questionable Health (Formerly section 705)

A. Poultry of questionable health in the opinion of an authorized agent of the Board of Animal Health that are consigned to a recognized slaughter establishment within Louisiana will be quarantined and the entire shipment reconsigned to a slaughter establishment maintaining federal inspection for wholesomeness, or returned to the place of origin.

B. All hatcheries and hatchery supply flocks within the state must be qualified as U.S. pullorum/typhoid clean or have met equivalent requirements for pullorum/typhoid control under official state supervision. If other domesticated fowl, with the exception of waterfowl, are maintained on the same premises as the participating flock, freedom from pullorum/typhoid infection shall be demonstrated by an official blood test of each of these fowl.

C. All flocks which test positive for Salmonella pullorum or Salmonella galinarum shall be followed by an investigation by the official state agency to determine the origin of the infection.

D. All flocks found to test positive for pullorum or typhoid shall be quarantined until marketed or destroyed under the supervision of the official state agency or until subsequently blood tested at intervals of at least 21 days and until two consecutive negatives tests are obtained.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXI-1103

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock Sanitary Board, LR 11:244 (March 1985), amended LR 11:615 (June 1985), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Livestock Sanitary Board, LR 15:812 (October 1989), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and the Board of Animal Health, LR 40:968 (May 2014), Amended LR 431278 (7/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2093.