Section 10.42. Poultry imports.

 

(1)   Import requirements. Except as provided in sub. (2) :

(a) No live poultry, poultry eggs for hatching, farm-raised game birds or farm-raised game bird eggs for hatching may be imported to this state unless the live birds or eggs are accompanied by a federal bureau form VS 9-3 or a valid certificate of veterinary inspection that certifies at least one of the following:

1. They originate from flocks that are enrolled in the national poultry improvement plan, or a plan that the department determines to be equivalent.

2. They originate from flocks that are classified as "U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean" and, in the case of turkeys and turkey eggs, "Mycoplasma gallisepticum clean" under the national poultry improvement plan or a plan that the department determines to be equivalent.

3. All individual test-eligible birds have tested negative for pullorum, fowl typhoid, and, in the case of turkeys, Mycoplasma gallisepticum within 90 days prior to import. Tested birds shall bear official individual identification, and there shall be no change of ownership between the test sampling date and the import date.

(b) Turkey poults may not be imported from hatcheries that hatch eggs other than turkey eggs. Started poultry, other than turkey poults, may not be imported from hatcheries that hatch turkey eggs. Hatcheries shall comply with sanitation practices prescribed by the state of origin.

(2)   Exemption. Subsection (1) does not apply to poultry or farm-raised game birds that are imported directly to a slaughtering establishment for immediate slaughter.

CR 06-009 : cr. Register September 2006 No. 609 , eff. 10-1-06; CR 07-107 : r. and recr. (1) (a) Register November 2008 No. 635 , eff. 12-1-08; CR 11-048 : am. (1) (a) Register July 2012 No. 679 , eff. 8-1-12.