Rule 507-3-.02. Reporting, Culling and Testing

1. (1) A flock-selecting and pullorum-testing report of every official test shall be forwarded to the state inspector within 7 days from the date that the test is made.
2. (2) All reactors to a pullorum-typhoid test shall be removed from the farm or disposed of to the satisfaction of the state inspector, within seven (7) days from notification of results of the test, unless disposal of the birds is delayed for bacteriological examination. If bacteriological examination demonstrates positive pullorum-typhoid infection, all reactors must be disposed of promptly as herein provided.
3. (3) The minimum charge for plate testing and selecting shall be 3 1/2 cents per bird excluding cost of leg bands. Leg bands must be secured from the official state agency through hatcheries or dealer.

(4) Fees and Charges for the following blood tests are:    Georgia Flocks* Sample Collected By Out-of-State* Sample Collected By    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    OSA** Other OSA** Other (a) Pullorum-Typhoid 0 3¢ 12¢ 5¢ (b) Typhimurium 0 3¢ 12¢ 10¢ (a) & (b) using sample 3¢ 6¢ 15¢ 10¢ (c) M. Gallisepticum 2¢ 4¢ 16¢ 6¢ (c) using same sample as (a) 4¢ 7¢ 18¢ 11¢ (c) using same sample as (b) 4¢ 7¢ 18¢ 11¢ (c) using same as (a) & (b) 7¢ 10¢ 21¢ 16¢ *Georgia flocks are flocks located in the State or flocks owned by Georgia based firms and located within 500 miles of Oakwood, Georgia. Out-of-state flocks are flocks not owned by Georgia based firms and located outside the State but within 500 miles of Oakwood, Georgia. Charges for flocks located beyond the 500 mile limit will be determined on an individual basis but shall not be less than the charges established for flocks within the 500 mile limit. **Charges for blood collecting by Official State Agency personnel (OSA) are $7.50 per man/hour for bleeders and banders for all time between arrival at and departure from the farm. Sample collection includes delivery of the samples of the laboratory in Oakwood, Georgia.

1. (5) Birds may be transferred to a new owner without loss of pullorum-typhoid classification, provided that all requirements for approval are complied with.
2. (6) When it has been determined that Salmonella Pullorum or Fowl Typhoid exists in a breeder flock currently producing hatching eggs, the flock shall be retested at intervals of not less than 21 days from date of last test until two negative tests are obtained. In the interim, no eggs shall be used from the flock in question for hatching purposes.
3. (7) The tube agglutination test shall be required for all pullorum-typhoid testing of turkeys.

Authority: Georgia Laws 1946, pp. 147, 150. Effective April 20, 1970.

History. Original Rule was filed on June 30, 1965.

Amended: Rules 507-3-.02(3) through (8) repealed and new Rules 507-3-.02(3) through (7) adopted. Filed April 1, 1970; effective April 20, 1970.