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| Poultry and Hatching Eggs |
- “Poultry”
means, but is not limited to, chickens, guinea fowl, turkeys, waterfowl, pigeons,
doves, peafowl, and game birds that are propagated and maintained under the
husbandry of humans.
- All poultry and hatching
poultry eggs imported into Michigan shall be accompanied by one of the following:
- Official interstate
health certificate.
- Official certificate
of veterinary inspection.
- “Report of
Sales of Hatching Eggs, Chicks, and Poults” (VS form 9-3) for participants
in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
- Owner-shipper statement
or sales invoice if consigned directly to slaughter.
- “Permit for
Movement of Restricted Animals” (VS form 1-27), if prior approval
is granted by the Director.
- All poultry imported
into Michigan, except those consigned directly to a state or federally inspected
slaughter facility or to a livestock auction market for sale as slaughter
poultry, shall meet one or both of the following requirements:
- Originate directly
from an U.S. Salmonella pullorum-typhoid clean flock as defined
in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and all amendments to that
publication thereafter adopted pursuant to rules that the Director may
promulgate.
- Have a negative
official test for Salmonella pullorum-typhoid within 90 days prior
to importation and remain segregated from all poultry of unknown or positive
Salmonella pullorum-typhoid test status.
- Poultry vaccinated for
infectious laryngotracheitis shall not be imported into this state unless
permission from the Director is granted. Any restrictions placed by the Director
on the import of the poultry shall be followed.
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