Poultry and Hatching Eggs

1. "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.
   
   
2. All poultry and hatching poultry eggs imported into Michigan shall be accompanied by one of the following:
   1. Official interstate health certificate.
   2. Official certificate of veterinary inspection.
   3. "Report of Sales of Hatching Eggs, Chicks, and Poults" (VS form 9-3) for participants in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
   4. Owner-shipper statement or sales invoice if consigned directly to slaughter.
   5. "Permit for Movement of Restricted Animals" (VS form 1-27), if prior approval is granted by the Director.
      
      
3. 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:
   1. 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.
   2. 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.
      
      
4. 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.