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Updated:10/23/2009

National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)

For more information email the Avian Health Program
or call 1-800-606-3056

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Two baby emu.

Photo by Shannon DePew
The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a national program in collaboration with state and federal departments of agriculture and industry representatives. The main objective of this program is to use new diagnostic technology to effectively improve poultry and poultry products throughout the United States. Throughout this work, NPIP provides certification that poultry and poultry products destined for interstate and international shipments are disease free.
NPIP certifies that producers are free from the following diseases:

Washington's NPIP program only tests for Pullorum-Typhoid (P-T) and Avian Influenza (AI).

Washington Contacts for NPIP:
Lyndon Badcoe, Avian Health Program Veterinarian:
(360)725-5763 or lbadcoe@agr.wa.gov

Federal Contacts for NPIP:
National Poultry Improvement Plan Staff
USDA APHIS-VS
1498 Klondike
Road, Suite 101
Conyers, GA 30094
Phone:(770) 922-3496

Andrew Rhorer, Director
Dr.Charles Steve Roney, Veterinary Director
Marlene Busick, Veterinary Program Specialist
Penny Kesler, Veterinary Program Specialist
Harold Perks, Veterinary Program Assistant

NPIP Provisions From the Code of Federal Regulations
[all links below are external]
145-National Poultry Improvement Plan for Breeding Poultry
Subpart A-General Provisions

Subpart B- Special Provisions for Multiplier Egg-Type Chicken Breeding Flocks and products

Subpart C- Special Provisions for Multiplier Meat-Type Chicken Breeding Flocks and products

Subpart D- Special Provisions for Turkey Breeding Flocks and Products

Subpart E- Special Provisions for Waterfowl, Exhibition Poultry, and Game Bird Breeding Flocks and Products

Subpart F-Special Provisions for Ostrich, Emu, Rhea, and Cassowary Breeding Flocks and Products

Subpart G- Special Provisions for Primary Egg-Type Chicken Breeding Flocks and Products

Subpart H- Special Provisions for Primary Meat-Type Chicken Breeding Flocks and Products

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146-National Poultry Improvement Plan for Commercial Poultry
Subpart A-General Provisions

Subpart B- Special Provisions for Commercial Table-Egg Layer Flocks

Subpart C- Special Provisions for Commercial Meat-Type Chicken Slaughter Plants

Subpart D- Special Provisions for Commercial Meat-Type Turkey Slaughter Plants