Avian influenza testing in US poultry compliance is not one rule. It is a set of state-by-state duties that arrive at different moments: entry testing with a specified method and window, ongoing surveillance plans keyed to production type, exhibition evidence fields, and immediate report duties when suspicion arises. For growers moving birds, integrators sourcing from multiple states, and processors overseeing networks that cross state lines, knowing which state asks for what is the difference between a shipment that moves and a shipment that waits. Poultry Log's state catalogs record each testing and monitoring duty with its agency, authority, cadence, and official source link.
Entry Testing: Windows, Methods, and Waivers
- Mississippi - under 2 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 101, R. 12.112, unless an NPIP avian-influenza clean or equivalent monitoring-plan waiver applies, test 20 birds per flock by PCR or AGID within 7 days before shipment. Affected-area movements need prior permission, live-poultry vehicles need a signed cleaning and disinfection certificate, and egg flats must be new or cleaned and disinfected plastic.
- Texas - live poultry entering from an avian-influenza-affected state must have a negative test within 72 hours of entry and specific TAHC permission, and movers must contact TAHC before movement, under Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 161.
- Georgia - non-NPIP poultry entering Georgia generally needs negative Pullorum-Typhoid and avian-influenza testing within 21 days, under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 40-13-2-.15, with waterfowl exempt from Pullorum-Typhoid testing but not the avian-influenza rule.
- Delaware - poultry and hatching eggs entering Delaware need avian-influenza and Pullorum-Typhoid evidence plus a health certificate or NPIP VS Form 9-3, with quarantined-area movements requiring advance State Veterinarian approval, under 3 DE Admin. Code 901 section 9.0.
- Arkansas and California - entry rules that can be supplemented: Arkansas records that current emergency declarations can add avian-influenza testing, entry permit, origin, and vehicle sanitation conditions; California records that outbreak orders can add or change testing, origin, movement, and documentation requirements.
Surveillance Plans: Mississippi's Commercial Program
Mississippi carries the most detailed surveillance duty in the catalog. Under 2 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 101, R. 13.110.02, commercial poultry operations must participate in the state's avian-influenza surveillance plan for their production type: breeder qualification and quarterly sampling, commercial-layer egg sampling every 30 days from half of houses or an approved NPIP option, testing of affected broiler, pullet, and hen submissions, and the applicable commercial-broiler sampling pathway. Sampling method and frequency depend on whether the flock is breeder, layer, broiler, pullet, or hen, and whether an approved NPIP protocol or monitoring option is used. The record set captures flock and house identity, production type, sample date and time, protocol, sample type and count, collector, laboratory result, qualifying status, and corrective or Board-directed actions.
Exhibition Fields and Report Duties
Connecticut's poultry exhibition health records carry avian-influenza test date and result fields alongside Pullorum-Typhoid testing, for birds shown at public exhibitions. On the report side, the duty is immediate rather than scheduled: Georgia requires immediate telephone notice to the State Veterinarian for avian influenza, exotic Newcastle disease, or a suspicious highly infectious condition; Texas requires immediate report to TAHC for a suspected or confirmed reportable poultry disease event, including avian influenza; Delaware requires report to the Department within 24 hours for a suspected disease capable of causing a public-health emergency.
What Poultry Log Does Not Claim
Poultry Log records the testing, surveillance, and report duties its state catalogs carry, with each requirement traced to its agency, authority, and official source. It does not perform testing, run surveillance programs, or report to state agencies, and completing a checklist does not certify legal compliance. Testing requirements, waiver eligibility, and report duties come from the state program; the record layer's job is to keep the evidence complete and the deadlines visible.
Where Poultry Log Fits
Poultry Log's state catalogs carry each testing and monitoring duty with its official source link and form template, inside the same workspace as the farm's other records. The state deep-dives are covered in the Mississippi guide, the Texas guide, the Georgia guide, and the Delaware guide, with the report-duty context in the avian influenza records guide. Confirm current testing requirements with your state animal health agency before each shipment. Start free at poultrylog.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
How soon before shipment must poultry be tested for avian influenza?
It depends on the state and the flock's program status. Mississippi records 20 birds per flock tested by PCR or AGID within 7 days before shipment unless an NPIP avian-influenza clean or equivalent waiver applies; Texas records a negative test within 72 hours for entry from an affected state; Georgia records testing within 21 days for non-NPIP poultry. Poultry Log's catalogs record each state's window and method.
What is Mississippi's commercial avian influenza surveillance plan?
Under 2 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 101, R. 13.110.02, commercial operations participate by production type: breeder qualification with quarterly sampling, commercial-layer egg sampling every 30 days from half of houses or an approved NPIP option, testing of affected broiler, pullet, and hen submissions, and the applicable commercial-broiler sampling pathway, with records of samples, results, and Board-directed actions.
Does poultry software report avian influenza to state agencies?
No. Poultry Log records the testing, surveillance, and report duties its catalogs carry, with each traced to its agency and official source. It does not perform testing, run surveillance, or report to agencies; those duties stay with the farm, its veterinarian, and the state program on the timeline the rule sets.