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SC NPIP Requirements for Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Breeding Flocks & Hatcheries

SC NPIP Requirements for Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Breeding Flocks & Hatcheries


  • Flocks must be tested annually by a SC NPIP Authorized Testing Agent.

  • The flock, pens/housing and equipment must pass an inspection.

  • The premises will be given an Official Premises ID number with Clemson University Livestock Poultry Health.

  • Participants must do the following to maintain U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean status:

  1. The first time a flock is tested for Pullorum-Typhoid Clean status, 100% of the poultry present on the farm must be tested and supervised by a State Tester.  After that the following birds are tested during the annual test: (1) breeders and replacement breeders, (2) birds used to sit on eggs, (3) birds used to brood babies, (4) any show birds, and (5) and other birds on the farm that have contact with (beak to beak touching) with these tested birds.  Each bird tested shall be identified with an Official NPIP State numbered leg or wing band.

  2. Annual inspection of flock, bird housing, hatchery and records.

  3. New birds added to the farm (breeding or miscellaneous) must be tested Pullorum-Typhoid negative before adding to the flock if they are not coming from a U. S.