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NPIP Logo National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) AI Image Avian Influenza
A threat to U.S. Poultry

 

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Raising chickens, turkeys, and other types of poultry--whether done for profit or pleasure--entails undertaking the serious responsibility of disease prevention. Probably the greatest single factor which limited the early expansion of the U.S. poultry industry was the disease known as Bacillary White Diarrhea (BWD), caused by Salmonella pullorum. This disease, later called pullorum disease, was rampant in poultry and could cause upwards of 80 percent mortality in baby poultry. Poultrymen recognized the problem, but were unable to manage it until the causative organism was discovered by Dr. Leo Rettger in 1899 and a diagnostic blood test was developed by Dr. F.S. Jones in 1913.

Following is a list of slaughter plants participating in the National Poultry Improvement Plan's H5/H7 Avian Influenza Monitored program authorized to export to specific countries.

NPIP, USDA, Mission, Objective, Administration, Disease Programs and Laboratory Protocol Presentation

Preregistration for the 39th Bilennial Conference South Portland, Maine, June 5-7, 2008 (pdf 25kb)

NPIP Approved Rapid Assays for Salmonella

  1. Rapid Chek©SelectTMSalmonella Test Kit - Strategic Diagnostics, Inc., Newark, DE 19713
  2. WarnexTMRapid Pathogen Detection System for Salmonella spp. - Warnex Diagnostics, Inc., Laval, QC ( Canada) H7L4S3
  3. DuPont Qualicon BAX Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - based assay for Salmonella - DuPont Qualicon, Wilmington, DE 19810
  4. IDEXX Laboratories Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - based assay for Salmonella - Westbrook, ME 04092

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Approved Laboratories (pdf 62kb)

Product Codes (pdf 50kb)

Official State Agencies of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (pdf 22kb)

How to Become a Participant in the National Poultry Improvement Plan

 

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Last Modified: December 19, 2008