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National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) |  |
Avian Influenza A threat to U.S. Poultry |
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The National Poultry Improvement Plan was established in the early 1930's to provide a cooperative industry, state, and federal program through which new diagnostic technology can be effectively applied to the improvement of poultry and poultry products throughout the country. The development of the NPIP was initiated to eliminate Pullorum Disease caused by Salmonella pullorum which was rampant in poultry and could cause upwards of 80% mortality in baby poultry. The program was later extended and refined to include testing and monitoring for Salmonella typhoid, Salmonella enteritidis, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae, Mycoplasma meleagridis, and Avian Influenza. In addition, the NPIP currently includes commercial poultry, turkeys, waterfowl, exhibition poultry, backyard poultry, and game birds. The technical and management provisions of the NPIP have been developed jointly by Industry members and State and Federal officials. These criteria have established standards for the evaluation of poultry with respect to freedom from NPIP diseases.
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 Approved Slaughter Plants (pdf 45kb)
- Shell Egg Layer Flocks / Plants Approved for Export (pdf 16kb)
41st Biennial Conference-Registration Form & Meeting Schedule
2013 NPIP Official State Agency Meeting-Registration and Meeting ScheduleNPIP Approved Rapid Assays for Salmonella
- Rapid Chek© Select TM Salmonella Test Kit - Strategic Diagnostics, Inc., Newark, DE 19713
- ADIAFOOD Rapid Pathogen Detection System for Salmonella spp. - AES Chemunex Canada. Laval, QC (Canada) H7L4S3.
- DuPont Qualicon BAX Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - based assay for Salmonella - DuPont Qualicon, Wilmington, DE 19810.
- Applied Biosystems TaqMan® Salmonella Enteritidis Real-Time PCR assay for the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis. Life Technologies Corporation. Foster City, CA 94404.
- MicroSEQ Salmonella Species Detection Kit, Life Technologies Corporation, Austin, TX.
Approved Laboratories (pdf 62kb)
Product Codes (pdf 172kb)
Please find your state and contact the Official State Agent for information on becoming an NPIP participant (pdf 80kb)
Official State Agencies of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (pdf 60kb)
Participants by State in the National Poultry Improvement Plan
P-T Clean States (pdf 19.50mb)
How to Become a Participant in the National Poultry Improvement Plan
Federal Reference Laboratory
National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL)
1920 Dayton Avenue
P.O. Box 844
Ames, Iowa 50010
Dr. Elizabeth Lautner, Director
515 337 7357
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