Announcements

Poultry owners should monitor their flocks for signs of illness and report any possible symptoms to
the Arkansas Department of Agriculture at 501-823-1746.

To join our Subpart E flock certification waitlist, click here to complete the online form.

For a list of certified private testers by county in Arkansas, see Private Tester List.

Pullorum-Typhoid Antigen is available to NPIP Blood Testers from AVS Bio. This can be purchased at avsbio.com.

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For assistance or questions regarding the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP):

NPIP Program Background

The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a cooperative federal-state-industry mechanism developed for controlling certain poultry diseases. The NPIP consists of a variety of programs intended to prevent and control egg-transmitted, hatchery-disseminated poultry diseases. NPIP identifies states, flocks, hatcheries, and dealers that meet certain disease control standards specified in the various programs. As a result, customers can buy poultry tested clean of certain diseases or produced under disease-prevention conditions. Being a member of NPIP also allows greater ease in moving hatching eggs/live birds within the state, across state lines, and into other countries. In fact, most countries will not accept hatching eggs/live birds unless they can be shown as NPIP participants.

Presently, under the NPIP, Arkansas is proud to be designated as a "U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean State" in chickens and turkeys and a "U.S. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Clean State" in turkeys.

NPIP participants are classified under the following categories (subparts):

• Subpart B - Egg-Type Chicken
• Subpart C - Meat-Multiplier Type Chicken
• Subpart D - Turkey
• Subpart E - Waterfowl, Exhibition Poultry, and Game Bird Breeding Flocks 
• Subpart H - Meat-Primary Type Chicken

For a list of NPIP Participants by State follow the link and select the desired state.

NPIP Flock/Hatchery Programs Available for the Commercial Sector (Subparts B, C, D, H):

• Pullorum-Typhoid Clean 
• Mycoplasma gallisepticum Clean 
• Mycoplasma synoviae Clean 
• Mycoplasma meleagridis Clean 
• Avian Influenza Clean 
• Salmonella enteritidis Clean 
• Mycoplasma gallisepticum Monitored 
• Mycoplasma synoviae Monitored 
• Salmonella Monitored 
• Sanitation Monitored 

NPIP Flock/Hatchery Programs available for the waterfowl, exhibition poultry, and game bird flocks (Subpart E):

• Pullorum-Typhoid Clean 

Helpful Links

Defend the Flock information

National webpage

Biosecurity information