Control of Pullorum and Typhoid Through Participation in the National and Nebraska Poultry Improvement Plans

G1089
Published 2008

The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a cooperative state/federal program established in 1935 to reduce and eventually eliminate several diseases transmitted primarily through infected breeder flocks and their eggs. The plan's widespread acceptance among the commercial industry has almost completely eliminated Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum from commercial breeding stocks. Participation in the plan has saved the commercial industry and small flock owners millions of dollars due to improved health and production.


Salmonella pullorum and gallinarum (also called Pullorum and Typhoid) are bacterial diseases which can produce heavy losses in chickens, turkeys and other gallinoformes. Losses are greatest in very young birds but can be seen at almost any age.

Hatcheries, dealers and flock owners should contact the Nebraska Poultry Improvement Association for participating agreements. Game birds are not included in the Nebraska Poultry Disease Control Act and, therefore, are not required to participate in the NPIP in Nebraska. If game bird producers shop interstate they may be required to be an NPIP participant to meet federal and stated of destination requirements.

In Nebraska, all poultry or poultry products coming into the state must be NPIP certified Pullorum-Typhoid Clean, or must originate from a clean source. If the poultry are from a source which is not certified clean, they must be tested to prove they are not Pullorum-Typhoid carriers.

Official forms must accompany the shipment of poultry or eggs into Nebraska. These forms are available through the NPIP office. In this official disease control program, it is stated that no person shall sell, offer for sale, ship or import into this state, or buy from another state, hatching eggs or poultry, except for immediate slaughter, unless the flock or hatchery of origin is following a disease control program officially approved or recognized by the State Veterinarian. If poultry or eggs are shipped outside Nebraska, the regulations of the receiving state apply.

Publication Details

Authors

Sheila E. Scheideler

Del Wilmot

Subject

Animal Agriculture

Poultry

Publication Date August 01, 2002
Last Revision Date March 05, 2008
Language English
Formats

HTML / PDF

Series NebGuide