Poultry Importation Regulations For Washington

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1. All poultry, excluding doves and pigeons, imported into Washington state must be accompanied by
   1. Certificate of Veterinary Inspection; or
   2. USDA NPIP VS form 9-3 (Report of Sales Hatching Eggs, Chicks and Poults); or
   3. USDA VS form 17-6 (Certificate for Poultry or Hatching Eggs for Export).
2. The Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and the USDA VS form 17-6 must include either the NPIP number or negative results of required testes.
3. Poultry or hatching eggs must originate from flocks or areas not under state or federal restriction.
4. Each ratite entering Washington state must be permanently identified with USDA approved identification. The type of identification must be listed on the Certification of Veterinary Inspection.

1. Poultry, poults, and eggs, excluding doves and pigeons, that originate from flocks or hatcheries that have a pullorum-typhoid clean rating given by the state animal health official or are from an NPIP participant flock must meet the classification requirements state in  the table below.
2. If poultry do not originate from an NPIP participant flock, they must test negative for the diseases listed in the table below thirty days before entry into the state of Washington.
3. If hatching eggs are from non-NPIP participant flocks, then the parent breeder flock must be tested for the diseases in the table below within thirty days before the hatching eggs enter the state of Washington.
4. Poultry, excluding doves and pigeons, must have a negative test for the following diseases:
   

1. All birds other than poultry entering Washington state require a certificate of veterinary inspection that contains the following statement: "To the best of my knowledge, the birds listed on this certificate are not infected with exotic Newcastle disease, psittacosis, or avian influenza and have been free from clinical signs of or known exposure to infectious or communicable disease during the past thirty days."
2. All birds must be individually identified with a numbered leg band or in a manner appropriate to the species.
   

1. Family pet birds are exempt from the certificate of veterinary inspection if they:
   1. Are two or less in number; and
   2. Have not been purchased within thirty days of entry into Washington state; and
   3. Are traveling by private conveyance with their owners

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