Poultry and Bird Import Requirements
Poultry
All chickens, ratites, game birds, guinea fowl, and their hatching eggs not coming from an NPIP certified flock require a certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI) that includes negative test results, within 30 days, for avian influenza and pullorum typhoid.
All ratites entering Washington must be permanently identified with official individual identification. The type of official individual identification must be listed on the certificate of veterinary inspection.
All chickens, game birds, guinea fowl, and their hatching eggs coming from an NPIP certified flock must come from a flock that is Avian Influenza Classified Clean and require a VS Form 9-3.
All waterfowl not coming from an NPIP certified flock require a CVI that includes a negative avian influenza test result, within 30 days.
All waterfowl coming from an NPIP certified flock must come from a flock that is Avian Influenza Classified Clean and require a VS Form 9-3.
Birds other than poultry must be individually identified with a leg band or a microchip and require a CVI that includes 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."