SECTION 35:15-19-4. Import and exhibition poultry

(a)   Domesticated fowl including chickens, turkeys, game chickens, game birds, or waterfowl over four (4) months of age and intended for breeding, meat, or egg production purposes shall not be imported into the state unless they:

(1)   Have originated from a National Plan source which is U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean or equivalent, or

(2)   Have passed a negative agglutination test for reportable salmonella groups within ninety (90) days prior to import.

(b)   All poultry under four (4) months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, started poults, other newly hatched domestic poultry, game chickens, game birds, and waterfowl, except those intended for immediate slaughter, and hatching eggs shipped, brought into, or offered for sale in Oklahoma, shall have originated from a hatchery or premise operating under the supervision of the poultry disease control authority of the state of origin, and their disease classification shall be negative or clean. Each container of products shall bear an official label showing the name and address of the shipper, the authority under which the testing for disease was done, and the disease control and eradication class and/or classes of the product. The use of this label shall be approved by the official state agency or livestock disease control official of the state of origin. In addition, an official form shall be properly executed showing the name and address of both the consignee and the consignor and the disease control authority for which the testing was done and classification of the product.

(c)   Exhibition poultry are subject to the following:

(1)   Any poultry or other domestic fowl being exhibited in Oklahoma shall be free of visible evidence of disease, and

(2)   Have passed a negative test for reportable salmonella groups within ninety (90) days prior to exhibition, with the results recorded on an official form from the state of origin certifying that the testing was done by a permitted tester of that state, or

(3)   Have originated from negative or clean flocks authoritatively participating in the disease control and eradication phases of the National Poultry Improvement Plan or NPIP approved state plan, and

(4)   Be from flocks not known to be infected with reportable salmonella groups.

(5)   Poultry qualifying under 2 or 3 may be imported without an official health certificate if accompanied by an approved state or NPIP form.

(6)   All exhibition poultry shall be identified by an official leg or wing band unless they originate from a negative or clean flock authoritatively participating in the National Poultry Improvement Plan or NPIP approved state plan.

(7)   Application of official leg or wing bands shall not be required for birds tested on the exhibition premise for a specific event. Birds tested and not identified with an official leg or wing band shall be tested prior to entering any future exhibitions.

(d)   All persons holding poultry exhibitions in Oklahoma shall obtain a permit from the State Veterinarian prior to the exhibition. Those persons holding multiple exhibitions at the same location may apply for a permit by listing the dates and times of all exhibitions scheduled during a fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. The permittee shall be responsible for maintaining a list of the names and addresses of all exhibitors for each exhibition. The permittee shall keep these records and make them available to any authorized agent for inspection or photocopying for at least one (1) year after the date of the exhibition.

[Source: Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2828, eff 7-13-00; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1746, eff 6-25-07; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1357, eff 9-14-19]