§ 82.38 - Monitoring other poultry houses on premises containing infected poultry houses; monitoring poultry houses released from infected poultry house status.

(a) This paragraph applies to any poultry house that is in test poultry house status at any time when any other poultry house on the same premises is in infected poultry house status. If any such test poultry house is released from test poultry house status in accordance with § 82.32(b)(2) of this subpart, the poultry in the former test poultry house will be tested a third time with the blood and internal organ tests required by § 82.32 (c) and (d) of this subpart, within 45 to 60 days following the date the house was released from test house status. If this blood and internal organ monitoring test has positive results, the poultry house will be determined to be an infected poultry house in accordance with § 82.32 (c) and (d) of this subpart.

(b) All other poultry houses on a premises containing an infected poultry house, except any test poultry house, shall undergo monitoring tests as follows from the date the flock owner is notified of the determination of an infected house until 120 days after the date infected house status is removed from all poultry houses on the premises. A Federal representative or State representative shall collect manure and egg transport machinery samples from each house in accordance wth § 82.32(b) of this subpart, at intervals of not less than 45 days and not more than 60 days. If the samples from any house test positive in accordance with § 82.32(d) of this subpart, that house shall be determined to be a test poultry house in accordance with § 82.32(b) of this subpart.

(c) The poultry in any infected poultry house that is released from infected poultry house status in accordance with § 82.32(e) of this subpart must be tested a third time with the blood and internal organ test required by § 82.32(c) of this subpart, within 45 to 60 days following the date the house was released from infected poultry house status. If this blood and internal organ monitoring test has positive results, the poultry house will be determined to be an infected poultry house in accordance with § 82.32(c) of this subpart.