B. Infected breeding flocks whose owners do not wish to receive official 

 recognition should be subjected to a planned eradication program. 



III. Specific sanitary and control measures: 



A. Upon identification of infection, effective plans should be applied re- 

 garding movement and sale of stock. 



1. Infected semi-mature and mature flocks when sold should be 

 slaughtered. 



2. Reactors should be removed and sold for slaughter as soon as 

 possible. 



3. Immediately upon detection of infection in breeder and commer- 

 cial hatcheries, effective plans should be instituted to prevent the 

 further spread of the disease. 



B. Sanitary conditions consistent with a sound eradication program 

 should be maintained on all contaminated premises. 



C. Only flocks that meet the qualifications of the pullorum-passed and 

 pullorum-clean grades should be permitted to produce hatching eggs. 



D. The purchase of pullorum-clean stock should be more widely advo- 

 cated. 



E. All birds entered in shows and contests should be free of pullorum 

 disease as determined by the agglutination test. 



F. Regulatory aid should be requested for flock owners refusing to co- 

 operate on a voluntary basis. 



G. The testing of infected flocks should be done on a free basis by an official 

 state agent. 



H. An extensive educational program should be a vital part of the eradica- 

 tion campaign. 



Massachusetts Law Requires Only Puliorum-Passed and Pullorum- 

 Clean Stock May Be Sold: In 1957 a pullorum disease law was enacted in Massa- 

 chusetts that will expedite the eradication of the disease within the State. The 

 Law reads as follows: 



"Chapter 129 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 

 26A the following section: — Section 26B. No person shall buy, sell or transport 

 within or import into the commonwealth hatching eggs, baby chicks or live poultry, 

 except poultry intended for immediate slaughter or for exhibition subject to permit 

 granted by the state department of agriculture, unless such hatching eggs are the 

 produce of flocks which meet, and such baby chicks or live poultry meet or are the 

 first generation progeny of flocks which meet, the minimum requirements for 'pub- 

 lorum passed' or 'pullorum clean' grades of poultry, as established by the com- 

 missioner of agriculture, or the equivalent thereof. Whoever, himself or by his 



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