B. 



GRiiDES RECOGNIZED 

 APPROVED FLOCKS 



All males and females are selected by an /authorized Agent each 

 year for vigor, egg production characteristics, and standardbred 

 qualities , 



Pullorum and Typhoid Disease Control Phases 



PULLORUM- TYPHOID CLEAN FLOCKS 



Flocks which have met one of the following requirements where 

 100 percent of birds on premises have been tested: 



a. Two consecutive negative tests not less than 21 days apart,, 



b. Two consecutive negative annual tests, 

 PULLORUM- TYPHOID PASSED FLOCKS 



Flocks vuith one complete negative trst for Pullorum and/orTyphoid 



Abbreviations 



PTP - U.S. -Mass. Pullorum-Typhoid Passed 



PTC - UoS.-Mass. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean 



APTC - U.S. -Mass, Approved Pullorum-Typhoid Clean 



Cert. PTC - U„S.-Ma3s, Certified Pullorum-Typhoid Clean 



ROP-PTG - U.S. -Mass, Record of Performance Pullorum-Typhoid Clean 



FTPS - U.S. -Mass. Performance Tested Parent Stock 



PULLORUM-TYPHOID EP,;.DICATICN M..NDi.TORY 



Attaining a rating of Fallorum-Typhoid "Clean" or "Passed" is 

 necessary for breeders of both Commercial and "Other Poultry," in- 

 cluding Exhibition, Pheasant and Q,uail, in Massachusetts. Chapter 

 337, Acts of 1957, provides th-.t only poultry that is "Clean" of 

 "Passed" or the equivalent, may be bought, sold or transported or 

 imported into the State. Certain exemptions are provided for first 

 generation progeny, poultry for immediate slaughter, or for exhibi- 

 tion, subject to a permit granted by the DepartiT;ent of z'.griculture. 

 For more inform.ation relattive to this situation, write the Division 

 of Poultry, Massachusetts Denartment of ^igriculture, 100 Cambridge 

 Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02202, 



TESTING PROCEDURE 



The Department of Veterinary Science, University of Massachusetts, 

 is the only Officially recognized Testing Agency in the Commonwealth, 

 Arrangements and requests for the testing service should be directed 

 to this Institution, 



