In the November 3, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's APHIS updated the National Poultry Improvement Plan ("NPIP") Program Standards document, a cooperative federal-state-industry mechanism for controlling certain poultry diseases. A previous notice described (i) the changes to blood testing procedures for mycoplasma, (ii) the bacteriological examination procedure changes for Salmonella, and (iii) the addition of new approved diagnostic test kits, which are part of the updated NPIP. The program is effective January 4, 2016.
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