• a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (abbreviated CVI, sometimes incorrectly called a ´health certificate´) issued less than 30 days prior to entry (less than 15 days for swine) - and -
• an import permit issued by this office. For a permit, call 503-986-4680. Staff is available Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Pacific time. After hours an automated system answers the permit line, records minimal information about the shipment, and issues a shipping permit number. Clinic staff must call the next regular working day to complete the import permit
• tests or vaccinations may be required.

Use of form VS 9-3 for shipment of chicks and hatching eggs

This form comes in multiple copies and each copy has a purpose:

• White – Should accompany the shipment to assure the receiver that the shipped items are part of the NPIP program.   

• Pink & Blue – Are to be forwarded to the Oregon Department of Ag, each month.  (ODA, Animal    Health and ID, 635 Capitol Street NE, Salem, OR 97301).  One copy is maintained at ODA as record of shipment and one copy is forwarded to the state  animal health authorities in the state of destination  to provide them with record of shipment into their state.

• Yellow – Flock owner/hatchery records.

This form should be completely and legibly filled out, it is a legal document.

• Date of shipment/addresses must be included at the top.  The type and quantity of product being shipped should be marked.  The appropriate disease classification (dependent on the disease testing conducted on a regular basis in one’s flock) should be marked.  The form should be signed by an ODA representative prior to use. 

Many, but not all, states require only this form for legal importation of chicks and hatching eggs.

• Prior to shipping to a state for the first time, check with that state’s animal health authorities in order to be sure that there are not additional requirements.

 To obtain a supply of forms, or for questions regarding the form, please contact:

Dr. Brad R. LeaMaster

State Veterinarian

Office: 503-986-4680

• Some exhibition flock owners like to be NPIP certified to avoid testing at each show they participate in.

• There is no requirement to be NPIP certified to sell chicks or hatching eggs within the state of Oregon.

• Some states do have additional requirements for shipping hatching eggs, chicks, or poultry to their state.  Please contact the state of destination prior to shipment (see attached list of state contact numbers).

• Some flock owners test for Avian Influenza on a quarterly basis.

• Others diseases that are covered by the NPIP program include Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae, and Salmonella enteritidis.  These diseases are monitored for in commercial breeder flocks.

• If a bird is positive (usually a cross reaction with another salmonella) then one ml of blood will be drawn to take back to the lab for confirmation or denial.

• If the lab sample is positive, and the number of positive birds is low, then one may wait 45 days and retest the bird(s) to see if it remains positive.  The flock will be under quarantine during this period.

• Alternately the bird may be sacrificed and the ODA Animal Health Lab will prepare the tissues for culture.  In the event of a confirmed positive, all positive birds would be culled or the flock will be under indefinite movement restrictions. 

• Bovine brucellosis = CLASS FREE since January 14, 1993
• Bovine tuberculosis = ACCREDITED FREE since January 13, 1989
• Swine brucellosis = VALIDATED FREE since September 1, 1987
• Swine pseudorabies = QUALIFIED FREE since May 5, 1994
• Salmonella pullorum - typhoid = FREE since October of 1994
  (National Poultry Improvement Plan)
• Sheep/Goat scrapie = CONSISTENT STATE STATUS