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2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 257 - Livestock and poultry disease control
257.400 Newly hatched poultry and hatching eggs must originate from approved flocks.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 257.400 (2021)
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257.400 Newly hatched poultry and hatching eggs must originate from approved flocks. Hatching eggs and all poultry under five (5) months of age including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey poults, and other newly hatched domestic poultry except those intended for immediate slaughter which may be imported into the state under permit issued by the Division of Animal Health of the Office of State Veterinarian, and sold or offered for sale in this state, shall have originated from flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the National Poultry Improvement Plan or other USDA-administered plan, and the regulations promulgated by authority of KRS 257.370 to 257.460 for the control and eradication of pullorum disease. Nothing in KRS 257.370 to 257.460, however, shall require any hatchery, dealer, or flock owner to participate in the National Poultry Improvement Plan. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 3, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 12, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 4.
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