[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR82.38]

[Page 331]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 82--EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE (END) AND CHLAMYDIOSIS; POULTRY DISEASE CAUSED BY SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS SEROTYPE ENTERITIDIS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C--Poultry Disease Caused by Salmonella Enteritidis Serotype 
                               Enteritidis
 
Sec. 82.38  Monitoring other poultry houses on premises containing infected poultry houses; monitoring poultry houses released from infected poultry house 
          status.

    (a) This paragraph applies to any poultry house that is in test 
poultry house status at any time when any other poultry house on the 
same premises is in infected poultry house status. If any such test 
poultry house is released from test poultry house status in accordance 
with Sec. 82.32(b)(2) of this subpart, the poultry in the former test 
poultry house will be tested a third time with the blood and internal 
organ tests required by Sec. 82.32 (c) and (d) of this subpart, within 
45 to 60 days following the date the house was released from test house 
status. If this blood and internal organ monitoring test has positive 
results, the poultry house will be determined to be an infected poultry 
house in accordance with Sec. 82.32 (c) and (d) of this subpart.
    (b) All other poultry houses on a premises containing an infected 
poultry house, except any test poultry house, shall undergo monitoring 
tests as follows from the date the flock owner is notified of the 
determination of an infected house until 120 days after the date 
infected house status is removed from all poultry houses on the 
premises. A Federal representative or State representative shall collect 
manure and egg transport machinery samples from each house in accordance 
wth Sec. 82.32(b) of this subpart, at intervals of not less than 45 days 
and not more than 60 days. If the samples from any house test positive 
in accordance with Sec. 82.32(d) of this subpart, that house shall be 
determined to be a test poultry house in accordance with Sec. 82.32(b) 
of this subpart.
    (c) The poultry in any infected poultry house that is released from 
infected poultry house status in accordance with Sec. 82.32(e) of this 
subpart must be tested a third time with the blood and internal organ 
test required by Sec. 82.32(c) of this subpart, within 45 to 60 days 
following the date the house was released from infected poultry house 
status. If this blood and internal organ monitoring test has positive 
results, the poultry house will be determined to be an infected poultry 
house in accordance with Sec. 82.32(c) of this subpart.