| Model Avicultural Program | |
| Inspection Form | NO. 000 |
| Applicant's Name ________________________ | Telephone Number ________________________ |
| Street Address ____________________________ | City, State, Zip Code _______________________ |
| Veterinarian ______________________________ | Telephone Number __________________ |
| Street Address ___________________________ | City, State, Zip Code _______________________ |
| FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY: [_] Approved [_] Not Approved | |
| A. | FACILITIES:
Quarantine |
Circle Yes/No/Number | |
| 1. | Is there a quarantine area/room/facility provided for new entries to the collection? | YES | NO |
| 2. | Is the quarantine area adequate for the control of infectious disease when using standard quarantine techniques? | YES | NO |
| Technique Used: Time ________________________________________________ |
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| Laboratory Testing _____________________________________ | |||
| Other ________________________________________________ | |||
| 3. | Is there a policy of health status determination? | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| Please Describe: _______________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ |
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| 4. | Is there an identification sistem in operation in the collection? | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| 5. | Is there a sex determination technique in use for establishing potential breeding pairs? | YES | NO |
| 6. | Is there a quarantine record system in use? | YES | NO |
| 7. | Are disinfectants used in the quarantine area? | YES | NO |
| B. | FLIGHTS | ||
| 8. | Is there a safety door/aisle system in operation? | YES | NO |
| 9. | Do the safety doors and pen doors have locks? | YES | NO |
| 10. | Is the size, shape, and design of the flight appropriate for the species being housed? | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| 11. | Is there a rodent control system in operation? | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| 12. | Can the flights be easily cleaned and sanitized? | YES | NO |
| 13. | If it is necessary to capture a bird, can this be acconplished quickly and effectively? | YES | NO |
| 14. | Can next boxes or the nesting are be disinfected or routinely replaced? | YES | NO |
| 15. | Is there easy access to nesting box/area for inspection? | YES | NO |
| C. | NUTRITION | ||
| 16. | Is the nutritional plan appropriate for the species being kept? | YES | NO |
| 17. | Is the method of food storage adequate? | YES | NO |
| D. | PEDIATRICS | ||
| 18. | Are the sanitation procedures in the nursery adequate for the production of healthy offspring? | YES | NO |
| 19. | Are individual young or clutches housed and fed in a manner so as to minimize transmission of infectious disease agents? | YES | NO |
| 20. | Are the young developing within normal physical parameters for their species? | YES | NO |
| 21. | Is there a means of weighing the young in the nursery? | YES | NO |
| 22. | Are the hand feeding young fed fresh formula daily? | YES | NO |
| 23. | Is there an individual record kept on all young that are handfeeding? | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| 24. | Is there a system for disinfecting the hand feeding equipment? | YES | NO |
| 25. | Are there appropriate temperature and humidity controls for the brooders/nursery? | YES | NO |
| E. | RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM | ||
| 26. | Is there a functional record keeping system? | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| 27. | Is there a bill of sale provided when bird ownership is transfered? | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| 28. | Are written instructions regarding nutrition, basic husbandry and general care provided to customers? | YES | NO |
| ___________________________________ | ___________________________________ | ||
| Applicant's Signature | Date | Veterinarian's Signature | Date |