Flock Status · New Mexico

Bird flu rules for backyard flocks in New Mexico

Standing rules only · October 15, 2026

We found no bird-flu order covering New Mexico or any of its areas today. Its standing rules for bringing birds in and showing them still apply.

Read from 7 official sources24 passages quotedChecked on October 14, 2026

At a glance

Today

Standing rules only

Bird-flu orders in force

None found

APHIS detections, 30 days

None listed

Report sick birds

(505) 841-6161

Not veterinary advice: follow your state veterinarian. This is a sourced reading of official notices, dated when we read them. Orders can change overnight, so confirm with New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), State Veterinarian before you move, show or sell birds.

Current situation

What the agency's own pages and tables showed when we checked, with the line each comes from.

  • No NMLB bird-flu order, quarantine or show restriction was found. NMLB's quarantine county map offers only bovine trichomoniasis and tuberculosis; its What's New page carries screwworm and port news. APHIS lists no New Mexico flock detection since April 9, 2025 (Roosevelt 04, WOAH non-poultry); the last poultry case, Curry 01 (April 7, 2025), had its control area released April 25, 2025.

    • “Bovine: Trichomoniasis Bovine: Tuberculosis”

      New Mexico Livestock Board · nmlbonline.com · Choose Disease options

    • Apr 9, 2025Roosevelt CountyBackyard (Non-Poultry)9 birdsno control area listed

      USDA APHIS · publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov · last New Mexico row

    • Apr 7, 2025Curry CountyBackyard (Poultry)200 birdscontrol area released Apr 25, 2025

      USDA APHIS · publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov · Curry 01 row

In force today

Worked out from each notice's dates for October 15, 2026. Bird-flu orders come first, then the standing rules.

Standing ruleShows and fairs

Show poultry must be free of visible disease and tested pullorum-typhoid negative within 90 days (recorded on a VS 9-2 or state form) unless from NPIP PT-qualified flocks

Intrastate shows under 50 birds are exempt

In effect from July 16, 2024 · No end date in the source

Statewide · poultry shows in New Mexico (intrastate shows of 50+ birds, and all imported show birds) · Birds: exhibition poultry

  • Intrastate shows with fewer than 50 total birds are exempt from (B)-(F); shows with 50 or more must follow them the next year (21.34.20.10(A))
  • Birds imported for a show must comply regardless of show size
  • Free of visible evidence of disease (B)
  • PT-negative within 90 days, recorded on VS 9-2 or an official origin-state form (C); not needed if from NPIP PT-qualified flocks not known to be infected (D)
  • Qualifying imported show birds may enter without a CVI if they travel with an approved state form or NPIP 9-2 (E)
  • Not a bird-flu rule; NMLB's 2026 exhibitor guide has no poultry section and no HPAI show restriction was found

Rule: 21.34.20 NMAC, New Mexico Pullorum-Typhoid Control Program · New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives), July 16, 2024

What the rule says (3 passages)
  • “All poultry being exhibited in New Mexico shall be free of visible evidence of disease.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives) · srca.nm.gov · 21.34.20.10(B)

  • “All exhibition poultry shall have tested negative for pullorum-typhoid within 90 days prior to exhibition and have the results recorded on VS form 9-2, or official form from the state of origin certifying that the testing was done by an authorized agent of that state.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives) · srca.nm.gov · 21.34.20.10(C)

  • “if the number of poultry in the show is less than 50 total birds.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives) · srca.nm.gov · 21.34.20.10(A)

How to reportReporting sick birds

Avian influenza is on New Mexico's reportable list; when discovered or diagnosed it is to be reported immediately to the NMLB State Veterinarian

No end date in the source

Statewide · Birds: poultry (avian influenza)

  • Listed under 'Diseases of concern to poultry' with Newcastle disease and psittacosis (21.30.4.9(E))
  • The part applies to all owners, transporters or handlers of livestock (21.30.4.2), and its definition of livestock (21.30.4.7(E)) lists poultry; NMLB's site gives no dedicated bird-report line
  • Also reportable: any disease of unusual morbidity or mortality (21.30.4.9(A)(1))
  • Section 21.30.4.9 was last amended 7/15/2013; the whole part was replaced 7/16/2024

Rule: 21.30.4 NMAC, Exotic and Reportable Diseases (section 21.30.4.9) · New Mexico Livestock Board, July 16, 2024

What the rule says (2 passages)
  • “Diseases of concern to poultry such as (but not limited to):”

    New Mexico Livestock Board · srca.nm.gov · 21.30.4.9(E)

  • “(1) avian influenza;”

    New Mexico Livestock Board · srca.nm.gov · 21.30.4.9(E)(1)

Bringing birds or hatching eggs into New Mexico

Health certificate within 10 days (disease-free; PT-negative within 90 days or NPIP origin) or a VS 9-2 for an NPIP-enrolled PT-clean flock; birds under four months and hatching eggs from NPIP hatcheries travel on a VS 9-3 or 17-6. Federal official ID applies, with its hatchery and redistributor exceptions. NMLB warns extra rules may apply during an outbreak; no HPAI-specific condition is published. NMLB's screwworm sheet for livestock and other warm-blooded animals from screwworm-affected states (poultry not named; whether it covers birds is unconfirmed) sets a 5-day ICVI with an NWS-free statement from infested zones, or a 30-day ICVI with a statement from outside them (own row).

What the entry rules say
  • “The required health certificate shall state the poultry have been inspected and are free of evidence of infectious or contagious disease and have tested negative for pullorum-typhoid within 90 days prior to shipment, or they originated from flocks or hatcheries which have met the pullorum-typhoid requirements of the NPIP.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives) · srca.nm.gov · 21.34.20.9(B)

Standing ruleBringing birds in

Poultry entering New Mexico need a health certificate issued within 10 days (free of disease, pullorum-typhoid negative within 90 days or NPIP origin) or a VS 9-2 showing an NPIP-enrolled, PT-clean flock

In effect from July 16, 2024 · No end date in the source

Statewide · entry into New Mexico, including for exhibition · Birds: poultry (domesticated fowl bred for eggs or meat, including chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, game birds and guinea fowl; not doves, pigeons or ratites)

  • Health certificate by an accredited vet within 10 days of shipment, or VS Form 9-2 showing the origin flock is enrolled in NPIP and PT-negative or clean (21.34.20.9(A))
  • The certificate states the birds are free of infectious disease and tested PT-negative within 90 days, or come from NPIP PT-qualified flocks or hatcheries (21.34.20.9(B))
  • Poultry under four months and hatching eggs are exempt if from an NPIP (or equivalent) hatchery with a VS 9-3 or VS 17-6 (21.34.20.9(C))
  • NMLB's guidance sheet: extra requirements may apply during a disease outbreak; check with the State Veterinarian before moving birds
  • Interstate poultry also need official ID under 9 CFR 86 (NMLB sheet), unless shipped from a hatchery to a redistributor or grower, or from a redistributor to a grower with supplier records kept, or identified as agreed between the states or tribes involved
  • No HPAI-specific entry condition is published

Rule: 21.34.20 NMAC, New Mexico Pullorum-Typhoid Control Program · New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives), July 16, 2024

What the rule says (5 passages)
  • “Poultry shipped into the state of New Mexico shall be accompanied by either an official health certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian within ten (10) days of shipment, or a VS form 9-2, indicating the flock of origin is actively enrolled in the state NPIP program and is negative or clean for pullorum-typhoid.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives) · srca.nm.gov · 21.34.20.9(A)

  • “Poultry under four months of age and hatching eggs will be exempt from this section if from a NPIP, or equivalent, hatchery and accompanied by a VS form 9-3 or USDA-APHIS-VS form 17-6.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives) · srca.nm.gov · 21.34.20.9(C)

  • “Additional requirements for such movement of POULTRY may exist due to special circumstances such as a disease outbreak.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board · nmlbonline.com · item 1, note

  • “unless the shipment of poultry is from a hatchery to a redistributor or poultry grower,”

    New Mexico Livestock Board · nmlbonline.com · 9 CFR 86 note

  • “Poultry under four months of age and hatching eggs are exempt.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board · nmlbonline.com · item 1

Other disease entry orders

Not about bird flu, but they apply to poultry coming in.

In force, no end dateBringing birds in

New World screwworm entry requirements (not bird flu): NMLB's sheet for livestock and other warm-blooded animals from screwworm-affected states sets a 5-day ICVI with an NWS-free statement from infested zones, or a 30-day ICVI with a statement from outside them

No end date in the source

Statewide · entry from New World screwworm-affected states or infested zones · Birds: livestock and other warm-blooded animals

  • Covers warm-blooded animals; birds are not named (confirm with NMLB, (505) 841-6161)
  • From an infested zone: meet the origin state's requirements to leave the zone; ICVI valid 5 days from inspection; any NWS treatment or preventative recorded on the ICVI with date and route; NWS-free statement; meet standard NM entry rules; an entry permit for all livestock
  • Slaughter moves from an infested zone: ICVI valid 3 days; slaughter within 72 hours of inspection; statement; entry permit for all livestock
  • From outside an infested zone: ICVI valid 30 days with a statement that the animals did not originate from an infested zone and are free of NWS; meet standard NM entry rules; an entry permit for all livestock (whether this covers birds: confirm with NMLB)
  • Undated sheet (V02); no end stated

Notice: Interstate Movement Requirements for Livestock and Other Warm-Blooded Animals from New World Screwworm Affected States (V02) · New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian

What the notice says (8 passages)
  • “Interstate Movement Requirements for Livestock and Other Warm- Blooded Animals from New World Screwworm Affected States”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · title

  • “All requirements to leave the IZ must be met for the state of origin.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · From the Infested Zone

  • “The interstate certificate of veterinary inspection (ICVI) is valid for 5 days from the date of inspection.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · From the Infested Zone

  • “Any NWS treatment or preventative that was administered must be documented on the ICVI. Include date and route of administration.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · From the Infested Zone

  • “The ICVI is valid for 3 days from the date of inspection. All animals must be slaughtered within 72 hours of inspection date.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · Movements to slaughter

  • “The ICVI is valid for 30 days from the date of inspection.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · From outside the IZ

  • “Meet all standard NM entry requirements based on species/classification. An entry permit must be obtained for all livestock.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · From the Infested Zone

  • “Meet all standard NM entry requirements based on species/classification. An entry permit must be obtained for all livestock.”

    New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian · nmlbonline.com · From outside the IZ

Federal rules apply on top for any move across a state line: official ID and a health certificate or NPIP paperwork.

Sick or dead birds? Who to call

New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), State Veterinarian

(505) 841-6161 (NMLB office, per its 2026 exhibitor guide)

The agency's bird flu page

  • “the following diseases and conditions are considered to be of significant economic impact and when discovered or diagnosed are to be immediately reported to the New Mexico livestock board’s state veterinarian:”

    New Mexico Livestock Board · srca.nm.gov · 21.30.4.9 NMAC

Recent detections in New Mexico

USDA APHIS lists no confirmed bird-flu detections in New Mexico flocks in the 30 days to October 14, 2026. Latest detection in the APHIS data: October 9, 2026. The national picture

Common questions

Is there a bird flu order in New Mexico right now?
We found no bird-flu order covering New Mexico or any of its areas today. Its standing rules for bringing birds in and showing them still apply.
Can I take my chickens to a poultry show or swap in New Mexico?
We found no bird-flu ban on shows or sales in force on October 15, 2026. Standing rules apply: Show poultry must be free of visible disease and tested pullorum-typhoid negative within 90 days.
What do I need to bring chickens or hatching eggs into New Mexico?
Health certificate within 10 days (disease-free; PT-negative within 90 days or NPIP origin) or a VS 9-2 for an NPIP-enrolled PT-clean flock; birds under four months and hatching eggs from NPIP hatcheries travel on a VS 9-3 or 17-6. Federal official ID applies, with its hatchery and redistributor exceptions. NMLB warns extra rules may apply during an outbreak; no HPAI-specific condition is published. NMLB's screwworm sheet for livestock and other warm-blooded animals from screwworm-affected states (poultry not named; whether it covers birds is unconfirmed) sets a 5-day ICVI with an NWS-free statement from infested zones, or a 30-day ICVI with a statement from outside them (own row).
Who do I call about sick or dead birds in New Mexico?
New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), State Veterinarian at (505) 841-6161 (NMLB office, per its 2026 exhibitor guide). Report sick or dying birds there or to USDA at 1-866-536-7593. This page is not veterinary advice; follow your state veterinarian.
How current is this page?
We read New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), State Veterinarian's notices on October 14, 2026. Whether each order is in force is worked out from its dates every time the page is rebuilt, at least once an hour, so an order never shows as in force after it ends.
Sources
  1. New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), State Veterinarian: bird flu page. New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), State Veterinarian.
  2. 21.34.20 NMAC, New Mexico Pullorum-Typhoid Control Program. New Mexico Livestock Board (NMAC, State Records Center and Archives). July 16, 2024.
  3. 21.30.4 NMAC, Exotic and Reportable Diseases (section 21.30.4.9). New Mexico Livestock Board. July 16, 2024.
  4. Interstate Movement Requirements for Livestock and Other Warm-Blooded Animals from New World Screwworm Affected States (V02). New Mexico Livestock Board, State Veterinarian.
  5. Entry permits. New Mexico Livestock Board.
  6. item 1, note. New Mexico Livestock Board.
  7. Choose Disease options. New Mexico Livestock Board.
  8. last New Mexico row. USDA APHIS.

We read each document ourselves and last checked this page against them on October 14, 2026. Where they disagree, we show you the disagreement instead of picking a winner quietly.

What we couldn't confirm
  • NMLB serves documents through a lookup script (load_doc.php posts the id to /fetchdoc/fetch_doc.php, which returns a /documents/ path); the PDFs were fetched from those /documents/ paths on nmlbonline.com.
  • NMLB's poultry sheet (revised 2022) predates 21.34.20 NMAC (2024): the sheet says under-four-month birds and hatching eggs are simply exempt; the rule requires an NPIP hatchery and a 9-3 or 17-6. The rule is used.
  • No NMLB phone line dedicated to bird reports was found; (505) 841-6161 is the NMLB office number in the exhibitor guide.
  • New Mexico is itself a screwworm-affected state (Grant County case, September 2026, per NMLB); other states' entry rules may apply to New Mexico birds.
  • NMLB's import page also requires special pre-movement inspections for all warm-blooded animals moving within or leaving screwworm infested zones (poultry not named); NMLB says the Grant County zones stay for at least 3 to 4 fly lifecycles.
  • 21.30.4.7(E) counts poultry as livestock, so ask NMLB whether the screwworm sheet's 'entry permit for all livestock' line covers birds.
  • The 2022 NMLB sheet counts the CVI's 10 days 'prior to entry'; 21.34.20.9(A) counts them from shipment. The rule is used.
  • nmlbonline.com is the New Mexico Livestock Board's own site (named as such on every page and in the State Veterinarian's documents); no .gov page linking to it was captured.
  • APHIS detections: USDA's own Tableau export (publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov), filtered to New Mexico by the fetcher.

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