The 2023 Poultry Blood Testing Schools have been scheduled for (Wednesday), May10 in  Batesville, (Friday)  May 12 in Little Rock and (Friday) May19 in Fayetteville. The School in Batesville  will be held at the  University of Arkansas Livestock and Forestry Research Station,  70 Experiment Station Drive.  Coming from Hwy 67/167,take exit 55 toward Batesville.  Turn left on US-64/167 for 32miles, keep right onUS-167 Batesville Blvd., turn left on SR-69/White Drive about10 miles, turn left onHwy106 about 3-4miles then turn left on Experiment Station Drive.  Registration for the Batesville school will begin at 9:30 am with class convening at 9:40 am. The school in  Little Rock  will be held at the  University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Auditorium, 2301 South University, located between UALR and12th  Street. Registration for the Little Rock school will begin at 8:20 am with class convening at 8:30 am.  The school in  Fayetteville  will be held at the  University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Auditorium, 2536 North McConnell. Take Exit66 off of I-540. Registration for the Fayetteville school will begin at 8:00 am with the class convening at 8:10 a.m. The class should end late-afternoon.        

All classes should end in the early to mid-afternoon. Successful completion of these testing schools will result in the issuance of a Private Blood Tester’s license.  The licensing schedule is as follows: 

Issuances of licenses are as follows:

First attendance of school – 1 year license

Second attendance of school – 2 year li-cense

Third attendance of school – 5 year license

Every 5 years there-after, payment and agreement by mail will be acceptable. A licensing fee of$22 will be due upon issuance of license -$22.00 per year. Please pay by money order or personal check as cash will not be accepted as a payment form. If more information is needed, please contact:  Faye Rattha-sombath at 501-823-1717 or Tonya Bryant at  501-823-1747 or [email protected].