14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 5. 1959
USDA Scientist Says
Turkey Parasites Live Years In Soil
Eggs of some turkey and M. Farr of USDA’s Agricul
chicken parasites may live 2 tural Research Service indi
, ~, . cate that a 3-month or even
to 4/z years after being de- j2-month rotation of poultry
posited on soil and left ex- y ar( j s is inadequate for the
posed to outside weather, a safety of young chicks and
U. S. Department of Agricul- poults at Beltsville, Md.,
ture parasitologist reported where she carried out her
today. experiments.
These findings by Marion Miss Farr’s findings gener-
PSU Poultrymen Slated
For International Meet
University Park Two
Pennsylvania State Univer
sity researchers will be a
mong 30 Americans speaking
at an international confer
ence on animal behavior at
Cambridge University, Eng
land, September 4 to 15.
The Penn State scientists
are Dr. E. B. Hale and Dr.
Martin W. Schein. The event
is the International Ethologi
cal Conference, held every
other year and attended by
100 leading scientists in ani
mal behavior. The Penn Sta
ters will fly from New York
to London on Sept. 3.
Drs. Hale and Schein have
pioneered studies of effects
of behavioral defects affect
ing fertility in turkeys.
A motion picture featuring
their experiments, previously
shown nationally at meetings
of biologists and psycholog
ists, will be shown at the
Cambridge conference. The
film is entitled “Stimuli Re
leasing Sexual Behavior in
Domestic Turkeys.’*
The two scientists have
been awarded grants by the
National Science Foundation
to cover-travel costs;'includ
ing post-conference tours.
Following the conference
both men will visit research
centers .investigating the be
havior of domestic animals.
- .Dr. - Hale will go to Edin
burgh, Scotland, returning
to the-United States Sept. 17,.
-while Dr. Schein will spend
several weeks in Russia,
Switzerland, Germany, Hol
land, France, and England.
In Soviet Russia Dr. Sche
in will visit physiology lab
oratories and science acade
mies in Leningrad, Moscow,
Kharkov, Poltava, Kiev, and
Odessa.
Poultry Inspection
Amendments Given
Amendments to regulations
governing inspection of poul
try under the Poultry Pro
ducts Inspection Act were
announced recently by the
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture.
This Act requires Federal
inspection of slughfered
Poultry and poultry products
shipped across State lines.
The amendments incorpor
ate defmtions of poultry
class names which are re
quired on labels of mspec ed
Poultry. Alternative labeling
terminology also is specified.
The amendments exclude
from the definition of jjoult
ry products subject to the
inspection act certain pro-|
ducts which contain some
poultry meat, provided that'
this meat is from inspected
poultry. I
Examples of such products
are bouillon cubes, sauces
flavorings, and soup bases
and soups containing less
than two per cent poulty
meat.
Cop es of the amendments
will be available from the
Poultry Division, Agricultur
al Marketing Service, u S.
Department of Agriculture]
Washington 25, D C , within
a few days after publication
in the Federal Register, sch
duled for Aug. 22.
Give Lancaster Farming
advertising a chance to work
A leading researcher at
each technical center will
discuss Soviet studies with
the Penn State professor.
“We believe Dr. Schein’s
visit to Russia will be unique
among scientists in the field
of animal behavior,” says
Dr. AJ.G. Maw, Chairman
of the Department of Poult
ry Husbandry.
From Russia Dr. Schein
will travel to Switzerland
for discussion with scientists
in Zurich, Bern, Zernez, and
Basel. Then he will visit
Germany for tours of facili
ties in Seewiesen, Munich,
Frankfort, Suttgart, and Got
tingen.
French scientists will show
the Penn Stater their work
in La Fleche, Paris, and Vin
cennes. Holland will be his
next country for lectures and
seminars in Amsterdam/ Gro
ningen, and Leiden.
Dr. Schein will , then re
turn to Great Britain for vis
its to research centers in. Ed
inburg, Oxford, Huntingdon,
and Compton.
1959 SPECIAL CATTLE SALES
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FIRST FEEDER STEER SALE 1343 NATIVE STEERS SOOr- 1600POUHDS.'
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th
SECOND FEEDER STEER SALE 2330 NATIVE STEERS 500 - 100 POUNDS
STATE FEEDER CALF SALE 1562 NATIVE STEER AND HEIFER'CALVES;
THI - STATE FEEDER CALF SALE 1784 NATIVE STEER AND HEIFER CALVES.
THIRD FEEDER STEER SALE 1944 NATIVE SPEERS 500 - 1000 LBS.
Above Soles Start Promptly at 1:00 P. M.
Tazewell Livestock Market
1:00 P. M. FEEDER STEER SALE 600 NATIVE, STEERS, — 500 - 1000 POUNDS.
12:30 P. M. STATE FEEDER CALF SALE 600 NATIVE STEER AND HEIFER CALVES.
All cattle in the sales at both markets will be officially graded by Virginia Division of Markets
will be weighed in on the day preceding the sale date. Check with your County Agent the Sale
Committee or the Markets for further information.
Abingdon Livestock Market, Inc.
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ally should apply to all sim
ilar climatic areas of the
United States.
The scientist, reporting her
research at the annual meet
ing of the American Society
ot Parasitologists, in session
at University Park, Pa., said
infected poultry pass the par
asitic eggs m their droppings.
Other birds, as they pck
for feed on the ground, may
ingest organ
isms.
Parasites damage the -host
by direct at'ack on tissue,
and by eliminating toxic
substances within the host.-
If present in large numbers,
they can cause great loss.
In two series of tests at
the Agricultural Research
Center, Beltsville, she said,
droppings collected from in
fected chickens and turkeys
were distributed on soil in
small outdoor plots.
Samples of tills material
were collected from time to
t'rae and added to the -feed
of isolated turkey poults.
Fourteen to 30 days after
ingesting the parasite eggs,
the poults were killed and
examined for evidence of
blackhead and the nema
todes.
Miss Farr found that the
cecal worm, Heterakis gal
linae, remained infective up
to 230 weeks.
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Eggs of the round worms, Histomonas
Ascaridia dissimilis and/or the causative agent
A. galli, were infective up head disease, was me ol
to 161 weeks. late as the 151st w
Thread worm eggs - Capil- it is known that th P
laria obsignat infected the tected blackhead
poults up to 102 weeks after dies within a few t-J
deposit on soil. s jde the avian host
Eggs of the gape worm, f arr concludes the 0 p
Syngamus trachea, were in- * s incorporated v/ith,
fective up to 31 weeks. cecal worm eggs
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