New Test Sought
for Bovine T.B.
ARS scientists are seeking
a good supplemental test that
W ifl spot tuberculosis-carrying
cattle that don’t react to the
standard skin test.
Ut is these undetected car
eers that make finishing the
•pB eradication job in the
United States so difficult.
A herd of cattle may con
tain only one undetected TB
inlecled animal, which can
spread the disease to other
membeis of the herd. These
animals develop TB, react to
the skin test, and are removed.
Meanwhile, the undetected car
uei maj lemain as a continu-
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USING FARM BUREAU CALF FEEDS
After the first three days, it isn’t necessary to feed a calf
the mother’s milk. In fact, it’s down right expensive
Many Pennsylvania dairymen are using a better feeding
method to raise their calves . . . one that grows strong, healthy
herd replacements, yet lets them sell all the whole milk a calf
would normally need.
The feeding program is based on Farm Bureau’s Coopera
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a balanced milk replacement feed. From the eleventh day after
birth, Double Duty Calfmaker is gradually replaced by Calf
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They help to develop them into strong, healthy heifers.
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ing source of infection in the
herd.
Following extensive research
to solve this problem, ARS
veterinarians A B. Larsen and
K. E Kopecky at the National
Animal Disease Laboratory,
Ames, lowa, developed what
they call “a modified thermal
test,” in which a large quan
tity of tuberculin is injected
into a cow’s veins and her
temperature measured If she
de\elops a rise in body tem
perature of at least 1 5 degrees
F, peaking no lower than
303 2 degrees F, she should
be consideied a reactor
The new test was tiled out
on 76 cows from herds be
lieved to contain undetected
carriers The cows weie fust
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given the standard skin test
and 47 reacted. They were
then given the thermal test
and 21 reacted—l 6 that had
leaded to the standard test
and 5 that had not.
All 76 cows were slaughter
ed and examined at federally
inspected establishments, and
35 were found to have tuber
culosis lesions Of the 47 cat
tle reacting to the standard
skin test, 30 showed evidence
of tuberculosis on postmortem
examination 16 of these did
not react to the thermal test.
Five cattle that reacted to
the thermal test but not to
the skin test were found in
fected on postmortem exam
iration
Lai sen and Kopecky say
these results show that the
modified theimal test cannot
leplace the standaid skin test
but that it can be useful as a
supplemental y tool in detect
ing TB-camer cattle The sci
entists are continuing then
studies to further improve the
new test
SEE-THROUGH SEED
HOPPERS SAVE STEPS
On International Harvesters
new 456 Hilldrop Corn Plant
er, which was developed to
increase the speed and pre
cision of corn planting, the
operatoi can quickly check the
seed kernel fill level right
from his tractor seat because
of the high order of tiansluc
ency of the molded fiber glass
hoppeis These hoppers are
produced foi IH by the Mold
ed Fiber Glass Company of
Ashtabula, Ohio, which also
molds fertilizer hoppers used
on othei IH planteis
A 30 pound capacity fibei
glass icinfoiced plastic seed
hopper is standard equipment
on the new plantei A 70
pound capacity veision, so
compactly designed it can be
used on 28 inch planting lows,
is available on an optional
basis Both hoppeis have snap
on lids which piotect seed
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corn from moisture. The lids
also keep the seeds in when
the hopper is removed to
check or change the seed plate
in its base.
MFG-molded hoppers offer
several significant advantages
beyond the translucency Their
corrosion resistance, for ex
ample, is a critical need in
fertilizer hoppers In addition,
molded fiber glass hoppers are
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temperature exti ernes and
light in weight Because MFG
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metal die molding, they are
seamless and piovide slide
smooth sui faces inside as well
as out important to the
free flow of seed oi ferlihzei
Paits made by this molding
method are exceptionally
stiong and confoim to close
dimensional tolerances Final
ly the uiggedness of MFG
molded hoppers promises
lengthy seivice life with a
minimum of maintenance un
dei all weather conditions
SENIOR EXTENSION CLUB
TO HOLD FIELD DAY
The Lancaster County Sen
ior Extension Club will hold
its 3rd annual Field Day at
Mt Joy Community Park on
Sunday, September 13
Softball and volleyball games
will begin at 3 pm with
neighboring county clubs join
ing in the- competition
Supper will be provided by
the lefieshment committee A
short business meeting will be
held followed by a few skits
The Rev Knk A Hudson,
nimistei of the Highland Pres
byterian Church, Lancaster will
speak at the vesper seivice
which will conclude the ac
tivities
A special invitation is ex
tended to all young people be
tween the ages of 18 and 30
to attend this event as well as
all former club members
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POCKMAN ADDS NEW ‘
VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR.
ENVIRONMENT CONTROL
In order to provide the
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different principles of ventila
tion commonly used in High
Bird Density Controlled
Environmental Houses, the
Pockman Manufacturing Com
pany has announced the ad
dition of the Coolair Ventila
tion System to its line
Unlike other existing ex
haust tvpe systems in which
wall fans pull the air from
one side of the building and
exhaust it at the points of
the fans Coolair exhausts
through the ceiling and intro
duces an tlnough slots locat
ed in the cncumfeience of
the building
In addition Coolair has
been leseaiched to provide
one of the increasingly im
portant factois in the poultry
industiy light control.
'lt has been specifically de
signed to fit into windowless
houses which ai e adaptable
to a lighting piogiam.
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