10—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 5, 1964 COLORADO DELEGATION
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WANTS “PENNSYLVANIA
DUTCH" FOOD
Source Of Hog
Cholera Studied
Where does long cholera
come from? Stale and fed
eral regulatory veterinarians
recently analyzed 589 out
breaks which were traced to
a source during 1964. They
Sound .that 36 percent .were
caused by shipment of infect
ed and exposed hogs; 25 per
cent were due to “area ex
posure” . . . such as trading
equipment or hogs with
neighbors, or any ordinary
farm-to-farm traffic which
might spread the disease; 19
percent were associated with
vaccination; 5 percent were
caused by feeding raw gar
bage; and the remaining 15
percent resulted from miscel
laneous causes.
Because of the importance of
vaccination in the eradication
program, officials have taken
an extra hard look at the out
breaks that were attributed to
hi* source. They found that in
about one-half of the investi
gations there was not enough
evidence to clearly establish
vaccines as the source. In the
remainder—the ones for
which the most complete case
histories were available —the
moat common factor was mis
use of vaccines and failure to
iollov the manufacturers’ di
rections.
In almost all cases, it was
reported, the trouble arose
when- modified live virus vac
aines were used without the
simultaneous use of anti-hog
eholera serum in the recom
mended amounts. Either no
serum was used, or in a few
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cases, an insufficient amount
of scrum wore used. In sev
eral cases pigs were unthrifty
or sick when htey were vac
cinated. A couple of cases
were caused by vaccinating
pregnant sows with modified
live virus vaccines.
Dr, G, H. Wise, who is in
charge of USDA’s hog cholera
eradication work, outlines
three lines of defense against
the spread of hog cholera for
farmers to follow:
I—Follow shipping rules—
this means a health certificate,
record of official vaccination,
and clean transportation for
all feeder pigs and breeding
stock shipped in interstate
commerce.
2—When cholera enters an
area farmers must be excep
tionally alert to prevent farm
to-farm spread. They are
urged to report any suspected
illness to their veterinarian
at once.
3—Make sure vaccines are
used properly. Read the label,
and make sure directions are
followed carefully. If serum is
recommended, don’t skimp on
quantity.
Dr. Wise adds one special
note for garbage feeders:
make sure cooking equipment
is working properly. Even
though producer* feeding
garbage represent less than 1
percent of the total number
of swine producers, raw or
improperly cooked garbage was
the source of 5 percent of the
outbreaks studied.
The goal for declaring the
United States “hog cholera
free” is 1972. One state, Ver
mont, has already reached this
goal, and four others are now
in the final phase of the pro
gram
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On their way to the American
Farm Bureau Federation’s an
nual meeting in Philadelphia,
the Colorado delegation will
stop briefly in Lancaster Coun
ty tor some “Pennsylvania
Dutch" cooking and a quick
look around the county.
They will be the guests of
the Lancaster County Farm
ers Association on Saturday
afternoon for a tour of some
of our farms, then they will
have dinner at the Abe Groff
Farm at Mount Joy.
It seems that they have
heard of Lancaster County’s
fabulous farms and people way
out there in the wild west
and they didn’t want to pass
through without seeing it for
themselves.
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183 head were sold. Hogs
weighing 160-180 pounds
brought 15.0046.10; 180-200,
16.10-17.10; 200-220, 16.25-17.10;
220-240, 15.5047.10; 240 and
up, 1560-16.00. Sows brought
12.0043.35.
At the sale of feeder cattle
on Nov. 20, good and choice
(600-750 lbs.) brought 20-22;
good (300-400 lbs.), 18,00-22.50;
medium to good (500-800 lbs),
17-20; medium (400-800 lbs),
1647.25; 8 head 550-lbs. Char.’
23.85-25.85. '•
There were 201 head sold at
the Hog sale on Nov. 28. Hogs
weighing 180-200 lbs. brought
16,25-17.25; 200-220, 16.75-
17 35; 220-240, 16.00-17.50; 240
and up, 13-7546.00. Sows sold
for 11.25-13.35.
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