• Hog Cholera
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mal Disease Eradication Di
vision of the U. 6. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Seven states are in Phase
I; twenty-nine, including Penn
sylvania, are in Phase U; five
are in Phase 111, and eight
are in Phase IV. Dr. J. C.
Shook, director of the state’s
Bureau of Animal Industry,
and Dr. R. W. Boone, federal
veterinarian in charge, point
out that each of these four
phases represents a gradual
build-up in a state’s fight
against hog cholera.
The first phase involves
getting the program organ,
ized and under way distrib
uting information, developing
a system for telephone re
porting of outbreaks, arrang
ing for complete investigation
of outbreaks to find the
sources, and increasing in
spection of garbage feeders.
The purpose of Phase II is
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to reduce the incidence of fhestate, it can enter Phase IV,
disease to a very low level, a period of protection against
The state will accomplish this reinfection. If the state re
by continuing all measures de- mains free of infection for at
veloped in Phase I, as well least a year, and meets cer
as by quarantining infected tain other requirements, it
and exposed herds, and put- can be officially declared "hog
ting into effect intrastate ship- cholera free.”
Ping rules designed to pre- Dr Shook and Dr Boone
vent the spread of hog cholera point out that nati onwide
by pigs that move from mar- g oa j s f or the eradication of
kets back <.O farms. hog cholera were recently es-
Phase Ifl is the active eradl- tablished 'by the National Hog
cation part of the program cholera Committee of Live
the first phase in which eo- stock Conservation, Inc, an
operative state-federal indem- organization representing the
nites are available as an add- livestock industry. These goals
ed tool to help wipe out the call f or practical eradication
last remnants of hog cholera, by the end of 1969, and dec-
Dr. Shook and Dr. Boone em- laration of the nation as “hog
phasize that Pennsylvania will cholera free” by 1972. Both
enter this phase only after goals have been endorsed as
the incidence of hog cholera “realistic and attainable” by
has been reduced to a low the U. IS Secretary of Agri
level where indemnities will culture’s National Hog Chol
provide an efficient way to era Advisory Committee. The
get rid oi the remaining poc- 1959 « o al is labeled “practical
kets of infection. eradication,” the veterinarians
When hog cholera has been explained, because it is usual
apparently eliminated from a ly necessary for the nation
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to remain free of a disease
for about three years before
it can be officially declared
free.
Intermediate goals call for
all states to be in Phase II
or higher by the end of 1965,
and all states to be in Phase
DM or IV by the end of 1967.
“'Pennsylvania has met the
first requirement,’’ the veter
inary officials said, “and we
intend to meet the second
also.” Tentative plans call for
Pennsylvania to move mto
Phase HI by January 1, 1966.
• Dairy Show
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stalls, equipment and person
nel; attractiveness of exhibit,
milking techniques, courtesy
to visitors and cooperation
with the show management
An international event, the
All-American will be open to
breeders of registered dairy
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cattle in the United States
and Canada. At the first show
a year ago nearly 2,500 ani
mals were entered trom six
teen states and the Domin
ion. Entries close August 15.
This year’s show will con
form closely to the pattern
set at the initial event. Rules
and regulations will be little
changed, except that free sub
stitutions will be permitted
in the make-up of classes with
in the limits of number of
animals entered.
Cuthbert Nairn, Douglass
ville, president of the Penn
sylvania 'Dairy and Allied In
dustries Association, said
herdsmen who win the "good,
housekeeping” awards and
show donors will be honored
at a recognition planned for
Thursday night, Sept. 13 in
the Farm Show Building.
Ten-Year Effects
Of Swine Tests
Are Reviewed
In the United States during
the past ten years swine test
ing stations, with 38 present
ly in operation, and the All
Breed Meat Certification Pro
gram have greatly aided in
the location and identification
of meat type breeding stock,
according to W H Bruner,
extension specialist on leave
from Ohio State University.
'Swine testing station rec
ords recently reviewed indi
cate over 21,000 carcasses have
been evaluated, and the All
Bi eed Certification Program
has certified 13,612 litters, he
reported
In securing carcass data all
stations and the Breed Cer
tification Program reported
bacMat thickness, loin eye
area (10th rib) and carcass
length Additional data re
poited included rate of gain
or age at 200 pounds Some
stations also reported lean
cut yield and/or ham and
loin yield and feed efficiency.
Over 20,000 boars have been
evaluated by stations Boar
evaluation programs (tbackfat
probe, feed efficiency and rate
of gam) are supplemented by
production and carcass data
on slaughter animals sired by
the same boar
A total of 1298 sires have
been certified Meat Sires, Su
perior Meat Sires, and Pace
setter Meat Sires by the nine
breeds as part of the National
Breed Meat Certification Pro
gram
Several states are using ‘ul
trasonics as a useful tool in
selecting breeding stock indi
cating a good correlation be
tween estimates of bacfcfat
and loin eye area and the to
tal amount of lean meat in
the live hog
Impi ovements during the
ten years of swine evaluation
reveal
I—Backfat thickness has
been greatly reduced
2 Meatiness of earcess,
expressed as percent of lean
cuts 01 ham/lom has increased
appi eciably
3 Loin eye size and car
cass length have tended to
inci ease
4 Improvement in rate
of gam and feed efficiency
has accompanied increase in,
carcass meatiness
Although there has beem
considerable interest in es
tablishing a swine testing sta
tion in Pennsylvania, and ul
timately there will probably
be one, state swine breeders
must presently depend on
neighboring states for this
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