—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. December _30,1967 6 Maryland Prepares For Foot And Mouth Threat (A Special Report from Tiie University of Maryland) Maryland may very well be the first place where Foot and Mouth disease breaks ou l if and when it cro c s:- Via A ai/ic 0> ean from F-ad, s .3 a U. 1 - versity of Mao land veterinari an. Dr Robert Hammond, Exten sion vetennaiian says, “We do not believe it is a matter of IF it comes, but only WHEN it comes to the Un ted States More than 280,000 head of livestock have aheady been de stioyed in Gieat Britain dining the recent outbieak and the dis ease is still not under control The United States Depart ment of Agriculture has sent 12 veterinarians to England for 30 to 90 days to help conti ol the outbreak and gain experience which will help keep the disease from gaming a foothold if it is (iWhatever your dairy -feeding program, you can use new Wayne 32% Dairy Krums to good ad vantage. 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D, 2, Peach Bottom HEISEY FARM SERVICE Lawn and Bellalre introduced into the U S With International airports an the state and just outside her borders, Maryland is m the un enviable position of toeing one of the first stopping off places for the virus if it is carried on shoes or clothing of visitors from England But Maryland is ready' State and federal livestock health veterinarians have map ped stiategy for knocking the virus dead in its tracks as soon as it is reported. For quite some time. Dr Hammond reports, veterinarians have been holding emergency drills on eradication procedures Federal and state livestock health officials meet and set up mock emergencies to test then plans But here is wheie a hutch might develop, Dr Hammond cautions He urges farmers and live- MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY CO. Millersville C. E. SAUDER & SONS R. B. 1, East Earl MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE R. D, 2, Columbia HERSHEY BROS. Reinholds PARADISE SUPPLY Paradise stock handlers to report, imme- __ l_ O ]\4 a diately, any disease that might DvMJK. Ot. iTlailill be Foot and Mouth. CoWS ReCOl*d When an animal comes doyjn. v ' U¥va u wii'th Foot ’and Mouth., ono of the first tongs you will see is foam- Kjl 1 1 viuuyuuii mg at the month This Is caused Brattlfiboro V t. - The per by toe blasters toat form on the formance records of Registered inside of the cheeks and on the Holstein cows in area herds tongue. B lasters wall also be have been R s t e d in an official seen around toe nose and be- p roduc ti on testing report from tween the toes o* spM-hooved jiolstem-Fnesian Association of animals. America. Included are levels of “If the disease is reported solids-not fat (SNF) production immediately, we are ready to for individual animals. swing into action” Dr. Ham- The Holstein Association’s mond says, “If Foot and Mouth testing program includes provi can be spotted and wiped out be fore it has a chance to spread, " ~ it may not become a major Mouth loan not eat properly, and problem here as ut has in Eng- rnay become so lame that they land ” , will not walk to feed or water. The disease is caused by. one Sometimes cattle will become of the smallest viruses known so weak that other infections Foot and Mouth is highly com w’Ll attack. With very fat or tagxous to most of the cloven- veij young animals, the death footed animals cattle, sheep, rate from Foot and Mouth may goats, deer, buffalo, and ante- be high. lope Seven types of the virus “There is no accepted treat are known. ment for the disease,” says Dr. While the death rate may be Hammond. “The infected ana low, the disease affects almost mai is slaughtered and Iburied— -100 percent of the animals in a deep. It’s the bind of thing we herd. Cattle with Foot and can’t live with.” Out with the old, in with the new, but not before we wish everybody a very WKURI happy New Year. May the New Year bring to you and yours the best of every- Your Ful-O-Pep Feed Dealer Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. H. M. Stauffer Stevens & SOUS, LIC. Witmer Harold H. Good Grubb Supply Co. 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This sohds-not-fat output is credited to the lactation records of indi vidual cows, in the same mann er as total milk and butterfat production. Total nutrients testing was started in 1962 by the Holstein Association to provide breeders with another selection tool for improving the over-all perfor mance of cattle in them dairy herds. It is also a useful mea sure of milk’s food value for dairy products processors and homemakers. The animals and their actual production levels are: Rearing Maples Ivanhoe Con nie 5782893, a three year-old Registered Holstein, has credits of 15,930 lbs milk, 715 lbs. but terfat and 1,426 lbs sohds-not fat in 316 days, Roaring Maples Belle Burke 5134133, a six-year old, had produced 16-570 lbs, milk, 659 lbs. butterfat and 1,- 408 lbs sohds-not-fat in 291 days, Roaring Maples Ivanhoe Betty 5782892, a thiee year-old, (Continued on Page 7) M. S. Yearsley & Sons West Chester 609-2990
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