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MARCH 21, 22 & 23
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Special Discounts on Field Seeds
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BABY CHICK DAY
SAT., MARCH 23
5 Free Chicks Will Be Given To Each
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MIKE SMUCKER (left) learns how to castrate swine
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(Continued from Page 6) Vaccine Licensed For
ker; Zimmerman’s Hardware, Swine Jowl Abscesses
Blue Ball - Richard Hersh,
Hurst Tire Service, East Earl A license to produce a vaccine
R 1 - Clair Bowman, Allen H. for use a § aJnst most jowl ab-
Matz, Inc . New Holland - Doug- scesses m swine has been issued
las Houck- for one year to the biologies
New Holland Sales & Stables, fl ™ developed the piod-
T „„ . Tj.n j r, , „ uct, the U S Department of
Inc , New Holland - Galen Yo- Ae ’ lture reDort ed todav
der, Big Dutchman, Inc . New Ag I e reported toda - v
Holland - Daniel Burkhart;
New Holland Supply Company,
New Holland - Robert Esben
shade, C B Hoober & Son, In
tercourse - M Eugene Brendle,
Charles Weaver Masonry & Con
struction, Ephrata R 3 - Aaron
Snader,
Dairy Animals Need
Sufficient Minerals
During the winter feeding sea
son, it is especially impoitant
that dairy cows and heifers be
fed sufficient minerals, says
Harvey Shaffer, Penn State
dairy specialist Two of these
mineral elements, calcium and
phosphorus, definitely affect the
herd’s breeding efficiency
Cows and heifers receiving in
sufficient levels of phosphorus
or too much calcium in relation
to phosphorus aie apt to show
unusually weak symptoms of
heat In evtxeme cases, animals
may have “silent heats” and
show no sign of heat at all, says
Shaffer Of course, the problem
becomes particularly seuous
during the bain stabling season
when heat detection is difficult
at best
In order to meet the calcium
phosphoius needs of dany cows
and heifers, all gram mixtures
should contain at least 20 pounds
of dicalcium phosphate per ton
of feed, says Shaffer If possible,
this same substance should also
be fed free-choice In herds that
are fed large amounts of alfalfa
forage, one of the sodium phos
phates should replace half of the
dicalcium phosphate in the
grain mixture and also in the
mineral box.
Ground limestone should not
be fed to dairy animals unless
recommended by a veterinarian
or competent feeding specialist,
cautions the specialist.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 16.1968
The license was issued to Fort
Dodge Laboiatones, Inc , Fort
Dodge, lowa, by the Vetennary
Biologies Division of USDA’s
Agricultural Research Service.
Further tests to evaluate the
vaccine will be conducted by the
firm and USDA
Preliminary tests show that
the vaccine piotects hogs
against a group of Stieptococcus
organisms that cause over 85
pei cent of the jowl abscesses in
swine These oigamsms infect
the animals in the region of the
tonsils and cause localized ab
scesses to form in the tin oat,
neck, and head This makes
meat in the region unfit for hu
man consumption
Federal meat inspectois con
demn parts ol over 4 million
swine carcasses each year be
cause of abscesses in the neck
and other areas of the caicass
Because of this disease problem,
an estimated $l2 million worth
of pork never reaches U S chn
nei tables each year resulting
in losses to faimeis piocessors.
and consumers On some farms,
most of the pigs remain infect
ed year after year
The new vaccine called Jowl
Vac. is prepared from a non
infective stiain of the principal
organism causing the abscesses
The manufacturer states that
admmisteung the vaccine to
healthy pigs at least 10 weeks
old will pro; ide piotection
against jowl abscesses until the
pigs reach a marketable age
The firm recommends that the
vaccine be administered to
breeding stock at least 2 weeks
before each breeding season.
The vaccine is sprayed into the
throat around the tonsils, requir
ing that food and water be with
held for a time befoie and after
administration.
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