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Secretary of Agriculture Earl
L. Butz has committed the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) to a stepped-up drive to
achieve the eradication of
brucellosis from livestock by the
end of 1975—a goal called for the
National Association of State
Departments of Agriculture
tNASDA) and endorsed by the
United States Animal Health
Association (USAHA).
“It will take even greater ef
forts by the livestock industry to
eradicate this disease that causes
millions of dollars in production
losses in addition to the $4O
million a year spent for the
eradication program. With
eradication in livestock, the
source of human brucellosis—
sometimes called undulant
fever—is also eliminated,” the
Secretary told agricultural
communicators at a special
luncheon recently.
Secretary Butz commended the
agricultural communicators, the
livestock industry, State animal
health officials and their
associations, for the support of
the program that has already
resulted in the eradication of
brucellosis from cattle in 24
States and the Virgin Islands. He
emphasized the need to eradicate
all livestock diseases that reduce
the production of meat and other
animal products essential to
human health and nutrition.
Sharing the occasion with
Secretary Butz and confirming
the December 1975 eradication
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goal were Mississippi’s Com
missioner of Agriculture Jim
“Buck” Ross, Chairman of the
Brucellosis Subcommittee of
NASDA, and Dr. John C. Shook,
President of USAHA.
Progress already made in
eradicating brucellosis was
related by Dr. Ernest Saulmon,
deputy administrator of USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health Service
(APHS). “Over 54 per cent of the
counties in the United States,
Puerto Rice, and Virgin Islands,
have obtained Certified
Brucellosis-Free status for their
cattle”, Dr. Saulmon said.
“Puerto Rico and seven ad
ditional States—lndiana, Mon
tana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Arkansas, and
Illinois—could achieve Certified
Brucellosis-Free status by the
end of 1972”, he added.
Dr. Saulmon pointed out that at
the present rate, the brucellosis
eradication program will not be
completed earlier than 1980. He
predicted that with a stepped up
program the goal can be reached
by December 1975 and save about
$lB5 million in program costs
alone.
The completion of the
brucellosis eradication program
will not only bring about greater
savings of tax dollars, but will
elininate the millions of dollars in
losses suffered by the livestock
industry because of reduced
production due to abortions, poor
gains and longer feeding periods,
County
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and will assure the Nation of
adequate supplies of milk, meat,
and other animal products.
“A few decades ago, the goal
we aim to reach would have been
considered entirely unrealistic”,
Dr. Saulmon said.
In 1951, 3,139 cases of human
brucellosis were reported, and
over 65 per cent of these were
traced to infected cattle. In 1971,
only 171 human cases were
reported and about 65 per cent of
these cases involved infected
swine.
Five States —Arizona,
California, Nevada, Utah, and
Vermont—and the Virgin Islands
have completed swine brucellosis
eradication programs and are
Validated Brucellosis-Free.
Other States with counties free of
swine brucellosis are Connecticut
two, Hawaii one, Maryland one,
Massachusetts four, and
Michigan ten, plus Puerto Rico
with 43 municipalities as
Validated Brucellosis-Free
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ter, we maintain two phone
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(ask for Lancaster Farming)
and avoid a toll call from the
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