—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 21, 1972
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National Hog Cholera Emergency
(Continued From Page 1)
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USDA officials emphasized
that hog cholera does not affect
humans and is not transmissible
to them. They point out that hog
cholera is a virus disease which,
though highly contagious and
usually fatal in swine, is totally
unrelated to the human cholera
disease which is caused by
bacteria.
As part of the emergency ac
tion, effective immediately,
USDA has changed its
regulations to increase the
federal share of indemnity from
50 to 75 percent in infected states,
provided those states maintain
an adequate identification
system for feeder pigs and
breeding swine. If isolated cases
should occur in “hog cholera
free” states, the federal share
will remain at 90 percent. State
indemnity is set at 25 and 10.
percent, respectively, for in
fected and “free” states.
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) said that since July 1,
there have been 99 cases of hog
cholera reported in 14 States—
Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Nebraska, New
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South Carolina, Tennessee, and
Texas—and Puerto Rico. This
compares with 76 cases reported
during all of the fiscal year en
ding June 30.
This flareup of the disease has
forced USDA to remove its “hog
cholera free” status from
Nebraska, Kentucky, Ohio, In
diana, and Tennessee. Some
39,000 hogs have had to be
destroyed and their owners paid
indemnities, financed jointly by
the States and USDA. Other
States considered to be infected
are New Jersey, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Texas and Puerto
Rico. The remaining 41 States are
“hog cholera free.”
By declaring a national
emergency, the Secretary is
authorized to acquire funds and
people necessary to carry out an
all-out disease eradication
campaign against hog cholera.
Butz also called on hog farmers
to lend their full support to the
eradication effort by promptly
reporting any sickness in their
hogs to their veterinarians,
county agent, or state or federal
animal health officials.
“The quicker we can locate all
sources of infection, the faster we
can take the necessary action to
-eliminate the disease,” he em
phasized.
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Eradication procedures in
clude:
(1) Destruction of all infected
and exposed herds, with in
demnities paid to owners. Hogs
are appraised for the actual
value for meat, feeding or
breeding purposes and in
demnities are based on this
appraisal.
(2) State and federal
quarantines of areas where in
fection is discovered. At present,
all or portions of 43 counties in
nine States are under Federal
quarantine. States affected in
clude Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, North
Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,
and Tennessee. The entire
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is
also under Federal quarantine.
(3) Investigation and
traceback on all cases of hog
cholera to locate and eliminate
the source of the disease and any
possible spread. Specially
trained diagnosticians are being
assigned to affected areas for
suveillance and investigation of
suspected cases.
(4) Tight enforcement of
shipping rules and market
regulations. This will include
veterinary inspection at markets.
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Other eradication activities in
clude inspection of garbage
feeding operations and a con
tinuing search to detect unknown
garbage feeders.
“We have the skill and know
how to eradicate this disease”
pointed out Dr. F. J. Mulhern,
APHIS Administrator. “We have
demonstrated this capability by
wiping out hog cholera in 46
States. Five of those States have
been reinfected in the current
outbreaks.
“These outbreaks are looked
upon as the last effort of the virus
to survive. It is a time that
demands all-out effort by the
industry, and the State and
Federal governments to find the
last remnants of the disease and
eliminate it. That is the reason
for the declaration of the
emergency.”
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Cattle Feeders Tour
The Lancaster County Cattle
Feeder’s Tour will "be held
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oc
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state of Virginia. The purpose of
the tour will be to observe and
study the outstanding cattle
feeding farms in the Shenandoah
Valley.
The group will be traveling by
bus and advanced reservations
are necessary. The group will be
limited to-two bus loads, which
will leave from the Farm and
Home Center by 7 a.m. the
morning of October 31.
Reservations must be made by
Wednesday, October 25. For
further information contact the
Lancaster County Extension
Office, 1383 Arcadia Hoad, or call
394-6851.
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Ph: 354-0301
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