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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3, 1973
Hog Cholera Quarantine Lifted in New Jersey
The USDA announced recently
the lifting of a federal hog cholera
quarantine in New Jersey. This
action followed steps taken to
stop a senes of hog cholera
outbreaks in the state.
New Jersey hogs—except those
still under state quarantine
may now be moved interstate or
he sent to a federally-approved
market for slaughter in New
.Jersey (pork products are moved
interstate from such markets)
Officials of USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) said that 19 New Jersey
herds considered possibly ex
posed to hog cholera will remain
under state quarantine These
herds have been under continual
surveillance by animal health
officials for several weeks
To be assured of their status,
swine owners and state officials
m New Jersey have agreed to a
senes of tests by USDA to
determine if the exposed herds
Chester Extension Offers Safety
Instruction, Certification Course
As of January 1 1968, it became
illegal to hire youth outside the
lamily 14-16 years of age, unless
I hey have had safety instruction
A seven-week safety instruction
and certification course is being
olfered to youth 14-16 years of age
interested in farm employment
The course will begin at 7 p m
March 6 and 7 in the Atglen and
Oxford areas It is also being
mven to Vo-Ag students in school
If voii ptav to employ non Vo-Ag
students on your farm, and are
interested in having them attend
this certification course, please
have them call the Chester
County Extension Office (696-
iSOO) bv March 5 for pre
legistration and information
First preference will be given to
14-16 v ear-olds—second
preference to 13 year-olds
Certified vouth satisfactorily
< ompleting the course will not
necessanlv be expert tractor
drivers and machinery
operators they will likely need
on-lhe-iob supervision and
training
The course only acquaints
with the hazards of farm
lobs and vaguely exposes them to
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are infected. Those confirmed as
infected or dangerous will be
destroyed and disposed of safely
to prevent spread of infection.
The testing already underway
includes laboratory analysis of
blood taken at 3-week intervals
from a representative number of
swine in each herd. Scientists at
the National Animal Disease
Laboratory (NADL) in Ames,
lowa are performing serum
neutralization (SN) tests to
reveal any significant levels of
hog cholera antibodies in the
blood serum
All 19 herds, totaling about
19.000 swine, will be carefully
monitored during the 3-week
interval between blood testing.
Pigs of questionable health will
be examined with tonsil and other
tissue samples taken for
laboratory analysis.
APHIS officials emphasized
that hog cholera is a disease of
swine only and does not affect
the operation of tractors and
machinery It also makes them
eligible for legal employment by
you to perform many ordinary
farm fobs which are considered
hazardous In general, these jobs
include
1 Driving a truck or a tractor
over 20 horse power, or operating
most farm machinery.
2 Handling most pesticides,
anhydrous ammonia, power
saws, and explosives
3 Working around self
unloading wagons and bins,
blowers, augers, lifts, boars,
bullo. or stud horses
4 Working at heights over 20
feet, in gas-tight enclosures, or
handling logs over 6 inches in
diameter
Your own children, and those
for whom you are custodian, can
legally perform these hazardous
lobs on your farm with being
certified
Plants
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home or office with luxuriant
green foliage plants Extension
Horticulturist W Robert Fortney
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University says living plants m a
room should be blended into the
interior decoration scheme
Some of the more popular plants
\ou might consider are
philodendron, pothos and rubber
plants These will grow well
under artificial light in an office
or well-lighted area in your
home
man or other animals. Caused by
a virus, hog cholera is totally
unrelated to Asiatic cholera, a
bacterial disease of humans.
The quarantine of New Jersey
was lifted on the recom
mendation of federal and state
animal health officials. All swine
herds within a 5-mile radius of all
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outbreaks were inspected at least
twice and no further disease was
found. The last confirmed case of
hog cholera in New Jersey was
diagnosed January 2.
The feeding of raw or im
properly cooked garbage to swine
was a primary cause of hog
cholera in New Jersey and other
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