—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September i. 1973
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Cottle Identification
gulations Strengthened
Re
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) recently
adopted regulations requiring
most cattle two years of age or
older to be backtagged or ear
tagged to identify the animals to
their herd of origin before they
are shipped across state lines.
Officials of USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) said the new cattle
identification regulations-which
become effective October 23-
strengthen cooperative state
federal efforts to eradicate
communicable livestock diseases
such as brucellosis, tuberculosis
and cattle scabies.
Disease eradication programs
rely upon rapid trace-back of
infected animals to their herd of
origin. The newly adopted
regulations broaden current
requirements to include
backtagging of cattle two years
of age or older being shipped
across state lines for any pur
pose-not just to slaughter-with
the following exceptions;
- Steers and spayed heifers.
- Cattle shipped interstate
from a farm, ranch or feedlot
directly to (1) a stockyard posted
under the Packers and
Stockyards Act where they are
backtagged upon arrival, or (2)
an inspected packing plant,
provided the plant maintains
adequate identification of these
animals by lot or similar means.
(If lots are mixed at the packing
plant, cattle must be backtagged
before herd of origin identity is
lost.)
- Dairy and breeding cattle two
years of age or older must be
backtagged or eartagged—or
identified by other approved
means such as official brands-if
they are being shipped across
state lines.
- Purebred cattle permanently
identified according to breed
requirements before two years of
age do not have to be backtagged
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or eartagged when shipped in
terstate for purposes other than
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The regulation prohibits
removal of, or tampering with,
identifying backtags or eartags
until final destination. Ex
ceptions to this rule must be
authorized by the Deputy Ad
ministrator of APHIS’s
Veterinary Services. Individuals
responsible for shipping cattle
across state lines are also
responsible for seeing that the
cattle are properly identified.
The regulations were published
in the Federal Register August
24, 1973.
Jimsonweed Control Urged
Farmers who have jimsonweed - amount of jimsonweed seed in
in their fields should use her- g ra j n sorghum and soybeans
bicides at the proper time, clean continues to increase, it may be
harvesting equipment when they necessary to amen d grade
move from an infected field to a standards that wou ld limit the
clean one, and should spot-weed percentage of the weed seed in
their fields, says Dr. Fred E the two
Westbrook, a U.S. Department of F
Agriculture (USDA) agronomist
The Extension Service official
called for stricter control
measures because jimsonweed
seed is showing up in increased
volume in harvested soybeans
and grain sorghum and this has
caused marketing problems,
particularly in the export trade.
Jimsonweed seed can be
removed from soybeans by
cleaning them at the elevator or
processing plant. However, it is
difficult to remove mechanically
from grain sorghum because the
seeds are about the same size.
Dr. Westbrook said the weed is
spreading, particularly in the
midwest, because farmers
sometimes fail to clean har
vesting equipment when they
move it from field to field, and
because of today’s cropping
practices, which include less
rotation of crops and less tillage.
Herbicides can be used to
control jimsonweed in grain
sorghum fields. The best way to
control jimsonweed in soybeans is
to start with a “clean field,” he
said. This calls for the use of
herbicides in off years when
soybean fields are planted to
other crops, like corn or grain
sorghum. Small areas of jim
sonweed in soybeans should be
pulled by hand, he said. Infested
areas in grain sorghum or com
fields can be spot-sprayed with a
herbicide, he said.
Dr. Westbrook said if the
For Livestock Exports
The U.S. Department of would require that all cattle for scheduled for publication in the
Agriculture (USDA) has export—except those intended Federal Register August 15,1973-
proposed additional animal for slaughter—be treated for -should be sent to the Deputy
health requirements before cattle grubs with an approved Administrator, Veterinary
livestock could be certified for pesticide at least 10 and not more Services, APHIS, USDA, Federal
export. than 30 days prior to export. Center Building, Hyattsville,
Specifically, USDA’s Animal The proposal was prompted by Md., before Oct. 15, 1973. All
and Plant Health Inspection reports made to APHIS-the written submissions will be
Service (APHIS) proposal would agency responsible for inspection available for public inspection at
require that swine: and certification of the health of the above address during regular
-Be negative to a serum animals exported from the business hours, Monday through
neutralization test for tran- United States-that U.S. swine Friday
smissible gastroenteritis (TGE) shipped to Ecuador and Colombia
within 30 days prior to export; were reported to have caused
and extensive outbreaks of TGE in
- Be from a herd free of TGE
for the preceding 12 months and
to which no additions have been
made within 30 days prior to
export.
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shipped to Japan and Taiwan
were infested with grubs.
APHIS officials said that
adoption of the proposed
requirements would further
ensure that only healthy animals
would be exported. They are
seeking comments, however, to
determine whether or not the
additional health requirements
might limit the source of swine
for potential export or sub
stantially increase the cost for
cattle exported.
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