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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday Jan. 26. 1974
Progress
Marked progress in
eradicating hog cholera and
exotic Newcastle disease
two serious livestock
diseases-hlghllghted 1973
animal health activities of'
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture (UoDA).
Hog Cholera
Officials of USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)
report that only 16 swine
herds were found to be in
fected with hog cholera
during 1973 compared with
205 during 1972. They note,
furthermore, that all of the
1973 cases occurred prior to
July.
The six months since that
time is the longest known
period without a case of hog
cholera since the disease
was first recognized in the
United States in the early
1830’s. An estimated 5,000 to
6,000 swine herds were in
fected annually before the
national eradication cam
paign began in late 1962.
Newcastle
The last quarantine in
southern California for
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virus disease that is usually
fatal to poultry and other
birds but harmless to con
sumers-was lifted in late
1973. A massive outbreak of
this disease struck southern
California in late 1971. In
March 1972, as the disease
continued to spread,
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz declared a
national emergency and
federal and state quaran
tines were placed on a 45,000-
square-mile area to contain
the disease.
APHIS eradication efforts
involved the destruction of
nearly 12 million birds
mostly laying hens-at a cost
of more than $27 million in
indemnities to their owners.
By early 1973, the disease
had been contained and the
quarantine area had been
reduced to 1,450 square
miles. The last case of exotic
Newcastle in southern
California was reported on
June 28, 1973.
Sheep Scabies
In January 1973, the U.S.
was officially declared free
of sheep scabies-a disease
APHIS and cooperating
states had been fighting
intensively for the 12
previous years. The last case
of scabies was found in
January 1970. Eradication of
the mites which cause this
disease will save the nation
an estimated $l7 million
yearly m projected losses.
Screwworms
The APHIS battle against
screwworms in 1973 mcluded
both successes and setbacks.
The 15,000 screwworm cases
moncv.
masKR
is
coming.
ORGANIC
PLANT
FOOD CO.
in Eradicating Disease
recorded during the year
looks good compared with
the massive invasion the
previous year-some 95,000-
plus cases were found in
1972. But the 1973 total was
still far above the usual
annual level of cases over
the ten-year history of the
southwestern screwworm
eradication program.
Brucellosis
•During 1973, one more
state-Montana-qualified as
a “certified brucellosis
free” area, bringing to 30 the
number which have reached
this status in the fight
against brucellosis in cattle.
However, APHIS officials
pointed to an increase in the
number of brucellosis
infected cattle herds in some
areas of the country
particularly the southeast
and south central states. To
reverse this trend, they
called for stepped-up efforts
during 1974 in areas where
the disease incidence is
highest.
Progress in the fight
against swine brucellosis
during the year included the
“validation” of four
additional states-Arkansas,
Montana, Oregon and
Syoming - as free of swine
brucellosis. Mine states have
now achieved this status and
21 others are conducting
active eradication
programs.
Fever Ticks
APHIS animal health
officials were also con-
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Cattle Scabies
Efforts against a serious
outbreak of cattle scabies in
southwestern and mid
western states continued
during 1973. A total of 48
infected herds in ten states
were located and treated. In
1972, cattle scabies was
found in 79 herds in seven
states.
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year in a row there were no
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and testing of veterinary
biologies kept nearly 242
million doses of un
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