No Hog Cholera in Past Six Months - There have been no recognized In this country In midwestern end disease, reports of hog cholera in the the early 1830's. southeastern states. Nearly Since the national United States during the past According to the agency’s |1 million was paid in federal eradication program began six months, reports the U. S. Animal and Plant Health and state indemnities to In late 1962, New Jersey, Department of Agriculture inspection Service (APHIS), compensate Indiana North Carolina and Texas (USDA). This is the longest i*Bt CKSe occurred in producers for the ap-. are the only states which known period without such a Indiana during the 1972 proximately 20,000 head of have not achieved a “hog case since the disease, which outbreak, which also af- swine which had to be cholera-free" status. 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Dr. Ernest E. Saulmon, deputy administrator of APHIS Veterinary Services, said that Indiana lost its “free” status during the 1972 outbreak. However, in that it had once been so designated, it was eligible and restored R I I I = -■ . J to the “free” status Dec. 28, six months, rather than twelve, after the disposal of the last Infected herd. Hog cholera was found in only 16 swine herds in the U. S. in 1073. This compared to 205 in 1872. Despite this progress, however, Dr. - Saulmon urged hog producers and others in the swine industry to remain alert for any suspicious illness in hogs, and to “suspect hog cholera first.” Gerald Metzler Christiana Youth Will Work Abroad In a recent bulletin from the National FFA Center in Alexandria, Virginia, it was announced that Gerald Metzler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Metzler, Christiana, RDI, has been accepted to participate in the FFA Work Experience Abroad program this summer. 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