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taak force haa received over “ But we wnat to get our
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came from membera of too. ’ Kiah said. “There are
PennAg Industries.” Pen* w»,000 cows In this state, and
nAg la a trade association of Hi* 1 ® *verage cow Is losing
agribusiness firms, with J 7o * year because of health
headquarters In Ephrata. Problems, we feel dairymen
Kish said the Atlantic should be more than willing
Breeders Cooperative, to help solve those problems.
Northeast Breeders and We ’ r ® “king individual
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dairymen to contribute $lO
apiece to the project.”
Dr. S. B. Gum, Penn
State’s well-known extension
veterinarian, told the group
that Pennsylvania had the
potential for developing a
dairy breeding herd second
to none, but first health
problems have to be licked.
Guss said the health
problems were of three unpin
varieties. Contagious
diseases, such as TB,
brucellosis, VD, IBR,
shipping fever and diarrhea
can be handled with vac
cines. Pennsylvania was one
of the most zealous states in
ridding its dairy herds of TB
and brucellosis, and the
early and consistent adop
tion of artificial in
semination techniques have
eliminated most venereal
diseases.
problems’were of three main
varieties. Contagious
diseases, such as TB,
brucellosis, VD, IBR,
shipping fever and diarrehea
can be handled with vac
cines. Pennsylvania was one
of the most zealou; states in
ridding its dairy herds of TB
and brucellosis, and the
early and consistent adop
tion of articial insemination
techniques have eliminated
most veneral diseases.
Infectious diseases, those
which can be caused by
mismanagement, include
foot rot, mastitis, baby calf
losses and so forth. Nothing
but better management can
cure these, Guss said.
Metabolic disorders were
the final health problems
which Guss discussed, and
he said these strike possibly
even more often at the most
capable operators. And it is
these problems that the
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dairy herd health study
would most like to in
vestigate. ,
“Metabolic problems have
increased drastically in the
last 25 years,’’ Guss told the
group. “These disorders
don’t all have clear cut
characteristics, but they all
seem to be related to in
creased production, the kind
of feed we’re giving these
animals and the kind of soil
that feed is grown on. Milk
fever, anemia, estrus
problems, arthritis in older
cattle, fragile bones in
younger ones - these all
seem to be related to trace
element deficiencies,
mineral imbalances,
deficiencies and even ex
cesses.
“The pressure on
producers who have large
financial commitments is
tremendous. They’ve got to
get everything they can out
of their cows, and to do that,
they’ve got to push all the
forage they can into their
animals. So we have real
sharp operators, doing
everything they can to
maximize production, and
running into problems they
can’t solve.”
Penn State’s approach to
the problem is an in
terdisciplinary one, Dr.
Walter Thomas pointed out.
Thomas was representing
Dr. James Beattie, dean of
Penn State’s College .of
Agriculture. He said any
funds raised by the task
force would be used not only
in studying herds, but in
looking at the quality of the
feed the animals get and the
way that feed is grown.
“It is obvious that many
talents are needed,’’ Thomas
said. “Thus, our in
terdisciplinary group on this
project includes animal and
dairy scientists,
agronomists, veterinarians,
horticulturists, and per
sonnel from the U. S.
Pasture Research
Laboratory at University
Park.”
Dairymen who wish to
contribute to the research
project can do so by sending
a check directly to Dr.
Robert Flipse, Room 229,
Agricultural Administration
Building, Pennsylvania
State University, University
Park, Pa. 16802. Checks
should be made out to Penn
State,' and marked “For
Project 1870”.
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