Beginning with the ac , if • celerated eradication InCIG Program, made possible by m3*. UtVIIUiSIS additional funding by IContinued from Pan 22) Congress in 1954, the „ , , , national program to wipe out precaution of cleaning any brucellosis made steady areas on the farm likely to progress until 1971. Since become contaminated, and then the trend has reversed, keep them "clean," advises Some of this increase may Dr. Becton.‘ Wear gloves be attributed to greater when assistang an animal efficiency in finding in during calving or one that fection, but there has been aborts, and scrub well af- an increase... substantial terward. Also, avoid enough to cause alarm, drinking raw unpasteurized Livestock industry leaders, milkor eating any of its by- as well as state and federal products. animal health officials, voiced concern. In "SILAGE EXTRA" It's Different, it's Extra A fermentation silage presertative Controls spoilage, increases protein, sugars, starches, palatability. 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From the meetings came a renewed commitment by government and industry to see the job through. Industry representatives called for certain practical ad justments in the program. But virtually all remained solidly behind the goal to eradicate brucellosis and opposed to a mere control effort. Despite increases of brucellosis, the livestock and dairy industry has realized great savings from the cooperative 'state-federal eradication campaign. Losses from lowered milk production, aborted calves and pigs, and reduced breeding efficiency have decreased to about $2O million annually. Such losses today would amount to an estimated $4OO million an nually without the eradication program. Today’s program is based on detection of the disease through surveillance measures, investigations of infected herds, elimination of infected animals by slaughter, and vaccination of replacement calves to in crease their resistance. In response to the need for continuous and inexpensive screening of dairy herds, the brucellosis ring test (BRT) was developed for national use in 1952. Subsequently, the procedure called market cattle identification (MCI) was developed for screening beef herds. This involves testing of blood samples from identified cattle going to salughter or at first point of concentration. Some -h-'A' states require testing of all cattle upon change of ownership. Testing cattle when sold at the market is, by far, the most effective means of screening beef herds. This greatly improves trace-back efficiency and aids control over negative exposed cattle in market channels. Specifically, this type of surveillance requires that all eligible cattle - whether sold to slaughter or to a farm as breeding stock - be blood tested for brucellosis at the first assembly or marketing point after leaving the farm or origin. Eligible cattle includes all cattle, except steers and spayed heifers, that are 24 months of age or older and any younger females showing evidence of pregnancy, or of having aborted or calved normally. So far, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee have initiated first-point-of concentration testing of all eligible cattle. In so doing, these states have at least doubled their surveillance of beef cattle - an effort greatly needed in problem areas. Some 99 percent of U. S. cattle are now free of brucellosis. States with little infection want to prevent reintroduction of the diease. They recognize that most of the remaining infection is concentrated in a few southern states. Illinois recently placed restrictions on feeding and breeding cattle coming into that state from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. lowa has an nounced testing and quarantine requirements for cattle from ten high incidence states (adding Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas) plus three neigh boring states (Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Oct. 5.1974 which have no special plan assure better coverage In the for handling cattle from testing of market cattle, high-incidence areas. Most authorities agree, if “I expect we’ll see more of we’re going to eliminate these embargo actions as brucellosis we must strive to additional states gear up to test all cattle entering trade attain ‘zero infection’ in their channels. Such an effort cattle herds,” says Dr. ultimately depends on the Becton, “I think we’ll also cooperation of everyone who see more states working to owns or handles cattle.” 23
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