Test Requirements For Veterinary Biologies More extensive tests (or four animal vaccines are bftng proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Officials of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said the proposal covers procedures for evaluating the purity, potency and ef fectiveness of vaccines against the bacteria Lep tospira grippotyphosa, Leptospira hardjo, Salmonella typhimurium and Pasteurella multocida. These bacteria cause lep tospirosis, salmonellosis and pasteurellosis in livestock. If adopted after a period for public comments • Which ends Jan. 1,1975 - these tests would be added to regulations in the federal code that require USDA - licensed veterinary biologies to be safe, pure, potent and effective, under provisions of the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act of 1913. The two leptospira vac cines are recently developed products, for which the tests have been proposed to meet the standards required of licensed veterinary biologies. The salmonella and pasteurella vaccines were two of the products that were licensed many years ago when USDA regulations required proof of safety and purity only. In a Nov. 2,1973, notice in the Federal Register, APHIS ordered manufacturers of such products to demonstrate their effectiveness and develop potency tests or otherwise terminate the product license (USDA press release 3371-73). Tests were subsequently developed for these two vaccines and are incorporated in the newly proposed regulations. APHIS currently licenses 43 manufacturers and 681 veterinary biological products that are distributed in interstate commerce. Plants and laboratories are inspected regularly by APHIS veterinary biologies specialists, and product lots, or ‘serials,’ are routinely tested. Polled Hereford’s Hit 207,000 Registrations A record-breaking 207,882 registrations were recorded by the American Polled Changes In Proposed changes to the National Poultry Im provement Plan (NPIP) are now open to public comment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said recently. The proposed changes were made by delegates to the NPIP Conference held in June in Salt Lake City, Utah. In all, 24 changes were ap proved. Of these, the most important proposed changes are: • A classification as U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean State for those states that have laws and regulations which ensure detection and elimination of pullorum typhoid infections. Over one fourth of the states enrolled in the Plan could now be classified under this provision. - A classification as U.S. Pullorum - Typhoid Clean State - Turkeys, 'for states that are able to supervise only the turkey breeding flock in theis state, yet have the necessary rules and regulations to eliminate pullorum-typhoid infections. - A classification as U.S. Typhimurium Controlled for meat type chickens. - A U.S. Salmonella Controlled Program for turkeys. - A U.S. M. Synoviae Clean Program for meat type chickens. - A U.S. M. Gallisepticum Clean Program for water fowl, exhibition, poultry, and game birds. Other recommended changes in the NPIP in cluded revisions in testing procedures for disease control programs and miscellaneous changes to improve administration of the Plan. Those interested in commenting on the proposed changes have until Nov, 9 to respond. Comments may be sent to the Chairman, Animal Physiology and Genetics Institute, Building 161, Agricultural Reserach Center-East, Beltsville, Md. 20705. Copies of the Federal Lancaster Firming, Saturday. Oct. 26.1974 Hereford Association during the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, a major milestone in the Poultry Plan Register containing the proposed changes may be obtained by writing the Poultry Improvement Staff, Building 285, Agricultural Research Center - East, Beltsville, Md. 20705. The NPIP was founded in 1935 as a voluntary State- Federal Cooperative Program to improve poultry and poultry products through better breeding practices and the control of certain hatchery disseminated diseases. HOW forthe/TTn THE PARENT PARTICI PATION PROGRAM —A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HOSPITAL CARE OF YOUNG LEUKEMIA VICTIMS —WAS LAUNCHED TWENTY YEARS AGO AT CITY OF HOPE, CALIFORNIA. THEN. SURVIVAL OF AVERAGE CHILD WAS MEASURED IN WEEKS... 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Sweet attributes this con* tinous increase in registrations to the fact that Polled Herefords have stayed with the “basics”, emphasizing the importance of a calf from every cow each year, enough milk to raise a thrifty calf, superior growth rate that makes a profit and the naturally hornless head. “The faith the breeders have in Polled Herefords is evident when one considers that Polled Herefords are the only major beef breed that has not experienced an over all decline in registrations,” Sweet says. The theme of “204 in ‘74” was announced at the Association’s annual membership meeting in Denver last January. APHA member-breeders responded by registering more than 3,000 more calves than the goal called for, indicating their optimism for the future of the breed. USE WAYNE ANIMAL HEALTH AIDS TO KEEP YOUR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HEALTHY 21
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