—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 21, 1977
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Pseudorabies control
measures recommended
NEW YORK, N.Y. -
Control measures to combat
pseudorabies should be
initiated now to slow the
spread of the disease, the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture advised last
week.
Dr. F.J. Mulhern, ad
ministrator of USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS),
outlined needed control
measures to hog producers
attending the Livestock
Conservation Institute (LCI)
annual meeting at Colum
bus, Ohio, May 10 -11.
Mulhern explained that an
all-out eradication program
is not feasible at this time
because of a number of
factors. “Such an
eradication program would
be expensive,” he said, “so
we need to be sure of our
facts before launching such
an effort.
“We need to know more
Egg ads
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Carol Foreman, assistant
secretary of agriculture and
former president of con
sumer Federation of
America, expressed
criticism of food commodity
check-off advertising, but
conceded the “Incredible
Edible Egg” may play a role
in regaining breakfast
markets lost to cereal
manufacturers.
At a briefing held here by
egg industry leaders, Ms.
Foreman said she was tired
of her children telling her to
buy different cereals and
commented that the “In
credible Edible Egg” ad
vertising did not personally
appeal to her.
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about the amount and
distribution of the disease,”
he continued. “We need to be
sure we have a safe and
effective vaccine. And
finally, we need a quicker
and more economical test.
While we get this in
formation,” he added, “we
must make sure we don’t
take steps that might
jeopardize any future
eradication effort.”
According to Mulhern,
recommended actions to be
taken against pseudorabies
now include the following:
-Determine the extent and
location of infection
nationwide. This could in
clude a pilot program for
testing boars for the disease,
with .follow - up in
vestigations of reactor
animals, along with
establishment of systems
within each state for
reporting the disease and
quarantine infected Jierds.
-Vaccinate infected herds
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period following her speech,
she was challanged by Mike
Hicth, AEB member, who
said, “You just told us your
children tell you what to buy.
We all have children. We are
losing the breakfast egg
market to cereal people.
These ads are aimed at
getting our market back.”
Ms. Foreman replied, “If
you put it on that basis, I
take back my criticism of
the program.”
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Sat. -S to 12
when USDA - licensed
pseudorabies vaccines are
available. Vaccination of
exposed or surrounding
herds would be carried out
under guidelines set up by
state animal health officials
in each state.
-Establish procedures for
cleaning up infected birds.
This could be done through
testing and isolation of
negative animals, with
retests of the isolated herd
before animals could be
shipped.
—Establish uniform
methods and rules for herds
to be officially recognized as
pseudorabies negative. A
herd would qualify for this
status after all animals over
six months old were tested
and found negative. To
maintain status, 25-per cent
segments of the herd would
have to be retested and found
negative at three - month
intervals.
-Carry out epidemiology
in states with infection to
leam more about the disease
and how it spreads.
-Adopt state and federal
shipping rules for all classes
of swine.
-Conduct an information
program about the disease
and what producers can do to
protect themselves.
-Carry out additional
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quicker and more
economical test for
to develop
vaccines, to study, the
disease in wildlife, and to
develop chemical treat
ment for pseudorabies.
Outbreaks of pseudorabies
- -also called Aujesk’s
disease or “mad itch” - -
have increased sharply in
the last fewyears. More than
700 cases were confirmed in
the laboratory in 1976,
compared to only 125 in 1974.
The disease, caused by
herpes virus, can cause
death losses of up to 100 per
cent in pigs less than two
weeks old. After three
weeks, young pigs usually
develop some resistance to
the disease and losses are
considerably reduced. Since
pseudorabies can .occur in
adult swine with few, if any,
visible symptoms, hogs
serve as a natural reservoir
for the disease.
Swine can transmit
pseudorabies to cattle and
sheep, where it causes a
fatal encephalmyelitis with
signs of severe itching and
self mutilation - -hence the
name “mad itch.” The
disease also affects dogs and
cats atjd wildlife.
Pseudorabies is not known to
affect humans.
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