E26—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 5,1980
Livestock Health Council works toward Brucellosis control
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
search for effective disease
management guidelines for
brucellosis “got off to a good
start” at the recent annual
meeting of the United States
Animal Health Association,
the chairman of the
Livestock Health Council
said.
Raymond Schnell said he
was encouraged by proposed
changes in the federal
Uniform Methods and Rules
for brucellosis that were
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over toe 100 mark, Elwood
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maximum research effort.
Included on his check list to
maximize your yield are:
-finding toe best varieties
of wheat;
-examining toe number of
bushels planted per acre;
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made by USAHA’s
Brucellosis Committee. But,
he added, “Much more
needs to be done before these
federal guidelines are
workable in today’s
livestock industry.”
The changes in the UM&R
recommended by the
Committee to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service came as a
result of a “tremendously
unified livestock industry
-working out the best
uniform planting depth;
-determining toe earliest
optimum planting time;
-watching soil fertility,
especially aluminum con
centration and maintaining
a ph greater than 6.0;
-selecting proper fer
tilization, which means
checking the Agronomy
Guide, applying toe fertilizer
before toe growth starts, and
having a top dressing of
nitrogen;
-planning effective weed
control and applying her
bicides at toe correct times;
—monitoring insect
population, especially
aphids;
-curbing diseases in
cluding, soil born fungi,
powdery mildew wheat scab
and septoria Glum blotch.
Dr. Hatley emphasizes
that there is no recipe for
growing 100 bushels of wheat
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pointing out the flaws in the
current UM&R,” Schnell
said.
“These changes will
reduce some of the red tape,
particularly in the areas of
dealer licensing and ‘S’
branding.
“The recommended
revisions also endorse the
use of a reduced strain of
brucellosis vaccine, ease the
quarantine requirements on
adult vaccinated cattle, and
per acre in Pennsylvania,
however, following his
checklist will maximize
yield and continued research
will someday enable
growers to surpass the 100
bushel mark.
Dr. Hatley made his
remarks as the concluding
speaker at the 1979 Forage,
Corn and Seed Conference
held at Penn State.
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give states more flexibility
in dealing with disease. ”
However, Schnell said,
“While we have every in
dication from APHIS of
ficials that these changes
will be incorporated in a new
draft of the UM&R which
should be released in early
December, there are other
critical points we want to see
incorporated into the federal
guidelines. - ’ These include:
The reduction of un
necessary restrictions on the
legitimate movement of
livestock in marketing
channels which, Schnell
said, are a “tremendous
hindrance to the vast
majority of honest
marketing businessmen and
the entire industry.”
Placing more respon
sibility for control of the
disease on the buyer and
seller.
Stricter penalties for
repeated violators, and less
time spent “harrassing
those persons who make
honest mistakes.”
Better performance by
federal and state agencies
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“We also want increased
emphasis on vaccination,
and more research into the
economic realities of the
brucellosis program. This
latter point is often
overlooked by the regulatory
authorities,” Schnell said.
The marketing sector “is
keenly aware of its
responsibility to all sectors
of the livestock industry to
obtain a brucellosis program
that is effective, workable
and economically feasible,”
Schnell said.
“We gladly assume that
responsibility. We will be
working and speaking out for
such a program for
marketing businesses, the
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The Health Council is the
arm of the Livestock
Marketing Association
which speaks for the
marketing sector in matters
of animal health. In addition
to Schnell, of Dickinson,
N.D., the other members of
the Council who attended the
week-long USAHA meeting
in San Diego were Vice
Chairman Dr. George Stiles,
Windsor, Mo.; Keith E.
Myers, Grundy Center, la.;
W.V. “Bus” Emrich, Nor
folk, Neb.; E.D. “Buddy”
Neel, Chipley, Fla.; J.R.
Taylor, Amarillo, Tx., and
Executive Officer Clifford R.
Boucher, Austin, Tx.
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