Pl4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 8,1980
Vermont cattle accredited
free
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Vermont has been declared
free of tuberculosis in cattle,
U.S. Department of
Agriculture officials report.
A certificate officially
accrediting Vermont as
being free of bovine
tuberculosis was presented
to Commissioner William
Darrow at Montpelier,
Vermont by Dr. Gerald J.
Fichtner, regional director
for veterinary services with
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
Fichtner noted that
eradication culminates
nearly 60 year’s par
ticipation by Vermont in the
cooperative state-federal
program against the
disease, and nearly 90 years
Goat Assoc, meeting
PINE GROVE MILLS -
The Pennsylvania Dairy
Goat Association has an-
nounced their Spring
meeting will be held on April
12 at the Pine Grove Mills
Lions Club.
The meeting is scheduled
to begin at 10 a.m., with a
buffet banquet being served
at 2:30 p.m. The all-you-can
eat turkey dinner is being
prepared by a local goat
club, with a cost of $3.25 per
person.
Sidney E, Bernard, Ex
tension food scientist from
Penn State, will be
discussing milk quality
during the meeting
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of tuberculosis
of tuberculosis testing of
cattle by veterinarians and
federal or state officials.
Fichtner praised the
state’s intensive efforts over
the yeais, noting especially
the sacrifices required in the
1920’s and 1930’s when
statewide testing of all cattle
herd was undertaken. In
1932-34, some 3.7 million
tests were made, which
showed 139,000 animals with
positive reactions-all of
which had to be slaughtered,
with state indemnities
amounting to $8,476,000.
, Recognition as accredited
free of tuberculosis m cattle
requires achievement of
these standards specified m
the cooperative state-federal
eradication program :
contact Danny Harter,
249 H, R 2 Bellefonte,
16823.
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No cattle found infected in
the state within the past five
years or more;
Continued surveillance by
animal health officials;
State enforced laws and
regulations governing
livestock dealers;
Record keeping that
enables the state to trace
infested animals found in
marketing channels back to
their herd of origin.
Vermont is the 17th state
accredited free of tuber
culosis in cattle. The others
are; Arizona, Colorado,
Connecticut, Maine,
Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Montana, New
Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, North
Carolina, North Dakota,
Rhode Island, Utah and
Wyoming.
Although much progress
has been made, APHIS of
ficials warn that tuber
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within the past two months,
a herd in Shelby County,
Ohio, was found mfected
after meat inspectors
discovered evidence of the
disease in the carcass of a
slaughtered cow. Animal
health officials are now
tracing movements of
animals mto and out of that
herd to locate and eradicate
any spread of the infection.
APHIS officials urge dairy
and beef cattle producers to
avoid losses from the disease
by buymg only cattle that
have been tuberculosis
tested and found negative;
and by purchasing cattle
only from herds that have no
history of the disease for five
years or longer.
Livestock reacting
positively to tuberculin
testing are sent to slaughter,
where post mortem
examinations are made for
gross lesions indicating the
progress of the infection.
Carcasses may be con
demned.
If minor signs are
discovered, they may be
passed for use only after
specified cooking
requirements. States and/or
federal indemnities are paid
to help compensate owners
for losses.
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