AlS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 21,1980
Swine
(CtAitmued from Page Al)
Based on the meeting’s
discussion and debate, PDA
drafted a letter of recom
mendation that alerted the
county fair associations
about the disease.
In the letter Van Buskirk
said:
“Pseudorabies infection
has been diagnosed in ten
Pennsylvania swine herds
and three additional
premises have been
quarantined because of
exposure.
“Transmission of
pseudorabies virus appears
to be the result of direct
nose-to-nose contact. Gamer
hogs often appear normal
but can shed virus when
under stress.
“Other farm animals such
as cattle, sheep, and dogs
are highly susceptible but do
not seem to spread the
disease, perhaps because
they succumb so quickly.
“Because pseudorabies is
a serious threat to our swine
breeder industry, the
Bureau of Animal Industry
recommends that no
breeding swine be accepted
for exhibition purposes until
this outbreak is under
control.
“Furthermore, Dr. John
Cable, Chief of Swine Health
Division, urges exhibitors of
market hogs to be sure that
these animals go directly to
slaughter and that contact
with other animals be kept to
a minimum.
“In view of the recom
mendations, I hope your
association will limit the
exhibition of swine to market
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and feeder classes. This
moratorium should remain
m effect until February 1,
1981, or until further notice.”
Grumbme noted that he
felt the state didn’t have a
hold on where the
pseudorabies came from,
and that the seven month
moratorium would give PDA
the tune they needed to get
the disease controlled.
“Unfortunately, the
disease easiest to control
m the purebred swine,”
Grumbme said. “With a
stroke of the pen, they just
don’t issue any health papers
anymore.”
Grumbine said he was
upset about the way feeder
pigs can “run up and down
the East coast un
controlled.”
Even though the state has
limited the breeding stock
from public fairs and shows,
he noted that a producer of
breeding swine could still
have an on-farm production
show and sale.
“By not having a chance to
take out livestock to the fairs
and shows, we are losing the
chance to advertise our
product. And that isn’t good
for the swine industry.
“But if pseudorabies was
contracted by a $2OOO dairy
heifer at a large fair, it
wouldn’t do the industry any
good, either. And it would
mean an economic loss to
people not connected with
the swine industry.”
Lebanon County’s Leon
Arnold, a purebred swine
producer, said, “PDA is
attacking the problem from
the least likely place when
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they put restrictions on
breeding swine. Purebred
breeders are careful not to
have too much traffic on
their farms.”
Arnold said he felt that the
state would only touch one
percent of the hogs by
cancelling purebred shows.
He pointed out that the
PDA letter- was only a
recommendation, and that
he understood that a show
and sale could go on if there
were blood tests done on the
entries. He said their local
Yorkshire Club show and
sale, scheduled for July 31
and August 1, has the blood
testing requirement.
Grumbme’s and Arnold’s
sentiments were echoed by
McConaughy who said
pseudorabies can be rough
on the purebred herd
“Any time there is a
disruption m showing our
swine, there is an automatic
disadvantage. However,
we’ve got to get a handle on
these diseases—we just can’t
let them run wild,” he said.
McConaughy also agrees
that feeder pig control is
essential if the disease is to
be checked.
“In not controlling feeder
pigs—that’s where we’re
making our biggest mistake
yet. Those 300,000 pigs
coming into the state from
every direction are giving us
90-98 percent of our trouble.
“PDA’s got the
regulations to control the
disease, but how do they
enforce them on market
hogs?”
McConaughy said the
purebred breeder is paying
the tariff for controlling
pseudorabies.
“If we want to ship in an
animal, we have to blood test
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before the animal is shipped,
and again after a 30 day
isolation period. With feeder
pigs, unless they’re coming
from a high incidence area,
you never see a test.”
Because of the potential
disease problem that can be
tied with showing hogs,
McConaughy said his family
hasn’t exhibited breeding
swine for about 6 years
unless it’s a show where the
animals are sold and not
brought home again. He
noted there was too great a
risk of infecting his dairy
herd and the rest of his
purebred Duroc breeding
swine.
Lancaster Co producer
John Henkel said the
pseudorabies moratorium on
showing breeding swine
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gives the state tune to
evaluate the disease
problem.
He pointed out that it was
not considered to be a
drastic disease situation,
otherwise PDA would have
shut down showing com
pletely, including feeder
pigs.
Henkel added one thing the
disease outbreak has done is
it’s gotten farmers to ask
questions of producers
before buying swine
“There’s a lot of ap
prehension, and people are
more cautious when
buying,” he said. “But that’s
what should have been done
in the beginning.”
Henkel cautioned
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decide to bring in feeder pigs
to be extremely cautious.
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“Mixing feeder pigs wiA
breeding stock is asking for
trouble. With disease control
being a problem, the
producers who want feeders
should make up their minds
to stay just in the finishing
end of the business. ’ ’
Summing up the situation,
Grumbme said he personally
feels the state has the
disease in check, but that
they’re giving themselves
the seven month cooling off
period to make sure they do
“With the market the way
it is now, I’m not sure it
couldn’t have happened in a
better year,” he concluded.
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