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Clain, DVM, spoke to the group on hog diseases When I asked a similar group what their biggest swine disease problem was, they told me baby pig scaurs Actually, that disease is probably an im provement for the hog in dustry because it kills off enough pigs to keep the market high,” he laughed Purina Bruce Mc- On a more serious note, McClain discussed African swine fever, noting that this disease may soon be seen in the U S whether swine producers like it or not The disease, he said, is now in the Dominican Republic, and was in Cuba in 1971 He told how the Cubans tried to control the disease by complete eradication of the swine population But their kill-clean up repopulate method has not been completely successful because of recent reports of the disease being detected in Cuba, he said Symptoms of the disease are depression, weakness, cyanosis (red blood blotches show up on ears and body), coughing, diarrhea, vonutting, going down, and finally death All of this occurs over a three day period Swine autopsied that died from African swine fever showed spleens twice the normal size, the effect of the organ trying to clean up the blood, said McClain Kid neys were brown with red hemmorhages dotting the *Hog Katolight Standby Power Packages give you the finest in power outage protection. 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V i SYCAMORE IND PARK 255 PLANE THEE DRIVE UNCASTER, PA 17603 (717)393-5807 Route 30 West At The Centerville Exit Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19,1980—A25 surface he described them as looking like turkey eggs Afflicted sows tend to abort their Utters at any stage of their pregnancy, he said McClain also reviewed for the group the disease acute hemophilus pleurop neumonia, or ‘rotten lung’ In this disease, the lungs fill with blood and become attached to the chest cavity Sudden death strkes the victims to this bactena caused disease “A producer can be walking through his bam and not notice anything wrong on his trip down the aisle, and on his way back he’ll find dead pigs The animals suffocate and drown,” explained the veterinarian He added the afflicted hogs, if watched closely, can be seen to be breathing very fast, with rapid, shallow breaths This is caused because, with the lung pasted on to the ribs, the animal is in severe pain every time it breathes deeply the lung tears away from the chest cavity just as in pleurisy in humans McClain also touched on pseudorabies, a topic of interest to many of the hog producers The disease, caused by a Herpes virus, is a dead-end disease for cattle, dogs, cats, and sheep, where hogs tend to recover from it, he said. He emphasized the fact that the disease causes abortions, and that cattle afflicted with pseudorabies Plainfield Farmer’s Fair set for this week BANGOR Over 25 events ranging from a watermelon eating contest to a tractor pull will highlight the activities at this year’s Plainfield Farmer’s Fair in Northampton County The Fair will run from July 23 through 26 at the Plainfield Farmer’s Grove on Route 191, five miles south of Bangor The always-popular tractor pulling contest will be held Thursday evening at 7 A four-wheel drive pull on Wednesday evening at 8, and a garden tractor pull on Friday evening at 7, also will beheld The Black and White cattle show Northampton Lancaster FFA hog show, sale LANCASTER Lancaster County FFA Market Hog Show and Sale will be held on Thursday, July 31, at the Lancaster Stockyards DEADSTO REMOVED PROMPTLY ANYTIME ANYWHERE We Charge For distant Pickups, A. F. BRANDT’S SONS RENDERERS ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (717) 367-6026 literally scratch themselves to death In summing up swine diseases and preventative health, McClain emphasized the need to be super clean. “Practice the all m/all out method of filling your hog houses, along with the best sanitation methods available And be careful not to track something home when you take your hogs to market ” The hog producers then heard from 0 W Robison, professor of animal science and genetics at North Carolina State University. According to Robison, heterosis is the key to producing hogs He claimed that through research, the crossbred hogs showed a 10 percent increase in weight over purebred hogs. His data also found crossbreds to be more ef ficient breeders from both a physiological and physcological viewpoint larger testes for more sperm production, and more sex drive Other traits attributed to his crossbred-is-better theory include lower back fat, faster gams, and more efficient feed conversion, according to Robison Closing out the management program, DeGoey stressed the need for producers to work on saving the 25 percent of their pig litters that are lost prior to weaning He said there is a need to keep the pigs healthy with the proper antibiotics and feed, and comfortable warm and out of drafts —SM County’s annual Holstein show, will begin at 10 a m on Thursday with judging to take place at 1 p.m Youth cattle judging will be on Friday and a newly added youth sheep show and steer show will take place on Saturday A pie eating contest is set for Wednesday at 8-30 p m and a watermelon eating contest for Saturday at 7:30 p m For those with moderate appetites, there will be a chicken bor-b-que Friday and Saturday evenings. There will be exhibits and demonstrabons throughout all four days of the fair. the show will be held from 8 to 11 a.m., followed by the sale at 130 p.m. Ap proximately 200 hogs are expected to be sold. The
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