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DB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 7,1981 USDA declares national swine fever emergency LANCASTER - The U.S Department of Agriculture has declared an animal health emergency exists since the presence of African swine fever in Haiti represents a serious threat to the United States swine industry and consequently, to the national economy Taken to initiate measures for countering spread of the highly contagious disease to the United States, its territories and possessions, the action was jointly agreed to by the out-going and in coming Administrations. The emergency declaration specifies that the “...emergency arising out of the existence of African swine fever in Haiti, a very close neighboring country, .con stitutes a threat to the swine in- Old Guard GBaflaaD Drogaffame® SaoDopamw "Friend of Farmers since 1896 " '' .. .. 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PA 17004 PH (717)483-6714 LAPP SHARPENING SERVICE Gibble Road, Route 2, Box 276 Myerstown, Pa 17067 LAPP’S HARDWARE A DAIRY SUPPLIES Box 96, Loop Rd , RD4 Quarryville, PA 17566 dustry of the Umted States.” Puerto Rico is considered especially vulnerable to ASF, because it is iocated ap proximately 75 miles from the Island of Hispanola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In turn, active tourism and trade between Puerto Rico and the United States would make it dif ficult to prevent spread to the mainland. There is no effective vaccine or treatment for ASF. The declaration authorizes” a program in cooperation with the Government of Haiti, and with other governments and in ternational organizations or associations, in carrying out operations or measures to eradicate, suppress or control 28” wide, 60” long, 35” high, capacity 600 lbs Choice of 10” pneumatic or semi pneumatic wheels FARM BUREAU Mill Street Dublin, PA 18917 FARM BUREAU 115 Washington Ave Souderton, PA 18964 PH (215)273-4355 ROBERT GUTSHALL RD 1212 Womelsdorf, PA 19567 PH (717)933-4616 CHESTER INGRAM HublersburgßD2 Bellefonte, PA 16823 PH (814)383-2798 DELIVERIES AVAILABLE African swine fever in Haiti or to prevent or retard African swine fever or vectors thereof from being introduced to and disseminated into the United States.” The Haitian government has requested assistance in com batting the disease Mexico and Canada have express *a interest in cooperating in the eradication effort ASF first invaded the western hemisphere in 1971 That outbreak, in Cuba, resulted in destruction of a half-million hogs In 1978, the disease was confirmed in the Dominican Republic, and Brazil, with Haiti becoming infected in 1979. Cuba experienced a second outbreak early in 1980, which was rapidly eliminated. UN-DECK IS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL, PROFIT-DESIGNED APPLICATION OF THE BIG DUTCHMAN QUALITY CAGE LINE V * 1 Featuring Controlled Automation With These Benefits And Advantages in Starting And Growing Pullets High Speed Champion Feeding Hart Cup Watering System Automatic Air Inlet Control HERSHEY EQUIPMENT 0 Designers of Qualify Systems for Poultry, Swine and Grain Handling. AUTHORIZED Dutchman. DISTRIBUTOR WPANY, "WE SELL THE BEST & SERVICE THE REST " ru? HERSHEYEQUIPMENT in (COMPANY, INC. The Dominican Republic elected to slaughter its entire swine population in order to eliminate ASF. With a loan provided by the U S Agency for International Development and technical assistance from USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspecton Ser vice, the slaughter program was complete in September 1960, and, after a period of surveillance, the country is now restocking with new pigs. African swine fever is a highly contagious virus disease affecting only swine Its symptoms in the acute form include high fever, red blotches on the skin, internal bleeding, collapse of the animal and nearly 100 percent death losses i • Automatic Dropping Board Scrapers • High Capacity Feed Bins and Augers • Total Ventilation m the herd, The disease spreads rapidly like virulent forms of hog cholera. A milder, chrome form of ASF, with reduced death losses, has been experienced in some countries The disease is spread by infected hve pigs and pork products, contaminated garbage, feed or water, contaminated premises, clothing, footwear, and improper disposal of infected carcasses. Eradication of ASF is possible only by quarantining ail farms in the vicinity of an outbreak, destroying all infected and ex posed swine, surveying swine herds and cleaning and disin fecting ail infected and exposed farms. Sitt Dutchman. 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