Many exotic birds carry Newcastle disease
ssa issLsrss. ‘sas gsr^arsits
(Springing exotic Newcastle disease ! because of disease were Psit- lowa. less virulent strains of Newcastle J ,s^9"opn^
United States. tacifomes - parrots, cockatoos, -We found infection m the disease virus from 26 groups of Newcastle (^se^a
Many fgmiiips 0 f exotic birds parakeets, conures, macaws, Fringillidae family the finches birds,” Senne said, “We allowed veiogemc xvewtasue uiacaac,
have been refused entry because cockatiels and. parrotlets,” said and canaries; Stumidae - mynah these birds to enter the country i>e “®“ ua - isolated
they were infected with viruses Dennis Senne, of USDA’s Animal and starling; Cotmgidea - cock of because those strains of the virus veternM^is
that kill donv*»tic poultry and and Plant Health Inspection the rock; Corvidae - Magpie; already exist here.” man *
other cage and aviary° birds. The _ Service. "We expected that. Turdidae - Pekin robin; The 221,600 birds, winch USD A C £e herpes
infections showed up during U.S. However, we didn’t expert to find Ploceidae - silver biU; Colum- refused entry, made up 147 lots of reovirus and
Department of Agriculture members of ten other bird families bidae - pigeon; Musophagidae - 2 ,274 offered for importation, c^ p ’ uSDA
supervised quarantine. ' infected. tuoraco; Grandidae - crane; and Senne said. Lots varied from 10 to ca—j--
-More than .70 percent of the Seme is a diagnostitian at Phasiamdae - pheasant and 36,800 birds. lntiy because
federal regulations are designed to
detect and exclude only viruses
that kill domestic poultry.
“USDA refused entry to the
highest number of birds during
1973 the first year of the import
program when almost 32 per
cent of the lots and more than 40
percent of the birds were denied
entry,” Senne said. “Since tben,
we haven’t refused nearly as many
lots of birds.”
The reduction may be due to
these factors, Senne said:
—lmporters may have become
more cautious in the types of birds
they import and the countries from
which they import them;
—The USDA 90-day ban on
imports from countries, when
exotic Newcastle disease is
isolated in birds from that coun
try;
Plus 2000 lbs of Milk
A FARMERS DOZEN
These 13 ABS SIRES ere off PLUS ever 2000 pounds PDJHI .
PO«« BPT
+312 48%
+2lB 98%
+267 59%
+241 43%
+279, 41%
+202 99%
+261 74%
+234 74%
+214 36%
+239 61%
+224 72%
+289 64%
+263 76%
+249 65%
Code Number Code Name DtRS PDM
29H4000 Columbus 29 +2717
29H2811 Chris 1303 +2454
29H3364 I Tiger 27 +2425
#29 H 4230 i Geranjo 21 +2315
*829H4215 / Marc 19 +2199
29H2510 Demand 6372 * +2177 .
29H3064 Jason 45 +2136
29M4138 Spartan 54 +2093
#29 H 4195 Maiz 20 +2061
29H3845 . Radar . 26 +2042
29H3303 , Eric 52 +2028
*29 H 3139 lion 32 +2022
29H3161 ! Print 52 +2OlB
13 Sires Average ' +2207
CONTACT YOUR ABS REPRESENTATIVE TODAY FOR MORE MILK A TYPE
I to be released soon
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IN PENNSYLVANIA
Alienwood, PA
Bangor, PA
Carlisle, PA
Clifford. PA
Coburn, PA
Columbia, PA
Domsif e, PA
Ephrata', PA
Holtwood, PA
Lebanon, PA
Leola, PA .
Linden, PA
Mansfield. PA
Mifflinburg, PA
Mifflintown. PA
PA . Wilmer Hendricks
rProspectville, PA ' William Tyner
Reading, PA - Robert Greider
1 Reedsville. PA Glenn Barr
jstewartstown, pa Tom Engle
.. .ail sires are PLUS 2000 lbs. of MILK and PLUS 200 PO DOLLARS.
.. .ail are PLUS over 400 TPI (except Marc who has no PDT summary yet).
.. .these 13 sires are sired by 9 different bulls: Iby Bootmaker,
1 by Gay, 1 by Ned, 1 by Burkgov, 1 by Glendell. l by Betty.
Iby Chief, 2by Rocket, and 4by Elevation. / -
.. .In addition, we have 6rnore sires than are PLUS over 1900 PDM; of
these, there are 5 different sires (only 1 Elevation & no Chief).
.. .AND we have another 6 sires that are PLUS 1800 PDM or more.
George Showers
Eric Heinsohn
Wayne Piper
William Horton
Wendel Musser
' James Charles
Steve Kieffer
Darvin Yoder
‘ Paul Herr
Paul Martin
Lynn Gardner
Larry Bower
Harold Robson, Jr.
_ JohnM. Beachy
MervinZendt
%TEST
-.016%
-.38%
-.19%
-.23%
-.04%
-.31%
-.08%
-.15%
-.21%
-.11%
-.16%
+ .08%
-.01%
-.15%
•29H31391J0N is dead. Semen is limited to field inventories.
717-538-1812 Thomasville, PA
215-588-4704 Ulysses, PA
717-532-4401 West Grove, PA
717-222-3224
814-349-5310
717-898-8694
717-758-1714
717-733-0966
717-284-^592
717-949-2381
717-656-6700
717-323-9710
717-662-7731
717-966-1344
717-436-6386
717-458-5949
215-542-8479
215-378-1212
717-667-2775
717-993-6836
IN NEW YORK
Johnson, NY Peter Vander Schaaf 914-355-1692
Pen Van, NY Calvin Crosby 315-526-6144
IN DELAWARE
Kirkwood, PA Dan Rush
INNEW JERSEY
Baptistown, NJ Cindy Gordeuk 201-996-2088
Eirtier, NJ CyndrHetzell 609-455-8187
Lambertviile, NJ Robert Fulper . 717-658-7316
Port Murray, NJ Robert Kayhart 201-689-2605
IN MARYLAND
Detour, MO Jim 301-775-7221
Mt. Airy. MO Allan Pickett 301-663-419 L
J ot just parrots
PDT TPI
+ .91 +704
- .53 +4OB
+ .80 +6Ol
+ .52 +529
N/A
+ .17 +.462
+..3a +621
- .27 +458
+ .04 +438
- .09 +479
+ .44 +486
+ .53 +624
- .71 +484
+ .30 + 525
Ira Boyer
Bonnie Barker
Brian Geesaman
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 11,1982 —C 5
RPT
52%
94%
44%
40%
717-225-3758
814-848*7674
215-869-9187
717-529-6548
—The large number of birds
imported from some countries
may have reduced populations to
the point where there is little
disease left;
—Some importers may
quarantine birds in the country of
origin to eliminate lots with
clinical disease.
BUTTER >EGGS