C6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 4,1982 Vermont is 13lh brucellosis-free state WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ver mont is the 13th state to become free of brucellosis under a new system in effect since May that classifies states by level of infected cattle herds, a U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarian said. Billy G. Johnson, acting director of the national burcellosis eradication program for USDA's Animal and Plant Health In spection Service, said the “free” rating means Vermont has had no known brucellosis infection for 12 months or longer. Other “free” states are: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Utah. The U.S. Virgin Islands are also classified as “free.” “Properly identified breeding cattle from these states do not have to be blood tested for ship ment within or out of state,” said Johnson. “For out-of-state ship ments, however, a voluntary test 45 to 120 days after arrival is recommended because of possible exposure enroute. “Shipping breeding cattle within or from states that have not reached ‘free’ status calls for additional testing requirements,” Johnson said. “In all classes of Road hunting unlawful HARRISBURG The Game Com- Pennsylvania deer mission warns that this hunters are warned that conduct won’t be game protectors will tolerated. Hunting prosecute those who should be recreational hunt from vehicles, and and sporting, and there will arrest those with isn’t anything loaded firearms in their recreational or sporting vehicles. about road hunting. FRANK A. FILLIPPO, INC. DISABLED & CRIPPLED COWS, BULLS & STEERS Competitive Prices Slaug governm Residen Elam Gin C.L. Kin states, some cattle from non quarantined herds are always free to move without prior test. ” These include cattle from cer tified-tree herds, all cattle under 18 months of age, vaccinated beef cattle under 24 months of age and vaccinated dairy cattle under 20 months of age if not pregnant or already calved and cattle shipped directly to slaughter. Also, steers and spayed heifers may mover without tests even from quarantined herds because they are rarely affected by brucellosis and cannot spread it. Brucellosis, or Bang’s disease, is a bacterial disease of cattle and other animals which can be transmitted to humans. The disease attacks the reporductive system of animals, causing abortions and breeding problems that result in reduced calf crops and lower milk yields. Infected animals must be slaughtered because there is no treatment. Human brucellosis, sometimes called undulant fever, is treatable. Though mainly an occupational risk for livestock handlers and slaughter plant workers who contact infected animals or their freshly killed carcasses, the disease can also be contacted by drinking unpasteurized milk. WANTED *d Fn LAMINATED ARCHE! UNIQUE IN DESIGN ENGINEERED FOR YOUR NEED 4 Economical to Build * More Space for the Money * No Posts to Rot Off * Machine Loading * Unloading Easy Inside Building * Versatile Free Stall Dairy Barn, Equipment and Grain Storage GoTheEasy Ws You get the savings in labor... the conve nience of large volume handling ... and the economies of bufk. You get the benefit of a single herbicide that gives the control a tank mix gives -- Bicep kills both broadleaf weeds and grasses ... even the tough ones like yellow nutsedge See us about Bicep in a Farm-Pak designed-for your-farm bulk system. It’s your chance to go the easy way in corn. Bicep* trademark of CIBA-GEIGY. Farm-Pak SM servicemark of CIBA-GEIGY BREECH’S AGRI PRODUCTS Catawissa, Pa. FORMANS GRAIN & FERTILIZER KOCH FARM SERVICE Turbotvilie, Pa. Tamaqua, Pa. 86’x208' Gothic Free Stall Lancaster County ItA GCtGT Cali or Write For Information 717-866-6581 Telephone: /®\ 17171 8G6-E (Si*® of LAMINATED RAFTERS and WOOD ROOF TRUSSES RICHLAND ROl, Pennsylvania T Bicep’ in a FARM-PAT I BULK SYSTEM! IRONTOWN AGWAY Allentown, Pa.
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