Dl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 11,1984
ST. LOUIS, MO. - A new
shipment of feeder pigs
demands the protection of a total
receiving program, declares Ray
Washam, manager of swine
technical services for Ralston
Purina Company.
“During shipping, pigs often go
without feed or water for long
periods of tune,” he says. “They
are also subjected to the stress that
sorting, commingling ' with un
familiar pigs, loading and
reloading brings. By the time they
reach their final destination,”
continues, “these pigs may have
shrunk an average of seven per
cent, been exposed to multiple
disease organisms, and are
perhaps injured from fighting.”
A good receiving program for
recently-shipped feeder pigs which
includes sanitation, vaccinations,
sound facilities management, and
attention to nutrition should reduce
the effects of this stress and get
pigs eating as soon as possible,
Washam says. “It should also
protect them from disease. ’ ’
The first step in a receiving
program is preparing facilities for
the animals’ arrival. “One week
prior to their arrival all floors,
walls and equipment should be
cleaned and disinfected,” he says.
Confinement areas also should be
bird- and rodent-proofed, and steps
should be taken to ensure that
dogs, cats and unauthorized
personnel not enter the disinfected
facilities.
Upon arrival pigs should be
sorted according to size. “Any size
or crippled pigs should be removed
from the group and treated
separately,” Washam advised. “A
veterinarian should be consulted if
a health problem appears to be
spreading.”
To prevent disease, Washam
recommends deworming pigs on
arrival with such a product as the
Purina Liquid Pig Wormer, and
vaccinating them against
erysipelas if not already noted on
the animals’ health certificate.
“We also advise medicating their
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New feeder pigs require special care
water for the first three to six
days,” he adds.
Producers must not ignore the
critical role nutrition plays in
reducing the effects of stress and
preventing disease in a receiving
program, Washam notes.
“Recently-shipped feeder pigs
have increased nutritional needs
due to the many stresses they’ve
been subjected to during ship
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will learn the nuts and bolts of
setting up a home microcomputer
system and how to select software
during the first annual East Coast
Computer Exhibition.
Slated for March 2 and 3, the
event will be held on the
Chesapeake College campus, at
Wye Mills, on U.S. 50 between
Annapolis and Easton, Md.
The exhibition is sponsored by
the University of Maryland
Cooperative Extension Serivce
(UMAES), the Maryland Grain
Producers Association and
Chesapeake College.
A seminar for farmers will
pinpoint specific farm computer
applications such as accounting,
crop and livestock management,
and commodity marketing. The
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feeder pigs is Punna’s new High
Octane Feeder Pig Receiving
Chow, Washam says. “Fed to
newly-arrived pigs during their
first two to three weeks in a
growing finishing facility.
Receiving Chow can help pigs
quickly regain weight lost in
shipping, gam new weight faster,
and maintain that improvement
through finishing. The ration is
also medicated with TNA 390 to
deal with and prevent bloody
scours and bacterial enteritis.
“Newly-arrived feeder pigs
should receive the ration for 14
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Computer exhibition slated
conclude on March 3. Participants
will be limited to 115 farmers.
Enrollment fees for the
agricultural seminar will be $l4O
per person for members of the
Maryland Grain Producers
Association and $l9O for non
members.
Registration for spouses or one
other farm associate will be $lOO
per person.
A trade show, with an estimated
100 exhibitors, will take place from
3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m. on
March 2 and from 9 to 5 p.m. on
March 3. More than 1,000 persons
are expected to visit the trade
show which is free and open to the
public.
It will feature both computer
hardware and software for far
mers and small business firms.
either a 72-inch or 90-inch low
profile open end windrow pickup.
The 18-inch, 12-knife cutterhead
makes up to 10,200 cuts per minute
to cut as fine as 3/16-inch without a
recutter screen. Several recutter
screens are available.
A hydraulic cutterhead shar
pener allows in-field knife
rebeveling. In-cab electrical
controls make field -ation ear
under extreme stress can receive
it for up to 21 days,” he adds.
Besides providing a sound
nutrition program, Washam
recommends observing pigs twice
daily for potential health
problems-scours, sneezing and
coughing, low feed or water intake
-and take immediate therapeutic
action. “Pigs should also be
castrated and ear-notched (or
tagged) if necessary a week after
arrival,” he adds.
A week later, he continues, if
pigs seem acclimated to their new
surroundings, they should be
changed from Feeder Pig
For detailed information about
seminar enrollment, please con
tact; Ms. Dianne Turpin, Director,
Sire Power post to Gulnac
TUNKHANNOCK - Ed Gulnac,
of Eldred, is named to a new posi
tion as District Sales Manager for
Sire Power, Inc. He will be serving
the area of Southcentral Penn
sylvania.
Gulnac will be managing
established sales territory for Sire
Power in Southcentral Pa. which
includes the counties of York,
Adams, Cumberland, Northern
Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Blair,
Cambria, and Somerset.
His duties will include direct
herd semen sales, delivery of
semen, supplies, and nitrogen
direct to the farm, teaching A.I.
Training Schools, supervising A.I.
Technicians, and promotion of the
Gold Sire Development Program.
He brings to his new position a
strong background in A.I. He has
been a technician in the Northeast
Sales Division for 17 years. He has
been a performance leader in the
technician force awards contest
which recognizes outstanding
service and results. He has been
the performance leader in Per-
Receiving Chow to a growing
ration like High Octane Hog Grwer
Chow. Otherwise, the receiving
ration should be fed for another
week.
A receiving program that in
corporates good sanitation and
facilities management, disease
prevention measures, and a sound
nutrition program will contribute
to unproved feeder pig per
formance, Washam contends,
"Such a program requires close
monitoring and a considerable
amount of time, but will certainly
pay off in healthier and heavier
animals,” he concludes.
Continuing Education, Chesapeake
College, Wye Mills, MD 21679,
Phone; (301) 822-5400.
centage Sample Sire Usage for the
past six years, 1978 through 1983.
Gulnac replaces the retiring
Robert B. Baker who has served as
Direct Herd Representative in the
area for nine years.
Ed Gulnac