12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7,1984
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Chester D, Hughes
Extension Livestock Specialist
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Recent new outbreaks of
pseudorabies in Pennsylvania
have prompted many producers to
seek information on prevention
and control of this virus infection.
To decrease the chance of your
swine herd contracting
pseudorabies, it is essential to
review and practice a few simple
guidelines.
First, buy all herd additions
from Qualified Pseudorabies Free
herds or have the animals tested
prior to purchase. For feeder pigs
of unknown status, you should test
five to fifteen percent of the pigs to
see if they are free of
pseudorabies. New breeding stock
should be isolated for thirty days
and retested after isolation.
Unauthorized people should not
be allowed into swine units.
Posting signs and locking doors
may be required to keep
unauthorized people out.
Authorized persons should use
disinfectants and foot baths,
disposable clothing or shower
before going into a unit.
LIVESTOCK
LATEST
American Simmental Assoc.
announces trustees
The American Simmental Association Board of Trustees was formally seated during
ASA's 1984 Annual Convention held recently in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Left to right, front row: Dr. Hugh Karsteter, President-Elect, Cushing, Oklahoma;
John Hewes, Woodville, Mississippi; Richard Tetherow, President, Valentine, Nebraska;
Ellie Thomas Larson, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin; and Edmund Tom, Treasurer, Campbellton,
Texas. Second row: Jake Larson, Almont, North Dakota; Lloyd Powell, Bend, Oregon;
Henry Fields, Claude, Texas; Steve McDonnell, Three Forks, Montana; Charley Emmons,
Olive, Montana; ahd Jon Callender, Charlotte, Michigan. Third row: A. William Spiry,
Legal Counsel, Britton, South Dakota; John Teagarden, LaCygne, Kansas; Tom
Stevenson, Sherwood, Maryland; Jim Walthall, Windsor, Missouri; Norm Hayes, Cody,
Wyoming; Jim Mitchell, Paris, Kentucky; and Earl B. Peterson, Executive Vice President,
Bozeman, Montana.
Livestock Ledger
When marketing hogs u is best to
consider that all stockyards,
buying stations, packing plants
and trucks have the pseudorabies
virus present. Pigs should not be
allowed to run on and off trucks
while being sorted. Feeder pigs
and breeding stock should be
hauled in clean disinfected trucks,
only.
Stray animals may carry the
virus so it is important that they be
controlled. Cats, dogs, rodents and
wildlife should be prevented from
entering hog facilities. Fur
thermoie rodent and wildlife
populations be controlled to
limit their effect m spreading
diseases. Dead animals should be
disposed of promptly.
If a questionable health problem
exists, call your veterinarian to get
help. Simply burying your head in
the sand will not help to control
pseudorabies. Control will require
a cooperative effort of all people
involved in the swine industry
including the producer and the
agri-businessmen who work with
swine producers.
WARDENSVILLE, WV - An
unusually severe spring
snowstorm created a buyer’s
market at the 17th annual Per
formance Tested All Breed Bull
Sale in Wardensville, West
Virginia, on March 29th.
At the conclusion of the daylong
sale 131 head had been sold for
$117,995.00, averaging $900.73 per
bull. Individual breed price
averages were as follows (with the
number of head of each breed
following in parentheses/:
Charolais, $1440.67 (15 head);
Limousin, $1050.00 (1); P<Hled
Hereford, $870.45 (11); Simmental,
$859.84 (30); Angus, $789.40 ( 75);
and Gelbvieh, $760.00 (1). /
The top bull on the test garnered
top dollar as well: Lot no. 313, a Jr.
Charolais, was purchased by
Lawrence Kroner for Sire Power of
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, for
$4200.00, the day’s best price.
Consigned by John W. Stump of
Street, Maryland, JS Enterprime
311, the top indexing Charolais,
had a final weight of 1487 pounds
and a 4.51 average daily gain, the
highest ADG of all bulls tested this
year. This, combined with a frame
score of 7.9+ earned the Lot no. 313
Charolais an index of 126, the
Spring snow dampens
W. Va. bull sale
Deborah Stiles-Renzi
highest overall index of the test.
A Jr. Angus bull with a 122 index ’
rated second overall for the test
with a 4.48 ADG and 5.8 frame
score; Lot no. 4 sold for $2100.00.
But the top Angus price, $2500.00,
was paid for Lot no. 50, Mr. Dev-
Angus DV 8316, with a 108 index
and a 3.68 ADG. Likewise, the top
indexing Simmental brought
$1350.00 while high price for the
breed was $1400.00.
Charolais and Hereford breed
animals fared similarly in that the
top indexing bull of each breed
commanded the best price. K
Victor 731-444, consigned by
Knights Polled Hereford Farm of
Parsons, West Virginia, sold foi
the breed price high of $1150.00.
The Sr. Polled Hereford bull
finished the test weighing 1,432
pounds with an ADG of 3.83.
Dr. Wayne R. Wagner, West
Virginia University Extension
At $4,200, with an index of 126, JS Enterprise 311, a
Charolais purchased by Sire Power of Tunkhannock, Pa., was
high-indexing and high-selling bull at the Wardensville sale.
The top-indexing Simmental at the 17th Annual Per
formance Tested All Breed Bull Sale in Wardensville, Va., sold
for $1,350.00.
Louisville to host
Junior Shorthorn event
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The
Kentucky Fair & Exposition
Center in Louisville will be the site
of the 1984 National Junior Shor
thorn Heifer Show, and the
National Shorthorn Youth Con
ference scheduled for July 14 to 18.
Activities are planned for cattle
producer of all ages.
The show and youth conference
are being sponsored by the
American Junior Shorthorn
Association (AJSA), the American
Shorthorn Association (A.S.A.),
the Kentucky Shorthorn
Association, and various cat
tlemen, affiliated associations and
businesses. Serving as a highlight
of activities for the AJSA, this
Livestock Specialist, noted buyer
attendance was down considerably
from last year*
“We had approximately 150
buyers here today and 131 head to
sell,” Wagner stated, “so there
was about one buyer for every bull
available. Last year, instead of a
one-to-one ratio, the buyer-to-bull
ratio was about two-to-two, which
resulted irt much better prices.”
“When prices are high,” Wagner
continued, “I feel for the buyer.
But today I feel for the consigners;
it cost them'roughly $550.00 just
from the time their animals en
tered the test until they’re sold, on
top of what it took to originally
produce that bull.”
Dr. Wagner did not wish to make
any predictions, but said he hoped
the weather would cooperate so
that buyer attendance would be
greater at the Southern Bull Test
Sale in Lewisburg April 7th.
show never fails to draw the finest
Shorthorn/Polled Shorthorn
females from across the continent.
Several heifers shown in this an
nual summer calssic are selected
as champions in state and national
exhibitions in the remaining
summer, fall, and winter shows.
The National Shorthorn Youth
Conference has always been a
motivational meeting for those
youth and parents in attendance.
Serving as the annual meeting of
the AJSA, two delegates
representing each state and
Canadian province junior
association wUI participate in the
business conducted by the AJSA
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