CONCORD, Mass. After a
hatching egg has been laid,
reducing the bacteria on the egg
shell is one of the most important
management steps that can be
taken. The healthy hen lays a
sterile egg, but the porous shell can
quickly be invaded by bacteria,
leading to contamination of the
embryo.
Preventing such contamination
is one of the functions of the quality
control effort in the poultry in
dustry. “At Cobb, Incorporated,
hatching egg sanitizers are helping
assure high quality of eggs coming
from breeder houses,” states Dr.
Gary Warfield, quality control
manager at the company’s
headquarters near Concord, Mass.
Cobb uses the A 1 Horsting En
terprises Hatching Egg Sanitizer
machines from England, designed
for effective cleaning and disin
fecting, to decrease the bacteria
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Egg sanitizers help Cobb
count on the shell. This also lessens
the worry associated with the
chances of one egg infecting an
entire incubator.
A continuous conveyor process
carries the eggs through three
stages of cleaning, disinfecting and
sanitizing in the egg sanitizer.
Standard plastic egg flats or
hatchery trays are used as the
mode of transportation. A special
spray process permits total sur
face coverage, yet eliminates
damage or the risk of cross con
tamination.
As the eggs enter stage one of the
process, they are subjected to a
high pressure spray wash with a
chlorine-base, low foam solution at
110 degrees F. (43 degrees C.).
Stage two gives the eggs a high
pressure rinse of a chlorine
solution at 200 ppm, minimum. In
the final stage, the eggs are
sprayed with a Quarternary
THE GEHL 650
FORAGE BOX
The new Gehl 650 self-unloading forage box
gives you high capacity unloading, getting you
back to the field fast. Choose either 14 or 16 foot
“Box” lengths, both with a large 16” cross
conveyor auger that unloads the heaviest loads
quickly and evenly. The Gehl 650 - “a great
‘VALUE’ in a forage box! ”
GEHL
Ammonium Compound, which
provides a germicidal residue
protection for five to seven days.
The machine is self-cleaning,
easily installed, simply main
tained, has plug-in modular con
trols and is semi-mobile.
One person can easily operate
the automated sanitizer, handling
up to 8,000 eggs at one time.
“Other benefits from the
sanitizer relate directly to Cobb
customers: increased hatchability
of eggs because of decreased
bacteria, better livability of the
chicks, and minimal egg breakage
from handling,” points out Dr.
Warfield.
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GETTING
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Pratts join Country Boy Realty
COBLESKILL, N.Y. - A 1
Makely, president of Country Boy
Realty, has announced that Chip
and Kathy Pratt have joined the
Farm Sales Division of Country
Boy Realty.
The Pratts are currently milking
140 cows in Venice Center, Cayuga
County, N.Y. Chip graduated from
Cobleskill Agricultural &
Technical College. He is the past
chairman of the State Farm
Bureau v *.ng Farmers and
Swine disease data available
KALAMAZOO, Mich. Four
major economic swine diseases
are discussed in a new
management report now available
from TUCO, Division of The Up
john Company.
Articles in the report cover the
symptoms and problems of swine
dysentery, bacterial enteritis,
mycoplasmal pneumonia and
Red meat production up
HARRISBURG Commercial
red meat production, on a dressed
weight basis, in Pennsylvania
during April totaled 78.6 million
pounds, up two percent from April
1983, according to the Penn
sylvania Crop and Livestock
Reporting Service.
Beef slaughter at 85.6 million
pounds liveweight, was down three
percent from April 1983. Total head
slaughtered was 73,800 down three
percent, and liveweight averaged
1,159 pounds, a decrease of one
pound.
Veal slaughter was 3.5 million
pounds liveweight, down 13 per
cent. Calf slaughter at 20,900 head
was down 13 percent, but the
average liveweight increased one
pound to 168 pounds.
Hog slaughter at 42.9 million
pounds liveweight, was up 14
percent from a year earlier. Total
head slaughtered was 185,900, up 15
percent, while average liveweight
remained unchanged at 231
pounds. Lamb and mutton
slaughter was 2.0 million pounds
liveweight, up 67 percent. The
number slaughtered of 20,000 was
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 9,1984—D13
Ranchers organization. Kathy is a
University of Massachusetts
graduate, and most recently was
employed by Agway to service the
computer farm records program.
Both Chip and Kathy are very
active on many local and state
farm organizations. In addition to
a large dairy operation the Pratt’s
also raise registered Morgan
Horses and are active in the
Cherry Valley Carnage
Association.
infectious arthritis. Producers and
veterinarians also explain prac
tical programs that can be used in
treating and controlling these
costly diseases.
For a copy of this management
report, write: Costly Swine
Diseases, TUCO, Division of The
Upjohn Company, P.O. Box 5087,
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49003.
up 67 percent while the average
liveweight was unchanged at 99
pounds.
United States commercial red
meat production in April 1984
totaled 3.08 billion pounds, up one
percent from April 1983.
Beet production at 1.78 billion
pounds was up three percent from
April 1983. Total head killed at 2.85
million was up four percent, while
average liveweight decreased two
pounds to 1,067. Veal production at
36 million pounds increased 13
percent from a year ago. Calf
slaughter of 249,000 head was up 11
percent, and the average
liveweight increased two pounds to
246.
Pork production totaled 1.23
billion pounds, down two percent
from a year ago. The total of 7.16
million head killed was down two
percent and average liveweight
remained unchaged at 242. Lamb
and mutton production increased
13 percent to 34 million pounds.
Total head killed at 616,000 in
creased 18 percent, while the
average liveweight declined three
pounds to 112.