Polled Hereford Young Sire Test enrollments announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
Polled Hereford Young Sire Test
(PHYST) is off to a strong start
with five test sires, four reference
sires, 15 cooperating herds and 445
cows enrolled in the program,
according to Jim Gibb, American
polled Hereford Association
(APHA) Director of Education and
Research.
The primary objective of this
new program is to allow owners to
gain early listing of young bulls in
the Polled Hereford Sire Summary
by providing complimentary
semen and A.I. certificates to
cooperating registered Polled
Hereford herds. In turn,
cooperating herds earn A.I. cer
tificates and semen on test sires
and reference sires in exchange for
collecting and submitting per
formance data on the calves to the
APHA.
The five test sires enrolled are
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herds were all 1984 Total Per
formance Trait Leaders. Included
were Gold Seal Sire GK
Justification, Gold Standard Sires
RWJ Victor J 3 212 and WSF PRL
Justa Banner, and Superior Sire
Vindicator. The cows bred to the
nine sires are scheduled to calve in
the spring.
To become involved in the
PHYST program as a cooperating
herd, a breeder contacts the APHA
and requests a list of available
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bulls. Each breeder must be
willing to breed a minimum of 10
cows to a test bull and 10 cows to a
reference sire. The cooperator
sends a list of the test sires
selected and the cows to be bred in
the program to the APHA, who
then randomly assigns the
matings.
The breeders are responsible for
sending to the APHA the breeding
date and pregnancy status of the
cows, plus birth date, calving ease
score, birth weight, weaning date
and weight, yearling date and
weight, scrotal circumference and
hip height for the calves.
Each cooperator is eligible to
receive one free A.I. certificate for
every two calves with complete
data sired by the test and
reference sires, if 20 or more
progeny of these sires are
produced in the herd. If there are
less than 20 calves sired by the test
and reference sires in the herd, the
cooperator is eligible to receive
one A.I. certificate for every three
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calves sired by the bulls. Semen is
provided at no cost to the
cooperator.
Commercial herds are also
welcome to participate in the
PHYST program. Instead of being
compensated with A.I. cer
tificates, commercial herd
cooperators will be paid a straight
fee for each calf produced with
complete records.
Nominations for PHYST bulls
USDA urges horse owners
to vaccinate for sleeping sickness
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A U.S.
Department of Agriculture
veterinarian today urged all horse
owners to have their animals
vaccinated for encephalitis, also
known as “equine sleeping
sickness.”
Dr. Chester Gipson of USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health In
spection Service said the disease
often becomes a serious problem
when mosquito populations build
up during warmer months.
“Vaccines are effective for only
one year, so revaccination is
necessary each spring or early
summer,” he said.
Gipson said combination vac
cines are available for western,
eastern and Venezuelan equine
encephalitis.
The western and eastern en
cephalitis strains occur seasonally
in many parts of the United States.
The Venezuelan strain has not
appeared in this country since
1971, but vaccination against it is
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for future tests will be accepted at
any tune, with an Oct. 1,
nomination deadline for bulls to be
used in fall calving programs and a
Feb. 1, deadline for bulls to be used
in spring calving herds. The APHA
is also searching for more
cooperative herds to participate in
the fall 1984 breeding season. The
cost for the test bull owner is $l,OOO
per bull to cover semen and cer
tificate cost of the reference sires
and semen shipping costs.
recommended along the Mexican
border and the Gulf Coast, he said.
“Research has shown that
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
has many hosts,” Gipson said. “It
is not known winch of these hosts
may harbor the vims or when the
disease may reemerge.”
All three kinds of sleeping
sickness could affect humans as
well as horses. Birds usually
function as a disease reservoir and
carry the eastern and western
viruses. Mosquitoes transmit these
diseases from the birds to horses
and, in rare cases, to humans. (In
1983, 20 cases of equine en
cephalitis in humans were
reported in the United States.)
“But,” said Gipson,“with the
Venezuelan strain of the disease,
the virus multiplies so rapidly that
mosquitoes that have bitten in
fected horses at certain stages of
the disease can pass the virus
directly to nonvaccinated horses or
sometimes to humans. ’ ’
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