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NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
QUARANTINE MEASURES
This document amends the quarantine measures
established June 8 1984 by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture for the control and
eradication of Lethal Avian Influenza in the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania
All Flocks of domestic poultry in the areas under
general quarantine having virological or serological
and epidemiological evidence of pathogenic avian
influenza have been depopulated
Rigorous surveillance of the areas under general
quarantine has been maintained since December
1983
Pathogenic avian influenza virus has not been
shown to exist anywhere in the Commonwealth since
March 31,1984
Scientific investigations ot recovered avian in
fluenza infected flocks (seropositive) have not
discovered the presence of latent avian influenza
virus
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
concludes that it is no longer necessary to restrict
the intrastate movement of domestic poultry
poultry products or other birds
Notice is hereby given that the general quarantine
order established November 4 1983, as amended
November 16, 1983, November 21,1983 December
27 1983, February 29, 1984 and June 8 1984, is
rescinded effective October 4,1984
Emergency rules tor administration of Special
Quarantine of flocks and premises infected with or
suspicious of avian influenza will remain in effect as
amended until further notice
Amendments of the quarantine notices published
February 25. 1984 in Lancaster Farming, Penn
sylvama Bulletin, Vol 14 No 18, May 5, 1984 and
Lancaster Farming on June 9, 1984 consist of
recision of the provisions for general quarantine,
establishment of quarantine restrictions for poultry
poultry products and premises depending upon the
pathogenicity of the infecting virus and establish
ment of criteria for release of special quarantine
The purpose of these quarantine rules is to
restrict the intrastate movement of live poultry and
other birds, poultry products and other articles
related to the production, marketing or disposal of
those avian products from flocks and premises
which are infected with, suspicious of or exposed to
avian influenza These quarantine actions are
pursuant to the declaration by Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose Hallowell on November 4,1983,
that avian influenza was a dangerous transmissible
viral disease of poultry subject to quarantine action
(November 4, 1983 Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 13,
No 45)
EFECTIVE DATE
This document becomes effective October 4,
1984 The quarantine and procedures apply to all
actions pursuant to authority granted to the Penn
sylvama Department of Agriculture by the Act of
1929, April 17, P L 533, the Act of 1913, July 22,
P L 928, the Act of 1929, March 28, the Act of 1929,
April 9, PL 177, No 175, Section XVII
Further information may be obtained contacting
Dr Max A Van Buskirk, Jr Director Bureau of
Animal Industry, telephone(7l7) 783 5301
AVIAN INFLUENZA QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS
Pursuant to the authority granted to the Penn
sylvama Department of Agriculture by the Act of
1929, April 17, P L 533, the Act of 1913 July 22,
P L 928, the Act of 1929, March 28, PL 110 and
appropriate amendments to said Acts and Ad
mimstrative Code of 1929, April 9 PL 177, No
175, Section XVII and in conjunction with the
determination by the United States Department of
Agriculture that an emergency situation exists [9
CFR Part 81] the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture imposes the following quarantine rules
and regulations to prevent the spread of avian in
fluenza
Reduction or removal of the General Quarantine
area established March 15 1984 is contingent upon
maintenance of surveillance of all commercial
poultry flocks in that area for 6 months following
removal of the state and federal general quarantine
Surveillance shall consist of regular collection and
submission of appropriate biological tissue and, or
environmental specimens from every commercial
poultry flock and such other requirements as may be
deemed appropriate by the Department for
detecting evidence of (HSN2) avian influenza virus
All flocks and premises located within the Com
monwealth known to be infected with, exposed to. or
suspicious of avian influenza shall be placed under
Special Quarantine It shall be unlawful for any
owner or person, without a special permit in writing
from an officer or agent of the Department of
Agriculture, to sell exchange, lease, lend, give away,
allow to stray, remove or allow to be removed, any
animal or animals, or any products goods, materials,
containers, vehicles, cars, conveyances, or other
article on property named or described in an order
of Special Quarantme(l929, April 17, P L 533 §5)
I Interstate movement of poultry and other birds,
poultry products and any other articles related to
the production, marketing or disposal of those
avian products from flocks or premises quaran
tmed because of avian influenza shall comply with
Part 81 of Title 9 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (9 CFR)
II Avian influenza for the purposes of this
quarantine action shall be defined as infection of
poultry and other birds with HSN2 Type A in
fluenza virus
Pathogenic avian influenza shall mean infection
of poultry and other birds with HSN2 Type A m
fluenza virus which results in the death within 8
days of at least one healthy susceptible chicken 4
to 8 weeks old inoculated by the intramuscular
intravenous, or caudal airsac route with bacteria
free infectious allantoic or cell culture fluids and
using standard operating procedures to assure
specificity as determined by the US D A National
Veterinary Services Laboratory
Nonpathogemc avian influenza shall mean in
fection of poultry and other birds with HSN2 Type
A influenza virus which does not meet the latter
mortality criteria for pathogenicity
Avian influenza serological positive birds shall
mean birds which have developed circulating
antibody in response to infection with Type
A influenza virus
Intrastate movement of poultry and other birds
poultry products and other articles related to
production marketing or disposal of those avian
products from flocks or premises quarantined
because of avian influenza shall be subject to the
following restrictions
A No domestic poultry or poultry products in
eluding but not limited to chickens ducks,
geese turkey pigeons exotic fowl and game
birds raised in capitivity shall be moved from
quarantined premises except by permit of
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
1 No birds, eggs poultry products, manure,
litter or other contaminated material shall be
removed from flocks or premises quarantined
by the Department because of infection with, or
suspicion of pathogenic avian influenza
2 Permit may be issued for certain movements
of poultry, poultry products and associated
materials from flocks and premises quaran
tmed because of nonpathogenic avian in
fluenza
a Permit may be issued for controlled
movement of eggs to an approved facility tor
breaking and processing
b In the absence of clinical signs of influenza
permit may be issued for the movement of
sanitized eggs for table use 30 days following
the last isolation of live influenza virus
c In the absence of clinical signs of influenza
live birds may be issued permit to move to
slaughter 30 days following the last isolation
of live influenza virus
3 Permits may be issued for controlled
movements of poultry poultry products and
associated materials from flocks or premises
quarantined because of the presence of avian
influenza antibody In the absence of clinical or
other epidemiological evidence of active in
fection with 30 days in the flock, poultry,
poultry products and associated materials may
be moved trom the premises with the
knowledge and express permission of the
consignee
4 Disposal of dead poultry, cull eggs refuse,
litter and other contaminated articles
originating from premises quarantined because
of avian influenza shall be only according to
instructions issued by the Department
5 Vehicles, equipment, crates, cartons and
other means of transporting poultry poultry
products and associated materials from
premises quarantined because of avian in
fluenza shall be managed so as to prevent
contamination of the route and shall be cleaned
and disinfected prior to engaging in further
transportation of any articles upon public
highways
B Quarantine of premises and flocks infected
with avian influenza may be released when
1 flocks and premises infected with pathogenic
avian influenza are depopulated and
a all poultry carcasses and parts thereof
eggs litter manure and other refuse have
been properly disposed of and
b the premises have been cleaned and
disinfected and rid of insect and rodent
vectors in accordance with protocol
established by the Department and
c no live poultry are taken onto the premises
for a 30 day period after Department ap
proval of C&D
2 flocks and premises quarantined because of
nonpathogemc avian influenza are
a depopulated and the premises are certified
cleaned and disinfected according to stan
dards established by the Department or
b the flock has sero converted negative and
there have been no clinical signs or
epidemiologic evidence of avian influenza
virus for at least 30 days or
c if a statistically significant number of in
fluenza susceptible sentinels remain
seronegative 30 days after placement in the
flock and there have been no clinical signs or
other epidemiological evidence of avian in
fluenza tor at least 60 days
3 flocks and premises quarantined because of
avian influenza antibody are
a depopulated and the premises cleaned and
disinfected or
b the flock has sero converted negative and
there have been no clinical signs or
epidemiological evidence of avian influenza
for at least 30 days or
c if a statistically significant number of in
fluenza susceptible sentinels remain
seronegative 30 days after placement in the
flock and there is no other epidemiologic
evidence of active infection in the flock
4 hatcheries quarantined because of con
lamination with avian influenza virus are
depopulated and
a all eggs and other contaminated refuse are
properly disposed of and
b the premises are cleaned and disinfected
and fumigated in accordance with Depart
ment protocol
C Birds may not be added to flocks or brought
onto premises quarantined for avian influenza
except by permit of the Department Additions to
quarantined flocks withou' permit of the
Department may result in condemnation of any
part of or all of the flocks and forfeiture of any
right to indemnity from the Department for
condemned birds in the flock concerned Ad
ditions to quarantined flocks without permit may
also result in cancellation of permits to move
poultry or poultry products from such flocks
Penrose Hallowell
Secretary of Agriculture
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6,1984—A5S
Pa. dairy farm profits
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eluded as a charge against gross
farm sales.
Milk price down
Gross sales of milk from Penn
sylvania dairy farms changed only
slightly last year compared to 1982.
Sales per cow averaged $1,795 in
1983 and $1,804 in 1982. Milk
production per cow on the farms
studied averaged 14,119 pounds
last year compared to 13,780
pounds the previous year. The
increased milk flow resulted in
stable dollar sales despite a
decline of 38 cents per cwt. in 1983
prices.
The effect of drought in 1983 was
reflected in forage and grain
yields. Yields of corn for grain
average 20 bushels per acre less
than 1982. Corn silage yields were
down 3 tons per acre. Hay yields
declined less than one-half ton per
acre. Farmers harvested an extra
11 acres tor forage and an ad
ditional 6 acres for grain in 1983
compared to the previous year.
Financially Secure
The financial position of the 800
Pennsylvania dairy producers
included in this study is secure.
The ratio of net worth to total
assets used in the business was 62.9
in 1983. Thus, for eawch $lOO in
vested in the business, there is
operator equity of nearly $63.
New worth among dairy
operations decreased somewhat
last year. That reduction averaged
about $13,000 per farm. Total
assets managed on the farms is
approximately $320,000. Thus, the
change in net worth renresents 4
Farm Bureau head
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certain - there is no justification
for the expenditures that have
been made in the past to store
excess dairy products.
And, dairy concerns were also
expressed in other ways at the
session held at the Gettysburg
Sheraton.
In his prepared remarks, Delano
said:
“If farmers keep disagreeing
among themselves...
“If one part of the program
overshadows the others...
“If costs for one segment of
agriculture are clearly out of line...
“Then the bureaucrats in
Washington will write the kind of
farm program they want and leave
divided farm opinion out of it.”
And, one of seven policy
resolutions passed by the Adams
County Farmers Association asked
that Penn State trustees be more
representative of all segments of
agriculture not just dairy.
Other resolutions called for
restrictions on apple concentrate
imports, protection of contract
poultry growers under the
proposed egg marketing order and
protection of farmers from
chemical pollution harrassment
suits.
Besides the marketplace
orientation of the new Farm Bill,
Delano said there will probably
only be “tinkering” with other
phases of ag legislation.
“A great deal of support is
developing,” Delano said, “in
Johnny Cash concert set
HARRISBURG - The Penn
sylvania Farm Show Commission
has announced that national
Country and Western Star Johnny
Cash and his wife June Carter
Cash are the feature act for the
Farm Show Youth Benefit Concert
set for Saturday, December 1, at 8
p.m. in the Farm Show Arena.
Known for such hits as “I Walk
The Line,” “Folsom Prison
Blues,” and “If I Were A Car
penter,” the pair will bring their
musical repertoire to Harrisburg
to benefit 4-H and Future Farmers
of America farm youth activities
percent of total assets. Most of the
reductions in net worth is ex
plained by the reduced inventory
of feed at the end of the year.
Farm debt on Pennsylvania
dairy farms last year increased
slightly by an average of only
$2,277 per farm.
Farm Records Essential
The experience of Pennsylvania
dairy farmers last year indicates
the importance of accurate and
complete farm records in
providing a true picture of farm
earnings. If one included only cash
income and expense, 1983 would
appear to be a reasonably good
year in terms of dairy farm in
come. The difference between cash
income and cash expense in 1983
averaged more than $30,000 or $5OO
per cow. That figure exceeds the
difference between income and
expense for 1982.
Most dairy producers will verify
that 1982 was a better year
financially that 1983. The in
consistency is caused by the
failure to account for inventory
change and overhead costs when
only cash income and expense are
considered. Complete records are
essential as a source of in
formation for adjusting cash in
come and expense. These ad
justments are necessary if the
manager wants an accurate
analysis of net farm earnings.
Farm records also help the farm
operatpr to accurately report
depreciation and other deductions
on the federal tax return. Those
deductions reduce taxable income
and thus the amount of tax paid.
Washington and elsewhere, for
setting loan rates in the new
program according to a formula
that reflects changes in supply,
market demand and other
economic conditions.
“The idea would be to tie loan
rates to a percentage - perhaps 75
to 85 percent of average market
prices over a five-year period -
with the high and low years
removed.
...“We must not allow target
prices to unduly stimulate in
creased production.”
Concerning dairy, Delano
believes that supports must be tied
to government purchases of sur
pluses - the higher the purchases,
the lower the supports.
“But Congress doesn’t want
farmers to get together, it likes us
divided,” he said in calling for
more attention to the in
terdependency of the many
segments of agriculture on each
other.
Delano believes that farmers,
despite current economic
problems, are better off in the long
run today. Producing for the
marketplace is better than
producing for the government, he
said. But concern still remains
about the large federal deficit and
its effect on interest rates for ag
borrowing.
In other matters, the Adams
County Farmers Association
elected some directors and
delegates to the upcoming PFA
annual meeting.
and program improvements at the
Farm Show Complex.
Commission members, including
State Agriculture Secretary
Penrose Hallowell, gave final
approval for the concert at their
Sept. 28 meeting.
Tickets for the Youth Benefit
affair are $lO and $12.50 and may
be purchased at the Farm Show
Ticket Office, 2301 North Cameron
Street, beginning October 15.
Tickets may also be obtained by
writing to Johnny Cash Show, P.O.
Box 158, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-
0158, or by calling 717-783-6513.