WASHINGTON, D.C. - “The time is ripe for a special com mitment by farmers and ranchers to end their 50-year struggle with cattle brucellosis,” says a U.S. Department of Agriculture of ficial. Brucellosis, can be eliminated, according to Bert W. Hawkins, administrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. His agency coordinates state-federal cooperative efforts aimed at control and ultimate eradication of the disease. Hawkins said several European countries principally exporters of meat and dairy products have wiped out brucellosis. And Canada, with no known infection since March 1984, may soon be another example of successful eradication. “But we don’t have to go outside the United States to find success stories,” said Hawkins. “Nineteen states (including Pennsylvania) and the U.S. Virgin Islands are classified ‘brucellosis free’ meaning no known infection for at least one year. Another 21 states and Puerto Rico, rated Class A, have very low herd infection rates less than 2% infected herds per thousand.” States rated Free and Class A contain more than 60 percent of the nation’s breeding cattle,including both beef and dairy breeds, he said. Hawkins said a Class B rating means there are 2Vz to 15 infected herds per thousand. States are rated Class C when there are 16 or more infected herds per thousand. Sometimes called Bang’s disease, brucellosis causes in fected cows to abort or give birth to weak calves. It also reduces milk yields. But brucellosis isn’t confined to cattle, Hawkins said. Other PTO Driven A •1 Reg. $219.95 . 5 Gallon /■ /T7"* Backpack Sprayer | f / • Professional quality j • All brass pump with special double | f action piston I iflEl |r * Anticorrosive hose lever control with vj * ,i,ter Reg ICA OO 1 . 1 1®* $79 95 SALE DV.yy H & S MODEL 350 Bu. 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But it wasn’t until 1950 that the eradication drive got its first big push, when the Chicago Board of Health said that within five years only milk from brucellosis-free herds would be acceptable for human con sumption. “This stimulated states in the northern dairy belt to begin working earnestly to eliminate brucellosis. Today, more than 80 percent of the nation’s dairy herds are located in free or Class A states,” said Hawkins. “By contrast, a few primarily beef states with year-round grass, year-round calving, many cow-calf operations and frequent cattle sales were slow getting started with eradication,” he said. “Recently, however, these states also have been showing signs of dramatic progress. “Mississippi, for instance, has an excellent chance of moving from Class C to Class B this year. Already in 1985, Kansas, Georgia and Tennessee have moved from Class B to Class A. “Minnesota recently became the 19th state to gain Free status. Three other states Montana, New Jersey and Wyoming are in the count-down phase of going 12 months with no known infection,” Hawkins said. 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