WASHINGTON - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture has
completed seasonal treatments
against outlying infestations of
gypsy moths in nine states, ac
cording to a USDA official.
Bert M. Hawkins, administrator
of USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, said
Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Ten
nessee, Washington and Wisconsin
participated in the cooperative
treatment program for gypsy
moths sponsored and supported by
APHIS.
“To treat these infested areas,
each state used an integrated
approach to pest management,”
Hawkins said. “The major
treatment used was the bacterial
insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis
(8.t.). Tennessee also used
Dimihn, an insect growth
regulator. Indiana relied mainly
on intensive trapping of gypsy
moths, while other states com
bined this technique with other
treatments.”
Hawkins said that two states,
Ohio and Washington, used a
variation of the sterile-male
technique for treatment. In this
technique, male gypsy moths are
reared in the laboratory, partially
sterilized and then mated with
normal females. Eggs they
produce are placed on trees, where
they, hatched into normal-looking
caterpillars that eat their usual fill
of leaves. After emerging as
adults, however, the moths are
totally sterile. Matings between
the sterile and wild gypsy moths
produce eggs that will not hatch,
thus ending further reproduction.
“Effectiveness of the various
methods of treatment is being
checked with insect traps baited to
catch adult moths after they
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production, dressed weight basis,
during June totaled 69.0 million
pounds, down five percent from
June 1984, according to the Penn
sylvania Crop and Livestock
Reporting Service.
Beef slaughter, at 82. f million
pounds liveweight, was down three
percent from June 1984. Total head
slaughtered was 70,300, down
seven percent, but liveweight
averaged 1,172 pounds, an increase
at 45 pounds. Veal slaughter was
3.2 million pounds liveweight,
down eight percent. Calf slaughter
at 18,500 head was down eight
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Hog slaughter, at 28.1 million
pounds liveweight, was down 13
percent from a year earlier. Total
head slaughtered was 120,700,
down 11 percent. The average
liveweight decreased five pounds
to 233 pounds. Lamb and mutton
slaughter was 1.2 million pounds
liveweight, down 14 percent. The
number slaughtered was 11,900,
down 15 percent. The average
liveweight increased one pound to
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U.S. commercial red meat
production, dressed weight basis,
in June totaled 3.08 billion pounds,
down four percent from June 1984.
Beef production, dressed weight
basis, at 1.89 billion pounds was
down five percent from June 1984.
Total head killed at 2.88 million
was down 10 percent. The average
liveweight increased 44 pounds to
1,103. Veal production, at 37 million
pounds, was down three percent
from a year ago. Calf slaughter of
235 thousand head was down three
percent, and the average
liveweight increased three pounds
to 267.
Pork production totaled 1.13
billion pounds, down three percent
from a year ago. The 6.39 million
head killed was also down three
percent. Average liveweight was
unchanged at 247 pounds.
Gypsy moth treatments completed in nine states
emerge,” Hawkins said.
“Depending on weather and
climate, the first adults will
emerge in late June. Only after
trapping is completed can we
begin to evaluate the effectiveness
of the treatments. In some areas,
treatments may have to be ex
tended over several years to
achieve eradication.”
Gypsy moths are firmly
established in the northeastern
United States. Pockets of in
festation often occur elsewhere
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