A2B-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, April 19,1986
Bovine TB incidents on increase in 1985
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture is
advising cattle and dairy
producers not to become com
placent about bovine tuberculosis.
Although the incidence of the
disease has been reduced
dramatically since its peak earlier
in this century, recent figures show
bovine tuberculosis is reappearing
in several states around the
country.
“Too many fanners believe as blovine tuberculosis-free. A state
tuberculosis in cattle has been suc h accreditation if two or
eradicated,” says Bert W. more infected herds are found
Hawkins, administrator of USDA’s within its borders within a four-
Animal and Plant Health In- year period, other infected herds
spection Service. “This chronic wer e detected last year in Hawaii,
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Remember, the deadline is April
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ROBESONIA - Local dairy
promotion committee have an
extra two weeks to apply for funds
from the Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program, according to
PDPP Board Chairman Don
Duncan, Robesonia
The deadline has been extended
from April 15 to April 30 at the
request of several local com
mittees, said the Berks County
dairyman.
A full $35,000 in funds has been
approved. The money must be
used in the second half of the 1986
calendar year.
Only Pennsylvania groups are
eligible for milk promotion dollars,
Duncan said.
Radio advertising is limited to
$6OO per station, he explained, with
the local committee picking up
25% of the cost. In addition, only
radio ads prepared for the dairy
program may be used.
Capital investments for
milkshake machines and other
dairy-related equipment also get a
helping hand, the Board chairman
added. PDPP will pay one-fourth
the cost up to a maximum of $l,OOO.
Milk promotion plans and a
detailed budget should be sent by
April 30 to Cindy Weimer,
promotion coordinator, Penn
sylvania Dairy Promotion
Program, 2301 North Cameron
Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408.
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and acute infectious disease will
continue to be a threat to dairy and
beef livestock until the last in
fected herd has been eliminated.”
In 1985, 30 tuberculosis-infected
herds, the largest number reported
since 1976, were detected in eight
states. From 1980 through 1984, an
average of only 10 infected herds
were found each year nationwide.
Three states, North Carolina,
Virginia *and New Mexico, last
year lost their USDA accreditation
Kansas, Louisiana, Ohio and
Texas.
“If the number of TB-infected
cattle herds continues to in
crease,” warns Hawkins, “the
future looks bleak for the
eradication of bovine tuberculosis
from the United States.”
Near the beginning of this
century, bovine tuberculosis was
the biggest livestock disease in the
country, infecting one in every 20
head of cattle. USDA helped
launch an assault on the disease in
1917 with the establishment of the
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each state began in 1924. When an
area or county was found to have
fewer than one-half of 1 percent
infected animals, it was declared
“modified accredited tuberculosis
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producers began to believe the
costly disease may have been
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eradicated.
“But fpany made the mistake of
thinking the disease had been
conquered once and for all,” says
Hawkins. “Producers forgot about
the need to continue testing.”
In the early 1960’5, USDA in
stituted a national slaughter
surveillance trace back program
for cattle brucellosis. This
program, in which animals
exhibiting tuberculosis lesions at
slaughter plants are traced to their
herds of origin, is today the
primary means for detecting in
fected herds.
Because bovine tuberculosis can
have a long incubation period, says
Hawkins, a cow purchased today
with a latent infection can even
tually become a reservoir of in
fection to other animals even if it
shows no signs of the disease.
Clinical symptoms may not appear
until up to 10 years after initial
infection.
“Owners should continue to have
their live cattle tested for tuber
culosis,” Hawkins advises. “It is
the most effective way to detect
the disease in its early stages, and
it is an important tool in con-
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practice of mass movement' of
cattle.”
Hawkins urges every cattle
producer to follow four steps to
prevent further spread of bovine
tuberculosis:
1. Have dairy or beef breeding
herds tested for TB periodically by
an accredited veterinarian.
2. Insist on a negative tuberculin
test before buying a replacement
animal.
3. Isolate every new replacement
animal for 60 days, and have the
animal retested for tuberculosis at
the end of this period.
4. Make certain all animals sold
to slaughter are properly
backtagged. If tuberculosis is
detected at slaughter, an im
mediate traceback to the herd of
origin will be possible.
“While these procedures may be
time-consuming,” says Hawkins,
“cattle producers should think of
them as protecting their income
and investment. They’re the best
insurance against buying an in
fected animal that could transmit
tuberculosis to other animals in the
herd.”
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