A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 26, 1988 Pseudo Rabies Study eral months later Nestleroth’s nerd was hit the second time. He went out of business and began raising sheep, but every other day he was losing a lamb. He took every possible precaution to isolate and separate all the animals so he knew that something else again was infecting the herd. He said that unfortunately he had not rid the farm from all of the cats which he had when he had hogs. He added that the cats drink from the same watering troughs as did the hogs and the sheep. Cohen added that his prelimin ary findings are not to be inter preted as being conclusive. How ever, there is a possibility that ani mals other than the pig may not be dying from the disease but may be a host to the virus and be spreading (Continued from Pago A 1) in cages and sent to the lab to be studied for the PRV. It is a lengthy and complex process, but preli minary findings of the study will be available shortly. Cohen tested raccoons, foxes,cats, dogs, groundhogs and other animals for the infection. In the preliminary findings, Cohen found that 17 per cent of the cats tested positive on five different farms with the dis ease. Although the evidence is not conclusive and the research con tinues, there is the possibility that farm cats could be an agent in the spread of the disease. He does not recommend that all hog producers immediately rid their farms of cats, however he does urge producers to obeserve the animals and to con sider this possibility. Cohen recounted the outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in the 1960’s when 60 percent of the cats were found to be loaded with BTB. According to Cohen, he is only midway in his study .‘The proposal for another grant which would allow him to complete the study is before the state committee and should be acted upon within the next month. If Cohen does not receive the grant, the study will end. Mark Nestleroth, of Manheim and a former hog producer whose herds were struck with pseudo rabies twice, confirmed Cohen’s implications that something other than the hogs can spread the dis ease. After the first incidence of PRV in Nestleroth’s herd, he took great steps towards biosecurity throughout his operation, but sev- J - BUTLER RURAL BUILDER I BUTLER MFG. CO. ■ Attn. P.E. Hess I P.O. Box 337, Oxtord. PA 19363 I ASK ABOUT OUR I NEW DEALER PROGRAM FOR 1988 • □ All Wood Buildings J □ All Steel Buildings J Name | Address : County. I City ■ Phone (Include area code) RCMA Update Bob Pardoe, who has been working on the steering committee for RCMA, reported that while far mers in western Pennsylvania have flooded RCMA with sign-up con tracts, farmers in the central and northeastern regions of the state are slow to join RCM A’s efforts to bring farmers together into a bar gaining unit. Pardoe stated that m order for all farmers to receive the premium that RCMA has been successful in acheiving previously, central and northeastern farmers need to join together. If farmers are to survive milk price support cuts, premiums from marketing groups as RCMA are crucial. According to Pardoe, farmers have only to gain from RCMA’s efforts. Members are not responsi- fPI mm tbs : 3 YOU SELECT - WE BUILD RURAL BUILDINGS END USE - STEEL CITY AND SUBURBAN ! BUILDERS, INC. C& M SALES INC ! 4 Banbury Lane RD #l, Box 76A 1 Pittsburgh, PA 15202 Honesdale, PA 18431 I PH 412-766-6202 PH 717-253-1612 LF I State RURAL BUILDER • Grain or Crop Storage • Open Fronts • Storage/Shop/Garage FARMER BOY AG INC. 410 E Lincoln Ave Myerstown, PA 17067 PH 717-866-7565 B*. w— inter,. /nest Miller and Dr. Daniel Cohen hosted a press luncheon recently sponsored by the Pennsylvania Grange and presented progress reports on RCMA’s activities and on a University of Pennsylvania study on the spread >f pseudo rabies headed by Dr. Cohen. ble for the administration costs,' assessments. RCMA only asks that move their milk from one handler there are no dues and there are no farmers give RCMA permission to t 0 another. Electro, Daughter Tops Eastern Shore Sale BY SUE CROW Maryland Correspondent RISING, Md. Ladys-Manor Charli Electra was the top animal at the annual Eastern Shore Show case Calf Sale bringing $1,700. Scarff Brothers from Falston, Maryland bought this Thonym a Electra daughter from Ross E. Smith, Jr. Her GP, 82 point Dam has an index of Cl +29F +43F +7IIM Cls +126 +lll CTPI +628. Her top record as a 3-year old stands incomplete at 229 days, 21,520 m 3.9% 848 f due to her death. She is a Letters Burkgov Trump daughter out of Md-Five Fork Elevation April. April is VG-86 as a 5-year-old and has a top record of 26,790 m 4.25% 1118 f as a 6-year-old. She is an Elevation daughter with a • Machine Storage/Shop WALLACE SALES CO. PO Box 667 Blairstown, NJ 07625 PH 201-362-9227 ALINE SUPPLY RD *2 Box 289 Ml Pleasant Mills, PA 17853 PH 717-539-2500 lifetime record of 139,120 m 4.1% 5,693 f. Electra has a Maternal sis- ter who placed, in 1986, as the Junior All-Maryland Summer Yearling and was sold at this sale last year. Electra is due in July to Spruce Edge Majesty. The second high of the sale was Md Stony Knoll Ned Boy Bonnie bringing $1,600. Mitch Quillen’s Whittier Farms Ned Boy daughter is due in June to Cal-Clark Board Chairman. Her dam, DFC Valiant Vonnie, is a S-W-D Valiant daughter at GP-81 points. Her record stands at 19,060 m 4.1% 772 f. The granddam is Guilrich Paclamar Betty VG-87 with a top record 0f29,580m 3.1 % 924 f and a lifetime record of 101,310 m 3.4% 3,432 f. The third dam has a life time record of 119,300 m 3.2% Sii ampgi ; •Sf w ' gj____ . . j • Horse-Large Barns &/Or Arenas • Utility (Warehouse/Storage) • Store Building (Retail/Wholesale) NAZARETH BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. 3367 Gun Club Rd Nazareth, PA 18064 PH 215-837-7700 GOMPF CONSTRUCTION ANCHOR BUILDING CO., INC. SYSTEMS 1841 Jerry's Road po , B ° X 750 Street MD 21154 Deale ’ MD 20751 PH 301-692-5350 PH 301-867-7233 3,798 f at VG-87 points. Bonnie was sold to Claude Hainan from Middletown, Delaware. The sale averaged SO animals at $874.50 with a total of $43,725. There were 12 animals that aver aged over $l,OOO. Kent Farrell was the auctioneer with Bob Knutsen reading the pedigrees. The sale was sponsored by Cecil, Kent, Harford, Baltimore, Queen Anne, Choptank and Delaware Holstein Associations. gigantic H niICTION STEEL TRI-COUNTY AGRI-SYSTEMS RD *l, Box 55 Swedes boro, NJ 08085 PH 609-467-3174 Itnmltr Farming's CLASSIFIEDS RURAL SYI |,V MATTSON ENTERPRISES 1605 Ml Holly Road Burlington, NJ 08016 PH 609-386-1603 PHIC BUILDERS 435 King Street Potlstown, PA 19464 PH 215-323-4070 FOUR COUNTIES CONTRACTOR, INC. RO, Box 816 Ooalport, PA 16627 PH’ 814-672-5751 servi anotl are « own situa menl rules trati dispi desi] pick tion; * NEW CO PO idjsvill W.R. CON' 113 Wi *»«New PH 41 ATLAS EXi 3 Jei Cart's Sui
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