M-Lmcastar Fanning Saturday, August 17,1991
STRASBURG (Lancaster Co.)
—A special benefit auction will be
held Sept. 28 at the Martin Sales
Pavilion to benefit The Clinic For
Special Children. The clinic’s
address is Box 128, Strasburg, PA
17579.
The clinic is a nonprofit organi
zation for diagnostic and primary
care service for children with
inherited diseases. Glutaric Aci
FORT COLLINS. Colo.
Watch out for boar patrol. . .if
you’re a pig, that is. Boars won’t
put up with any funny business
between pigs, two Colorado State
University researchers proved last
spring.
“It’s like Arnold Schwarzeneg
ger entering the room,” said
Temple Grandin, assistant profes
sor of animal sciences at Colorado
State. “Fighting stops. The pigs
just straighten up when the boar
approaches.”
Pork producers find pigs fight
more when mixed with pigs from
other pens as they are sorted for
market. Fighting injures and stres
ses pigs prior to slaughter. “Fight
Auction Benefits Clinic For Special Children
duria and Maple Syrup Urine Dis
ease (MSUD) are two comon
biochemical disorders that require
a complex approach for successful
treatment
The clinic’s approach includes
an infant testing program for early
diagnosis, primary medical care to
prevent devastating effects of
metabolic diseases during com
mon childhood illnesses, clinical
Boar Patrol
ing is detrimental to their welfare
and causes economic loss to the
pork industry,” Grandin said. The
animal behaviorist noted that few
methods to reduce in-fighting
among pigs seem more effective
than introducing several resident
boars.
The reason is androsterone,
found in boar saliva and fat When
used as a concentrate on feeder
pigs, fighting diminishes, another
researcher discovered. But the
substance requires further testing
before it can be marketed to pork
producers.
Grandin, who has a penchant for
finding practical solutions for dif-
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research to improve treatment, and
services to support the needs of
parents.
In addition to these two diseases,
the clinic cares for children who
have complex needs due to other
genetic disorders, some of which
are yet to be identified. Research at
the clinic seeks to unlock these rid
dles. Although fees for services
help meet some of the costs of
Polices Pigs
ficult problems, decided resident
boars might be an economical and
easy way to introduce androster
one. She and Jennifer Bruning of
Denver, one of Grandin’s students,
tested the hypothesis at Comanche
Livestock Co. near Strasburg,
Colo.
They observed 200 pigs as they
were sorted from five pens. Two
groups of SO entered pens with
three young, sexually mature
boars. The resident boars, Grandin
said, had to be friends or they
wouldn’t work together to manage
the unruly pens of pigs.
TTiey also observed two other
operating the clinic, they will never
cover the entire cost, particularly
the research component which is so
vital in imporving treatment and
increasing understanding of meta
bolic diseases.
Many children seen at the clinic
require extensive review of previ
ous records, test results, lengthy
talks with parents, and thinking
time. This costs a lot in time and
pens of pigs mixed without benefit
of boar patrol. On comparison, the
researchers discovered resident
boars reduced injuries by more
than half.
“We found resident boars kept
the newly mixed pigs in line,”
Grandin said. “We observed that
the pigs moved out of the way and
even stopped fighting when a boar
was near. The few fights that
occurred in the presence of boars
were less intense.”
Grandin and Binning expect the
boar patrol will continue to get
respect from pigs and, they hope,
from pork producers as well.
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effort. Many of these children pre
viously had not received the medi
cal care they needed for this very
reason.
In order to meet these complex
medical needs without government
support or high-fee schedules, the
clinic needs continued support.
Donations for the auction can be
anything, new or used, that will
sell. Accepatable items would
included quilts, crafts, baked
goods, tools, housewares, farm
items and supplies, furniture,
groceries, and gift certificates.
Anyone who would like to
donate items may call Leonard
Hurst, (717) 626-4863; Enos
Hoover, a 17) 354-5415; Harvey
Hoover, (717) 656-9694; or Ernest
Zimmerman, (717) 733-2645
(evenings) or (717) 738-1121
(daytime).
The Clinic for Special Children
is a registered charitable organiza
tion. The committee will appreci
ate anything you can contribute to
the auction.
The Martin Sales Pavilion is
located along Route 340, east of
Intercourse. The sale starts at 9
a.m.
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