Tougher Disease Laws (Continued from Pag# A 1) maintenance to protect our leading industry, which is agriculture,” Clymer said. “Once we delect a problem in animals, we have to be responsive to the greater industry which is agriculture and not shy away from dealing with those ani mals which carry the disease.” Efforts to change the laws are in response to expressed concerns by veterinarians and industry people as to die limited ability the PDA currently has to test and condem non-typical farm animals for car- A BROKEN HYDRAULIC HOSE CAN COST YOU HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ... in Ipst or damaged crops. When there’s work to be done in the fields it’s important to keep your farm machinery on the job. When there’s a breakdown you can’t afford to wait for a new Hr ibly to br hir 'd fi ' the fr Butftdoesri ham to.. WE MAKE HOSE ASSEMBLIES WHILE YOU WATT . assemblies which are exactly like the original and better! To put your equipment back to work in the fields fast. 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Despite a quarantine on the elk and deer herd, which were then slaughtered, the farm owner was AUTHORIZED HOSE ASSEMBLY DEALERS allowed to sell at auction almost all of his dairy herd, because the cows tested negative several times for the contagious disease, and because, according to the New York agriculture and marketing agency, it has never been clearly shown that deer and elk could transmit the disease to cows. Now New York state requires that deer must be biologically segregated from cows. Tuberculosis has long been known to be transmissible between cows and humans. A number of the cows sold in New York were purchased by Pen isylvanians, who last month had heir cows taken for slaughter. Confirmation of contagious übetculosis requites the slaughter )f the animal. To date, no positive esults for tuberculosis resulted. Recently, New Yak shored up the authority of its agriculture and marketing commissioner by pass ing legislation to give the commis sioner the power to test any domes tic animal fa tuberculosis. Several years ago a tuberculosis outbreak in Pennsylvania resulted in the slaughter of a herd of cows in Dauphin County and other cows elsewhere. The state required many months to regain its “TB fiec” status, which enables cattle TAKE FLIES 6 S. Vintage Rd. Paradise, PA 17562 (717) 442-4183 (800) 635-3592 tm Tradwwlc of Purina Mlllt CONTROL OF THE BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF CONTROL! CALL US TODAY FOR ALL YOUR FLY CONTROL NEEDS. WE CARRY THE COMPLETE LINE OF PURINA MILLS PRODUCTS. HESS MILLS HANDLES THE NEW COMPLETE LINE OF PMI NUTRITION DOG AND CAT FOOD PRODUCTS. Call Us Today marketing to occur with fewer holdups. Dr. Max Van ButkirkJr., VMD, directaof the PDA Bureau of Ani mal Industry, said last month that efforts were under way to deter mine to what extent, if any, PDA had the authority to test and con demn non-traditional farm animals. The proposals by Rep. Clymer are apparently as a result of those and other inquiries into the extent of Pennsylvania law. Officials said that up until the New York problem, it was not known for certain if bovine tuber culosis was transmittable between cows and other animals, such as deer and elk. Pennsylvania’s 1913 Domestic Animal Disease Suppression Law, which gives the state the authority to prevent, control, and eradicate domestic animal diseases, does not include deer or elk, but is currently restricted to “... any equine ani mal a bovine animal, sheep, goat, pig. dog, cat, or poultry ...” The proposed amendment would extend that definition to include. u ... or any wild a semi wild animal held in captivity.. Also to be amended would be the state’s 1931 Diseased Animal Condemnation Law. kssMus H. PURINA [HOWSJ * Registered trademark ol Ralston Purina Company lOTQrtw Farming, Saturday, May 9, IM2-A23 The definition of domestic ani mal would also be expanded, and it would also set a compensation lim it that the state would pay for a condemned wild or semiwild ani mal or herd of animals. Specifically, the intended amendment for condemnation compensation is, “The amount of compensation paid by the com monwealth for any wild or semi wild animal in captivity and con demned by the Department of Agriculture to prevent the spread of disease shall be no more than $3OO per animal or 67 oercent of the appraised value of the animal, whichever is less, except that in no case shall the compensation paid by the commonwealth exceed the sum of $lOO,OOO for any herd of animals.** Clymer said he has recently sent out a memo seeking a cosponsor for the bill, and that he seeks indus try support. “Of course, I hope this has the support of the agriculture industry and with people in Harrisburg,” Clymer said. “I hope to be intro ducing the bills within 10 days at most, then I will work with the chairman of the House Agriculture (and Rural Affairs) Committee to move the bills over (to the Senate).” Rt. 82 Unionville, PA 18375 (215)347-2377
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