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Percent Sensitive Comment
97% Only approved for baby pigs.
77% Only approved for baby pigs.
83% Water or feed, 20-day withdrawal.
65% Oral or water, up to 75 lb.
15% Water or feed, no withdrawal.
<5% Water or feed, withdrawal varies
<5% Injection or feed.
77% Water or feed, 28-day withdrawal
? Not tested in this study, but known to be
effective against S. cholerasuis, 70-day
withdrawal.
Drag
Gentamycin*
Spectinomycin*
Neomycin
Ampicillin
Tetracyclines
Sulfonamides
Penicillin
Apramycin*
Carbadox
♦ Approved for swine, but not
specifically labelled for
Salmonella.
Most reports indicate that the
drags are most effective when used
preventively. Once a positive diag
nosis is made, your veterinarian
and laboratory can assist you in
selecting the most effective drug.
Prevention
All-in, all-out management,
including cleaning and disinfec
tion, helps but not as effectively as
it does for other diseases.
• Move affected pigs to a sepa
rate pen if practical, especially if
diarrhea is the main symptom.
This will help reduce the spread of
the disease.
• If buying feeder pigs, buy
from a single source and avoid the
sale bam whenever possible.
• Treating newly purchased
pigs with an appropriate antibiotic
and dewormer will reduce the inci
dence of Salmonella.
• Avoid overcrowding.
• Vaccination is an option since
a few commercial products are
available, however most practi
tioners have not had good success.
Best results are obtained with vac
cine products that contain only
Salmonella. And it’s possible that
an autogenous vaccine may need
to be developed specific fra* your
operation.
Summary
1. Salmonella is an organism
that can be found on virtually
every swine operation. Many of
the serotypes are of little consequ
ence, but there are three types than
can cause serious disease in pigs,
the most common of which is S.
cholerasuis.
2. S. cholerasuis can cause diar
rhea and pneumonia as well as
other problems for pigs from the
nursery through die finishing
stage.
3. Work with your veterinarian
and diagnostic laboratory to obtain
a clear diagnosis and treatment
plan.
4. Prevent the disease by mini
mizing stress sort pigs as little
as possible, buy feeder pigs from a
single source, and use all in all out
management
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Of Farm Association
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Several resolutions directly
related to the future of Lancaster
County farms were passed and sent ,
to the Pennsylvania Farmers Asso-'
elation for review at a recent meet
ing of the Lancaster County Far
mers Association.
One resolution concerned a
program to replace H.B. 496, the
proposed state nutrient manage
ment legislation currently in the
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Miller, Marlys. 1992. You can cope
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Schwartz, K. J. 1991. Salmonellosis
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University Press, Ames. pp. 508-520.
Issues Set Tone
Senate Ag and Rural Affairs Com
mittee. A Voluntary Whole Farm
Program to be presented by the
Family Farm Movement was
endorsed at the county level,
which includes provisions for
allowing farmers to have final
decision making on nutrient man
agement legislation introduction,
review, and implementation.
The proposals are to combat
cocems about the review of H.B.
496, which the county association
believes had left out farmers at the
decision-making level, which
makes programs mandatory to far
mers regardless of costs, and
involves no tax-paying public
involvement. The current bill,
according to the county farmers
association, “allows farmers to be
trapped between competing gov
ernment agencies involved in plan
ning and implementation.”
According to the resolution, if
the Voluntary Whole Farm Prog
ram were adopted, farmers would
be allowed to participate “under a
one-plan concept with one agency
to contact for plan development
and implementation.” It would
require 100 percent of the cost to
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Octobar 17,1M2-D7
Meeting
be shared with tax-paying public to
ensure that technology, education,
and economics drive die program.
Other policies recommended
include a proposal to allow deer
that are raised for venison or
breeding stock be treated under
state law as all other farmed lives
tock, with pertinent bill amend
ments; the Pennsylvania Farmers
Association legal department
should write contracts for farmers
who do contract farming that
would protect the farmer from
being dominated by the agribusi
ness; a farmer classified as self
employed should be able to use
their entire health insurance pre
mium as a tax deduction; and a
recommendation for a current law
to require employers to carry
workman’s compensation to be
abolished and be replaced with a
law that would require employees
to carry their own accident policy.
Also at the banquet meeting, the
following district directors were
elected: District 2, Ike Geib; Dis
trict 3, Marvin Witmer; District 5,
Earl Newcomer; District 9, Robert
Best; District 10, Dale Marlin;
District 11, Willis B. Krantz; and
District 12, Karl Herr.