C2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 27, 1993
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Pennsylvania
PRV HEADLINES /
A bi-weekly communication from '"I
PA Pseudorabies Committee and Penn State Extension A.
to alert you to developments in PRV and its control \
PENNSYLVANIA’S
PSEUDORABIES
CONTROL PROGRAM
Dr. Paul M. Pitcher
Dr. Amy J. Nesselrodt
Federal Veterinarians
Pennsylvania has been under
pressure by the National Pseudora
bies Advisory Committee and
neighboring states to increase
efforts to eliminate pseudorabies
(PR) from its swine herds.
To respond to this pressure, we
have attempted to meet witli the
owners of all quarantined herds.
Our objective has been to work
with each herd owner to develop a
plan to eliminate PR from his herd.
The mechanics of herd plan
development was discussed in this
column in the February 20 issue of
Lancaster Farming. To dale, we
have been successful in imple
menting herd plans in more than 90
percent of the herds quarantined
for PR in Pennsylvania.
In general, owners of quaran
tined herds have been cooperative.
They recognize that, to make clea
nup efforts successful, everyone
needs to work together so that
entire neighborhoods can progress
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toward eliminating PR.
Sometimes herd owners are
reluctant to cooperate because of
perceptions that their neighbors
are not doing anything to control
the disease. This charge is usually
inaccurate. Virtually all of the
quarantined breeding herds are
regularly vaccinating for PR and
monitoring their progress toward
cleanup by blood testing. Many of
the feeder pigs are vaccinated prior
to placement on finish floors.
Feed mills which contract indi
vidual producers to produce feeder
pigs or to feed out fat hogs are sup
portive of the program and are
doing what they can to control the
spread of PR.
Some producers believe that
efforts to eliminate PR are futile.
These prophesies lend to be self
fulfilling. Ohio progressed from
having more than 150 infected
herds a few years ago to about 30
today. In Pennsylvania, several of
our top managers have been very
successful in controlling PR and
rapidly eliminating it from their
herds by intensive vaccination and
segregation of animals. We find
that, if the herd manager is deter
mined to eliminate the disease and
committed to principles of high
health, rapid progress is possible.
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As a result of herd plan activity,
Pennsylvania advanced to Stage 11
of the National Pseudorabies
Eradication Program in November
1992. Stage II is the Control stage,
where the effort is to identify all
herds infected with PR and begin
cleanup activity in those herds.
It is only fair that the efforts of
owners of quarantined herds arc
rewarded with greater assurance
that they will not be reinfected
from a neighboring herd that is
unaware of its PR status. We have
identified more than 200 herds
which have at least one quaran
tined herd within 2 miles and have
not been tested for PR. All of these
herds will need to be tested in the
near future. This testing can be
conducted at state expense and will
initially qualify the herd to obtain
PR vaccine or to be classified as
Feeder Pig Monitored. Only Feed
er Pig Monitored herds are allowed
to sell feeder pigs at commercial
markets.
If you have questions regarding
the Pennsylvania Pseudorabics
Control Program or the require
ments of Stage 11, please call us at
the USDA office, (717) 782-3442.
We will serve as your advocate to
the Pennsylvania PR Advisory
Board, which meets every two
months and has primary responsi
bility for formulating policy.
Our foremost goal is to make the
program work for all producers, so
let us know what you need. We
cannot respond to your needs
unless we hear from you.
Please try to promptly complete
'fy
the required testing when you are that Pennsylvania producers are
requested to do so by the Pennsyl- relieved of the burden of produc
vania Bureau of Animal Industry. t j on losses caused by PR.
Uniform cooperation will ensure
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UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The recent increase in
public concern about dietary fat
and cholesterol has helped fuel a
growth in the consumption of
poultry meat. As the poultry in
dustry has grown, so bias its need
for qualified college graduates to
fill a wide range of jobs.
“A continuous supply of prop
erly trained young people is re
quired to fill many production, su
pervisory, management and tech
nical positions,” said Dr. William
Weaver, professor and head of
poultry science in Penn State’s
College of Agricultural Sciences.
“Unfortunately, the needs of the
industry have far outstripped the
availability of graduates trained in
poultry science.”
Poultry meat is the number one
meat consumed in the U.S., with
per capita consumption topping 90
pounds annually. Several of the
large broiler companies produce
more than $1 billion per year in
sales.
Segments of the egg industry
also have grown rapidly. Al
though per capita consumption of
whole eggs has fallen, the sale of
processed egg products has risen
as much as 18 percent annually.
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Straley Farm Supply, Inc.
1760 East Canal Road
Dover, PA 17315
717-292-2631
I.G. Sales & Service
Box 200
Silverdale, PA 18961
215-257-5135
Keller Brothers
R 7 Box 405
Lebanon, PA 17042
717-949-6501
1950 Fruilville Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-569-2500
Marshall Machinery, Inc.
Route 642
Honesdale, PA 18431
717-729-7117
Plkeville Equipment Inc.
RD 2, Oysterdale Road
Oley, PA 19547
215-987-6277
“Eggs are likely to be marketed
very differently in the future,” said
Weaver. “Some industry observ
ers estimate that 35 to 60 percent
of eggs produced by the year 2000
will be sold as processed items
and not as shell eggs,”
Weaver said these industry
trends create a demand for a work
force with a variety of
skills.“ Students entering the poul
try industry today must under
stand and be trained in disciplines
such as business manageemnt, fin
ance, business and agricultural
law and international trade,” he
said. “They must have good inter
personal and communication
skills. And they still need a good
working knowledge of poultry sci
ence and the different aspects of
the poultry industry.”
The undergraduate curriculum
in Penn Slate’s poultry science de
partment is undergoing major
changes to ensure that appropriate
courses are being offered. “Sever
al poultry courses in our depart-
ment are being updated,” Weaver
said, “and others taught outside
the department are being added to
give students the tools they need
to become industry leaders in the
next century.”
Tractor Parts Co.
335 Central Road
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
717-784-0250
Stouffer Bros. Inc.
1066 Lincoln Way West
Chambersburg, PA 17201
717-263-8424
Stoltzfus Farm Service
Cochranville, PA
215-593-2407
M.S. Yearsley & Sons
West Chester. PA
215-696-2990
Norman D. Clark &
• Son, Inc.
Honey Grove, PA
717-734-3682
Loysville, PA
717-789-3117
Nlcarry Equipment Co.
RD 2, Rl. 61, 3 Miles S. ol
Leesport, Reading, PA
215-926-2441
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Deerfield Ag & Turf
Center, Inc.
RR 2 Box 212
Watsontown, PA 17777
717-538-3557
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Caldwell Tractor &
Equipment, Inc.
480 U.S. Route 46
Fairfield, N.J. 07006
201-227-6772
Rodlo Tractor Sales
North While Horse Pike
Hammonton, N.J. 08037
609-561-0141
Frank Rymon & Sons,
Inc.
RD 3, Box 355
Washington, N.J. 07882
201-689-1464
Reed Brothers
Petticoat Bridge Rd
Columbus, N.J. 08022
609-267-3363