A&llrtcMMr Farming; Saturday, November 27, 1993
Producers Should Make
Community-Wide Effort
Using the new vaccine became
even easier recently when the
USDA, the Pennsylvania Pork
Producers Council (PPPQ, and
Penn State teamed up in an effort
to secure USDA funding through a
project aimed to study a PRV vac
cine and its effects on moving the
pigs to market sooner with better
results. This is a "backdoor”
effort to get funding for the vac
cine, according to Abe Fisher,
president of PPPC and chair of the
eradication effort, because the
USDA will not fund vaccine
efforts anymore.
Because winter approaches
(prime time for spread of the virus
in herds), producers are urged to
sign up for the program. Lancaster
Fanning has enclosed the form
with this article. The program will
cost producers only 35 percent of
the total cost of the vaccine,
according to Dr. Paul M. Pilcher,
APHIS field veterinarian. The rest
is funded by USDA and a good
deal comes from the PPPC, from
the "unrestricted fund” (a total of
about $25,000 from PPPC for this
effort, according to Fisher).
“This is really a community
effort to work this winter in clean
ing up pseudorabies,’ * said Fisher.
He said the council seeks to "keep
everybody together” on the eradi
cation effort A concern of the
council is those neighbors "who
have done nothing” to work
together to clean up the virus.
Fisher spoke about Mercer, a
county in Ohio, similar to Lancas
ter, that had a huge PRV problem.
The USDA went into the county to
vaccinate all the herds. Because of
the vaccine, in two years, the 70-80
herds infected with the virus were
reduced to only seven infected. “It
will work,” said Fisher.
Dr. Amy Nesselrodt, APHIS
veterinarian, said that there are 122
quarantined herds in Stage II of the
eradication effort in the state now.
Herd plans are currendy voluntary,
but may soon become required if
the state wants to stay in Stage II
by next fall. The vast majority of
the affected herds, she said, are
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under a herd plan (about 78 per
cent), with IS percent still pending
and another 8 percent undecided or
with some type of agreement. This
year, 16 new herds were picked up
under circle testing. She said that
Stage HI in Pennsylvania should
take effect in late 1995 or early
1996.
"We need to get together,” said
PPPC President Abe Fisher. “We
need to start on the same page and
hopefully this project will do
that.”
Fisher said that western Pen
nsylvania, unable to sell hogs to
Ohio and other places because
Ohio is in Stage m and Pennsylva
nia is still in Stage 11, can be
accoided Stage ni status if Pen
nsylvania moves to adopt a split
state status. Under this status,
counties including Potter, Clinton,
Centre, Mifflin, Huntingdon, and
Bedford and west would be placed
under Stage in, and the eastern
partof Pennsylvania wouldremain
under Stage II until only the desig
nated one percent or less of the tot
al herds are quarantined for the
virus.
Other states could move to
Stage 111 and beyond, which would
isolate markets for Pennsylvania
producers. Already, Ohio. Dela
ware, West Virginia, and parts of
North Carolina and Indiana are at
Stage 111 and won’t buy Pennsyl
vania hogs. NeW York is at Stage
V. Other states could force Pen
nsylvania to going to extreme mea
sures, such as depopulation, if pro
ducers don’t come on line with a
control program.
“Some people think pseudora
bies is going to go away,” said
Fisher. “That is not true. The U.S.
is going to clean up pseudorabies,
and those people who didn’t come
here tonight that think this thing is
going to fall flat on its face... are
going to be sadly mistaken.
‘ 'The Pork Producers are firmly
behind this project,” he said. “We
hope that we can get 100 percent
participation, because I think it is
time for a community effort to go
after it.”
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two or three years ago, “If somebody would have asked me about (pseudorabies), I
would have said, it's a political disease. Just live with it.” said Dave Heckel, Farm Crest
Feeds, far right. Heckel said the success that his company’s grower-finishing herds
have had with the gene-deleted vaccine has proven that the problem can be cleaned
up. Heckel spoke on a producer panel with Ray Martin, center, a hog producer from
Voganvllle. Both herd managers spoke about their problems after testing pseudo ra
bies virus (PRV)-positlve in the past. Ken Kephart, Penn State swine specialist, far left,
was panel moderator.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1993 10:00 AM. SHARP
DIRECTIONS: From DC take Route 66 West to Haymarket Exit (Rt. 15 S.), cross over
pass of Route 66 to light at the Junction of Route 15 & Route 55 turn left. Sale on
immediate right.
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SKID LOADERS & RUBBER TIRE LOADER
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ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE & FORKLIFT
SNOW CAT all terrain vehicle with rubber tracks, gas eng., cab.; 1983 DATSUN 5,000 lb. forklift
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CAB & CHASSIS
1980 MACK DM6BSS cab & chassis with 300 eng., 6 sp. trans., long wheel base; 1986 FORD F 350
cab & chassis with new diesel eng., 4 sp. trans., long wheel base; 1986 FORD F3SO cab & chassis
with diesel eng., auto trans.; 1984 FORD F3SO cab & chassis with diesel eng., 4 sp. trans.; 1988
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FLATBED TRUCKS
1984 FORD F7OO flatbed dump with diesel eng., 5 sp. trans; 1989 DODGE 1 ton flatbed with 12’
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ROAD TRACTORS
1989 INTERNATIONAL 9670 T/A road tractor with 350 Big Cam eng., 10 sp. trans., walk-in
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TRAILERS
1988 LIDDELL BIRMINGHAM Model 503HRNCB 50 ton tri-axle detachable low boy with
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1974 FRUEHAUF 15 ton S/A fifth wheel low boy trailer with ramps; (4) 45’ storage trailers; (4)
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trailer; 1979 MILEY T/A 6 horse 24’ trailer with living quarters.
PICKUPS & VANS
1991 FORD F 250 XLT pickup with 7.3 diesel eng., 5 sp. trans.; 1986 CHEVROLET Astro mini van
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made in full on sale day with CASH, CASHIER’S CHECKS. Personal or Company Checks
accepted with a Valid Bank Letter of Guaranteed Payment. Items sold “As-is, Where-is” with
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INSPECTION: Thursday, December 9,1993, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Sale site phone (703)
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FINANCING: Financing can be arranged through the following company. Call before 72
hours of sale to make arrangements for financing on items $20,000 or more. Call Kathy Wel
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