Efforts Under Way To Build Animal Disease Fighting Ability
(Continued from Pago A2O)
to find out what was really going
on with animal health.
According to the Card, getting
funding is always a problem, but
since there is so much at stake
commercially and economically,
there is some support.
“Federal funding is always diffi
cult to come by." Card said, adding
that commercial interests and
producer-associations are being
sought to help keep the system
developing.
“Just today, (a professor) from
Penn State called,” Card said. “He
and a faculty member from New
Bolton are going to apply for hinds
from the National Pork Producers
Council, applying for funding to
look at problems they think are
present in hogs.”
According to Card, the animal
health scientists are seeking
money so it can be matched with
government funds and devote
them toward the health of the
swine industry.
‘That’s how we need to go
about this thing,” Card said. “We
need to identify those areas, have
some funding available so that we
can provide a match.”
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the entire program are attracting
well-trained, reliable people into
the system and that requires con
sistant adequate funding, accord
ing to Card.
He said that the colleges are
planning to employ students, gra
duate and some outstanding under
graduate students, who would be
willing to work for less money
than would be required in the pri
vate sector, in exchange for the
opportunity to build expertise
under a program and people who
are recognized throughout the
industry.
This portion of the program is
necessary to bring perspective to
whatever animal health problem
that happens to be dectected
through the laboratory.
“The diagnostic lab may give us
an indication of what the problem
is out there the pathogen,
things of that nature,” Card said.
“But the investigation group will
be out there looking at problems
that exist, and how many problems
have been a cause for this animal
health problem. And finally, we
may find some things in there,
where we need to do some
research. It may be some basic
research, it may be applied.
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“But then we have the option of
going back, again with our group
of people and developing prog
rams between (University of Pen
nsyvlania and Penn State) to solve
these problems in whatever the
disease situation may be,” he said.
The choice for Pennsylvania to
adopt such a program is little.
Agriculture is the leading industry
in the state and one that is still
growing. Even though animal
health issues have long been
allowed to sit on the sideline in
favor of more popular political
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‘The cost, the worth of animals
today is becoming so increasingly
high that you really can’t afford to
lose too very many, or you’re out
of the ballgame,” Card said.
“And what we need to do is to
intercede and control rather than
move in, on a reactive basis, to
treat the disease.” Card said.
“We’re talking about a health
maintenance system using those
components.”
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which actually pose serious threats
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Johne’s Disease, a difficult, wide
spread disease in ruminants across
the nation, can be battled better
under a coordinated effort.
"Johne’s is similar to T. 8.,”
Card said. “They are bacterial
organisms. The diagnosis of TB,
and Johnnes is becoming increas
ingly difficult," he said.
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get false negatives. We can follow
cows and culture them, periodical
ly culture their fecal material, and
in many cases they’ll be negative.
But all of a sudden down here, on
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he said.
“So, there is a need to develop a
more sophisticated diagnostic
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“They have a huge problem with
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diseases,” Card said.
It may seem hard to believe, that
in this day with all the technology
available, that a state agriculture
department is still using facilities
built in the 19505. But the problem
is deeper than political
expedience.
According to Card, there is
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