Beekeepers Must
Register With State
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture is reminding all
beekeepers that they must register
their apiaries with the
Department.
“The state Agriculture Code has
been amended to require apiary
registration, no matter how small
or large they are,” said Jim Stein
hauer, the Department’s chief api
ary inspector. “The registration
system is designed to help the bee
industry as well as individual
beekeepers.”
Registration forms have been
mailed to all state beekeepers on
the Department’s current list. If
you keep one or more hives of
bees and have not yet received a
registration form, contact the
Department of Agriculture’s Api-
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A registration fee of $lO per
beekeeper, regardless of the num
ber of apiaries owned, will register
the beekeeper for up to two years.
Apiary registration has many
benefits. These benefits include an
ability to notify beekeepers of
potential dangers and benefits to
their apiaries, tracking of trends in
the distribution of bees, pests and
diseases, and an increase in effi
ciency of the bee inspection
program.
The Agriculture Code’s amend
ments also include an increase in
fines and penalties for failure to
register apiaries.
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WHAT CAN YOU
DO IF PRV
IS ON
YOUR FARM?
Robert Graybill, DVM
Veterinary Practitioner
Lancaster. Pa.
Elimination of a disease or dis
eases has been proven to be one of
the most economical methods to
reduce the cost of production with
in a swine unit Continual vaccina
tions. additional medication costs,
and increased mortality can con
tinue to keep production costs
above normal industry levels.
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f column to update hog producers on the
isylvania Pseudorabies Eradication Program.
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Each herd needs to complete a
herd serological profile test to
determine which diseases are pre
sent and to what extent they are
present. With this information,
plans can be developed to improve
total herd health through adequate
vaccination and bioscc rity
procedures.
Diseases are most commonly
spread by pig-to-pig contact.
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Therefore, disease control begins
with dividing groups of animals in
all phases of production by utiliz
ing all-in/all-out production by air
space.
Equally important, however, is a
smooth pig flow. Pigs should nev
er be moved backward within a
production system. If this occurs, it
presents the opportunity for chron
ic disease to be transferred from
older to younger groups of pigs,
Cleaning and disinfecting pens and build
ings between groups greatly reduces the pos
sibility that an organism will build up and be
transferred to the next group. Establish a daily
work schedule for employees that permits
them to work from the younger to the older
pigs. Avoid moving from room to room more
than necessary. Sanitation is a critical part of
herd health security.
Prevention of environmental stress is
extremely important, especially this time of
year. Evaluate buildings for leaks and seal
properly. Check ventilation equipment, since
maintenance is cheaper than repair. This is
especially true when you consider what envir
onmental stress caused by a mechanical
breakdown can do to performance and health
care costs.
Another aspect of a good biosecurity prog
ram is reducing the risk of disease transmis
sion within the herd. Footbaths cut the threat
of health problems moving from room to
room and building to building.
The addition of the new improved PRV
vaccine has given added protection and con
trol of PRV within the infected herds. Deve
lop a vaccination protocol using periodic herd
serology results to determine when and how
frequently to utilize vaccine. The response
seen in many herds using an adequate vacci
nation program demonstrates that this is a val
uable tool for cleaning up PRV infections
within the herd.
Breakdown of progress has been infrequent
and is usually associated with excessive
stocking density, inadequate ventilation, or
failure to utilize adequate pig flow within the
production unit These herds are a small
minority but do present a challenge in revis
ing their procedures to ensure success in their
eradication programs.
Results seen in the larger herds have been
rather successful if proper procedures are fol
lowed. This seems to indicate that elimination
of PRV can be accomplished in any size herd
in Pennsylvania if the producer is willing and
determined to see his efforts succeed.
Periodic testing is needed to monitor herd
progress. A producer has the option to follow
the program through by allowing natural cull
ing to eliminate older positive animals. The
procedure can be accelerated by testing and
removing positive animals after lesling reve
als only a small portion of older animals are
positive. Thirty days after positive animals
are removed, 30 animals or 30 percent, whi
chever is less, need to be tested at 90-day
intervals for a total of three negative tests to
remove the infected herd from quarantine.
After a herd has been successfully cleaned
up, vaccination and yearly serological moni
toring are still recommended in order to
insure that infection has not recurred. Area
vaccination continues to be important until all
herds have been successfully cleaned up.
The past year has seen many herds elimi
nate PR V and indicates that it can be success
fully completed with adequate herd serology,
proper vaccination procedures, and proper pig
flow. Any producer with solid goals and a
program to eliminate PRV or other disease
process within a production unit should real
ize improvement of the economic status of the
production unit