Avian Health Symposium
(Continued Iran Pag* A 1)
• Methods for sharing costs of
influenza prevention and control
(government indemnity and indus
try self-assurance).
• Long-range planning to
reduce A.I. risk, including
research.
A series of reports regarding
some of these issues will be pre
sented and comments will be soli
cited from symposium particip
ants, The repents and pursuant dis
cussion will be die basis for a
report to the Pennsylvania legisla
ture in accordance with the condi
tions of the $5 million appropria
tion to the department to manage
AJ. Testing Required For
Live Bird Markets
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
—Effective Jan. 8, no live poultry
more than seven days old may be
moved into a New York poultry
market unless accompanied by an
approved certificate of veterinary
HEALTH KICK
FARMERS # 1 CHOICE in COMBINES
HERNLEY’S FARM GRUMELU’S
EQUIPMENT, INC. FARM SERVICE
Elizabethtown, Pa. |NQ a
717-367*8867 Quarryvllle, PA
1-800-564-2511 717-786-7318
ment of the 1997 outbreak of
H7N2 influenza.
Participation to the symposium
is desired from Pennsylvania poul
try producers, integrators, proces
sors, and marketers, haulers, the
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
and its Poultry Health Advisory
Committee, the Pennsylvania Ani
mal Diagnostic Laboratory Sys
tem (PADLS), the Pa. Animal
Health and Diagnostic Commis
sion, the USDA APHIS Veterinary
Sciences, the Penn Stale Depart
ment of Poultry Science, and the
University of Pennsylvania Center
for Animal Health and
Productivity.
inspection.
According to a report published
in the Poultry Post, the newsletter
of the Pennsylvania Poultry Feder
ation, the inspection states that
either 1) the poultry identified
thereon are moving directly from a
source flock which is certified by
the state or country of origin as an
A.I. monitored source or 2) the
poultp' identified thereon ire mov
ing directly from a source flock in
which a random sample of 10 birds
was blood-tested negative for AJ.
within 10 days of the date of move
ment, using a test approved by the
USDA.
In addition, no poultry may be
moved from a flock where there
has been a positive A.I. blood or
virus test within die previous nine
months unless the flock is depopu
lated and premise cleaned and dis
infected or virus testing (all birds
or ISO birds) is negative.
New York is also going to
increase surveillance of incoming
birds and the markets. If a market
is found to be positive and has sub
standard sanitation, it will be quar
antined and must depopulate,
clean and disinfect before the quar
antine is released.
It has been estimated that these
markets receive between
250,000-300,000 birds weekly,
many of which originate in
Pennsylvania.
Larger commercial industry,
including layers, broilers, and
turkeys, should keep in mind that
the risk of contamination with A.I.
is always present and that biose
curity measures are necessary
between the live bird market and
the larger commercial industry to
ensure the control of A.I.
BHM FARM B. EQUIPMENT, INC. ZIMMERMAN’S
EQUIPMENT Waynesboro, Pa. FARM SERVICE, Inc.
SALES-PARTS-SERVICE 717-762-3193 1/2 Mile West off Rt. 501
Route 934 On School Rd.,
2 Miles North of
Annvllle, PA 717-933-4114
717-867-2211
Uncastar Farming, Saturday, January 34, -W9B-All*
Donaldson
(Contlnuad Irom Pag* A 1)
tal affairs, information, and
business service to 25,247 farm
and rural families in
Pennsylvania.
Donaldson attended AFBF's
annual meeting at the Charlotte
Convention Center as the head
of PFB's farm delegation. He
served as one of three official
delegates for PFB during voting
delegate sessions at the meet
ing. Voting delegates from state
farm bureaus decided policies
that will guide the organization
in 1998.
"I'm looking forward to repre
senting Farm Bureau members
in the Northeast on the
American Farm Bureau board,
especially our Pennsylvania
farmers," commented
Donaldson. "With direction pro
vide through our grassroots pol
icy development process, Farm
Bureau will be tackling some
BUILDINGIHI FUTURE
Elected
major issues this year which
affect the future of agriculture.
"Issues such as the Global
Climate Change Treaty, tax
reform and the fast-track
authority to develop new trade
agreements and improve cur
rent ones will all need to be
addressed. As a member of the
AFBF board of directors, I'll be
helping to put our members'
policies into action on these and
other important Farm Bureau
concerns. I'm looking forward to
an exciting and challenging
year," he said.
Donaldson has been presi
dent of PFB since April, 1996.
Prior to becoming state presi
dent he served as the organiza
tion's vice president for nearly
nine years.
Donaldson and his family
grows apples, peaches, cherries
and vegetables and operate a
roadside market on a 550-acre
farm near Gettysburg.
C.J. WONSIDLER
BROS.
Quakertown, Pa.
215-536-7523
New Tripoli, Pa.
610-767-7611
Olay, Pa.
610-987-6257