f Poultry Pointers (Continued from Page A 27) mal health issues associated with international trade. This concept, if accepted and applied bilateral ly, should for instance, allow some state or region to be rivaling with a problem, without neces sarily jeopardizing international trade of the remainder of the country. This potential is further aided by the product traceability procedures operational in our poultry processing plants. The international climate is changing when it comes to con sideration of vaccination as an aid in the control and eradication of such highly infectious diseases as A.I. and foot and mouth dis ease (FMD). The U.K. and sever al other countries’ experiences with FMD have clearly brought the issue of massive slaughter and vaccination to the forefront. Certainly, the scientific issues as sociated with vaccination against Walk-In • Catalog • Web Sales - www.larmerboyag.com Call or email us today lor a 1 Rll catalog. 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