Provides Avian Influenza Update
Va.
RICHMOND, Va. Officials
with the Virginia Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Serv
ices (VDACS) continue to test for
avian influenza in an effort to
contain the spread of the disease.
The latest figures posted for May
From Left: Graywood Farms, LLC Members Steve Graybeal, Byron
Graybeal, Clay Hatcher and Joe Graybeal
Directions: Coming from North of site: Route 272 South to Wakefield. Take Route 222 South for 2/10 of a mile & bear right on Pilotown Rd. at the Y. Take
Pilotown Road for 2 1/2 miles. At 3-way intersection turn left on Cornwall Lane. Open House on the right. Coming from South of site. Rt. 1 to Route 222. Route
222 North to Mason Dixon Road. Turn left on Mason Dixon Road and go to Cornwall Lane. Turn right on Cornwall Lane. Open House will be on left.
FEATURES:
■ Double 15 Parallel Westfalia Surge Magnum
901 Parlor with basement.
■ 112 'x 480' x 14' Free Stall barn - 606 stalls
■ 49' x 136' Crossover Special Needs Barn
with Sort System
• Maryland/Virginia: 800-552-1976
• Sturdy Built: 717-484-2233
• Rlgidpiy Rafters: 717-866-6581
• Groffdale Concrete Walls:
717-656-2016
• Alta Genetics; 717-786-2212
H Construction
717-738-2142 • 800-874-7531
www.TyipleHCofist.com
430 Springville Road • Ephrata, PA 17522
Custom Builders of Dairy, Storage,
& Commercial Buildings
28-31 follow.
No. of farms affected: 178; no.
of farms quarantined: 172; no. of
farms depopulated: 176; types of
farms affected: turkey breeders,
26; commercial turkeys (meat
birds), 116; broilers (chickens),
Yuumji
Designed and Constructed by Triple H Construction, Ephrata, PA
• Rufus Brubaker Refrigeration
717-786-1617
• Lapp's Barn Equipment:
717-442-8134
• Manada Construction: 717-933-8853
• Lewis Casualty; 717-786-2073
10; broiler-breeders (chickens),
25; and layers (chickens) 1.
Birds depopulated to date:
4,322,809; quarantined farms not
yet depopulated: 2; birds in quar
antine waiting for depopulation:
22,600; counties affected: Rock-
Graywood Farms, LLC
Complete Dairy Complex
■ Fisher & Thompson Movable Operator
Platform
■ 20' x 20' Houle Manure Separation System
■ Flush System
DAIRY & MILKING EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE
15 Newport Rd. • Leola, PA 17540
717-656-3307
225 Mason Dixon Rd., Peach Bottom, PA
10:00 AM to 3:00
VENDORS:
• Mid Atlantic Agri Systems; 717-529-2782
• Ross H Rohrer & Son: 717-786-3372
• Quarryville Herd Health Association:
717-786-3670
• Lancaster DHIA: 717-665-5960
•EH Gochnauer & Son, Inc.: 717-299-3776
INCORPORATED
ingham, 130 cases; Shenandoah,
16 cases; Augusta, 19 cases; Page,
11 cases; Greene, 1 case; and
Highland, 1 case.
VDACS has implemented
mandatory preslaughter testing
on all breeder birds, commercial
turkeys, and broilers as well as
mandatory testing of any flocks
with respiratory symptoms. If a
flock tests positive, officials will
June 4, 2002
■ HDPE Lined Lagoon
■ Rufus Brubaker Refrigeration System
■ Sturdy Built Stalls, Fencing & Waterers
John W. Risser, Lancaster • 717-560-3175
Wayne A. Steinour, Hanover • 717-630-4539
quarantine the farm immediately
and order the destruction of the
flock within 24 hours.
The poultry company is re
sponsible for depopulation. Dis
posal may be by one of three
methods: on-farm burial or com
posting with a DEQ permit, in
cineration, or movement of car
casses in sealed, leakproof
containers to a sanitary landfill.
• Hoober, Inc; 717-786-8231
• Deer Creek Equip.: 610-932-8858
• Shank Doors. 610-376-5061
• Norbco; 315-853-3936
• Walter Martin: 717-336-2621
• Dan Leer: 717-948-5133
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