PADLS: Needs Funding, BSL-3 Status (Continued from Page A 1) mal health challenges ranging from avian influenza to foot and mg at Ag Progress. “I hate to say mouth disease and even BSE, how easy it is.” than some of the human diseases Rankin said that biological such as smallpox or anthrax, warfare weapons are extremely Human history has been af cheap to develop and field. The fected by disease outbreak, from cost of an atomic bomb by com- the Black Plague to the flu. parison: about $290 million. Rankin said, “Germany lost The worst part: lab tests still (World War I) because of the have to go to Plum, lowa, simply flu.” because the Pennsylvania diag- Enck spoke about the role that ((We can’t wait a week (for the test results). If we have foot and mouth disease, we’re in terrible trouble. 5 3 Dr. John Enck Jr. State Veterinarian Director, Bureau Of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture nostic laboratory system, based in the Pennsylvania Department of the southeast and south central Agriculture Animal Health and regions of the state, isn’t certified Diagnostic Laboratory System, or to do so and doesn’t have the PADLS. PADLS combines three equipment. separate animal diagnostic labo- “If you don’t have the capabili- ratories: the state’s Pennsylvania ty, through funding, you don’t Veterinary Laboratory, Universi have a chance of fighting dis- ty of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton ease,” said Enck. Center, and Penn State Universi- There are about 21 major ani- ty. mal (zoonotic) diseases compared The laboratories encompass to nine human disease agents. It about 80 percent of the entire an is far more prevalent to see ani- imal production in Pennsylvania. 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Those tests now could take a week and put a hamper on rapid detection and response. “We can’t wait a week,” said Enck. “If we have foot and mouth disease, we’re in terrible trouble.” Right now, PADLS doesn’t have the “right biosafety level to handle those things,” he said. If an outbreak would occur, “all the rest of ag would have to stop be put on old while our labora tory is quarantined.” The 10-year-old equipment the lab has is like “driving around a 1956 Ford,” said Enck. “We need the rapid test... at our finger tips. We are going to get creamed if we don’t.” Adding BSL-3 at each lab would amount to about $52.4 million a request being made to the state by the laboratory. It’s a question, according to Rankin, of how safe we want to be. Said Rankin, “What do we need to protect our chil dren, and our grandchildren, and my dog, whom I love?” 8 rLM VIMMIWPPRf A 'y T*-» *, ALL NEW FOR 2003 We can help you save $$S on L.P. Gas BEAT!! 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For the Sept. 6 issue, there are some deadline changes: Public Sale and Mailbox ads, 4 p.m., Friday, Aug. 29. Classified, Section D ads 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3. Classified, Section C, Farm Equipment ads, 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3. Section A ads, 5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 3. General News noon, Thursday, Sept. 4. ‘Cultured Dairy Products’ Short Course Offered At Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre to the cultured dairy products in- Co.) The “Cultured Dairy dustry. Products’ short course will be of- Registrations will be accepted fered by Penn State’s College of until s t 2 . The registration fee A A n u U KT U L aI Sc T" CeS i^P. l - i 5:\ S of $725 covers tuition, breaks, re atjhe Nittany Lion Inn in State ceptkm banquet Fof regis . Thfprogram covers the hows ** ion information, contact the and whys of cultured dairy prod- O ffice of Conferences and Short uct manufacturing. It is designed Courses by phone at (814) for personnel working in produc- 865-8301, toll-free at (877) tion and quality control, research 778-2937, or by e-mail at short and development, and companies course@psu.edu, or visit the Web that provide goods and services at http:/conferences.cas.psu.edu. Dairy One Technician Participates in Training ITHACA, N.Y. Dairy One Six technicians met at the farm service technicians that Dairy One office in Ithaca to be come more familiar with the have completed their first month Dairy Gn e support network and of working in their circuit recent- enhance their knowledge of soft ly attended “school” ware and customer care. Brian Stump of Kimmell, Ind., was among those that attended along with other technicians from Pennsylvania and one technician from Con necticut. Stump has been with Dairy One for about a year. He is a technician for farms from Ander son, Ind., to Byran, Ohio, and as far north as Greenville, Mich. He and his wife, Alice, live on the home farm where Brian has lived his entire life. He milked cows in a partnership with his fa ther until August. Stump’s circuit in cludes farms with 60 cows to 3,000 cows with a total of 10,000 cows per month. During the three-day training, Stump was able to visit and meet the people involved with each business unit. This included a trip to the Ithaca milk lab where he was able to observe the process of the milk anal ysis.
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