Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-27

Ildu Tic pledSueF OF dCCenulnS
hte annual supper given by the
Montgomery County Holstein Erie
sian Association last Thursday
night at Gaithersburg, Maryland.
DR.. Everson of the Live Stock
Sanitary Service was the principal
speaker. His topic was "The Con-
troll and Eradication of Brucellosis
in Maryland"
Because this program is very i'm
portant among our dairy industry,
the four plans below should be
studied by every dairyman in the
county.
PLAN A, whereby the herd will
be tested at intervals determined
by an official veterinarian and re-
actors removed until such time as
1T becomes eligible for accreditfon.
During this period of supervision
all heifer calves raised for herd
requirements will be vaccinated
with Strain 10 between the ages
Of 6 and 8 months. Other herd ad-
ditions will be cattle which have
been officially vaccinated and on
viii C h certificates are available.
When the herd becomes accredited
as Brucellosis-free, the herd tests
and calfhood vaccinations will be
done by an accredited veterinarian
of the owners choice and at his
expense.
PLAN B, whereby the brucellosis
reactors will be permitted to re-
main in the herd. 'All heifer calves
for herd requirements will be vac
clnated with Strain 10 between 6
and 8 months of age by an official
veterinarian for a period of two
years. Purchased h erd additions
will be cattle which have been vac
clnated between 6 and 8 months of
age and covered by an official vac
clnation record. At the end of the
two-year period of official super
vision, a choice may be made to
adopt Plan A or continue under
Plan B. If the latter is chosen,
the calfhood vaccinations will be
done by an accredited veterinarian
OF the owners choice and at his
expense.
PLAN c, whereby the herd will
be taken under supervision without
blood test. All heifer calves for
nerd replacement will be vaccin-
ated with Strain 10 between 6 and
. months of age by an accredited
veterinarian of the owners choice
and athls expense. Herd additions
VIII be animals which have official
ly vaccinated between the ages of
b and months, accompanied by an
Official vaccination certificate. ANY
time desired, the herd may be test
ed and Plan A adopted, if condi-
tons justify.
will be retained and all negative
m u re animals injected with
strain 10 by an official veterin-
arlan for a period of two years.
Fl I'd additions will be animals
which have been officially vaccin-
ated between the ages of 6 and s
months, accompanied by an official
vaccination certificate. At the end
OF the two-year period, all VAGINA
ions will be done by an accredited
veterinarian of the owners choice
and at his expense.
The cooperating agencies in
charge of the control and eradica-
ton of brucellosis in Maryland are:
Maryland State Board of Agricul-
ture Live Stock Sanitary Service
and United States Department of
Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Administration, Bureau of Animal
Industry.
Pastures Lower Feed Costs to
POultrymen
Wade Rice of the University of
Maryland Extension Service states
that good pasture for young
chlckens over IL months of age,
may well supply 1870 of the protein
and 1000 of vitamins A and D and
Ribofavin requirements for good
growth.
If You have Range laying shell
tiers and equipment available, then
1t would pay you to move your
breeding hens out on the pasture
around the middle of April.
There is just one disadvantage
IN turning the hens out on pasture
and that is the eggs they produce
Will have a deeper colored yolk
and your eggs might be penalized
Tor this. But as Mr.. Rice points