Show y y y y y f I 1 y county agent news V by leroy lehoy C unk funk F agent y y duchesne county dairymen should know that they are arc entitled to have blood samples from their herd tested free at the th s utah ag collegio college experiment Bt station alion for the bangs disease or the disease commonly known as contagious abo abw tion W S peatross Peatro sg of myton writes been mado made now without a reactor I 1 intend to test every 40 days for a year or so I 1 believe clieve lo it would be a good plan to encourage blood testing in ill the county from what I 1 nave heard there is quite a lot of 0 abortion this sp epting ing rules for the eradication of bangs disease are as follo follows fol lovs 1 all animals of breeding ate are should be blood tested every 30 days until there are no furth r reactors the intervals may then the th e ip b increased to 90 days then st sla moi ittis and finally to ane 0 ne ye r 2 it la Is important impo tant that all re actors be ba promptly removed from the herd and should ss as soon as aa possible be removed from the farm either to be sold lor for slaughter or to some breeder known to nave infection in hla his herd and who is aware of the t h e reasons tor for disposal 3 the freml premises s should be cleaned and infected disinfected dis after each removal of infected animals 4 in case an aa abortion takes place in the clean herd the fetus placental membranes and contaminated litter should bo be disposed ot of properly the contaminated ground dis infected and the animal isolated tor for 30 days it at the end of this period the best la ia I a nela negative tive and discharges have anen ceased she may be safely cretu n ed to the herd 5 infected bulls should not be used it ls is not good practice to uso use the herd bull on unknown or infected animals if 6 such U c b a p producer r oa does seem necessary however the breeding should take place on neutral ground 6 additions to the herd fr a known clean he ds may be made without a blood test from unknown nerds berds the animal should be tested and isolated for a period ol of 60 days if the best is again at the end of this period the animal may be ba with the herd pregnant cows e coming 0 m i n g f from ro m un unknown 1 n 0 w n soura should b 0 u 1 d b be e te tested sted a and n d t th li 2 util tv 0 o weeks week aate CLI valri at gilr u giai they ma ina continued rn rao pa c v fy t afi f y county agent y news y by leroy C funk agent y p r r continued aed from fm page eight be added to the herd berd provided pro elded the test teat Is again negative 7 cattle removed I om tae premises tor for exhibition purposes or any other purpose should be housed in quart quarters era occupied only by non I 1 animals it shipped the car or truck tr lick must be cleaned I 1 and dis infected and public stock yards avoided 8 it Is imperative that animals do not come in contact with animals from unknown he herds ds while bela driven to pasture or by reaching across pasture pencey fences neither should the animals be driven over the road trails chiea are also common thoroughfares to fo other cattle any one desiring further information OT aaion concerning this very costly Y disease s should write tiro the county agent at duchesne ducheane utah do you wan t more livestock livest 0 C k feeds ed su hay iain i ain rain pasture iia v cf n t y you e some ground that needs breaking up then sharpen and polish the plow teady for far use and tighten up the harrow barrow that you may harrow eacia halt half day all the ground you plow that halt day |