Show I Utah Eradicates In III Herds utah has been declared free of bru in swine adding this accomplishment to the era of the disease from cat cat- catti tlc ti a year ago the U S Depart Depart- Department ment of Agriculture reported last week UTAH THUS becomes the first state to eliminate this costly di die sease from both cattle and swine in livestock is the source of the disease in man undulant fever eyer Governor Calvin L Rampton was presented a certificate old daily declaring Utah's swine as free of The presenta- presenta presentation presentation tion was made at the Governors Governor's office today by Dr C K Mingle who heads eradication tion activities for USDA's Agri Agri- Agricultural cultural Research Service The cooperative State Federal eradication cam cam campaign in utah was directed by Livestock Commissioner Alden K Barton Darton State Veterinarian Dr and Fed Fed- Federal eral Veterinarian in Charge Dr J E THE SWINE card test was used extensively in qua qua- qualifying qualifying 19 of utah's 29 counties as Validated Free The card test requires only a afew afew few drops of blood taken from the animals animal's ear and is conducted ted at the farm by accredited veterinarians The remaining 10 counties were qualified under the market testing program Identified bree bree- bree breeding ding swine over six months of age were tested at approved slaughter plants and test results were credited to the originating herd utah will retain its validated status for three years and can be revalidated for additional year three periods under one of two procedures 1 DURING THE last 18 months of the validation period all breeding swine six months of age or older are t tested sted and found free of or 2 During each year of the validation period 10 per cent or more of the breeding swine in each herd is retested and found free of Nationally progress in eating swine can be measured by the increase in the number of validated swine swineherds swineherds herds In May 1963 only herds had been established Dur Dur- Dur DurIng I ing the next n 12 months the num her ber had increased to 4 Th The I total for May 1965 reached 2028 an increase of 1091 herds per cent cent- in the past two years Other states have counties free of swine Calif California ornia has 42 Vermont 14 and Georgia and Hawaii each have one county free of the disease |