Show r ry y Agricultural Sabotage e by Enemy roses Poses Threat to Livestock Fowl From exp experience our far know the b i l caused by a naturally inflicted inflicted plant or r animal pest or diS dis- disease ease says County Agent Ka Kay Bendix sen w However according to I Courtney H Brewer Exten Exten- stan slon Rural Civil Defense Leader our agriculture could be sabotaged by unfriendly persons deliberately spread spread- spreading ing a livestock or crop disease or pest OUR ENEMIES know this and its it's a safe bet they also know ow how and where we are I most susceptible The threat threat of f sabotage exists and you as oil individual can do some thing about it I lle lIe indicated that diseased disease producing organisms or de de- de destructive insects could be re re leased in the winds to spread r rapidly over a wide area I VIlA virus released in a or large feeding center lor far other livestock assembly l rca would likewise spread f st and tar far pt FARMERS should know the diseases and pests an might use Especially Lobe to bl feared are ace a number of I highly contagious foreign dis dis- diseases eases ases this country has guarded against for years I Ri V ll y Fever is one It ItIs Itis Is isan an important like influenza virus of both man and domes domes- domestic tic tic animals Its effects range And nd a pass pass- passing ing ng fever to fatalities of about 10 percent in adult cattle 20 percent in adult sheep and almost percent in young lambs and calves It also causes high abortion rates in sheep and cattle symptoms toms are similar to those caus caus- caused ed by bluetongue u and fever Q-fever of cattle and sheep skin Lumpy disease another ert er is nn an acute virus disease t cattle which products produces a high fever and from one to several hundred nodular swellings in the skin and oth oth- other er er part p rt of the body Symptoms Symptoms toms maY last from a few days to a year or longer Ec loss is heavy and death from suffocation may occur when lumps form in the respiratory tract This dist disease m may y strike individuals in a hed d and jump miles before hitting again FOWL PLAGUE is a high high- chick and fatal virus dise disease se of chick ens snit turkeys ap app J pears simultaneously through through- t m n e P tA a Ing death death in 2 to to 4 days Vac Vac- Vaccine Vac Vac- VaccinE cinE gives a brief immunity but there is no cure Two foreign diseases Tea Tes chen disease and aud African swine fever and some already well known in this country hog cholera swine erysipelas and certain nutritional def show similar symptoms toms in swine dis dis- dis disease ease is a virulent unpredictable able disease that has killed as many as pigs in Czech Czech- Czechoslovakia alone in one year African swine fever is a par par- particularly virulent and highly contagious disease that may maybe maybe be widely distributed beforE it itIs itis Is distinguished from hog chol chol- chol cholera era Our familiar strain ot of hog cholera may also mutate again as it did in 1949 1049 I Three cattle diseases rind rind- disease and virus diarrhea are also hard to tell apart has killed 75 to 90 percent of the susceptible cattle In some countries and our our herds are highly susceptible disease affects only a small portion of a herd but kills klUs a high percentage of those it I hits Virus diarrhea ranges from a mild often unnoticed but still contagious form to a aI I severe form like MORE NIGHTMARES are probably prompted by foot and mouth disease than any other Affecting all cloven cloven- hoofed animals it is easily and and frequently confused with vesicular exanthema of swine which swept across the coun country try In the Both cause abortions and high losses In young animals Adult moral moral- morality ity Is low but the loss in meat and dairy products is dous The The symptoms are iden iden- identical In swine and laboratory or biological tests are needed to tell the diseases apart Of course any of these diseases could crop up In the United States without sabo sabo- sabo sabotage tage County Agent Kay a said Trav Travelers lers animals and foreign animal products have introduced them to this country many maJY times To guard against them getting established here the Animal Inspection Division of Re- Re Research USDA's Agricultural search Service inspects all im ports that could carry live Uve- livestock stock diseases This outfit is I also responsible for IssuIng Important permits and quarantining possible disease carry ing animals WITH WITH EVER EVERYDAY YDA Y pre cautions you can help mini mini- minimize mize the spread of any disease from one animal farm or community to another PrACtice tice normal sanitation Check your animals regularly Vac Vac Vac- Vaccinate as approved for your operation Isolate sick or newly ac act stock for 10 days or more to be sure they're not dIsease carriers Carefully dis dis- dis dispose pose of the wastes and dis charges from sick animals and carcasses of dead animals animal Dont Don't visit Infected or quarantined tined farms I Report diseases eS or a rise in old diseases to toa toa a veterinarian or livestock sanitation official promptly Kay Bendixsen stressed Speed Is |