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Show Pace 10 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. August 10. 1993 gives approval for SSJSS3E marketing of betaseron FDA ana or appearance of new lesions. 6) Treatment was side effects included flu-lik-e symptoms (fever, dulls, muscle aches, sweating, fotigue), which decreased after three months, and inflammawell-tolerate- d: The Food and Drug Administration gave final approval for the licensing and marketing of the first agent to came along in nearly 25 years that changes the underlying course of multiple sclerosis (MS) Friday, July 23. The announcement was made by Berlex Laboratories (Richmond, California), which conducted the clinical trials and will market the agent in the UR, and by Chiron Corporation (Emeryville, California), which will manufacture the agent Betaaeron is approved for use by the 13 of MS patients who have mild MS to moderate relapring-remittin-g and who are ambulatory (walking). Though it is not a cure, it has been shown in dinical trial to reduce the number and severity of exacerbations V- - HEART OF THE BASIN-- A Roosevelt Gty sponsored float travels slowly down the parade route during the first day of the annual UBIC event. Burros provide ranchers with predator control u stubWhile often thought of born and even stupid, wild burros possess a little known trait that is creating a demand for them tar in excess of their numbers. A single ith the tenacity of a burrow grizzled junk yard hundreds or even thousands of domestic sheep from wily predators in search of an easy meal. "The burros have not only been a help to the sheep ranchers, but they have also been somewhat of a savior for predators," said Bureau of Land Management Director Jim Baca. "Excessive numbers of wildlife are killed in the name of saving livestock. Burns, however, typically keep predators away without harming them, and I think n situation both for thats a the rancher and wildlife. Burros are rounded up from public rangelands in the West by the BLM and then offered for adoption to qualified persons for $75 per animal. The BLM only rounds up, however, a limited number of burros deemed to be excess animals on their wild, public land ranges in the West. Baca says that while the BUd has been encouraging the use ofburros for predator control since 1988, the agency originally got the idea from the Ute and Zuni Indians in the southwestern part of the country. "We saw a good thing and decided that our burros could also be used this way, so weve been encouraging it. The reports weve gotten back say its been working well beyond our expectations," Baca said. According to Mike Penfold, BLM Assistant Director for Land and will-w- dog-gu- ard win-wi- Renewable Resources, who oversees burro management and adoption efforts, "Burros are very intelligent animals that have a natural dislike for foxes, coyotes and dogs and will attack or aggressively chase them away from herds they have adopted. Its not unusual for a burro to go after Buch predators even when they are substantial distances away. "Burros are like a three barreled shotgun. Theyll trample with their front hooves, kick with their rear hooves, or offer a ferocious bit to any slow footed predator, Penfold said. "We think the intense didike the burros have for these predators is a result of their evolutionary association with jackals. The jackals, which have some similarities to coyotes, foxes and dogs, would try to attack young burns, and the older burros would have to protect them, Penfold said. "We have a report from one rancher in Alxada, Montana, who claims a significant increase in his lamb production since he began using adopted burns as guards. Weve got another adopter in Scranton, North Dakota, who explained that in one night alone, a band of sheep that he and his wife wen guarding lost SS percent of their herd to predators while two other bands that wen guarded by burns didnt lose a single one, Penfold said. Experience so far suggests that one burro will quite effectively guard a band of sheep ranging in sin from 300 to 3,000. In addition to sheep guarding, the burros sometimes are used to guard goats, geese and even chickens. Burros that an about five yean or older seem to be well suited for guard duty. The younger ones appear not to take guard duty responsibilities as seriously. In addition, BLM has found that females or geldings generally seem to have a slightly better disposition with the animals they watch. According to BLM data: since 1988, the agency has placed in adoption over 400 burns. In South Dakota, a large sheep producing state, the BLM estimates that approximately 98 percent of the 443 burros adopted there have been uaed for pndatir control. "The program has worked so well in South Dakota that we now have a thme-yewaiting hat ofover 500 burro applications," Penfold said. "The burros haw been in such demand that people have driven 750 milee to attend a BLM adoption event, he added. The training process for such burros is not only short but easily accomplished. Most wild burros can be successfully domesticated in only a few weeks with just a modest amount of care. They eat oats or just graze with the livestock. When they are introduced to a herd of sheep, they a4just well to their new family and take on their nde as sentries in a matter of tfoys. A prospective adopter must be at least 18 years of age, have suitable facilities and feed for the care of a burros have no effective predators, the BLM captures and removes the burros from areas where their population gets too high, resulting in excessive competition for food and damage to other resources. BT.M burros are' available for adoption for $75 per animal. Unweaned burros are adopted with their mothers for a single fee of $75. For the remainder of FY93, them. RT.M plans to hold about three In Fiscal Year 1993, the BLM the that will feature burros. adoptions will remove approximately 700 Contact your local BLM office for burros from the 270 million acres information. more of public land it manages, ffipss burro and never have been convicted of abuse of inhumane treatment of animals. While adopters take possession of burros immediately at adoption events, they do not actually receive title to the animals until one year later, after they have demonstrated the ability to properly care for or. onset of symptoms and the number of brain lesions in the patients with relapsing-remittin- g MS. The trial was randomized, double- Three blind and hundred seventy-tw- o ambulatory mild to patients with MS moderate relapsing-remittin- g from 11 UJB. and Canadian centers participated. They learned to either Betaaeron at high dose of (13 patients), Betaseron at low dose (13 of patients), or a placebo substance (13 of patients) every other day for the duration of the study. There were no differences in disability, measured by standard scales, between treatment groups. The results of the study were: 1) Annual exacerbation rates were significantly lower in the Betaseron-treate- d patients compared with placebo controls. 2) After two years of treatment, e Betasmore patients on than eron were exacerbation-fre- e medication. patients mi e 3) Patients receiving Betaaeron who did have exacerbations had fewer moderate or severe exacerbations than those receiving e medication or placebo. 4) Treated patients had fewer hospitalizations due to MS during tiie study period. 5) MRI scans of the brain of placebo-controlle- d. well-defin- ed self-iije- ct tion at the injection site. The mode of action of Betaseron is unknown, but it is thought that it suppresses immune system attacks in MS individuals. This is helpful because most researchers believe that MS is a disease in which the body comes under attack from its own immune system, causing the destruction of myelin, the fatty coating that insulates nerve cells and allows them to carry electric signals. 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