The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-03-21, Page 581
The red meat stabllizatlon plan has made "substantial progress in developing a 4ruly
national, tripartite program which would Improve income stability for p rticlpating
producers," Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan said.
Progress made on Red meat plan
Plans to establish a national stabilization
program for red meat production were
further developed at •a federal -provincial
Meeting in Ottawa in February.
The meeting built on the agreements in
principle reached at the federal -provincial
agrilture ministers meeting in Prince
Edward Island in July 1983, and a subse- '
quent meeting in Ottawa in October.
Following the October meeting, the
proposals were discussed with producer
organizations, and the 'revised plans were
reviewed at the meeting yesterday.
Joining Federal Agriculture Minister
Eugene Whelan were Ontario Agriculture
Minister Dennis Timbrell, Alberta Agricul-
turme-Minis;ei-LeRoy--Fj d euebeee--
Agricuitural Minister Jean Garon, and
Prince Edward Island Agriculture Minister
Prowse Chappell. Ministers of Agriculture
for Manitoba, New Btunswick and Saskatch-
ewan were represented by Deputy Minist-
ers.
The remaining provinceswererepres-
ented by senior officials.
Whelan, chairman of the meeting, said,
"Substantial progress has been made in
developing a truly national, tripartite
program which would improve Income
stability for participating producers.
"I am also encouraged to see more
provinces joining in these discussions, be-
cause the second major goal in this effort is
to reduce the differences that exist among
the current provincial programs.
"I think all participants were very pleased
with the progress made. We are close to a
final agreement on hogs and lambs.
Additional work needs to be done on the
three beef programs -- cow -cal, slaughter
cattle and backgrounders -- but even there
we have come quite a ways, especially on the
v4. p gra he- tech saLcommittee
has been asked to fine tune some aspects of
the program, and Ministers will present the
proposals to provincial and national produc-
er groups.
"However, I am confident enough that we
will reach an agreement that I am instructing
my officials to start the process of drafting
and enabling legislation," Mr. Whelan said.
Lice treatment
"The only way yotl'Il know if your cattle
are infested with lice is to check once a
month during the winter," says Dr. Jim
Jowsey, problem wild life specialist with
Saskatchewan Agriculture's animal industry
branch.
"Three kinds of lice infest cattle: two are
sucking lice on inner leg surfaces, along the
underline, near the scrotum, or above the
udder. If ,you find lice on cattle's backs and
sides, your herd is severely infested."
• Biting lice infest the entire body, feeding
on scurf, hair and loose scales of skin. Their
movements and feeding make cattle itch,
causing wear and tear on fences and shelter -
belts as animals rub themselves to get rid of
this itch.
Sucking, lice are commonly known as long
and short nosed cattled lice, or black or blue
lice. When they are filled with blood they
create. dark bluish coloured patches on the
animal's bodies.
Check for lice by parting the hair to see
the skin, or by checking on theskin surface
ill five daces:
— the head, around eyes, behind ears
brisket, at the dewlap
— neck, along the sides and top line
back, about 15 centimetres (six inches)
down from the top line, at three spots
between shoulder and pin bones; and
— rump, behind the pin bones and at the
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Shipping fever is really pneumonia
Shipping fever sometimes doesn't have
anything •to do with shipping cattle.
"What we commonly call shipping fever is
really a pneumonia, .a respiratory disease
cause by bacteria normally found in the
upper respiratory tract which for reasons we
don't fully understand yet, move down into.
the animal's lungs," says Dr. Ab Rehmtulla
veterinary pathologist with Saskatchewan
Agriculture's veterinary services branch.
"Shipping fever has been found in'
nursing or weaned calves, mature adult
cattle both beef and dairy, and' even in
closed herds where no sudden and abrupt
changes in management could be identi-
fied," Rehmtulla said.
Once the organism causing shipping fever
moves into the lungs, sickness becomes
obvious in one or two weeks. Often the first
sign is a dead animal. Once the herd is
checked, other sick animals are found.
Symptoms include animals off their feed,
but which continue to drink water, depres-
sed animals with runny eyes and noses, rap-
id breathing and coughing when they are
forced to move. Animals run a fever, breathe
with difficulty and often grunting can be
heard. Sick animals may have mild diarrhea.
They also appear to have lost weight.
In feed lots when several anirnals die
within a couple of weeks of arrival,
examination of the herd will expose many
more sick ones. -
Farmers suspecting shipping fever should
Bancroft appointed farm
We are pleased to announce that John
Bancroft has been appointed to the
Agricultural Representatives Branch as
Farm Management Specialist for Huron
County, effective February 1,p' 1984.
John is a native of Perth County where his
family operate a purebred Yorkshire breed-
ing herd. He is a graduate of Listowel Dist-
rict Secondary School, and Perth County 4-H
program and received his Bachelor of
Science in Agriculture at O.A.C. in Animal
Science -ire --1 81.
call a veterinarian immediately.An accurate
diagnosis is vital. Shipping fever pneumonia
resembles many other diseases, such as IBR
and allergic pneumonias, but treatment is
differnt.
A veterinarian will examine sick animals,
perform a post mortem on the dead ones,
collect the right specimens for the laboratory
for testing and provide a conclusive diag-
nosis.
Watch the herd closely and identify all
sick animals. Remove these animals from
the herd and isolate them. A reliable vaccine
for preventing shipping fever has not yet
been found, so the best way to deal with an
outbreak is early detection, immediate
isolation of affected animals, and treatment
with broad spectrum antibiotics. Often these
have to be administered intravenously and
the treatment repreated for several days.
Improvement will be noticed quickly,
within one or two days, if the disease was
identified early. However, animals not
identified as sick until in the well advanced
stages will probably die.
Continue treatment for as long as the
veterinarian recommends. This may mean
treating animals by water or feed medication
for a week or 10 days after they appear to
have recovered. Discuss ways of preventing
shipping fever in the future. This usually
means reducing stressful events, and
probably viral vaccinations.
-Now and how
base of the tail.
Cattle cannot be sprayed in winter unless '
they are kept inside until they are thoroughly
dry. If left outside after srpaying, they will
kly become chilled.
However, a variety of pour on and spot on
preparations are effective in controlling lice.
Use fenthion, sold as Spotton or Lysoff, or
any dust with carbaryl (Sevin), Cpumaphos
(Co-Ral), crotoxyphos, . malathion, or roten-
one.
Treat cattle at least twice, although three
treatments are better. Follow the sequence
and interval prescribed by the manufacturer
of the product being used. Three treatments
should. ensure that all lice are killed as they
hatch from eggs.
Be careful when choosing aninsecticide.
Choose a product based on the type of herd,
and any previous insecticide treatments they
have received. Be sure to read the label
carefully and follow all manufacturer's
recommendations.
This is particularly important when
--treating milking-dairy-cows,and-fir-animals
treated previously with a systemic insecti-
cide in a warble grub control program. Be
sure to check the waiting period before
, slaughter.
For more information on louse control,
check with a .veterinarian or agricultural
representative.
YOUR LOCAL
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92 South Street, Goderich 5244925
He joined the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food in 1981 as an Assistant
Agricultural Representative in Prince Ed-
ward County and later transferred to Carle -
management specialist
ton County. He has been in Huron County
since June of 1983 as the Rural Organization
Specialist (Agriculture).
He is succeeding Stan Paquette who
recently was appointed to Brant County as
Agricultural Representative, John will be
working in the area of Farm Business
Management with an emphasis on beef and
swine advisory services.
It is expected that a successor for John in
R.O.S. (agriculture) will be appointed in the
--hear-future.
Don Pullen
Agricultural Rep.
for Huron County
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