Iowa Vet Reports Breakthrough in Swine Atrophic Rhinitis Study
Dr. William P. Switzer of Iowa State University announced a major breakthrough in the 15 year search for causes and treatments of atrophic rhinitis in pigs. He cited isolation of Bordetella bronchiseptica present in over 55 percent of hogs and the potential of sulfa drugs Sulfamethazine and Sulfaethoxypyridazine to kill the bacteria, with patent exploration by the ISU Research Foundation.
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Mes
Iowa
United States
William P. Switzer
Veterinary Medical Research Institute
Ames
American Cyanamid Co
Iowa State University Research Foundation
The
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Switzer
Lowa
Belgian To Visit In Cedar County
An International Farm Youth Exchange delegate from Belgium will stay June 30 to July 20 with the Alfred W. Faucett family in West Liberty Cedar County. Robert Godefridis 24 earned a BS in economics and financial science and serves as an economic counselor for a Belgian farmers association. He is currently staying with a Boone County farm family and will then visit Henry County Iowa and Wisconsin for three weeks each.
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Tipton
Belgium
Cedar County
Mark A. Stolze
Robert Godefridis
Bedalstraat
Alfred W. Fawcett
West Liberty
Fawcetts
West Branch
Godefridis
IFYE
Boone County
Iowa
The
Henry County
Wisconsin
Grand champion lamb crowned at Northeast Iowa 4-H FFA show
Jim Hans of Vinton won the grand champion among 54 exhibitors and 231 lambs at the tenth annual Northeast Iowa 4 H and FFA lamb show in Bath Packing Company's Hilltop Yard Waterloo area. Niles Bierschenk finished ninth and Don Karr tenth. Terry Schomburg retained reserve champion for a third straight year.
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Northeast Iowa
FFA
Bath Packing Company
Hilltop Yard
Jim Hans
Vinton
Benton County 4-H
Jim
Eldon J. Haas
Benton County
Niles Bierschenk
van Horne
Don Karr
Future Farmers of America
Newhall Consolidated School
Terry Schomburg
Hampton Ffa
Lamb
Grade Holstein Herd Sets High Production Mark
In Delaware County the Grade Holstein herd owned by Martin Bockenstedt of Dyersville set a record with an average of 15,317 pounds of milk and 575 pounds of butterfat across 22 cows for the DHIA year just ended. Elvin Gienapp of Manchester led the north unit with 13,300 pounds of milk and 512 pounds of fat from 19 registered Holsteins.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Martin Bockenstedt
Dyersville
Bockenstedt
Elvin Gienapp
DHIC
Gienapp
Inez
Bess
Dean Paris
Dundee
Egg Type Chick Output Is Down
Des Moines reports Iowa commercial hatcheries produced 5 percent fewer chicks in the first five months of the year than in 1962. May output of egg type chicks in Iowa fell 6 percent from May 1962, while broiler chick production rose 4 percent to 510000. Nationally, May hatchings show a 3 percent drop for egg type chicks to 88.8 million, the smallest May total since 1955. turkey poults in May totaled 19.4 million, down 6 percent from 1962.
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Lowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
U.S
Turkey
Major Cedar County 4-H Projects Highlight Youth Involvement
Cedar county reports 600 boys and girls enrolled in 4-H this year across 33 clubs with 77 volunteer leaders led by Mark A. Stolze. Major livestock projects include 535 market pigs 119 purebred pigs 304 baby beef 68 purebred beef heifers 17 junior feeders 199 market lambs 28 purebred sheep 78 dairy heifers 29 rabbits and 14 ponies. The county 4-H girls are all enrolled in home furnishings projects.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Mark A. Stolze
Lab Tests Essential for Rhinitis Cure Discovery
Dr. William Switzer of the Iowa Vet Institute reports that bacteriological diagnosis is crucial for treating Bordetella rhinitis in pigs. Local veterinarians will soon offer tests, guiding use of sulfamethazine or sulfaethoxypyridazine and preventing ineffective or harmful self-treatment. The work also expands understanding of swine respiratory diseases and outlines multiple rhinitis types and related pneumonia and tracheitis findings.
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Switzer
Iowa State University
Iowa
Ames
Dr. Switzer
Veterinary Research Institute
World Food Congress Calls For Fight Against Hunger
The 104 nation world food congress ended with a call for intensified effort to end hunger within a lifetime. FAO urged extending the freedom from hunger campaign beyond 1965 and expanding cash and technical aid to developing countries. A proposed international aid pool for fertilizers and materials was discussed.
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World Food Congress
Ashington
UPI
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
The
Food Congress
World sheep population tops 991 million in early year tally
The USDA reports the global sheep herd at 991 million as of the start of the year, up 3.5 million from the prior year and 6 percent above the five year average, signaling expansion in most regions.
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Washington
USDA
Farm Bureau Women Set Next Week Conference
About 200 Farm Bureau women will attend the annual conference in Des Moines from Sunday to Tuesday next week. The event carries the theme Recipes for Progress and focuses on women’s leadership and agricultural outreach.
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Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Neighbors cultivate 65 acres of corn on Helmrich farm
Neighbors and friends worked 65 acres of corn with 15 tractors on the George Helmrich farm located 50 miles southeast of Manchester last week.
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Manchester
George Helmrich
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Elgin Ffa
Darrel Ubben
Aplington
Dennis Peterson
Jesup Ffa
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Rath
Livestock Service Department
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DES Moines — Produc
William Switzer
Iowa Veterinary Medical Research Institute
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