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NEWCASTLE DISEASE ROI'NDI'P
A portlon of the guarantln'e l-uposed uPon Parts of Cailfornia and
Arlzona has been llftei as there has been no evldence of exotlc Newcastle
infecrlori -riil1GlJffitr*r6'r no e-remalae *
ln effect in other portions of Callfornia. In additLon' a thlrd round
vacclnatlon of conmlrcial flocks ls now undemay. There have beea rePorts
that the dlsease nay be Ln turkey flocks J-n Utah and soirthern ldaho
ilortallty Ln these llocks ig now belng investigated. lbo pet bl-rds were
snuggled-across the u.s.-Mexican border to Denver, colorado wh,ere the
blrde were slezed. At the tlme of slezure they were 111, wh|ch was later
confltmed to be exotic Newcastle dl'eease. A shlprnent of rare, exotlc
bLrds from ThLaland to a ntrmber of zoos th ttrts countty broke out wlth
exotlc Newcastle dl.sease lnrnedLately after arrlval. As a result, zoos 1o
Blrnlngham, Alabama; St. Loule, Ml-ssourl;;anil San Franclsco, Callfornla
have beea quarantin;d. BLrds from the saire ehtP!1ent weot to several
places tn and-around Loe Angelee.. ThLs area rtaq afrl]9f under quarantlne'
lgnlficant iten to report ls. that the Unitbd States Depart-ment
of Agrleultire- has placed a ban on the' comerclal lnportatLon of
exotlc blrds whlch l.ncludee ?arrotg, parakeets, canarles, and nynah blrile'
The only exceptLon accordlng to the neirs''release is that tndivlduals nay
tnport two caged bLrds. Ttrese bLrde Eust neet stringent reguj-rements'
Thia actLon lraa taken because exotic bLrds a:re stlll a aource of lnfectLon
of exotic Newcastle dlsease as thLe. lnfectLon le stlll wldespread ln parts
of the world..,- .-j
REPORT FROM POIILTRY SCIENCE I'TEETING I
' Egge were atored ln three tyFeE of refrlgeretore for four weeke at
slmllar temPeratures and humldLtLee. The prlnary differencg-tn storage
eondltLons was the rate of aLr cLrculatlon wl'th a range of 11 to 29 feet
per mlnute ln the three treatments. It ltas concluded that the rate of
.Lr ro.r.r.ot rrlthla the range given had llttle or no effect on egg qual-
Ity deell.ne durlng pr6per r-frlgerated etorage. A number of factors wer€
Lniesttgated such "" ..r.potatlve welght loss, speclfic gravlty, Haugh
unlte, U.S.D.A. interloJq'allty aeorea and pE values. 1hts work was
reporied by A. J. l{aurer of the Unlverslty'of ![lscons{.
McDonald and Mlller of Colorado State liniversity condqcted a slx
state study of the tnstLtutlonal egg market. Hospltals, nursing homee,
schools, universlties and regtauranta ltere sunreyed. As {s usual wlth