BRUCELLOSIS ERADICATION PROGRAM

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

THOMAS S. FOLEY, Washington, Chairman

CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

Acree, James A., chairman, Animal Disease Advisory Committee, Na- Page tional Milk Producers Federation....

Allbee, Ronald A., deputy commissioner of agriculture, State of Vermont,
presented by Alfred E. Janawicz, director, Vermont Livestock Division..
Allen, Charles, dairy farmer, Wagoner, Okla..
American Veterinary Medical Association...

Armstrong, John B., first vice president, Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association...

Barron, O. J., Jr., president, Texas Cattle Feeders' Association__
Berman, David T., chairman, Brucellosis Technical Commission....
Black, Mickey L., chairman, Delta Council Livestock Committee..
Boillot, James B., director of agriculture, State of Missouri, representing
the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture..
Butler, E. A., chief, Animal Industry Division, Iowa Department of
Agriculture..

Clemons, Pete, Florida Association of Livestock Markets

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Cobb, John A., DVM, assistant commissioner of agriculture, Georgia Department of Agriculture_.

Cunningham, R. E., executive officer, River Markets Group-

Cunningham, T. A., president, Independent Cattlemen's Association of
Texas...

Dick, John M., division chief, brucellosis and tuberculosis, Bureau of
Animal Industries, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Doby, Paul B., superintendent, Illinois Division of Meat, Poultry and
Livestock Inspection, Illinois Department of Agriculture..

Gardner, G. W., Lexington, Ky.

Gallagher, William, representing the South Dakota Stockgrowers'
Association..

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Garner, J. Marvin, executive vice president, National Pork Producers
Council, Des Moines, Iowa__

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Goldstein, Harry E., president, U.S. Animal Health Association, and State
Veterinarian, Ohio Department of Agriculture----
Halbert, Frederick P., dairy farmer, Battle Creek, Mich...

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Hawkins, Bert, chairman, Animal Health Committee, American National
Cattlemen's Association..

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Henderson, Forrest E., state veterinarian, State of Louisiana_
Henson, Nolan, Happy Hereford Ranch, Happy, Tex..
Jordan, Clarence, dairy farmer, Vermont-

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Keating, Alfred W., assistant director of commodity activities, American
Farm Bureau Federation...

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Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation, presented by Smith T. Powell, Chairman, KFB Livestock Advisory Committee__

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Kincaid, T. A., Jr., member, Texas Animal Health Commission __
Livestock Health Council, Competitive Livestock Marketing Association,

Maddox, Tom, state veterinarian, State of Kentucky.

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Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, Jackson, Miss

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Moser, Norman, chairman, Texas Animal Health Commission.

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Pearce, J. Ó., Jr., chairman, Disease and Technical Committee, Florida
Cattlemen's Association--

National Livestock Feeders Association, submitted by B.H. Jones, executive vice president.

Mulhern, Francis J., Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Powell, Smith T., Jr., president, Kentucky Beef Cattle Association_
Ragan, John R., state veterinarian, State of Tennessee__
Risenhoover, Hon. Ted, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Oklahoma.

Schaffer, Larry, representing the Nebraska Stock Growers' Association.
Schnell, Raymond, chairman, Livestock Laws Reform Commission
Simpson, Junior, president, Missouri Cattlemen's Association, Salem, Mo.-
Stemler, Walter E., dairy farmer, Waterloo, Ill.
Talbott, John T., farm manager, Wessyngton Co., Inc.

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A. & M. University System.
Thedford, Martin, dairy farmer, Tyler, Tex..........

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Tucker, Gilbert, president, Florida Cattlemen's Association..
Waldo, Willard H., livestock producer, DeWitt, Nebr...

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Webb, J. K., coordinator, Quality Programs, Associated Milk Producers,
Inc., San Antonio, Tex-.-.

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Wilkinson, Huber, executive secretary, Louisiana Cattlemen's Association.

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CORRESPONDENCE

Duncan, Gardner C., I. V. Duncan Ranch, Eagle Lake, Tex., letter of
June 24, 1976 to John C. Baize---.

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Gardner, G. W., Lexington, Ky., letter of June 20, 1976..

Heringer, Frederick J., president, California Farm Bureau Federation, letter of June 25, 1976-.

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Hopson, Ben, veterinary member of the Texas Animal Health Commission, telegram of June 29, 1976 to Norman Moser..

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Irvin, Thomas T., Georgia Department of Agriculture, letter of July 8, 1976

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Kerstetter, Raymond J., secretary of agriculture, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, letter of June 23, 1976.

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Mulhern, Francis J., Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, letter of July 16, 1976, to
Hon. Charles Thone...

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Pitzer, John R., president, Pennsylvania Farmers' Association, letter of June 25, 1976-

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Queck, Paul, field secretary, Iowa Pork Producers Association, letter of
June 15, 1976 to Hon. Tom Harkin..

Rouse, Ina May, letter of June 24, 1976 to Hon. Charles Thone_
Thone, Hon. Charles, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Nebraska, letter of June 30, 1976, to Francis J. Mulhern__.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Huddleston, Hon. Walter D., U.S. Senator from the State of Kentucky-Nolan, Hon. Richard, a Representative in Congress from the State of Minnesota........

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Roncalio, Hon. Teno, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Wyoming

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Steelman, Hon. Alan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas.

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY STATE DEPARTMENTS OF
AGRICULTURE

Connecticut State Department of Agriculture, George M. Wilber, com-
missioner__

Florida State Department of Agriculture, Doyle Conner, commissioner__
Maine State Department of Agriculture, Joseph N. Williams, commis-
sioner__

Maryland State Department of Agriculture, Young D. Hance, secretary..
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture, Frederic Winthrop,
Jr., commissioner.

Michigan State Department of Agriculture, B. Dale Ball, director_-
Minnesota State Department of Agriculture, Jon Wefald, commissioner.
Minnesota State Livestock Sanitary Board, J. G. Flint, secretary and
and executive officer..

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, submitted by
L. D. McCorkindale, president..

New Hampshire State Department of Agriculture, Howard C. Townsend,
commissioner_

New Jersey State Department of Agriculture, Phillip Alampi, secretaryNorth Dakota State Livestock Sanitary Board, Dean E. Flagg, executive officer and State veterinarian..........

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce, S. Mason Carbaugh,

commissioner

West Virginia State Department of Agriculture, Gus R. Douglass, com

missioner..

Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, Gary E. Rohde, secretary--
Wisconsin State Department of Health and Social Services, George H.
Handy, M.D., State health officer

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY STATE FARM BUREAUS
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, Morris Bowman, president...
Bishop, Bernie, marketing specialist, Michigan Farm Bureau....
Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Raphord Farrington, director, Com-
modity and Marketing..

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Flowers, Frank M., chairman, Dairy Committee, South Carolina Farm
Bureau...

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Illinois Farm Bureau, Harold B. Steele, president...

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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Dean R. Kleckner, president..
Maine Farm Bureau, Richard Thomas, executive director_
Michigan Farm Bureau, Elton R. Smith, president__.

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Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, C. R. Johnston, president.

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Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, Richard D. Goodding, legislative director_..

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New Jersey Farm Bureau, William H. Pettit, chairman, Dairy Action
Committee..

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North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, John Sledge, president -
Palmer, Jack, director, Commodity Activities, Missouri Farm Bureau
Federation...

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South Carolina Farm Bureau, Harry S. Bell, president.
Utah Farm Bureau Federation_

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Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, Alex Hamilton, public affairs director.
Washington State Farm Bureau, Don Ahrenholtz, executive vice president.
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Donald Haldeman, president--

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY VETERINARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATIONS, COLLEGES, AND VETERINARIANS

American Veterinary Epidemiology Society, James H. Steele, D.V.M.,
president___

American Veterinary Medical Association..

Anderson, Dan J., former State veterinarian of Texas.

Georgetown Veterinary Hospital, Inc., Charlottesville, Va., Daniel V.
Flynn, D.V.M., president, Virginia Veterinary Medical Association.
Hines, J. A., D.V.M., Oxford, Wis.

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Pickard, A. M., Raymondville, Tex..

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Texas Veterinary Medical Association, Frank E. Mann, Jr., chairman,
Subcommittee on Brucellosis -

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University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Charles N. Dobbins,
Jr., D.V.M., associate dean...

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Veterinary Medical Association of Northeastern Wisconsin, Robert L.
Madson, D.V.M., secretary-

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Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association, W. J. O'Rourke, D.V.M., executive secretary –.