Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
March 1, 2017
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‘Ancient One’ at rest
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Marie Mitchell flies a drone by Kah-Nee-Ta, during the UAS conference last week. Marie works at Warm
Springs Ventures, host of the conference. She recently acquired her drone pilots license.
Extension clinic for cattle herd health
by Scott J. Duggan
Warm Springs OSU Extension
Warm Springs OSU Extension
will host our annual brucellosis, or
bangs clinic on Thursday, March
9.
USDA veterinarians will be here
to administer the brucellosis vac-
cine to heifers 4-12 months of
age. A de-wormer can also be ad-
ministered to cattle of all ages.
Cattle owners need to call OSU
Extension and let us know how
many cattle you have, and what
type of vaccinations they would
like administered.
Cattle vaccinations will take
place at the Warm Springs rodeo
arena or at the rancher’s home.
Cost of the brucellosis vaccine
is $1 and the cost of de-wormer
(Ivomec) is $3. If interested,
please contact OSU Extension at:
541-553-3238.
The brucellosis vaccine is the
only vaccine given to cattle that
requires a veterinarian to admin-
ister the shot. The reason for this
is brucellosis is highly infectious
and is a zoonotic disease.
Zoonotic means the disease is
capable of spreading from animals
to humans.
The name of the human form
of brucellosis is undulant fever,
which is a painful disease that
causes fatigue and headaches fol-
lowed by high fever, chills, joint
pain and weight loss. Long-term
effects include arthritis, chronic
fatigue and recurrent fevers.
While undulant fever does not
typically kill its victims, it is a seri-
ous disease that can plague its vic-
tims for the rest of their lives.
Humans contract undulant fe-
ver by eating raw meat from an
infected animal, or by drinking or
eating contaminated, unpasteurized
milk products. Additionally, if you
slaughter an infected animal, the
bacteria can enter your system
through cuts or touching your eyes.
Due to the risk of infection,
only trained veterinarians are per-
mitted to administer the brucello-
sis vaccine. After the vaccine is
given, a small metal tag is placed
in the ear of the heifer where it
remains for the rest of their lives.
This metal tag is proof that the
heifer is protected from brucello-
sis.
Brucellosis causes decreased
milk production, weight loss, lame-
ness, abortion of calves and infer-
tility in cattle. Signs of brucellosis
are slow to appear and difficult to
detect in sick animals.
Until cows start aborting calves
or having weak calves, there is no
visual sign that an animal is in-
fected. When brucellosis is de-
tected in a herd, cattle must be
quarantined and infected animals
are humanely slaughtered, as there
is no cure for the disease.
Sadly, ranchers can lose their
entire herd to the disease, as it is
easily spread through bacteria shed
in the milk or via the aborted fe-
tus, afterbirth or other reproduc-
tive tract discharges.
Therefore, brucellosis is respon-
sible for large economic losses if
detected in your herd. Thanks to
a national surveillance program,
losses have dropped from 124,000
affected herds in 1956 to 700 in
1992, and less than 10 herds to-
day.
These large economic losses
sustained in the past is why the live-
stock industry must remain vigi-
lant.
Thanks to the national surveil-
lance program, the odds of hav-
ing a positive test in your herd are
small.
However, if an infected cow is
detected, ranchers often have to
liquidate their entire herd. This re-
sults in significant financial losses
and often their only option is to
declare bankruptcy after a brucel-
losis outbreak. That is why it is so
important to remain vigilant and
avoid this devastating disease.
For more information you can
also call 541-480-3091. Or email:
scott.duggan@oregonstate.edu
Tribal members gathered at
the Columbia River in Febru-
ary to lay to rest the Ancient
One, or Kennewick Man.
The ceremony was the con-
clusion of a 20-year legal
battle between scientists and
Native Americans.
The remains of the
Kennewick—discovered on
the banks of the Columbia
near Kennewick, Wash., in
1996—are 9,000 years old.
The tribes laid him to rest
at an undisclosed location at
the river.
Scientists wanted to study
the remains, because they
were one of the oldest and
most complete ancient re-
mains ever found in North
America.
The tribes disagreed, saying
that the remains were of an
ancestor, and should rein-
terred according to tradition.
A court battle ensued, with
the tribes’ claim based on the
Education notes...
Native American Graves Pro-
tection and Repatriation Act.
Genetic research showed
Kennewick Man was most
closely related to the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation.
In light of the DNA
analysis, Sen. Patty Murray of
Washington state introduced a
bill in 2015 to repatriate the
remains. The bill was signed into
law by then-President Obama.
Some other infor mation
gathered by the researchers:
Kennewick man weighed about
163 pounds at the time of his
death, and stood approximately
5 feet 7 inches tall. He was right-
handed, and subsisted on a diet
of fish or marine mammals,
though he hunted various land
animals as well. Before his
death, at about age 40, there is
evidence that Kennewick Man
survived two major injuries, in-
cluding a projectile point em-
bedded in his hip bone.
Indian Countr y Conversations
with Elizabeth Woody, Oregon Poet
Laureate, is coming up this Thurs-
day, March 9. This will be in the
Willamette University Campus at
the Rogers Music Center in Salem.
It begins at 7 p.m.
COCC is offering Getting
Started presentations in Bend and
Redmond for prospective students,
the first at the Redmond campus,
Monday, March 6, 4:30 p.m. at the
Technology Center, room 218, and
the second at the Bend campus,
Friday, March 10, 11 a.m., Boyle
Education Center, room 156.
Central Oregon Community
College is holding its monthly
Nursing Orientation sessions at
the Redmond campus on Wednes-
day, March 8, 9 at 10 a.m. in build-
ing 3, room 306; and at the Bend
campus on Friday, March 17, 9-10
a.m., Boyle Education Center,
Room 155.
COCC is offering an informa-
tion session about its Allied Health
programs on Monday, March 6
from 9-10 a.m., in building 3, room
306 on the COCC Redmond cam-
pus. It is not necessary to be en-
rolled at COCC to attend this ses-
sion. Reservations are not required.
For information, call 541-383-7420.
Youth Art Show at the Museum
Example of youth artwork at the Museum at Warm Springs: “Salmon” by students at the Early
Childhood Education Center Head Start program, Dot Thurby and Johnson Bill, teachers.
T he Museum at Warm Springs is celebrating the
creative talent of our young people. Stop by the
museum Tuesday through Saturday and check out
the Twenty-Fourth Annual Tribal Youth Art
Exhibit, on display through April. Works by
individuals and classrooms are featured.
2321 Ollallie Lane
(PO Box 6)
Warm Springs, OR
Call 541-
553-1182
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341 SW Sixth St.
Redmond
Tuesday - Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
ph. 541-923-8071