Modern
Diagnostics Lead to Improved Animal Health
Dairy Cattle
Produce 10,740,000,000 Pounds of Milk Per Year in
Pennsylvania. Generating Approximately $1,667,400,000.00.*
*(Agriculture
PennsylvaniaÌs Number One Industry, PADA 8/98)
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The Equine Industry in Pennsylvania is Estimated to be a 4 Billion
Dollar a Year Industry With an Estimated 200,000 Head of Horses
in the State.*
*(PA
Equine Industry Profile 1990)
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Poultry is
a $700 Million Dollar Industry in Pennsylvania.*Pennsylvania
is Ranked Second Nationally in Egg-Type Chicks Hatched (57,109,000
chicks) and Third Nationally in Layers (22,605,000 hens) and
Egg Production (5,788,000,000 Eggs Worth $314,964,000.00).**
*(Pennsylvania
Agricultural Journal, August 2000)
**(Agriculture PennsylvaniaÌs Number One Industry, PADA 8/98)
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There are an
estimated 1,050,000 Head of Swine in Pennsylvania.*
*(
Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistic Service 1999-2000)
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Pennsylvania is Ranked Fifth Nationally in Sheep and Lambs Production
at 68,200 Head.*
*(Agriculture
PennsylvaniaÌs Number One Industry, PADA 8/98)
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Whitetail deer fawn; one of many wildlife species that play an
important role in PennsylvaniaÌs economy.
 
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