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VOL. IS NO. 36

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER^. 1980

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY THE SEAWAVE CORPORATION. P.O. BOX 0. AVALON. N.J. 0820?

Dog Virus Hits

by M’Ellen Rowland AVALON - In explaining Borough council’s decision to amend the local "dog v ordinance,” * council \J , resident Philip Judyski revealed to a more-than capacity audience at the Aug. 22 meeting he had been informed by Donovan Vezin, DVM of the Cape Veterinary Hospital, that the first case of parvovims in the area had been diagnosed in a dog brought in from Avalon. PARVOVIRUS infection, unknown before 1978, reportedly has struck dogs in all areas of the country. The disease causes loss of appetite, vomitting, severe diarrhea,'' dehydration, high-temperature and low white blood cell count. Adult dogs can recover with prompt veterinary treatment, but death loss in puppies ca n be qui te high. Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania schools of Veterinary Medicine have been doing extensive research on the dreaded animal disease and still have much to learn. What they do know is, contamination is spread by contact with another, already infected animal or by the sniffing of fecal matter or urine,of such a dog. The virus isn’t known to cause any health problems in humans. PARVOVIRUS is believed to have gotten its start in the Southeast, probably at dog shows.

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because handlers have been lax about hygienic measures. A successful vaccine, has been developed but only one pharmaceutical firm was producing it. A near-

panic situation prevailed wten the depletion of the supply became generally known. Since then at least one other drug company has been licensed to produce it, and further

supplies should be available by midSeptember. FrtR THE PRESENT. Dr. Vezin’s advice is to isolate the pet in its own (Page 3 Please)

Education

Gets Smaller $hare in Cape An analysis of property tax figures over the years reveals that Cape May County taxpayers as a whole have consistently spent less of their tax dollar for education in comparison

to taxpayers statewide.

The comparison also shows that the cost of municipal government in the Jersey Cade

f in urc Ejciav takes a significantly higher share

overall tax dollar than it does in the rest

of the state.

Jersey Cape taxpayers are closest to their statewide counterparts when it comes to the percentage of uxn going is support county govern-

ment.

Property taxes for local education this year constitute nearly 55 percent of the total tax dollar throughout the state - that is, 55 cents out of every tax dollar collected goes to support education, However, that, figure in Cape May County this year is only 38 cents.

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THIS t7 percent disparity is, however, a smaller difference than,it was 12 years ago when Cape May County taxpayers were spending only 34 cents of each tax dollar for education while their taxpaying pe$rs throughout New Jersey were spending 57 percent of their property taxes for education. Somewhat of a similar disparity has occurred (Page 3 Please)

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Make A First Call

RIO GRANDE-Itwaa a very busy summer, and another indicator of that was the record-setting 789 ' calls received during July by First Call For Help, Cape May County’s social service information and referral telephone service. That averages out to some 25 calls a day, no small task when It’s considered callers might be seeking information on things from adoption to

vepereal disease.

The July figures were just released by the Cape May County Human Services Coalition in its September newsletter

BECAUSE OF summer population crease. First Call

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panded its regular problem areas (which Include answering questions on

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