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“We are convinced that healthy disease free sheep live longer, produce more and earn more income. The sheep industry as a whole needs to reduce, control and possibly eradicate those diseases that cost producer income, and call into question the safety of the product to the consumer.”


GENE SCHRIEFER

 PRODUCER/EDUCATOR

OPPCSBS NEWSLETTER, 2004

Library

(Please return often as this page is a work in progress. Also see our Links page.)

Introductory Slide Show:


OPP: Unlocking the Mystery  (Holly Neaton, DVM; also available on disk for PC or Mac ) (2.3 MB)



Articles/Papers:


OPP Update (Results from NAHMS 2001 Sheep Survey, USDA-APHIS) (32 KB)


One Farmer's View (Importance of OPP, by Greg Pauley) (1.2 MB)


OPP Controversy (Marie S Bulgin, DVM) (80 KB)


OPP/CAE Pilot Program (SFCP add-on for Flocks/Herds in Minnesota) (364 KB)


Testing and Control of OPP (Cindy Wolf, DVM, from 2000 MVMA Proceedings) (66 KB)


Horizontal Transmission/Productivity Study (1995 paper reviewed by Bob Leder, DVM) (66 KB)


Genetic Control of OPP (Dr Lynn Herrmann-Hoesing, USDA-ARS, 2008 article for OPP Society) (78 KB)


Future Tool to Fight OPP? (Sheep & Goat Health Report from NIAA, special issue 2008, see page 4) (254 KB)



Directory:


Member Directory (printable 3-column version of our Directory page ) (365 KB)



Info/Display Items (master copies for reproduction, reduce/enlarge if needed):


3-Fold Brochure (B/W, 8-1/2 x 11 paper, print both sides, fold) (800 KB)


Promo Cards (Color, 8-1/2 x 11 card stock, 4 cards/sheet, print both sides, separate/cut) (2.2 MB)


Small Poster (Color, 8-1/2 x 11 card stock) (2.2 MB)