OPP Newsletter Archives
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“In some flocks, I think the disease has crept in so slowly and quietly that the owners don’t recognize how much more production would be possible if the sheep did not have the infection.”
DR CINDY WOLF, EMERITA
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
JAVMA, JANUARY 1992
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Summer 2015 Update
Dr Mark Lelli: “Getting Easier to Make OPP a Thing of the Past”
Eradication Trial
Genetic Data/17 Breeds
New Members
Summer 2014 Update
Genetic Research continues
OPP Eradication Trial in MN
“Economic Impact of OPP” by the Schwebachs
New Members
Summer 2013 Update
James Baglien joins OPP Society Board
‘Elitest’ ELISA now at MN-VDL
Genetic Research at USMARC
New Members
Summer 2012 Update
Clark BreDahl column from The Shepherd magazine introduces new directions in OPP research
New Members
Fall 2011 Update
OPP Society at WI Wool Fest – Joan Mueller
OPP on Nat’l Geographic TV – Neaton Family
Blood Sampling
New Members
April 2011
Economic Benefits of Control (4000 Ewe Project)
Do Dams Transmit OPP?
Genetics a Quick Fix?
Schultz Flock Sold
December 2008
Dr Lynn Herrmann-Hoesing: Genetic Control of OPPV
Dr Richard Ehrhardt at MSU
OPP and Scrapie
SFCP
December 2006
OPP Test & Control Pilot Program
OPP a Scrapie Risk Factor?
Update on 4000 Ewe Project
Survey of Labs
April 2005
4000 Ewe Control/Eradication Project
Bleeding Your Own Sheep a Good Idea?
CAE in Dairy Goats
March 2004
Texel Leadership Commended
Honorary Lifetime Members Named
Certification Update
Advertising and OPP
March 2003
Dr Andres de la Concha’s Research at Texas A&M
OPP Certification?
OPP Society at MSWF
NAHMS 2001 Study
December 2001
Dr Cindy Wolf: OPP Test & Contro
Certification?
Scrapie Genotyping
Whiteface and Scrapie
Foot & Mouth
March 2000
Dr Cutlip Retires
Dr Bulgin’s Presentation
Large Flock Testing
CSU’s PCR Test
Ontario Program – VSFCP
March 1999
Dr Marie Bulgin Speaking on OPP at WI
Kimberling Update
Free OPP Tests for VSFCP Flocks in NJ
MSWF
August 1998
Dr Kimberling’s Health Program Proposal
Dr Holly Neaton’s OPP Eradication
Commercial Producers’ Experience
August 1997
OSU Flock and OPP
List of Labs
MARC Research on OPP
New Brochure
Janet McNally/Clark BreDahl on OPP