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11-23-2015, 10:35 PM
I did get my 3 Oberhasli packgoats tested at WAADL for the MOVI pathogen. The nasal swabs are negative. The blood test looking for antibodies will be done in 12/4. Antibodies presence would prove exposure at some point. Not sure what it would mean in a practice.
Dr Tom Besser the lead author in the published study Pneumonia of Bighorn Sheep following Experimental Exposure to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae sent me a note wanting to know how a packgoat is managed differently from other goats. He wants to learn more.
His presentation to the NFS at the Pendlton, OR meeting stated that "Most (90%) of domestic sheep and goat herds/flocks are infected with MOVI". I have 3 goats from 3 different farms and they are all negative as yet. Curious about that 90% and the fact that MOVI is highly transmissible. He did tell us at the meeting that MOVI was not common in small herds.
Dr Tom Besser the lead author in the published study Pneumonia of Bighorn Sheep following Experimental Exposure to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae sent me a note wanting to know how a packgoat is managed differently from other goats. He wants to learn more.
His presentation to the NFS at the Pendlton, OR meeting stated that "Most (90%) of domestic sheep and goat herds/flocks are infected with MOVI". I have 3 goats from 3 different farms and they are all negative as yet. Curious about that 90% and the fact that MOVI is highly transmissible. He did tell us at the meeting that MOVI was not common in small herds.