GETTING STARTED

1. Fill out the 2008 Oregon Biosecurity/BVD-PI Herd Screening Project Application and Questionnaire and submit it to:
   
   

   OSU Crook County Extension Barbi Riggs 498 SE Lynn Blvd Prineville, OR

   ~ OR ~

   Fax: 541-416-2115

   
   
2. Once we receive the application you will be sent a sample submission kit including:
   


• Red top serum tubes for individual ear-notch samples.
• Complete sampling/submission instructions and sample submission form(s).
• Confirmation of available funding for financial assistance for Kit and shipping.


3. Once samples are collected, samples will be sent by the producer or vet to API, the collaborating laboratory.

Costs PAID BY THE PRODUCER

• All testing costs ($1.95/hd).
• *Serum Tubes ($0.16/hd)
• Re-test costs in positive pools at $1.75 per sample.
• *All shipping costs for samples to the laboratory.
• You will be billed by our collaborating laboratory.

*Shipping and Tubes may be provided by OSU as grant funds allow. Please contact us if these costs are not clear to you!!!

Additional ear-notches do not need to be submitted for re-testing purposes. Once an animal is identified as a carrier of the virus, the livestock owner/manager will be notified and further measures will be discussed. We suggest that the animal (and its dam, if still nursing) be segregated from the herd and held for re-sampling 3-4 weeks later.

Terms and Conditions of Participation

Please read the Terms and Conditions of Participation prior to completing the application!

For more information contact:

Barbi Riggs: OSU Central OR Livestock Agent and OR Biosecurity/BVD-PI Screening Project Manager
Phone: 541-447-6228, Barbi.riggs@oregonstate.edu

Randy Mills: Umatilla County Extension
Phone: 541-278-5403, Randy.mills@oregonstate.edu