Next steps: OPA results

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks everyone for the support throughout this. I saw a lot of similar questions in the comments so thought i'd post the answers here: We do sanitise the kit & area after the session, but it's not that infectious from surfaces - it's droplets in the air which are more likely to transfer if the sheep are huddled together, nose to nose. Which they are, of course, all the time! So it's more about getting the infected ones out asap, and now the ones that have shown no signs on the scan are safer. We'll check again in the future, but for now the main cause of spreading is removed. Humans and dogs can't get OPA - it's a sheep and goat only virus. You can safely eat sheep with OPA. It won't show up until adulthood, so lambs are not scanned.

[@danielcooke7911]

@@TheSheepGame it was a tough watch, you can see the strain in your eye and voice, but it’s the struggle that shows how amazing a Shepherd you are. The Vet getting the samples have to be clinical but she cares you can tell that. Let’s hope this is the end of the saga for you and recovery starts with the next Lambing season!

[@griffwick]

Thank you. We just had 1 year old ewe diagnosed with OPA this Summer, was super sick with it like you showed with the liquid pouring out of her mouth. Currently in our first year of having sheep, with only buying five ewe lambs last November, was sooo sad.

[@IdaBrown]

I don't see the full video

[@danielcooke7911]

No Shepard or Farmer wants to see their animals having to be Culled. it almost broke my Aunty with the foot and mouth and her herd had to be culled. She knew them by name and could regale with whose blood line they were etc it was such a sad time on the farm. Keep you head high, you did all you can and more for them, we see it and thank you for sharing the good, great, fun and sad as that’s part of your Life as a Shepard. ❤

[@debvit2353]

Thank you Cammy for releasing that sheep when she had such difficulties breathing. You are a compassionate farmer.

[@bracken_3164]

You had so much compassion for the sheep. Especially for the one having such difficulties. It comforts me to know there are farmers like you.

[@SandiBrock]

I’m so so sorry Cammy!!!😢

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Sandi! Hopefully we can get it under control! ☺️

[@franward6851]

I have watched you both for 2-3; years and this is a sad day. Good to see Sandi here with condolences.

[@vickijones3660]

Thanks for educating me. So sorry you and Lizzie have to deal with this.

[@addiegraves3]

Good day Cammy, sorry to hear you and your sheep are dealing with OPA

[@daftirishmarej1827]

Sorry about your sheep, but they're out of pain now. Cold comfort, but sending you and your family a hug 🫂

[@marmalademomzyboop8975]

Great info about OPA. It is a reality check for us on what you and Lizzie deal with animal health and care. How important is it to have a good relationship with the veterinarians. ❤ and appreciate you for sharing.

[@cindycreateforlife]

Now I’m starting to see why you say sheep just want to die, your channel, watched by thousands who are not farmers, learn so much about the challenges of feeding us! Days like this are tough, it’s hard to cull an animal and culled animals are a financial loss! Your vet is so upbeat and I’m sure that helps but, better days ahead Cammy!💕🇨🇦

[@dt8ustotten285]

:-( So sorry for your losses. You did a brilliant non-emotional presentation of the diseases.. Thanks for sharing! Love from the USA.

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

Always sad and costly but the only responsible and compassionate thing to do.

[@TheSheepGame]

It's not passed on through consumption and also it only affects sheep & goats. Nothing to worry about in the food chain.

[@nataliegraham9552]

Rough day on the farm to have to do that kind of work. Necessary, and you are helping the sheepherding farming community with this study, but still a very not-fun day. Thanks to both of you for showing us the work to track this disease.

[@habslover2306]

You are very blessed in your vets, Cammy. I was very impressed by your personal vet - the one who did the cesarean on your ewe. Very nice and willing to share his knowledge, as well as being a dapper dresser. Now you have the visiting research vets, Gemma and Ebenezer. Both such positive people. Gemma (sp?) is a born educator. Lucky, lucky to have these doctors assisting you and Lizzie with your sheep.

[@TheSheepGame]

Jenna, she was fantastic. I am very lucky.

[@Priapos93]

I like your style, Cammy. Grace to handle a difficult subject.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks, I appreciate that.

[@storksusan]

Thanks for sharing this. I had never heard of this before your last videos. I hope you can control this disease in your flock. Your humane treatment of the animals is heartwarming.

[@ladydragon3648]

Hello Cammy, So sorry about your 4 sheep. You work so hard with all of them. & your wife to.

[@sharonm3677]

Thank you Cammy for bringing this information and the education to everyone. Any loss is great to farmers and it’s sad to hear this is effecting your sheep. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. What a great person you are that you’re working with professionals to help research information and gain more knowledge of OPA as it would be great to be able to have a vaccine or be able to spot it more readily. ❤❤

[@TheSheepGame]

Thank you. Let's hope we find an answer to it soon!

[@ruthframpton4149]

Interested townie but from farming family here, that was fascinating and very informative. Your interest echoes how much you care for these animals. But at the end of the day, these animals would not have a chance of a life if we weren’t going to send them to market for food. That you care so much for them in life should be applauded. Thank you for this opportunity Cammy.

[@garymadden2656]

Great to show this video cammy a lot of people don’t know what OPA is very educational 👌

[@garymadden2656]

Forgot to say I got my merchandise here in Australia 👍

[@LizzyAnna]

I am so sorry Cammy, commercial flock or not it's still a hard day on the farm when you have to cull some of them. It seems like you all can't catch a break this year. I hope Lizzy's flock gets better and you both don't have anymore issues for awhile. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@ms_katia2267]

The scanning for OPA was fantastic

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks

[@Baldevi]

LOL great graphic at the credits of Spot trying to herd the sheep then the Sheep ganging up on Spot! I for one appreciate your sharing the PM video, and will watch it so as to learn more about OPA and sheep in general. I am sad you're having to deal with this issue, but also glad you're not in a funk about it, excellent. As long as you're observing your flock well, then you can grab and nip such issues out quickly, and save the flock from this contageon. AND I am glad to see the ewe that was seizing seems to be improving and eating again, here's hoping she continues to improve and simply was dealing with something she's beaten off on her own [with some help from jaggs?] I am dreaming of having a small, "boutique" flock one day, a hobby flock if you will, since I have discovered I love sheep, a lot. Thanks for inspiring me to learn and find that love of Sheep in me, Cammy!

[@TheSheepGame]

Thank you!

[@TheSaltySiren]

Thank you Cammy, for the post mortem video. It was fascinating! The ewe with the bladder issues was definitely educational. I have never seen or heard of anything like what this girl was dealing with.

[@AprilBaker-zi1dy]

Hi Cammy. Watching in Alabama. I'm so sorry you are having trouble with OPA.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thank you!

[@bejaysus7388]

A boy Cammy another good video 👍. Never though OPA was this bad in sheep 😮. Never a dull day in sheep farming.

[@TheSheepGame]

You got that right!

[@TifJones-p8s]

Will be interesting to hear the result when they come back Cammy

[@Sheephappensranch]

Thank you for the educational video (private as well) As a fellow sheep producer (small producer from Canada) it’s always nice to see interactions between owners and vet and researchers to better livestock care and attention.

[@barbaralavoie1045]

It does look dreary there. You have quite the chore ahead. So very sorry for your losses,Cammy.🙏

[@debslater2487]

Sorry this happened to these sheep, but thank you so much for the education you give us all. Thanks to the vet as well, explaining they needed to be put down, never easy, but humane...Hard season you've had in some ways....can't wait for next year and better weather...❤️🇨🇦

[@VikingGrazers]

Sorry to see about the OPA cammy. A mate had to cull a lot of his flock a few years back from similar. Utterly devasting. I learnt to scan for it at a Young blackie breeders event back in Feb/March time. Glad more folk are learning about it.

[@martinregan6765]

Lord god I could listen to that vet all day! 😍 Great vid and mad to see.

[@elizabethcollins6309]

Hi, I’ve just seen the tv interview, I didn’t realise you were involved with “ The loneliest sheep” very good xxx

[@morganalori]

Greame (TheHoofGP) got with Cammie and their boys to save Fiona (buncha crazy Scots). Fiona is now living at Dalscone Farm.

[@jldisme]

I really enjoyed seeing the scans close up. ❤

[@vanessahuman7607]

Oh no. Prayers for you

[@tardismole]

Very sad when you lose sheep. It's not just the financial loss. It's a personal, emotional loss. My thoughts and hopes for you, Lizzie and the rest of the flocks.

[@davidchalmers4969]

Very well done Cammy, I started watching the private vid, but couldn't do it. Important stuff to discuss though

[@TheSheepGame]

It is a tough one, so no pressure to watch it. Thanks for watching this one!

[@VP-nz6ok]

Hi Cammy! Vickie here, Heather and I Met you in Escanaba Michigan, we are from Ontario Canada, I just want to say it was very nice to meet you and your friends, I didn’t like that Gareth put those things in your new US boots, friends don’t do that! You have a beautiful family and you take very good care as only a family man can, stay well and say hi to Lizzy and Marissa please.🥰

[@nancyelliott487]

That sucks. I'm so sorry!

[@akantiia]

Opa on one side and worms on the other, luckily the worms can be dealt with pretty easily

[@JenniferKitchens123]

I’m sorry about the infected sheep. I hope you can figure out what is going on with the sheep that are having seizures. Wishing you all the best.

[@lisasmart1929]

Shame you had to lose some of your sheep…..hopefully the autopsy will help with future results and education….. they aren’t suffering anymore.😢💔

[@jimmyjohnstone5878]

I have a scan at Aberdeen Infirmary tomorrow. Thankfully they don't cull patients. The excellent staff just put me through the machine then let me go.

[@TheSheepGame]

Hope everything went okay!

[@jimmyjohnstone5878]

@@TheSheepGame yes, home now.

[@middlekingdomfarmrebeccapa5035]

I don't think we have OPA in Canada, but we get nasal tumours. It is never easy having these kinds of issues. This video was very informative.

[@suzanneippolito8716]

Rough day Cammie, so sorry.😌 but on the other hand, I heard you take that call at the begining and realized how good you are about taming your accent for us non Scots.😊 😊😊

[@TheSheepGame]

Oh there's some videos coming where i've totally gone full Ayrshire 😅

[@Annie6460]

Very interesting Cammy, ❤️🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@gabischnell3196]

Terrible , here in Germany we're struggling with BT and it's so hard for every sheep farmer to be so helpless. We feel with you all.

[@sporranheid]

Och man. All the best. 👍

[@GO-xs8pj]

I hope you clean the stuff that these OPA sheep have touched well as well as your boots and other equipment.

[@sheepdogman1]

I remember F & M like yesterday it almost finished me mentally because on 2 occasions i was named by maff as a contact and they implemented ‘D’ notification on farms which we had sheep on tack on saying i had been on a farm next to a F&M breakout the problem was instead of contacting me to find out they just implemented the notice on every farm where we had sheep on tack. The fact was i was on that farm but a full 2 weeks before any outbreak, i was also relief milking on several farms and contract shepherding on several more and never did the contact me!

[@seamuskelly2330]

There's opa in ireland all right and a lot of people with thier heads in the sand about it

[@27thterrace48]

So tough for y’all farmers I’m sorry you gotta go through this kind of thing to make it easier for the rest of us in these modern times.

[@m.m.6300]

Heartbreaking 😕 I understand its a virus and can be passed on by secretions. Do you need to put that pasture out of commission now for a period of time? Does the entire flock need to be followed up? Really sorry to hear about all the farming hardships you go through. Hats off to all farmers!

[@jldisme]

Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA) is a bacterial disease of chronic suppurative lymphadenitis of both sheep and goats that has major economic consequences. It is commonly referred to as “Cheesy Gland” or “Lympho”, and is associated with “Thin Ewe Syndrome”. CLA is caused by Corynbacterium pseudotuberculosis.

[@Managable_Mayhem]

Thanks for putting the link of the private video, I don't get those tiny info banners on KZbin. :'D Sad to see these girls go but at least the others will be safe and the sick ones out of pain. And I hope this'll help research and future vets.

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

I am so sorry , Us city dwellers need to know the reality of what you herders , shepherds , and farmers go through . Never heard of this opa , still not sure what it is ? It affects the lungs ? Thankyou for the video We do need to be educated ..

[@RICDirector]

Search it in the Mercks Vetrinary Manual. Very informative, but not very positive. :(

[@MichaelBonner-m1f]

Fair play for showing the less positive aspects and harder things you have to deal with as a sheep farmer. Not a nice video but informative and is indeed real life.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Nice video

[@G9lhr]

Working down in ayr (Dailly) was speaking to a local about watching your channel knows you fairly well the man the myth local legend Grant mc Morland 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeanhawken4482]

Very difficult process.

[@normabinkley6111]

Sad to have to put your sheep down, but hopefully your participation in this research program will come up with a preventive jab. Once the lung is damaged it no longer works and can’t be fixed. When you squeezed them in the Te Pari it was apparent how thin they were. You have heftier lambs. Especially the one you had to release so she could breathe. I have questions in regards to your comment about culling ewes that show symptoms. I may have missed the info while watching. By the time you notice the weight loss, how long has a ewe been sick and how many other ewes could have been infected? How infectious is OPA? How soon after exposure will symptoms appear on a scan? Do you plan on scanning your flock (since you have a scanner) and having a vet in when you find something? Cost-wise would a preventive jab for a flock be cheaper than culling a ewe or more each year and losing her breeding potential? Even replacing a culled ewe from your own flock is a lost sale. My dad had COPD and it really affected his life. We take normal breathing for granted until we can’t. 😢

[@KylieMuir]

Thank you Cammy for showing us the ups and downs of farming but as with humans animals get sick too. Although i couldnt watch the other video you explained it perfectly what was going to happen so good enough for me. I hope that its the last of it and the rest of the flock is ok but a couple of questions that may of already been asked do they then go on to be a food supply and is it the wet wet weather that causes the issues to begin with?

[@TheSheepGame]

Glad this was enough for you! I asked Jenna about where it started but they're still researching it. It's not the cold weather (fortunately because this year has been stinkin!) It's a viral infection, so passed sheep to sheep.

[@chasf72]

so sad to see an animal sick like that.

[@jldisme]

Looks like the weather will be too bad this week until 1 Oct, "Dull and dreary with a couple of showers in the afternoon." We just don't get "dull and dreary" on a US forecast.

[@jessgunn6639]

Don't want to see it go down cammy, I'm miserable enough at the moment sorry, but I will go back to see the autopsy another time.

[@terrypauloregon]

Do you have CLE in Scotland? I got a few in my goats after a quarantine gone wrong.

[@OxxFreddyGlasgow.]

What does OPA stand for Cammy? Another great informative video.

[@ChrisCousens]

ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma. also known as Jaagsiekte

[@terrimills8609]

Sorry, Cammy. 😔

[@darthlaurel]

Poor things.

[@KellysAdventures305]

Luv the cartoon Meg!

[@KellysAdventures305]

Gotta do a victory roll!!

[@Korsvejgaard]

Will you have a video of the Escanaba show?

[@WendyLemontree]

That's awful. 😢

[@TheSheepGame]

It's a shame, aye

[@oraneal992]

❤❤

[@karenwilliams8177]

👍🙏

[@thebloodyenglish6620]

Would I be correct in thinking OPA only affects sheep and goats? So if I raised sheep/goats for personal use (like food for myself & my dog's) if I ever got OPA I wouldn't need to worry about eating or feeding dogs culled sheep?

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah, only Sheep & Goats can contract the virus that causes it.

[@thebloodyenglish6620]

@@TheSheepGame thank you!

[@azamyahmad]

Hello there and welcome back Cammy ! .. and absolutely another spectacular beautiful shooting filming footage compilation documentary countryside adventure and you are doing such an amazing job ! .. gorgeous filming edition footage camera work ! .. and another beautiful lovely piece of work ! .. keep rocking and thanks again from Montreal QC Canada ..

[@janedooher1436]

Do you ever have ewes with Johnes disease?

[@KellysAdventures305]

The poor little lammies. I hope you can stop the spread of this awful disease.

[@colinwientjens1871]

What are the private videos? Can’t see any links?

[@RICDirector]

Its in the description

[@beejayem42]

🐨👍

[@jldisme]

Will you sell the carcasses for meat? Google says it's safe to eat. I've read that mutton isn't popular these days. Do you and your family ever eat mutton? Maybe Herd Watch has OPA listed as Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma.

[@karelcindrich1975]

OK, I know nothing about sheep. What is OPA?

[@m.e.c.1007]

It is a disease caused by a virus that makes cancerous tumors in their lungs. Simply put.

[@TheSheepGame]

It’s a cancer of the lungs in sheep.

[@karelcindrich1975]

@@TheSheepGame oh my. Thanks for answering. 🥹

[@russelljohnson4847]

Is OPA hereditary or can then just catch it?

[@TheSheepGame]

It passes sheep to sheep but it will pass from mother to lamb in the colostrum.

[@denisepalmer7624]

I will leave for now.

[@rmil4531]

Not what you needed pal.

[@TeresaHein-l9c]

Why can’t you use a legal disclaimer for YT complaints? If they can do human medical procedures which have legal disclaimer, why can’t you?

[@TheSheepGame]

So with the video that you only access with a link, I know I have a lot of young Sheep Game fans who are maybe too young to see that sort of stuff just yet. And some adult sheep game fans who just aren't prepared to look at that either. So I didn't want to make it too easy to stumble onto. It doesn't have ads, so it's not monitored by censorship the same way the other videos are. But during lambing time it was a big problem with censorship, and we did try to appeal it but we personally didn't have a breakthrough. We took inspiration from other channels and folk gave us tips, but we kept getting restrictions. We'll keep trying though!

[@suegordon856]

Sorry you're having to cull, but they look really 🤢😷❤

[@allancunningham6019]

Never eating lamb again Surely these problems with be passed on through consumption 😮😮

[@JenniferKitchens123]

From the articles I have read, the meat is not contaminated by the infection, and is safe for human consumption.

[@Korsvejgaard]

“She’s a question mark one” *large ? on sheep* 😂

[@AussieKool]

Opa Opa, I have a feeling you don't like that word very much.