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Originally Posted by Chimera  I think greater benefit will come out of information about possible transmission mediums. Unfortunately there is a great deal of irrational fear about OPMV at the moment. It wouldn't surprise me if the thought would cross a breeders mind "if I offer up information about the OPMV deaths I have had, will I be blacklisted in peoples minds".
I am not saying all breeders are thinking this, but no matter how well you can account for your biosecurity procedures and how well you've limited the impact people will still think "wasn't he the guy who had OPMV in his collection".
IMO (in my opinion) a simpler starting point would be to continue the education campaign within the reptile keeper community to remove the irrational fear and replace it with intelligent responsibilty. If people like olivehydra and nightowl continue to offer information about their keeping practices and OPMV outbreaks we can draw correlations between cases and identify potential transmission mediums. |
Funny , when you read things like this , you would hope that people would do the right thing .
What about a breeder ( still a member on here ) , had OPMV for awhile now ( maybe 1-2 years ) and still selling snakes from his collection ? . Makes it a bit hard to trust anyone eh ? .
I think we will hearing about OPMV in the future alot more .
Good to try and keep this thread going for the newbies .
Cheers
