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NAHMS Sheep Studies

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• NAHMS Sheep 2011
• NAHMS Scrapie: Ovine Slaughter Surveillance (SOSS) Study 2001-2003
• NAHMS Sheep 2001
• NAHMS Sheep 1996
• Sheep and Lambs Death Loss Studies

NAHMS Sheep 2024

The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), a nonregulatory unit of USDA-APHIS-VS, is developing its Sheep 2024 study. NAHMS recently conducted a brief on-line survey and greatly appreciates the input from those who completed the survey. NAHMS will use survey results to help develop the information objectives that will shape the NAHMS study. A brief overview of the results from this survey is available here:

• NAHMS Sheep Needs Assessment: An Evaluation of Industry Concerns to Help Guide Future NAHMS
  

NAHMS Sheep 2011

• Sheep 2011 Part IV: Changes in Health and Production Practices in the U.S. Sheep Industry, 1996-2011 (4/13)
• Sheep 2011 Part III: Health and Management Practices on U.S. Sheep Operations, 2011 (9/13)
• Sheep 2011: Part II: Reference of Marketing and Death Loss on U.S. Sheep Operations (12/12)
• Sheep 2011: Part I: Reference of Sheep Management Practices in the United States, 2011 (5/12)
  

Info Sheets:

• Mycoplasma ovipneumonia on U.S. Sheep Operations (6/15)
  
• Producer Disease Awareness on U.S. Sheep Operations, 2011 (6/15)
• Health Management and Biosecurity Practices on U.S. Sheep Operations (6/15)
• Campylobacter on U.S. Sheep and Lamb Operations (7/14)
• Toxoplasma on U.S. Sheep Operations (7/14)
• Enterococcus on U.S. Sheep and Lamb Operations (5/14)
• Sheep and Lamb Death Loss in the United States, 2011 (5/14)
• Lambing Management Practices on U.S. Sheep Operations, 2011 (1/14)
• Vaccination Practices on U.S. Sheep Operations, 2011 (1/14)
• Salmonella on U.S. Sheep Operations, 2011 (7/13)
• Highlights of NAHMS Sheep 2011 "Part II: Reference of Marketing and Death Loss on U.S. Sheep Operations in the United States" (5/13)
• Highlights of NAHMS Sheep 2011 "Part I: Reference of Sheep Management Practices in the United States" (10/12)
• Lambing Management Practices on U.S. Sheep Operations, 2011 (10/12)
• Record-keeping Practices on U.S. Sheep Operations (10/12)
  • Sheep 2011 study questionnaires 

NAHMS Scrapie: Ovine Slaughter Surveillance (SOSS) Study 2001-2003

• Scrapie: Ovine Slaughter Surveillance Study Phase II 2002-2003 (2/04)

Info Sheets:

• Highlights of Phase II: Scrapie: Ovine Slaughter Surveillance Study 2002-2003 (3/04)
• Scrapie: Ovine Slaughter Surveillance Study Phase I 2001-2002 (3/03) 

NAHMS Sheep 2001

• Sheep 2011 Part IV: Baseline Reference of 2001 Sheep Feedlot Health and Management (1/04)
• Sheep 2001 Part III: Lambing Practices Spring 2001 (4/03)
• Sheep 2001 Part II: Reference of Sheep Health in the United States, 2001 (4/03)
• Sheep 2001 Part I: Reference of Sheep Management in the United States, 2001 (7/02)

Info Sheets:

• Highlights of NAHMS Sheep 2001 Part IV: Baseline Reference of Sheep Feedlot Health and Management 2001 (1/04)
• Scrapie Awareness and Prevention on U.S. Sheep Operations (1/04)
• Distribution of Genotypes at Codon 171 in U.S. Sheep (12/03)
• Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (12/03)
• Highlights of NAHMS Sheep 2001 Parts II and III: Reference of Sheep Health in the U.S. and Lambing Practices 2003 (4/03)
• Biosecurity on U.S. Sheep Operations, (4/03)
• Lamb Marketing Patterns in the United States, 2000 (3/03)
• Highlights of NAHMS Sheep 2001 Part I: Reference of Sheep Management in the U.S. (7/02)

NAHMS Sheep 1996

• Reference of 1996 U.S. Sheep Health and Management Practices (9/96)
• Reference of 1996 Regional Sheep Health and Management Practices (9/96)

Info Sheets:

• Highlights of a 1996 U.S. Sheep Health and Productivity Needs Assessment (9/96) 

Sheep and Lamb Death Loss Studies

• Sheep Death Loss in the United States, 2020 (10/21)
•  Sheep and Lamb Predator and Nonpredator Death Loss in the United States, 2015 (9/15)
• Sheep and Lamb Nonpredator Death Loss in the United States, 2009 (5/11)
• Sheep and Lamb Predator Death Loss in the United States, 2004 (9/07)
• Highlights of the Sheep and Lamb Predator Death Loss in the United States, 2004 Report (9/07)
• Sheep and Lamb Nonpredator Death Loss in the United States, 2004 (3/07)
• Sheep and Lamb Death Loss in the United States, 1999 (12/05)
• 1994 Sheep Death Loss Due to Predators & Health-Related Causes (1/96)
• Sheep and Lambs Death Loss 1995 (5/95)

Infographics:

• Death Loss Trends in the U.S. Sheep Industry: 1994 to 2019
  
• Death Loss Trends in the U.S. Sheep Industry: 1994 to 2014
  

Info Sheets:

• 1994 Sheep Death Losses Due to Health-Related Problems (1/96)

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