A decision was taken in 2008 that the organisation should introduce cost- cutting measures. The organisation had saved funds to buy equipment to operate but the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) does not allow them to do so in the absence of the Board. The revenue for the current financial year is R158 million, of which R128 million is from local sales and R30 million from export, and this is R64 million above budget. This has been achieved on the back of a large increase in vaccine doses produced, resulting in more animals being vaccinated. Operating profit at the end of February 2011 stood at R30 million, compared to a R4.1 million loss the previous year. OBP had therefore managed to turn around its financial situation.