Chinese strategy
OPINION: Fonterra may have sold its dairy farms in China but the appetite for collaboration with the country remains strong.
As the five year mark of the programme to eradicate M. bovis is reached, a new discovery has been made.
The Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has reached a big milestone with the depopulation of all confirmed infected properties in the stubborn pocket of infection in mid-Canterbury.
An independent review into the Mycoplasma bovis (M.bovis) infection at Wakanui in Mid-Canterbury, shows the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) took the appropriate steps to remove infection in the area.
The Mycoplasma bovis Programme claims to be making good progress towards the eradication of the disease from New Zealand.
An independent review into Mycoplasma bovis infection in Wakanui, mid-Canterbury, shows appropriate steps are being taken to remove infection in the area, says M. bovis Programme director Simon Andrew.
The Mycoplasma bovis Programme seems to be making good progress towards the eradication of the disease from New Zealand.
Farmers who don’t keep accurate NAIT records put others at risk and can hinder efforts to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis.
The Ministry for Primary Industries says imported semen remains one of the possible pathways for the bacterial disease Mycoplasma bovis' entry into New Zealand.
OPINION: Fonterra may have sold its dairy farms in China but the appetite for collaboration with the country remains strong.
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