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No working farms in New Zealand are currently affected by bacterial disease Mycoplasma bovis.

The Government will strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity system as part of Budget 2022, Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

Four years into a world-first attempt to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), agreed jointly between the Government and farming sector groups, just one infected property remains in New Zealand.

New Zealand is ending 2021 with three active confirmed cases of Mycoplasma bovis.

A review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has found it is on track to eradicate the disease from New Zealand - a world-first.

Farmers affected by Mycoplasma bovis are cautiously welcoming a report that the eradication programme is approaching a successful conclusion.

An independent review into the Mycoplasma bovis eradication strategy has found that the programme is still hindered by poor industry-wide compliance in the recording of animal movements.

Biosecurity and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says he welcomes an independent review into the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme, which has found it is on track to achieve eradication and made recommendations to boost biosecurity work.

An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has found it is on track to achieve a world-first eradication and makes recommendations to improve the wider biosecurity systems.

New Zealand is on track to eradicate the disease Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis).