Displaying items by tag: MYCOPLASMA BOVIS

Tuesday, 23 July 2019 10:21

Avoid spreading M. bovis

Calf club organisers must take extra biosecurity steps this spring to avoid the spread of Mycoplasma bovis, says MPI.

Published in Management
Tuesday, 23 July 2019 10:16

Keep diseases away from sheds

If you're buying or selling calves or milk, take these simple steps to reduce the risk of spreading Mycoplasma bovis and other diseases.

Published in Management
Friday, 19 July 2019 09:55

Questions over M. bovis communication

Rural contractors have challenged MPI and Federated Farmers over the management of Mycoplasma bovis.

Published in Farm Health
Tuesday, 16 July 2019 08:55

MPI promises to act on M. bovis programme

Almost all the recommendations from two reviews of the Mycoplasma bovis programme have been accepted, after the ‘surge in activity’ leading up to this year’s moving day.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 16 July 2019 07:55

$100m for what?

Farmers pay nearly $100 million a year in levies to industry-good groups, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Chris Lewis. And for what value? he asks.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 16 July 2019 07:50

Vet gets top gong

Oamaru vet Dr Merlyn Hay, who in 2017 outed Mycoplasma bovis on an Oamaru dairy farm, won the premier award at the Feds conference.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 12:55

M. bovis doesn’t get worse than this

The chair of the Mycoplasma bovis strategic advisory group, MPI’s chief science adviser Dr John Roche, says he wouldn’t wish the disease on his worst enemy.

Published in General News
Thursday, 20 June 2019 11:55

Online auction popular in wake of M. bovis

Feedback is positive from clients who have tried PGG Wrightson’s new bidr online auction system, says Waikato PGW livestock agent Dean Evans.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 05 June 2019 09:23

Bovis beef levy garners interest

With submissions due to close this week, Beef + Lamb NZ says it is pleased with the number of responses from farmers on its proposed biosecurity levy increase.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 04 June 2019 10:38

Cull hits 100,000

Figures from MPI to May 24 reveal 99,805 animals had by then been culled in the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme.

Published in General News
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