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From this month OSPRI took over day-to-day operational and disease control functions of the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) programme.

The traditional method to approach lameness involves corrective trimming of the affected area.

In a normal year, lambs do not require a drench at docking/tailing.

Total sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics in New Zealand have decreased for a fifth year in a row, dropping by 23% in 2022.

Total sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics in New Zealand have decreased for a fifth year in a row, dropping by 23% in 2022.

Leptospirosis (lepto) is a disease caused by bacteria that can be spread from animal to human, otherwise known as a zoonotic disease.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is seeking global partnerships as it works to revolutionise internal parasite management in the face of increasingly widespread drench resistance.

More than 50 bulls have been nominated as sires for use in the innovative Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme’s upcoming mating season, the highest number since the across-breed progeny test was launched in 2020.

An advancement in tests on heat tolerant cows could mean good things for the dairy industry.

A Pukekohe deer farmer was recently fined $12,000 for not tagging 278 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.