Displaying items by tag: MYCOPLASMA BOVIS

Tuesday, 20 February 2024 11:55

Good farm records helping keep M. bovis at bay

Good records on cattle movement have helped the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) clear another farm impacted by Mycoplasma bovis.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 14 February 2024 11:55

Testing for M. bovis complicated

OPINION: The Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) Programme is now in the sixth year of the 10-year eradication programme.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 17 January 2024 11:55

'Groundbreaking' new M bovis test now available

While the country's battle to eradicate M. bovis is going well, the war is still not over with new cases discovered in Canterbury late last year.

Published in General News
Thursday, 05 October 2023 09:55

Editorial: M. bovis is back

OPINION: News of the discovery of a new case of Mycoplasma bovis on a dairy farm in Canterbury should not come as a surprise.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 03 October 2023 07:55

MPI probing source of latest incursion

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff have ramped up testing procedures and investigations in an effort to determine how a dairy herd in the Selwyn district of Canterbury contracted Mycoplasma bovis.

Published in General News
Thursday, 21 September 2023 16:32

M. bovis rears its head again

A mid-Canterbury dairy farm has been confirmed infected with Mycoplasma bovis this week after it was first identified by standard bulk tank milk background screening, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Published in General News
Wednesday, 09 August 2023 12:55

Editorial: Historic win for agriculture

OPINION: Kiwi guts and determination have shown the world that the impossible is possible.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 08 August 2023 10:55

Have we beaten bovis?

New Zealand may have achieved a world first by effectively eradicating Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) - a task that many people claimed was impossible.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 02 August 2023 14:06

Eradication of M. bovis on track - O'Connor

Biosecurity and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says there are currently no farms in New Zealand infected with M. bovis.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 29 March 2023 07:55

All clear for Wakanui!

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.

Published in General News
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