Disease
Bird flu could dive bomb dairying
Robust surveillance, strict biosecurity and a good knowledge of symptoms are all vital to try and keep the disease at bay in New Zealand.
Meat board gives $1.7m to sector research
Informing NZ Beef and facial eczema projects to benefit.
Tech collab contributes to vineyard disease-detection system
Integrape has partnered with agricultural robotics supplier Agri Automation, which will provide a self-driving Burro robot that will be equipped with cameras.
Back down to zero for M bovis
Last known farm cleared – for now – as MPI turns focus on imported semen as a source of infection.
Mass cull to contain M bovis
Eight farms in Mid Canterbury affected.
Vets hold the line against M bovis
Local vets are putting the country on track to be the world’s first to eradicate the disease.
Genetic ‘seed bank’ keeps semen from top sires safe and sound
Threats to national herd mitigated by long-term planning by Livestock Improvement Corp.
NZ sticks to mob rule, as NSW opts for e-tagging
Individual tracking will be key if FMD crosses from Indonesia, says NSW.
‘Doomsday disease’ can’t be allowed to reach NZ shores
Cargo containers examined as NZ ramps up anti-FMD measures.
One hitchhiker you don’t want to pick up
Vigilance is key if we want to escape the trauma and cost of an outbreak in NZ.
Meat ban for travellers as NZ ramps up biosecurity
The ban will not affect commercial products, which face strict import standards.
Call to be vigilant after FMD fragments detected in Aus
Farmers urged to step up biosecurity and record keeping as disease breaks out in Indonesia, and signs detected in Australia.
NZ doubles down on foot-and-mouth prevention
Outbreak in Bali prompts ‘refresh’ of preventative measures to ensure disease is kept out.
Biosecurity NZ keeping watch on Indonesia FMD outbreak
Biosecurity New Zealand is closely monitoring reports of a Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia, deputy director-general Stuart Anderson says.
Government marks M bovis milestone
It's taken four years, $220.3 million in compensation claims and required 176,325 cattle to be culled, but New Zealand has just one property that is still infected with Mycoplasma bovis.
Manawatū farmer to head ovis programme
Manawatū farmer and former vet services manager Michelle Simpson has taken the reins to head the ovis management programme.
NZ keeping finger on M bovis pulse
While not out of the woods, yet the Mycoplasma bovis programme is entering the critical phase of hunting down the last case of infection.
Scientist heads off elusive invaders
Growing up on the Central Plateau, Dr Rebecca McDougal was never far from a pine tree and it was a primary school project that first sparked her interest in the ubiquitous flora.
M bovis programme delivers despite challenges
Despite the covid pandemic delivering a new set of challenges for the Mycoplasma bovis eradication plan, the programme has continued to commit to the study and research of the disease.
M bovis advice ‘will be actioned’
Recommendations reflecting the lessons learnt from the Mycoplasma bovis programme will not be left gathering dust on a shelf.
Farmer advocate questions efficacy of M bovis report
Duncan Barr was struck with M bovis on his Mid Canterbury farm in 2018 and says he has no more confidence in bureaucratic management now than he did four years ago.
LIC disease test a NZ-first for farmers
LIC chief scientist Richard Spelman says its new Johne’s disease test using a farm’s effluent system provides a cost effective way for farmers to test their herd for this disease.
Xylella joins least wanted line up
The country’s “least wanted” list of biosecurity pests and diseases has had the bacteria xylella added to it, as industry officials witness its devastating effects on crops in California and Italy.
Lessons learnt from M bovis review
An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis programme has identified key lessons for future management of large-scale and complex animal disease incursions.
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