Mycoplasma bovis cow disease to cost farmers $278m. Gerard Hutching and Gerald Piddock. May 27, 2018 • 11:16pm. Comment Share. DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel says the industry cost of ...

What’s at stake: The mycoplasma bovis outbreak has seen more than 180,000 cattle killed to keep it in check, with just over $250m out of $800m allocated paid in compensation. Background: Government ...

The oily visage of a butter cow is an alluring sight at state fairs across the nation, but few people have taken the time to think about what’s inside them. Warning: It’s not more butter.

M. bovis is also a contagious mastitis pathogen and is most likely spread in the parlour via the milkers’ hands or milking equipment. There are a number of important control measures such as cleaning ...

Eradicating M. bovis: The Mycoplasma bovis Eradication Programme began in May 2018 and is jointly funded by Government (68 per cent) and DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand (32 per cent).

New Zealand has rid 271 farms of a disease known to decimate cow populations, effectively eradicating it from the country. The bacterial disease, Mycoplasma bovis, causes immense pain in cows as it ...

New Zealand is on the verge of eradicating a painful disease from its herd of 10 million cattle after a four-year campaign that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars and resulted in more than ...

New Zealand is on the verge of eradicating a painful disease from its herd of 10 million cattle after a four-year campaign that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars and resulted in more than ...

Fred DuBray’s bison herd in South Dakota has been ravaged by Mycoplasma bovis, a bacterium that has decimated herds across the Plains and the West. By Mitch Smith BLACKFOOT, S.D. — On the ice ...

An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has found it is on track to rid New Zealand of the cattle disease. The review found th ...

The highly infectious cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has been cleared from Northland. The affected properties can now get back to farming as normal, according to Ministry for Primary Industry's M ...

Massey researchers will soon begin on-farm research of dairy herds that are infected with the bacteria Mycoplasma bovis, following a recent appointment by the M. bovis Programme to lead a major piece ...