Mycoplasma Bovis

This is a critical measure to control the spread of Mycoplasma bovis. MPI have made the decision to cull now because the testing of milk from every farm in New Zealand is now almost complete. Combined with MPI’s extensive work to trace every possible animal movement from infected farms, they are confident that Mycoplasma bovis is limited to animals connected by movements between farms.
This means the disease is not widespread throughout New Zealand and so culling those animals is now appropriate.