Friday, 15 February 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Mycoplasma bovis, bovine - New Zealand (02): cattle, update

Other Animal Disease -- New Zealand
Officials now concede the cattle disease _Mycoplasma bovis_ may have been present in New Zealand as early as 2004.
Late last year [2018], Ministry for Primary Industries principal scientist Dr John Roche dismissed what he described as persistent "myths" surrounding the disease. One of those was that _M bovis_ 1st arrived in New Zealand around 2004. Roche rejected the possibility, saying that by using a molecular clock and culturing the bacteria, scientists were able to see the changes in

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6319658&promed&0

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