Other Animal Disease -- New Zealand
The Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed another farm has tested positive for the cattle disease _Mycoplasma bovis_ bringing the total number of infected properties to 21.
The ministry said 13 of them are in Canterbury, 6 are in Southland, one is in Hawke's Bay and one - the latest - in Middlemarch, in Otago.
The disease, which can cause lameness, mastitis and abortions in cows, is spread through nose-to-nose contact.
South Island cattle breeders had to withdraw their entries
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5618525&promed&0
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