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MPI announces independent review into M Bovis response 22 Feb, 2021 07:45 PM 3 minutes to read The Ministry for Primary Industries has announced an independent review looking at the biosecurity response to the cattle disease, Mycoplasma Bovis (M. bovis). M.bovis was first detected in New Zealand in 2017, after a large number of cattle on a South Canterbury dairy herd began displaying symptoms of a novel disease. The disease had not previously been detected in New Zealand, and it was soon established that this was a new incursion probably occurred as early as 2015. Advertisement It was estimat...

'This will not be a witch-hunt': Independent review seeks to learn lessons from M bovis response Newshub 19/02/2021 © Provided by Newshub An independent review into the country's handling of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak has been launched, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) announced on Friday.  The cattle disease was first confirmed in New Zealand in 2017, and since then 260 properties have been found to have been infected with M bovis, with more than 150,000 cattle being culled. A widespread programme to eradicate the disease began in 2018 and there are now just nine properties ...