A dangerous disease has hit New Zealand’s cows and dairy industry.
The disease is Mycoplasma bovis and it is expected to cost around $1 billion to fix.
The disease was discovered in July last year and since then 41 farms have been confirmed as infected. That has since dropped to 37 farms, with more than 11,000 cattle slaughtered.
The bacterium causes illness in cattle, including udder infections, pneumonia and arthritis.
WHAT IS MYCOPLASMA BOVIS?
Mycoplasma bovis is a bacterial disease. It is commonly found in cattle all over the world, including in Australia, but this is the first detection of it in New Zealand.
We were one of the last countries free of the disease. It does not infect humans and presents no food safety risk.
There is no concern about eating meat, milk and milk products
It does lead to serious conditions in cattle and is spread from animal to animal through close contact.
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WHAT IS MYCOPLASMA BOVIS?
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wow i didn’t know about that
oh no
dear Guest 4
Mycoplasma bovis is a bacterial disease. It is commonly found in cattle all over the world, including in Australia, but this is the first detection of it in New Zealand.
this is super bad news
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Sad ?
that is so sad
sad
Wow that’s ?
i saw this on the News its sad the have to kill cows and they are from new Zealand #R.I.P Cows always be remembered
oh no
That is sad.
Sad so sad
whelp.
at least it won’t affect us or our food.
i wish this could end 🙁
so sad
So sad?
any ways who invented sickness and……… SICK STUFF!!
nooooooooooo
i love animals
I’m so scared!!
rip cows
*cue sad music*
This is sad
this is old news
Sad. I hope they are able to breed more cows
Do we have to care about this?
It’s scary, just imagining eating the meat of these cows if the disease was already in the meat. I feel bad for the cows. Hopefully the government will do something about this.
Everyone do not worry There will be a cure soon and I think that killing them wont work because of other cows coming from other countrys so we need to find a cure.
please help the cows
oh no
i live on the farm
it’s a good thing it isn’t harmful to people
R.I.P cows
As long they alive we get the sqeezey sqeezey (milk)
I don’t think I’m eating meat or it will be infected with the virus