Tagged: Mycoplasma bovis

COVID-19 is not the only infectious disease New Zealand wants to eliminate, and genome sequencing is a crucial tool - COVID-19

Guest Author • Sep 15, 2020 •

• COVID-19,
• genome sequencing,
• Infectious Diseases,
• Mycoplasma bovis

Nigel French, Massey University Genome sequencing — the mapping of the genetic sequences of an organism — has helped track the spread of COVID-19 cases in Auckland, but it also plays an important role in the control of other infectious diseases in New Zealand. One example is Mycoplasma bovis, a global cattle disease New Zealand also hopes to … Read More

Eradicating cattle disease M. bovis in New Zealand may be costly, even impossible, but we must try - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jul 13, 2018 •

• biosecurity,
• cattle disease,
• Mycoplasma bovis

Richard Laven, Massey University In May this year, the New Zealand government decided that it would attempt to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis, a bacterial disease that affects cattle. A phased eradication means that an additional 126,000 livestock will need to be culled, at an estimated cost of NZ$886 million. Here’s what we know, what we don’t know and … Read More

The social science of Mycoplasma - Guest Work

Guest Author • Jun 02, 2018 •

• cattle disease,
• Dairy farming,
• Foot and Mouth,
• Mycoplasma bovis

Dr Gareth Enticott, Cardiff University, UK, Dr Anne Galloway, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. Usually when animal disease strikes, it is the advice and expertise of the veterinary sciences that is sought. However, recent disease outbreaks such as Foot and Mouth in the UK in 2001, have led to the recognition that the … Read More

Why are we gifting so much to farmers? - The Dismal Science

Michael Reddell • May 29, 2018 •

• biosecurity,
• eradication,
• MPI,
• Mycoplasma bovis

Despite announcing yesterday a plan that aims to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis from New Zealand, there was no sign of the pro-active release of any background papers or analysis. We don’t have copies of the relevant Cabinet papers, or the relevant advice from The Treasury or MPI. Not that long ago, the incoming government talked of its commitment to open government, … Read More