More than 100,000 cattle have now been culled as part of the government's Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme. Figures released by the Ministry for Primary Industries also showed 171 properties had been confirmed as having the cattle disease. In a stakeholder update, the ministry said of the 171 farms found to have the disease, 129 had now been cleared of cattle and declared safe to repopulate. The ministry said operational costs for the disease programme at the end of May had reached $154 million. As at the end of May, 101,097 cattle had been culled from infected farms.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 04, 2019 01:52 UTC