Ministry officials identify two centres of infection for cow diseaseJohn Hawkins/Stuff Mycoplasma bovis has two infection centres. Ministry officials believe there are two infection centres for the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis - in Southland and South Canterbury. A Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) spokeswoman said there appeared to be two centres of infection in Southland and South Canterbury/North Otago with links through animal movement. Southern Centre Dairies, the centre of infected properties in Southland, is owned by Gea and Alfons Zeestraten. Bryan said they could not pinpoint when the disease came into the country and the infection could have been here since 2016.

Source: Stuff February 20, 2018 21:00 UTC