Nation which produces 3% of the world’s milk will embark on the biggest cull in its historyNew Zealand to cull more than 100,000 cows to eradicate Mycoplasma diseaseNew Zealand will become the first country in the world to try to eradicate the cow disease Mycoplasma bovis, culling tens of thousands of cows in the largest mass animal slaughter in the country’s history. Mycoplasma bovis was first detected in New Zealand in July last year, and manifests in mastitis in cows, severe pneumonia, ear infections and other symptoms. New Zealand is the world’s largest exporter of dairy, producing 3% of all the world’s milk. It has 6.6m dairy cows. The Mycoplasma bovis outbreak was the “rainy day” the government was planning for, Ardern said.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2018 06:08 UTC