Southland vet says animals need to be culledSupplied VetSouth director Mark Bryan. Southland VetSouth director Mark Bryan says to get rid of Mycoplasma bovis all affected animals must be destroyed as international vets say the disease can be "devastating". In Australia, farmers "lived with" the disease but New Zealand was quite different, with climate and population of cows being larger, Bryan said. VETSOUTH VetSouth director Mark Bryan talks about Mycoplasma bovis risks. "In Southland, we need to determine the scale, then contain and eradicate.

Source: Stuff December 28, 2017 23:14 UTC