New Zealand is going to slaughter 22,300 heads of cattle

For the first time infection with a bacterial pathogen Mycoplasma bovis was found among cows in July 2017 on the South Island of New Zealand. Then the disease spread to the North Island.

Mycoplasma bovis of cattle is a contagious infectious disease that leads to difficulties in the treatment of mastitis in cows, complications in calving, to abortions, and also provokes lung diseases and inflammation of the joints.

The Ministry of Agriculture of New Zealand is ready for decisive measures in the fight against Mycoplasma bovis of cattle until the elimination of the entire population on infected farms. The director of the ministry Jeff Gwin promised financial compensation to the affected farms.