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    Cow disease found in second South Canterbury dairy farm

    Ministry for Primary Industries spokesperson Geoff Gwynn tells us the second finding of the deadly mycoplasma bovis disease is not unexpected, given close connections between the farms. By: PAT DEAVOLL

    A second dairy farm in South Canterbury that was already under biosecurity scrutiny was confirmed positive on Monday for the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
    The farm was linked to the initial property under investigation and was part of the 16 farm Van Leeuwen Dairy Group. The detection was not unexpected given close connections between the two farms.
    Neighbouring farmers were on “absolute tenterhooks” as they waited to find out if their herds, in paddocks next to the van Leeuwen’s property, were infected with the disease, said Labour spokesman for primary industries Damien O’Connor.
    “It’s a sensitive time for the farmers waiting to hear what the extent of the problem is and some explanation as to how it got here,” O’Connor said.
    “The assumptions are around [artificial insemination], embryos or semen. There is some speculation than the van Leeuwens might have been bringing in a different semen than other dairy farms because theirs is a different dairy farming system. But I emphasise this is only a speculation.
    “In my view at this time of year when there have been so many animal movements around dairy properties, everything possible should be done to eliminate any possible spread of the disease.”
    All Van Leeuwen farms were under legal controls restricting the movement of risk goods on and off the properties. Cattle could only move between the other farms in the enterprise – no movement of stock was allowed to farms outside the group.
    The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) said other farmers in the area could be assured the most likely way for a farm outside the Van Leeuwen Group to become infected would be the introduction of animals from the group. With all the farms in lock down, that could not happen.
    Some farmers had accepted MPI’s reluctance to make a judgement because the extent of the infection was unknown, O’Connor said.
    “If MPI makes a decision to destroy, and the problem is a lot more widespread than they have estimated, the question then becomes should they kill all the rest.”
    “It comes back to the question that has not been answered; does MPI want to eradicate this disease or has it already given up on that prospect. Because the words ‘managing this disease’ are used too often rather than the word ‘eradicate’,” O’Connor said.
    “Is the disease too wide spread? Have they given up? The question is what level of further testing will need to be undertaken to assure NZ farmers that it is not anywhere else in the country.”
    MPI is this week continuing sampling and testing for the disease on all farms in the enterprise, as well as neighbouring farms.

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