M. bovis confirmed on second Tasman District farm

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A second Tasman District farm has been confirmed as an infected property (IP).

The farm is connected to known IPs through stock movements.

Tracing work from this farm is now under way.

However, two more previously infected Canterbury farms have had their IP status lifted.

After the infected stock was depopulated, the farms completed their 60-day stand down period during which they were cleaned and disinfected.

The response recovery team is now assisting the farm with returning to normal operations.

Mycoplasma bovis - the numbers

•Tests completed: 201,527
•Infected properties (IP): 37
•Properties under restricted place notice (includes IP) i.e. high suspicion of disease: 58
•Properties under notice of direction, i.e. likely to have received infected cattle: 208
•Properties under assessment, i.e. may have a risk of disease: 167