Situation: There are currently 37 Infected Properties, with one recently confirmed in Northland. Coming into mating, biosecurity takes on another level for reduction of risk. By now, disinfection protocols should be routine, with all visitors disinfecting on and off your property. The water needs to be clean, so refresh and add more disinfectant to the boot bucket daily, and provide a brush! Ensure you do a risk assessment for purchased or leased bulls. Where are they from? Were they reared on...

We now have some positive farm confirmed in the Cambridge area, and several Waikato farms are under Movement Restriction and testing after NAIT movement tracing. The government will be announcing the national policy on Monday 28/5/18. Commercial tests are now available; PCR tests for bull sheath scrapes, and for milk. These tests can yield both false positive or false negative results (it is a very frustrating disease!). Please contact the clinic if you would like to discuss these options....