Cattle watch cut
PA i Wellington Good progress on eradication of cattle brucellosis and tuberculosis has enabled the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to. reduce activity on two of its surveillance ‘ programmes. ' • The changes would be made in July and September, said Dr George Adlam, the director of the Animal Health Division. “Farmers will no longer be required to report abortions under the scheme after July 1. "The number of abortions caused by brucellosis has fallen steadily as the scheme ,has progressed, and is. now very small; Infected herds can be detected by other . existing surveillance methods,” he said.
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