𝕄𝕪𝕔𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕞𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 - 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪

𝕊𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕪𝕔𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕞𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕥.

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ince first being discovered in New Zealand in 2017, over 183,000 cattle have been culled from 278 farms.

The Ministry for Primary Industries said there was just one property still to be cleared of the disease.

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The farm on Banks Peninsula was cleared of cattle at the end of February and the cleaning and disinfection process was completed this week.

#ThanksJacinda

Federated Farmers, Fonterra and Groundscum can say a big fucking thank you to @nzlabour
and Jacinda Ardern for this achievement.#nzpolhttps://t.co/F2M1YwId6N

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The 60-day standdown is almost complete and the Restricted Place notice is expected to be revoked next week.

Director of the M bovis eradication programme Simon Andrew said while the revocation of this property marks good progress made towards eradication, it doesn't mean the job is done.

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"We are halfway into a 10-year Programme and will continue with extensive background surveillance for several years to ensure New Zealand is free of M bovis.

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"It is likely more infected properties will be identified before eradication is declared."

Andrew said farmers should continue to be vigilant with NAIT and recording animal movements, and take care to ensure the health history of any stock coming onto their farm.

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