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The road to TB freedom
The road to TB freedom
The Animal Health Board (AHB) welcomes the Government’s decision to continue providing funding support for the management of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in New Zealand.
“This support is a key component of the AHB’s private-public partnership, where industry, regions and the Crown contribute to the TBfree New Zealand programme,” said AHB Chief Executive William McCook.
“This should please dairy, beef and venison farmers who want nothing more than to rid New Zealand of TB, once and for all.
“Under the revised National Pest Management Strategy, the AHB is now looking to eradicate the disease in possums and other wildlife from one quarter of New Zealand’s Vector Risk Areas (VRA). About 40 per cent of our land area is currently classified as a VRA, where TB-infected wild animals are present.
“Eliminating this disease source will help maintain sustainable global market access for New Zealand’s high quality dairy, beef and venison exports.
“Our world leading bovine TB control programme has successfully reduced cattle and deer herd infection rates from a peak of more than 1700 in 1994 to fewer than 100 herds in June 2010.
“However, TB will continue to be an issue for cattle and deer herds while it remains present in the wildlife population,” Mr McCook said.
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