Bovine semen ruled out as cause of NZ mycoplasma outbreak, World Wide Sires says

Bovine semen ruled out as cause of NZ mycoplasma outbreak, World Wide Sires says
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard Aug. 7 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand unit of World Wide Sires - the marketing arm of US-based Select Sires - says the Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed there is no evidence imported bovine semen has developed a resistance to antibiotics used to treat cattle disease mycoplasma bovis.  In July, MPI said the disease had been detected in a dairy herd in South Canterbury, the first known outbreak in New Zealand. Mycoplasma bovis is commonly found in cattle globally, including Australia. It does not infect human...