An agriculture expert is shrugging off concerns sharemilkers could be out of business due to Mycoplasma bovis.

We're closing in on Moving or Gypsy Day, June the 1st, when thousands of animals and their owners move to different farms.

Massey University agriculture professor Peter Kemp told Larry Williams while there'll be extra precautions moving stock around this season, it shouldn't spell the end of share milking.

"They're overreacting, it's a new disease you can understand, they'd be concerned it's very stressful to suddenly see cows being killed but other countries have the disease and they've learned to cope with it."

He says the effects on industry is relatively minor.

"Fortunately it's not a disease that effects the actual product in any way, there is no effect on human health with the meat or the milk."

LISTEN ABOVE AS PETER KEMP SPEAKS TO LARRY WILLIAMS