An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has found it is on track to rid New Zealand of the cattle disease. 

The review found that the programme, a partnership between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand, has made many improvements after it scaled up quickly to prevent the spread of the disease. 

Eradicating M. bovis would be a world-first; to provide some more detail, Rowena Duncum joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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