Mycoplasma bovis may be on notice, but the Ministry for Primary Industries still predicts a long battle ahead.
The Government yesterday announced it was confident the cattle disease can be eradicated in New Zealand, in what would be a world first.
MPI's Director of Response for M. bovis, Geoff Gwyn, told The Country's Jamie Mackay that although he was more positive than he was six months ago, the battle was not over yet.
"We've got two years of heavy lifting ahead of us."
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