Van Leeuwen: Mycoplasma crisis New Zealand is escalating

Mycoplasma bovis is spreading at a rapid pace in New Zealand. The government has not controlled the outbreak yet. Aad van Leeuwen’s farm was the first farm that got infected. “There is panic and the government doesn’t know which way to turn,” Van Leeuwen says. Today, Mycoplasma has been detected at 39 farms. The number of farms in quarantine has increased from 130 to 290 in less than a week. Around 1,700 companies are suspected because they are located close to contaminated farms or bec