Following the death of an American from H5N1 bird flu recently, a Dunedin evolutionary virologist believes it is "a matter of when, not if" the virus arrives in New Zealand.
The US will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry matching the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, in a sign of the widespread and devastating nature of a persistent outbreak.
Warning: distressing content. Former American TV show host Matt Lauer is being linked by animal rights activists with alleged abuse during shearing at Hunter Valley Station near Lake Hāwea.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is confident the bird flu outbreak detected at an Otago poultry farm has been stamped out after no more cases of virus were were found.
Two Southland farmers have issued a ‘‘call to arms’’ imploring Alliance Group shareholders to supply their livestock to the co-operative to keep it wholly farmer-owned.
The famous Cab-4-Ewe stretched Volkswagen Golf MK 1 which featured in Santa parades throughout Canterbury over the years has been sold in a TradeMe charity auction.
The voluntary bonding scheme for veterinarians was launched in 2009 to help ease a shortage of veterinarians working with production animals and working dogs in rural New Zealand.
The cull will continue today at an Otago poultry farm after two more sheds tested positive for bird flu and it was decided to kill the other 80,000 of the farm’s birds.
Celebrating graduating from the Growing Future Farmers programme in Southland recently are Lilly Cole, Amy Gutsell, Philippa Stratford, Samantha Ollerenshaw, and Kaitlin O’Neill.