New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herds.
NZ government will spend millions of trying to eradicate this disease over 10 years. First country to try and do so.
Both dairy and beef stock have been affected by mycoplasama bovos.
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