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New Zealand Young Farmers help tackle bovine TB
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:11 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) today addressed agriculture’s youngest and brightest at the TBfree New Zealand Young Farmers annual conference. More >>
Animal Health Board welcomes 1080 report
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 9:58 am | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report on 1080. More >>
Advice to farmers following NAIT delay
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 2:33 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) is offering updated advice to cattle farmers following today's announcement of the deferral of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) system. More >>
Eradicating TB from the Hauhungaroa Range
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 10:10 am | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) will begin aerial bovine tuberculosis (TB) control in the Hauhungaroa Range this week. This control work is weather dependent and follows the recent application of non-toxic cereal pellets to attract possums to the toxic ... More >>
Farmers target annual plan hearings
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 1:08 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) is urging herd owners to attend their upcoming regional council annual plan hearings. More >>
Big response to call for pest control contractors
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 9:29 am | Animal Health Board
A nationwide call by the Animal Health Board (AHB) for potential new possum and ferret ground control contractors has returned nearly 100 responses. More >>
Managing bovine TB in drought-affected central North Island
Monday, 20 December 2010, 11:50 am | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) is encouraging farmers in drought-affected central North Island provinces, including Taranaki, to continue to meet their bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing requirements. More >>
Managing bovine TB in drought
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 2:50 pm | Animal Health Board
Farmers in drought-stricken Northland, Auckland and Waikato are encouraged to continue to fulfill their bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing requirements. The Animal Health Board (AHB) understands this is a difficult time for herd owners as feed becomes ... More >>
The road to TB freedom
Monday, 6 December 2010, 5:13 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) welcomes the Government’s decision to continue providing funding support for the management of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in New Zealand. More >>
Report reinforces effectiveness of aerial 1080
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 2:37 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) says the Environmental Risk Management Authority’s (ERMA) Annual Report on the Aerial Use of 1080, released today, shows high standards are being applied to pest control operations. A significant decrease in incidents ... More >>
East Taupo water tests clear for 1080
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 9:54 am | Animal Health Board
Water samples taken following the East Taupo aerial bovine tuberculosis (TB) control operation have all tested clear for 1080. More >>
NIWA scientists alleviate concern over 1080
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 11:49 am | Animal Health Board
NIWA scientists have found little cause for concern about the possibility of 1080 contamination in streams. This finding was part of a detailed investigation on the West Coast, during August last year. The study, which coincided with planned aerial ... More >>
Tests show no 1080 in West Coast water supplies
Monday, 16 August 2010, 11:32 am | Animal Health Board
Every water sample taken on the West Coast as a result of landowner consultation has come back clear of 1080. The samples were extracted by an independent company and analysed by Landcare Research. More >>
Suspicious disappearance of warning signs
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 10:50 am | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) has strongly condemned the illegal removal of warning signs from South Westland bovine tuberculosis (TB) control operational areas. More >>
Operational warning signs destroyed
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 1:45 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) is concerned the deliberate destruction of warning signs at two ground control operational areas in Westland could have a detrimental outcome. More >>
Farmer convicted of selling TB-infected livestock
Monday, 24 May 2010, 2:29 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) has successfully prosecuted a Waiuku farmer for the illegal sale of cattle from a bovine tuberculosis (TB) infected herd. More >>
Council’s stance threatens West Coast economy
Friday, 21 May 2010, 3:37 pm | Animal Health Board
Westland district councillors need to consider whether they want to go down in history as the council that crippled agriculture and biodiversity. More >>
Stolen traps put wildlife and pets at risk
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 12:43 pm | Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) is concerned the deliberate removal and subsequent illegal use of traps from a ground control pest operation in coastal Rangitikei could put native wildlife and pets at risk. More >>
Less TB = less TB testing
Friday, 26 February 2010, 11:19 am | Animal Health Board
The battle to vanquish bovine tuberculosis (TB) from New Zealand is in top gear as infected herd numbers fell for the fifteenth consecutive year. More >>
Submissions called for bovine TB strategy review
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 12:37 pm | Animal Health Board
Proving that bovine TB can be eradicated from possums, as well as from cattle and deer, is the thrust of an Animal Health Board proposal to amend New Zealand’s bovine TB strategy. More >>
