Mycoplasma bovis testing will be ramped up after a new strain has been detected in Mid Canterbury.
The property is one of four that is currently infected with the cattle disease across the region
Federated Farmers Mid-Canterbury President David Acland told Roman Travers the next step is work out the transmission line to determine how the disease entered the country.
He says MPI has genome tested the property multiple times and the disease has been contained.
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