Table of Contents:
  • Johne's disease and Crohn's disease - implications for New Zealand farming
  • Australian strategy for Johne's disease
  • The canary in the cage
  • Chronic wasting disease
  • Review of Johne's disease in deer
  • Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis - does it cause disease in humans
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 in New Zealand
  • Acute phase proteins - their use as animal health diagnostics and implications for NZ trade
  • A review of wildlife disease surveillance in New Zealand
  • The MAF response to post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in New Zealand
  • A survey to investigate farm movement pattern in New Zealand
  • Enhancing surveillance for endemic diseases of food production animals
  • Use of epidemilogy to assess animal welfare - advantages and disadvantages
  • An animal-based assessment of farm animal welfare - methods and results for a GB study
  • The "Livestock and Animal Products Tracing and Information System" (LAPTYS) programme
  • The Animal Health Board and the national Tb pest management strategy
  • New biosecurity strategy and organisation design in MAF
  • Active surveillance : trends and New Zealand applications