Western Australian cattle vet Enoch Bergman has become a prominent campaigner for better understanding and management of pestivirus – a disease costing the industry an estimated $100 million each year. In this interview with podcast host Kerry Lonergan he talks through latest approaches to disease management and prevention, including greater levels of pesti screening as part of broader genomic testing work.
He also outlines results from a recent study into Bovine Respiratory Disease, and offers some comment about the risks to the protein industry from the recent arrival of H1N1 Bird Flu, and how the industry is seeking to attract more young vets into large animal practises in the bush.
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Series 5:
- Aussie butchers heading to Paris for World Butchers’ Challenge
- US Tariff scenarios with Simon Quilty, plus MLA’s red meat projections with Stephen Bignell
- Steve Kay – US cattle markets, tariff impacts… and more
- All roads lead to Brisbane for Angus World Congress, with Scott Wright
- Consumer behaviour researcher, Howard Parry-Husbands
- Red Meat Advisory Council Chair, John McKillop
- Regular cattle market update, with Matt Dalgleish and Chris Howie
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