M bovis disease now endemic

Mycoplasma bovis disease diagnoses in Irish cattle have steadily risen from two in 2010 to 62 in 2016.

Since 2010, post-mortem examinations by the Department of Agriculture’s veterinary laboratory service have detected the disease in 33 cases in Cork, 20 in Roscommon, 16 in Kilkenny , 15 in Meath, 13 in Westmeath, 13 in Offaly, 10 in Galway, 8 in Laois, 8 in Wexford, 6 in Sligo, 5 in Tipperary, 5 in Limerick, 5 in Donegal, 5 in Mayo, 4 in Louth, 3 in Clare, 2 in Kerry, 2 in Kildare, 2 in Cavan, 2 in Longford, and one each in Dublin, Leitrim, and Monaghan.

“Mycoplasma bovis has no implications for public health, food safety or international trade.