Proceedings of the First Symposium on Marsupials in New Zealand
Conclusion
Conclusion
The eradication of the disease from dairy and beef herds remains an uphill fight, with successes such as those discussed above counter-balanced by the need for intense possum control throughout many beef and dairy farming areas of New Zealand. It is obvious that both a greater understanding of the epidemiology of the disease in possums and some revision of the traditional methods of possum control are required, to reduce further cattle losses and enable the best use to be made of the available manpower and resources.