2 comments for “Pig Farmers Fear Devastating Disease”

1. Ian McIntosh
   Posted Thursday, 21 April 2011 at 5:06:45 p.m.

   It seems inconceivable that two groups (BNZ vs Massey University) of apparently informed specialists can end up with such divergent opinions on the level of risk that the importation of nonprocessed pork from PRRS positive countries can pose to our industry. Someone has to be wrong with the maths and/or the assumptions. The consequences if BNZ are wrong could be devastating. PMWS taught us that there is much we don't know about some of these exotic organisms and being an island has served us well until we gamble with insufficient or inadequate knowledge.
   Eric Neuman and Roger Morris are both reputable pig specialists and academics and I fear that their figures are correct, in which case yet another foreign organism is likely to arrive in our country at great cost to farmers and to animal welfare.
   BNZ's decision is extremely disappointing. Our country needs to progress through making good decisions with known facts. I fear that neither of these are at work with BNZ's decision.

2. JOHN BOURKE
   Posted Wednesday, 27 April 2011 at 9:34:58 p.m.

   This is all about having cheap food on the supermarket shelve . Govements couldn't care less as long as it's cheap .It's up to the people to stand up and be counted and stick it up the bloody supermarkets and Australia will be next.