Significant progress has already been made through a major breakthrough in our understanding of Facial eczema.
As part of the Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts Programme, researchers from AgResearch, Manaaki Whenua, and Beef + Lamb New Zealand have identified Pse. toxicarius as the fungus associated with facial eczema, advancing efforts to better understand the disease.
Read this media release: Major step in understanding Facial eczema in livestock
Programme progress reports
Search the MPI publications database for Eliminating Facial Eczema to find quarterly programme updates and progress reports.
Publications
Global diversity analysis of plant-associated Pseudopithomyces fungi reveals a new species producing the toxin associated with facial eczema in livestock: Pseudopithomyces toxicarius
Read the research paper: Global diversity analysis of plant-associated Pseudopithomyces fungi reveals a new species producing the toxin associated with facial eczema in livestock – published on Ingenta Connect.
Get involved
- Subscribe to regional spore count text alerts through your B+LNZ website account login.
- Attend field days and see solutions in action. See our Events Calendar for upcoming events.
- Ask the team your questions. Contact the Eliminating Facial Eczema Impacts Programme: [email protected]
Report it
Report incidences of FE on farm through this online form.
Partners and supporters
We work with leading organisations to deliver research that matters:
Research partners
- MPI
- BSI- AgResearch
- BSI- Scion
- BSI- Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research
- Awanui Veterinary limited
- Ingenum Limited
In-kind supporters
- Sheep poo collectors who provided regular samples and data
- 32 Nested Study farmers involved in 300+ visits and repeated animal sampling
- Sector Sounding Board offering farmer and rural professional feedback
- Farmers and rural professionals participating in the Economic and Social Survey
- Vets contributing across programme activities
- FE Gold
- Barenbrug
- Cropmark Seeds
- CRV
- DairyNZ
- Deer Industry NZ
- Fonterra
- Grasslanz Technology
- LIC
- Maui Milk
- MPI
- NZ Llama Association
- PGG Wrightson Seeds
- Spring Sheep
- AgResearch
- Massey University
- New Zealand Veterinary Association
- Farmers Weekly – for donation of advertising
- Rural News – for donation of advertising
