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
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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
- Season 2 ‘sheep poo collectors’ providing 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
