PASTURE IMPROVEMENT WITH RELATIONSHIP TO ANIMAL DISEASE

Abstract

At a recent conference of the New Zealand Veterinary Association Dr J. Melville, then of the Grasslands Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Palmerston North, spoke on pasture improvement and its relationship to animal health and production. Dr Melville rightly stated that as no surveys had been carried out, there was no positive evidence that pasture improvement had led to an increase in disease in farm animals grazing these pastures.