NO TICK IN TARANAKI.
DEPARTMENTAL INVESTIGATION REASSURING REPORT. “So far we have found evidence of the presence of the cattle tick,” said Colonel Young (Director of the Live Stock Division of the Department of Agriculture) to a Daily News reporter yesterday, with reference to the reported tick infection of a farm near Oaonui. The director regarded the report of such seriousness to Taranaki that he decided to investigate it personally, and hi*» conclusion will be heard with relief throughout the province. “At the same time,” said Colonel Young, “I do not in the least question the bona tides o-f those who made the report, and they are to be commended for their vigilance. From enquiry made and (specimens described there is little doubt that unusually large cattle lice were mistaken for young ticks, which they very much resemble, and I do not blame anyone for becoming alarmed. Tn order to be absolutely on the safe side, the farm in question has been quarantined and all the stock on it will be examined every second day until the possibility of tick infection has disappeared. However, after an inspection Iby myself and three inspectors of the suspected stock, I am glad to be able to say again that, so far as we know, and we are keeping a very strict lookout, Taranaki is still quite free of ticks.”
Asked in regard to the erection of a dip at the Mokau, Colonel Young considered that existing conditions scarcely demanded this. The movement of stock is being very carefully watched. At all slaughter-houses careful examination of cattle before and after slaughter has revealed no evidence of tick-infected animals having come into Taranaki. The need for vigilance is as great as ever. The menace in North Auckland. Bay of Plenty, and particularly in the Waikato, is certainly not diminishing, and in such circumstances it behoves every cattleowner to render the Department all the assistance possible by reporting immediately anything which he considers likely to be tick infestation.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1922, Page 4
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332NO TICK IN TARANAKI. Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1922, Page 4
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