The Animal Health Board says the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a wild pig shot in the Mohaka Forest in northern Hawke's Bay is a wake-up call for farmers.
A regional co-ordinator, Terry Hynes, says the discovery came in the course of the board's regular survey of pigs, in an area where there are currently no cattle herds infected with bovine Tb.
Mr Hynes says the board will continue surveys in the Mangaorapa, Te Uri, Te Pohue, Tarawera and Wairoa districts, where wildlife is suspected of harbouring Tb.
He says rigorous testing of cattle and deer herds will have to remain in place until there's no evidence of Tb in wildlife.
