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The use of oestrous cows for the pre-collection preparation of mature bulls standing at an artificial breeding centre : a thesis presented to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Agricultural Science, Massey College, New Zealand
(Massey University, 1962)
Since 1949, a marked expansion in the commercial operation of artificial breeding has taken place in New Zealand. This expansion represents an increase from 1,400 inseminated cows in 1949, to 556,000 inseminated cows in ...
Estimation of important genetic and phenotypic parameters of some productive traits in the New Zealand Romney Marsh sheep : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science at Massey University
(Massey University, 1966)
Early in the 1920's, Fisher, Wright and Haldane provided the theoretical basis for studies in quantitative inheritance which was later extensively applied to animal breeding problems by Lush (1937), Dickerson and Hazel ...
A survey of present and possible future sheep and wool handling practices of North Island farmers running crossbred sheep : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science of Massey University
(Massey University, 1967)
Any attempt to get farmers to adopt practices which will improve quantity and/or quality of production requires:- A. Techniques to be available which will achieve the improvement, and B. Farmers becoming aware of these ...
The systematics of the New Zealand species of Potamopyrgus (Mollusca: Hydrobiidae) and studies on the biology of Potamopyrgus antipodum : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology at Massey University
(Massey University, 1968)
This investigation has shown that only three species of Potamopyrgus Stimpson can be recognized from New Zealand, compared with the six species and three subspecies recognized by Suter (1913). The species are, P. antipodum ...
The potential for increased production on sheep farms in Wairoa County : thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Massey University
(Massey University, 1967)
Wairoa County, which lies over the boundary of Hawkes Bay and Gisborne
land Districts, on the east coast of the North Island, covers 878,700 acres.
This area includes 654,000 acres of steep hills and high plateau ...
Factors affecting the establishment of Leptospermum scoparium J.R. et G. Forst. (manuka) : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science at Massey University
(Massey University, 1966)
L. scoparium is one of New Zealand's most important weeds of unploughable infertile hill country. The plant is an indigenous shrub, characteristic of the early stages of succession to forest in a wide range of habitats ...
Structural, tectonic and climatic control of the fluvial geomorphology of the Manawatu River west of the Manawatu Gorge
(Massey University, 1968)
The Manawatu River is one of the major rivers of the North Is1and of New Zealand, draining a catchment of 2,296 square miles. The river is over 120 miles long and is one of the few rivers in the world to rise on one side ...
A study on the inheritance and phenotypic and genetic interrelationships among some physiological and productive variables in Jersey cows : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science, Massey University of Manawatu, New Zealand
(Massey University, 1964)
Field studies were made on mixed age, lactating Jersey
cows (130 dams and 143 daughters) from 18 herds in the district of
Manawatu (New Zealand) during the summer of 1963-64 with the following
objectives :
(i) to measure ...
Studies on the in vivo cleavage and the in vitro culture of New Zealand romney sheep ova : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science at Massey University
(Massey University, 1967)
The purpose of this present study was to observe the cleavage of fertilised Romney ewe ova in vivo and to compare this with cleavage of ova cultured in vitro. A method of long term in vitro culture of ova was developed and ...
Palmerston North : a study of suburban shops and services : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography at Massey University
(Massey University, 1969)
Aim The aim of the thesis is to try to establish, through a study of suburban shops and services in Palmerston North, some of the past and present trends and patterns which might assist in the future planning of suburban ...