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Improved extension practices for sheep and beef farmers
(New Zealand Grassland Association Occasional Publication, 2016-04-14)
Innovation is critical for maintaining New Zealand’s competitive advantage in agriculture and central to this is farmer learning and practice change. Despite the importance of farmer learning, limited research has been ...
The influence of age and breed of cow on colostrum indicators of suckled beef calves
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2016-07-07)
Rearing a calf to weaning is a key measure of performance in a beef breeding cow herd. Adequate intake of colostral antibodies by the calf in the first few hours of life is important for passive transfer of immunity, and ...
Does Viagra protect fetal lambs against maternal pregnancy toxaemia?
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2016)
Poor fetal growth is commonly caused by placental insufficiency. In sheep, multiple fetuses have relatively small placentae with fewer cotyledons than singletons, limiting blood flow to the placenta, especially in late ...
The influence of age and breed of cow on colostrum indicators of suckled beef calves
(2016)
Rearing a calf to weaning is a key measure of performance in a beef breeding cow herd. Adequate intake of colostral antibodies by the calf in the first few hours of life is important for passive transfer of immunity, and ...
Reproductive performance of singleton and twin female offspring born to ewe-lamb dams and mature adult dams
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2016-07-07)
This study was undertaken to compare the reproductive and live weight performance of female singleton and twin ewes born to either mature or young dams from 18 months to 2.5 years of age. One hundred and fifteen singleton- ...
Intake of milk and pasture and growth rate of calves reared by cows with high or low potential for milk production
(CSIRO Publishing, 2016-11-29)
The use of farm-management tools by New Zealand sheep farmers: Changes with time
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2016)
The utilisation of farm-management tools by New Zealand sheep farmers can support on-farm decision making, thus facilitating improvements in productivity and profitability of the farming enterprise. There are numerous ...
Growth of early weaned lambs on a plantain-clover mix compared with lambs suckling their dam on a plantain-clover mix or a grass based sward
(NZSAP, 2016-07-07)
Plantain-clover mixes have high metabolisable energy content and have been shown to support greater liveweight gains in lambs both pre- and post-weaning when compared with grass. The aim of this experiment was to determine ...
Does ewe nutrition during pregnancy affect the neonatal behaviour of twin-born lambs?
(2016)
In this experiment the effects of feeding treatments from mid pregnancy until lambing on the behaviour of twin-bearing ewes and their lambs were investigated. Fifty seven four-year-old Romney ewes were offered a medium ...