• In vitro fermentation characteristics of ryegrass-white clover sward containing different proportions of chicory 

  Al-Marashdeh, Omar; Cheng, L.; Gregorini, Pablo; Edwards, Grant (New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2017)

  Chicory (Cichorum intybus) is a deep-rooted grazeable forage used to overcome production and nutritive value shortfalls of perennial ryegrass (Loliun perenne) and white clover (Trifolium repens) swards during summer drought ...
• Intraspecific variation in indirect plant-soil feedbacks as a driver of a wetland plant invasion 

  Allen, Warwick; Meyerson, L. A.; Flick, A. J.; Cronin, J. T. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2017-07-07)

  Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) can influence plant competition via direct interactions with pathogens and mutualists or indirectly via apparent competition/mutualisms (i.e., spillover to co-occurring plants) and soil legacy ...
• Valuing conservation benefits of disease control in wildlife: a choice experiment approach to bovine tuberculosis management in New Zealand's native forests 

  Tait, Peter R.; Saunders, Caroline M.; Nugent, Graham; Rutherford, Paul (Elsevier, 2017-03-15)

  We assess the non-monetary environmental benefits that accrue incidentally in New Zealand (NZ) from pest management conducted primarily to control an animal disease, bovine tuberculosis (TB). TB is an infectious disease ...
• Are faecal egg counts approaching their 'sell-by' date? 

  Greer, Andrew W.; Sykes, Andrew R. (New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2012)

  Historically, the primary determinant for the state of parasitism has been the concentration of nematode eggs in the faeces (FEC). This descriptor has a number of limitations that have implications ...
• Changing New Zealand dairy farm systems 

  Greig, Bruce J. (SIDE, Lincoln, N. Z., 2012)

  There have been dramatic changes in New Zealand dairy farm systems over the last decade. There is evidence that the basic grass dependant dairy farm systems are becoming more intensive with greater amounts of supplementary ...

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