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Management of Himalayan thar in New Zealand : high country farmer perspectives and implications
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2005-08)
Himalayan thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus) were introduced and established in New Zealand in 1904. Thar are managed by the Department of Conservation (DoC) under the Himalayan Thar Control Plan (DoC 1993). They are present on ...
Farmer entrepreneurship in New Zealand : some observations from case studies
(International Farm Management Association, 2005)
1984 was a watershed in New Zealand agriculture which led to a flowering of entrepreneurial activity by some New Zealand farmers. A change of government and a national economic crisis lead to a complete and drastic review ...
Dairy farm effluent effects on urine patch nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions
(American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, 2005)
Dairy farm effluent (DFE) comprises animal feces, urine, and wash-down water collected at the milking shed. This is collected daily during the milking season and sprayed onto grazed dairy pastures. Urine patches in grazed ...
Using nitrogen : what is best practice?
(South Island Dairy Event (SIDE), 2005-06)
Feed shortages occur in spring because the rate of pasture growth is below the cow
demand. Spring pasture growth rate is slow in the South Island because the soil
temperature is low and the rate of nitrogen (N) supply from ...
Searching for productivity gains through 'once-a-day' milking on New Zealand's pastoral dairy farms
(International Farm Management Association, 2005)
Cows that are milked once-a-day (OAD) produce less milk than when milked twice-a-day (TAD). However, these cows also require less feed because of their lower milk production. Hence stocking rates can be increased. New ...
Top performing farmers are information rich : case studies of sheep and cattle farmers in the South Island of New Zealand
(International Farm Management Association, 2005)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the management behaviours of six top performing sheep and beef farmers from the South Island of New Zealand. Information was obtained through interviews using grounded theory ...
Development of an isolate-specific marker for tracking Phaeomoniella chlamydospora infection in grapevines
(Mycological Society of America, 2005)
Petri disease causes decline of grapevines worldwide. The grapevine endophyte Phaeomoniella chlamydospora is the most important fungal pathogen associated with this disease. Epidemiological studies of this pathogen have ...
Measuring ecosystem recovery: diversity and abundance of invertebrates in ten Port Hills reserves, Canterbury
(Lincoln University. Bio-Protection & Ecology Division, 2005-06)
Weta motels were used to non-destructively sample cavity-dwelling species to provide a snapshot of forest diversity and health. Another non-destructive sampling method uses wooden discs as facsimiles for natural fallen ...
Estimates of the nutritional cost of the development of immunity to gastrointestinal parasites in sheep
(Lincoln University, 2005)
This thesis describes a series of three experiments designed to estimate the nutritional cost of the immune response to the gastrointestinal nematodes Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Teladorsagia circumcincta in sheep. ...
The effect of concurrent corticosteroid induced immuno-suppression and infection with the intestinal parasite Trichostrongylus colubriformis on food intake and utilization in both immunologically naïve and competent sheep
(Cambridge University Press, 2005-02)
The nutritional cost of both the acquisition and maintenance of immunity to gastro-intestinal nematodes was investigated using immunologically naïve 5-month-old lambs and immunologically competent 17-month-old ewes. Within ...