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Sustainable control of internal parasites in ruminants
(Lincoln University (Canterbury, N.Z.). Animal and Veterinary Sciences Group., 1997-06)
Internal parasites have been a problem for animals, probably since the dawn of evolution. However, domestication and the constraints we impose on animals, particularly ruminants, by restricting selection of forage and ...
Milk payment and quality
(Lincoln College., 1989-05)
This booklet has been produced in conjunction with a workshop which was convened to help South Island dairy farmers to understand the new milk payment system and to consider means for coping with it. The text is set out ...
Lincoln Deer Research Unit
(Lincoln University (Canterbury, N.Z.). Animal and Veterinary Sciences Group., 1989)
This booklet has been prepared to provide a description of the Deer Research Unit at Lincoln University (formerly Lincoln College) for information of students, visitors and other people with an interest in the unit. It ...
Potential anthelmintic properties of nitrogenous fertilisers
(Lincoln University, 2016)
This dissertation describes a series of experiments designed to understand the potential anthelmintic properties of nitrogenous fertilisers for control of gastrointestinal parasites. Anthelmintic administration is no longer ...
Will the New Zealand deer industry remain competitively profitable in the future?
(Lincoln University, 2014)
The New Zealand Deer Industry experienced no apparent animal productivity gains in the decade leading up to 2004 while the competing red meat sectors increased productivity significantly. Compounding this issue for the ...
Nitrogen isotopic fractionation and nitrogen use efficiency in beef and dairy cattle
(Lincoln University, 2014)
Future rises in world population, increased demand for food production and greater concern for environmental emissions means that new strategies are required for sustainable growth of ruminant industries. Improvement of ...
Characterisation of genes associated with sheep growth and carcass traits
(Lincoln University, 2014)
Animal growth and carcass composition are of commercial importance for sheep meat production. Growth and fat deposition are affected by both environmental factors and genetic factors. Genetic selection to produce leaner, ...
Optimising a weighing protocol for sheep
(Lincoln University, 2014)
A series of experiments designed to investigate live weight error and analyse the effect fasting and multiple weighing has on live weight measurements were carried out. In the first experiment 24 mixed aged ewes were fasted ...
The relationship between feed and quantity and kind of wool produced
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1959)
Among our domestic animals the sheep has an outstanding virtue;
if required to, it can live and produce, at least wool, on the most ’
sparse and inhospitable grazings, and because of this ability it has
always tended ...
Adjustments of seasonal feed-supply to seasonal requirements of animals
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1936)
Because of the differential growth of herbage plants throughout
the year and because of weather hazards, the most difficult problem
of the stock-raiser is the provision of an adequate supply of feed
for every day in the ...