Longevity is an important trait in animal production systems because long-lived animals reduce the requirement to carry non-productive replacement livestock. Many factors affect animal longevity including animal fecundity ...

Sheep have been bred at Lincoln University which develop cortical opacities at 1-2 months due to a genetic defect. This condition is referred to as Ovine Heritable Cataract (OHC), and has been used as an animal model for ...

Footrot is a contagious hoof disease of ruminants. It is endemic in New Zealand and throughout sheep and goat farming regions of the world. The disease results from a mixed bacterial infection, but the essential agent is ...

Trichoderma cf. atroviride isolate LU132 is used commercially in New Zealand as a biological control agent (BCA) on various economically important plants to protect against plant pathogens. Its broad spectrum of antagonistic ...

Ruminant lambs were compared with suckling lambs, pair-fed to equal digestible energy intakes. Studies were made of glucose entry rate, by continuous infusion of D-[U-¹⁴C] glucose, protein synthesis, by continuous infusion ...

Banks are more liquid, better capitalized, and more profitable in oil-dependent countries. However, bank credit to the private sector is relatively low as a percentage of GDP. The low level has been blamed, amongst other ...

This study consisted of two sheep grazed dryland pasture experiments. Experiment l compared sheep production from 3-year-old cocksfoot based pastures grown in combination with white, Caucasian, subterranean or balansa ...

This thesis reports an investigation of factors that have influenced the growth and development of the Canterbury dairy industry over the period 1982-83 to 2009-10. The research initially utilised secondary sources of ...

The association between individual plant performance and seed yield variability within and between field pea crops was investigated. In 1988/89 six F8 genotypes with morphologically distinct characteristics were selected ...

Whole body vibration (WBV) is a relatively new tool used by some practitioners to improve health. Vibration is now widely used in sport science, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation. WBV is applied via a platform which transmits ...