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Long-term effectiveness of the New Zealand Green Prescription primary health care exercise initiative

Hamlin, Michael J.; Yule, Elise; Elliot, Catherine; Stoner, L.; Kathiravel, Y. (Elsevier on behalf of the Royal Society for Public Health, 2016-11)

The rising incidence of non-communicable diseases in western countries is being driven by poor lifestyle choices, including increasingly inadequate physical activity. The aim of this study was to quantify the effectiveness ...

The physical and biochemical effects of pre-rigor high pressure processing of beef

Morton, James D.; Lee, Hannah Y.; Pearson, R. G.; Bickerstaffe, Roy (Elsevier, 2018-09-01)

High pressure processing (HPP) of pre-rigor longissimus thoracis (strip loin) from prime and bull animals substantially decreased the shear force and improved consumer eating attributes of the final meat product. The ...

Fitness and fatness are both associated with cardiometabolic risk in preadolescents

Stoner, L.; Pontzer, H.; Barone Gibbs, B.; Moore, J. B.; Castro, N.; Skidmore, P.; Lark, S.; Williams, M. A.; Hamlin, Michael J.; Faulkner, J. (Elsevier, 2020-02)

Objective: To determine the associations between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and fatness (overweight-obesity) with cardiometabolic disease risk among preadolescent children. Study design: This cross-sectional study ...

Increased yearling weight as a proportion of 21-month weight was associated with increased milk production in dairy heifers

Handcock, R. C.; Lopez-Villalobos, N.; McNaughton, L. R.; Back, P. J.; Edwards, Grant; Hickson, R. E. (Taylor & Francis on behalf of New Zealand Veterinary Association, 2020-05-25)

Aims: To examine the relationship between liveweight (LWT) at 12 months as a proportion of LWT at 21 months of age (LWT(12/21)%) and first lactation and cumulative 3-year milk production in dairy heifers in New Zealand. Methods: ...

Variation in the FABP4 gene affects carcass and growth traits in sheep

Yan, W.; Zhou, Huitong; Hu, J.; Luo, Y.; Hickford, Jonathan G. H. (Elsevier on behalf of the American Meat Science Association, 2018-11)

Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) participates in fatty-acid transportation and variation in the gene has been reported to affect fat deposition in mammals. To assess the effects of variation in FABP4 on carcass and ...

Effect of adjunctive single high-dose vitamin D₃ on outcome of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalised adults: The VIDCAPS randomised controlled trial

Slow, Sandra-Marie M.; Epton, M.; Storer, M.; Thiessen, R.; Lim, S.; Wong, J.; Chin, P.; Tovaranonte, P.; Pearson, J.; Chambers, S. T.; Murdoch, D. R.; Jardine, D.; Pithie, A.; Warren, C.; Faville, S.; Shankar, A.; Cameron, E.; Evans, T.; Mooi, P.; McDonald, C.; Chan, H.; Llewelyn, J.; Liu, M. (Springer Nature, 2018-09-14)

Low vitamin D status is associated with increased risk of pneumonia, greater disease severity and poorer outcome. However, no trials have examined the effect of adjunctive vitamin D therapy on outcomes in adults with ...

Production intensification and animal health expenditure on dairy farms in New Zealand

Ma, Wanglin; Bicknell, Kathryn B.; Renwick, Alan (American Dairy Science Association, 2020-02)

Although previous studies have investigated the ef-fects of production intensification on farm economic performance and production efficiency in the dairy sector, knowledge is currently lacking on how ...

The burden of Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand (LegiNZ): A national surveillance study

Priest, P. C.; Slow, Sandra-Marie M.; Chambers, S. T.; Cameron, C. M.; Balm, M. N.; Beale, M. W.; Blackmore, T. K.; Burns, A. D.; Drinković, D.; Elvy, J. A.; Everts, R. J.; Hammer, D. A.; Huggan, P. J.; Mansell, C. J.; Raeder, V. M.; Roberts, S. A.; Robinson, M. C.; Sathyendran, V.; Taylor, S. L.; Thompson, A. W.; Ussher, J. E.; van der Linden, A. J.; Williams, M. J.; Podmore, R. G.; Anderson, T. P.; Barratt, K.; Mitchell, J. L.; Harte, D. J.; Hope, V. T.; Murdoch, D. R. (Elsevier, 2019-07)

Background: Legionnaires' disease is under-diagnosed because of inconsistent use of diagnostic tests and uncertainty about whom to test. We assessed the increase in case detection following large-scale introduction of ...

Combining restricted grazing and nitrification inhibitors to reduce nitrogen leaching on New Zealand dairy farms

Romera, A. J.; Cichota, R.; Beukes, P. C.; Gregorini, Pablo; Snow, V. O.; Vogeler, I. (Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, 2017-01-12)

Intensification of pastoral dairy systems often means more nitrogen (N) leaching. A number of mitigation strategies have been proposed to reduce or reverse this trend. The main strategies focus ...

An analysis of farmers’ human characteristics as drivers of their anxiety

Greig, Bruce J.; Nuthall, P.; Old, Kevin (Taylor & Francis, 2019-08-26)

Background: Past research has shown farmer anxiety and stress have significantly affected many farmers and their families due not only to the impact on feelings of happiness and success, but also on output efficiency, ...