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The physical and biochemical effects of pre-rigor high pressure processing of beef
(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 ...
Variation in the FABP4 gene affects carcass and growth traits in sheep
(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 ...
Production intensification and animal health expenditure on dairy farms in New Zealand
(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 ...
Variation in exon 10 of the ovine calpain 3 gene (CAPN3) and its association with meat yield in New Zealand Romney sheep
(Elsevier, 2013-07)
Variation in the ovine CAPN3 gene was analysed using PCR-single strand conformational polymorphism, and its effect on growth and carcass traits was assessed in 513 New Zealand Romney lambs produced by 17 unrelated rams. ...
Analysis of adoption trends of in-parlor technologies over a 10-year period for labor saving and data capture on pasture-based dairy farms
(Elsevier on behalf of the American Dairy Association ®, 2020-11-06)
The use of precision technology is increasingly seen as an option to improve productivity, animal welfare, resource use efficiency, and workplace features on dairy farms. There is limited research related to longitudinal ...
Short communication: The relationship between farm debt and dairy productivity and profitability in New Zealand
(Elsevier and Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) on behalf of the American Dairy Science Association, 2020-09)
For a variety of reasons, dairy sector indebtedness has increased in recent years. However, it is not clear whether increased debt boosts or damages the economic performance of dairy farms. This paper provides empirical ...
Positive relationships between body weight of dairy heifers and their first-lactation and accumulated three-parity lactation production
(Elsevier on behalf of the American Dairy Science Association and the Federation of Animal Science Societies, 2019-03-01)
This study investigated the relationships between body weight (BW) and milk production of 140,113 New Zealand dairy heifers. Heifers were classified into 5 breed groups: Holstein-Friesian, Holstein-Friesian crossbred, ...
Variation in the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene affects milk traits in dairy cows
(Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Institute of Food Research and the Hannah Research Institute, 2017-11)
The objective of this Research Communication was to use polymerase chain reaction-single stranded conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis to investigate a region of the bovine TLR4 gene (TLR4) in pasture-fed New ...
Genetic variation in the ovine uncoupling protein 1 gene: Association with carcass traits in New Zealand (NZ) Romney sheep, but no association with growth traits in either NZ Romney or NZ Suffolk sheep
(Wiley, 2014-12)
The uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) plays an important role in the regulation of lipolysis and thermogenesis in adipose tissues. Genetic variation within three regions (the promoter, intron 2 and exon 5) of the ovine UCP1 gene ...