Department of Agricultural Sciences
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The Department of Agricultural Sciences consists of animal science, plant science and farm management and agribusiness staff members.
The range of research conducted is quite extensive including: conversion of forests into pasture, alternative dryland pasture species, grain legume agronomy, sustainability in farming systems, nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling, shelter on dairy farms, economic viability of NZ farming systems, animal nutrition, immunology etc.
Recent Submissions
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Urinary nitrogen concentration from dairy heifers grazing kale supplemented with either plantain or perennial ryegrass baleage in winter
(NZ Grassland Association, 2016)The effect of feeding two different supplements (perennial ryegrass or plantain baleage) on urinary nitrogen (N) excretion from dairy heifers (8 months old, 180 kg liveweight (LW)) grazing kale was examined in two successive ... -
The biological effects of Lupinus polyphyllus on soil nitrogen in acid high country soils
(Lincoln University, 2018)Many high country soils in South Island have low soil pH and possibly high exchangeable aluminium (Al) concentrations, which limit establishment and persistence of pasture legumes for nitrogen (N) contribution. Lupinus ... -
Irrigation in Canterbury
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1939)During the past, irrigation in New Zealand has been practised to a very limited extent and until the completion of the Redcliff and Levels Schemes was confined solely to Central Otago where an area of some 68,000 acres has ... -
Ex-vivo cow rumen fluid fermentation: Changes in microbial populations and fermentation products with different forages
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-07-09)This study investigated the effects of three forage treatments [herbal plantain (PL), ryegrass-white clover pasture (RW) and root crop fodder beet (FB)] on ex-vivo rumen fluid fermentations. Quantitative real-time Polymerase ... -
A study of seasonal changes in serum levels of reproductive hormones, semen production and libido in stallions located in Canterbury, New Zealand
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1980)In a preliminary study of seasonal reproductive changes in stallions, four blood samples per week were collected on three separate days from each of four standardbred and two pony stallions for ten consecutive months. Each ...
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