AGM
Landcorp Lecture
Parasites Contract
Parasite Resistance
Nutrition
Young Member Session
Dairy Genetics/Prod
Wool Genomics
Wool Genomics/Prod
Methane and Health
Metabolomics Contract
Milking Systems
Horses and Deer
Mycotoxins Contract
Dairy Cow Reproduction
Meat and Growth
Factors Influencing Milk
Sheep Maternal/Lactation
Major Sponsor: Landcorp Farming LtdMonday 26 June8:30 - 10:30. NZSAP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGExhibition Hall War Memorial 10:45 - 11:30. 2006 LANDCORP LECTUREJan van Wyk 2006 Landcorp Farming Ltd Lecture. Face facts: drenching with anthelmintics for worm control selects for drug resistance - and no excuses! 11:30 - 12:00. PARASITES CONTRACT SESSIONSimone Hoskin The problem of anthelmintic resistance Tony Rhodes A profile of anthelmintic resistance and parasite control practices in New Zealand - results from a 2005 survey 1:30 - 2:45. DISCUSSION ON PARASITE RESISTANCE (Concurrent Session)Greg Mirams S3 - The sheep sustainability strategy: project introduction and preliminary results Bill Pomroy Lessons from the national anthelmintic resistance surveys General Discussion 1:30 - 2:45. NUTRITION SESSION (Concurrent Session)Pierre Beukes Using a Whole Farm Model to explore options for feed grown on-farm to achieve 1750 kg milksolids per hectare Javier Baudracco Development of a model to predict pasture intake of grazing dairy cows in Argentina Gerald Cosgrove Clover-rich diets and production, behaviour and nutrient use by cows in late-lactation Jennifer Burke In vitro production of volatile fatty acids from forages 3:15 - 5:00. YOUNG MEMBER SESSIONJamie Ward Development of a "Wapiti Score" visual assessment tool for determining introgression of wapiti genes in young Red Deer Craig Trotter Sheep and deer grazing of pasture within close proximity of cattle dung pats Natasha Swainson Apparent digestibility and rumen fermentation of fresh perennial ryegrass-based pasture and plantain fed to red deer Kathryn Sanders Response rates and infection clearance resulting from infusion of a Streptococcus Uberis strain in Friesian Jersey crossbred cows Matthew Barnett Impaired insulin secretion in perfused pancreases isolated from offspring of protein malnourished rats Anna Vaughan Plasma protein loss in lambs during a mixed infection of Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Teladorsagia circumcincta - a consequence of the immune response? Amita Chand Protein fractionation prototype to extract minor proteins on-farm 6:00 DRINKS AND NIBBLES AT THE MUSEUMHighlights include Presidential Address and Presentation of Society Awards Tuesday 27 June8:30 - 10:15. DAIRY GENETICS AND PRODUCTION (Concurrent Session)Pierre Beukes Predicting Cow Production Based on Genetics within a Whole Farm Model Jennie Pryce Genetics of stillbirth in dairy calves Jennie Pryce Body condition score as a candidate trait in the Breeding Worth dairy index Bevan Harris Development of new fertility breeding values for the dairy industry 8:00 - 10:15. WOOL GENOMICS (Concurrent Session)Terry Reid Sources of dark fibre contamination in some mid-micron wools Roland Sumner Effect on fleece weight of combining genes from four flocks independently selected for increased fleece weight Khojaste key, Mahdi A Study of productive traits in Zandi sheep Li Li Whole-body protein turnover in Merino genotypes selected for wool and body growth Allan Pearson Introduction Alan McDermott Options for change within the wool supply chain Rob Forage Sheep GENOMICS programme - a trans-Tasman collaboration David Scobie The biological basis of variation in sheep's fleece cover Simon Bawden Microarrays as a discovery tool for wool genomics 10:45 - 12:15. WOOL GENOMICS AND PRODUCTION (Concurrent Session)Jeff Plowman Wool keratins - the challenge ahead Johanna Abbott Gene markers for wool fibre traits Paul Kendall Environmental and physiological mechanisms underlying wool growth rhythms in New Zealand coarse wool sheep Roland Sumner Economic implications for growing wool from using genomic technologies Allan Nixon Concluding Remarks General Discussion 10:45 - 12:15. METHANE AND HEALTH (Concurrent Session)Chris Compton BVD in dairy cattle in NZ - studies on its prevalence, biological and economic impact Mario Lopez-Benavides Teat spraying prior to calving may reduce the risk of heifer mastitis caused by Streptococcus uberis German Molano Methane emissions from growing beef cattle grazing hill country pasture Sharon Woodward Supplementing dairy cows with oils to improve performance and reduce methane - does it work? Neville Grace Effect of Se-amended fertilisers on the se status of grazing dairy cattle Samsideem Iposu Further studies on the role of suckling in the parasite status of very young lambs infected with Teladorsagia circumcincta 1:00 - 2:40. METABOLICS CONTRACTAlbert Koulman Metabolomics for animal production; an introduction Mingshu Cao Systems biology and metabolomics: experimental and computational challenges Silas Villa-Boas Microbial Metabolomics towards fibred digestibility in the rumen Rachel Anderson Identification of commensal bacterial metabolites that enhance the integrity of the gastrointestinal barrier Geoff Lane Urinary biomakers of forage feeding from ESI-MS/MS fingerprinting: exploratory studies 2:40 FIELD TRIPS6:00 ANNUAL DINNER COMBINED WITH DAIRY VETSWednesday 28 June8:30 - 10:00. MILKING SYSTEMS (Concurrent Session)Jane Lacy-Hulbert Extended lactation for two consecutive seasons does not increase incidence of intramammary infection in dairy cows Dawn Dalley Eric Kolver Milking cows for two consecutive years: Effect of genotype and diet on production and reproduction Mario Lopez-Benavides Comparison of the prevalence of mastitis for cows milked with an automated or conventional system in New Zealand Jenny Jago The effect of stage of lactation on cow movement in a pasture-based automatic milking system Jenny Jago An economic evaluation of automatic milking systems for New Zealand dairy farms 8:30 - 10:00. HORSES AND DEER (Concurrent Session)Ian Scott The influence of red deer genotype on calving pattern: Eastern vs Western subspecies. Chris Rogers Preliminary survey of the New Zealand miniature horse population Hannah Coleman The use of alternative therapies in racing Thoroughbreds Bruce Sinclair A simple HPLC method for measuring sulfate in ultrafiltered sheep plasma Amy Smaill A comparison of sites for monitoring body temperature of cattle and sheep Matthew Deighton Generating contrasting gastrointestinal absorption of skatole via exogenous skatole supply 10:30 - 12:00. MYCOTOXINS CONTRACT SESSIONNeal Towers Mycotoxins in New Zealand livestock production John Smith Review of Zearalenone studies with sheep in New Zealand Neil Cullen Genetic variation in resistance to Facial Eczema in dairy cattle Karl Fraser Effects of Facial Eczema on Indole flavour compounds in dairy cows Andy West Summing up 1:15 - 3:00. DAIRY COW REPRODUCTION (Concurrent Session)Sebastian Pino Effects of artificial insemination on the incidence of long return intervals Susanne Meier Supplementing mature cows with either cereal or lipid based supplements had no effect on the post-partum anoestrous interval Chris Burke A nutrient sensing effect of grain feeding on postpartum anoestrous intervals in mature dairy cows Lucia Chagas Grain or strain: Do they have an effect on postpartum anoestrous interval in dairy cows? Sherri Jacques Variation in yields of milk and milk solids in Holstein cows induced to calve prematurely Paula Blackett To induce or not to induce?: Insights into important influences on farmer decision making over induced calving Chris Compton Management and reproductive performance in herds that differed in induction policies 1:15 - 3:00. MEAT AND GROWTH (Concurrent Session)Takeyuki Ozawa Promoting "Chevre meat" (goat meat) in Japan Dave Pethwick Evaluating sheep meat eating quality in Australia Nadia McLean An evaluation of sheep meat genetics: The Alliance Central Progeny Test (CPT) Paul Muir Variation in the New Zealand ram breeding industry - results from the Poukawa progeny test Patrick Morel Sensitivity analysis of weaner lamb production in New Zealand Paul Muir The effect of colostrum intake on mortality and growth of friesian bulls from birth to slaughter Claire Bull Artificial rearing of lambs-avoiding abomasal bloat 3:15 - 4:45. FACTORS INFLUENCING MILK PRODUCTION (Concurrent Session)Penny Back Effect of genotype on the metabolic adaptation to lactation Sally-Anne Turner Effect of cow genotype and feed allowance on milk composition Eric Kolver Plasma insulin, growth hormone, and IGF-1 concentrations of cows of diverging genotype fed varying levels of concentrate in early lactation Eric Kolver Supplemental fumarate does not influence milksolids or methane production from dairy cows fed pasture John Roche Supplementation with concentrates either pre- or postpartum does not affect milksolids production when diets are iso-energetic Jane Kay Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid on bioenergetic and milk production parameters in grazing dairy cows offered ad libitum or restricted pasture 3:15 - 4:45. SHEEP MATERNAL/LACTATION (Concurrent Session)Peter Amer Identifying ewes with a genetic propensity towards increased rates of twinning and fewer triplets Rene Corner Brief communication: The effect of maternal nutrition during gestation on the reproductive success of female progeny as 2-tooths Rene Corner The effect of nutrition on the post-parturient behaviour of hogget ewes and their lambs Sam Peterson Milk production in Romney ewes lambing out of season Sam Peterson Do ewes with twin and triplet lambs produce different yields of milk and does the grazing behaviour of their lambs differ? |