NZSAP Conference 2007
Wanaka - Wednesday 20th to Friday 22nd June 2007
Welcome to Wanaka
Wanaka is a spectacular venue for holding the NZSAP annual conference, so please reserve the dates (20th – 22nd June) in your calendar, send in your registration form and make your travel plans now! We have a great program planned, with the conference starting with a farmer–oriented day, with the aim of promoting our connection with the sheep, beef and deer industries many of us work in. We then will have 1.5 days of science sessions, including the young members’ session , the Landcorp Speaker (Dr Ben Hayes) and a contract session, which will give opportunity for those of us who are not "gene jockeys" to understand the implications of "Whole Genome Selection", a new breeding technology set to revolutionise breeding in dairy and other industries. We finish off with a visit to Mount Aspiring Station where the Aspinall family operate a pastoral business in a setting with fantastic scenic and recreational opportunities in high demand – approximately 70–80,000 people are allowed access on the 10,000 hectare property every year!
The conference dinner will be held in true southern style, with a
'Southern Man/Woman' theme (that should probably be 'a Southern Person theme',
but the PC brigade have not quite made it this far south yet!), so bring along
your hat, boots and oilskin! The conference is immediately prior to opening
week-end for the ski season, and for those wishing to stay on for the weekend
the conference has arranged a discount arrangement with the Cardrona ski field.
So, before you put this newsletter down, grab the registration form, fill it out
and send it in to our conference organiser (Pat Johnston and her team at DCMS) –
and we?ll see you in Wanaka!
Jason Archer
Registration forms for the 2007 Conference are now avalible for download...
Brochure (72KB)
Registration Form (24KB)
Conference Programme
Concurrent Session 1 | Concurrent Session 2 |
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Wednesday "Science to the Farm" - Farmer Contract Sessions | ||||||
| Time | Title | Author/Contact | Title | Author/Contact | ||
| 10:00 | Registration Desk Opens | |||||
| Sheep & Beef Contract Session | Chair: Jason Archer | Deer Contract Session | Chair: Geoff Archer | |||
| 11:00 | Cattle Germplasm Evaluation at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center and implications for commercial beef farmers | Larry Cundiff | The venison industry's productivity strategy...a 10-year vision | Tony Pearse | ||
| 11:15 | ||||||
| 11:30 | A comparison of carcass characteristics and meat quality traits of Jersey x Friesian steers with those of Hereford x Friesian, and Angus steers | Roger Purchas | The future markets for venison | John Rabbit | ||
| 11:50 | Response of calves to different levels of mixed species gastrointestinal parasite ingestion | Moana Puha | New Perspectives on deer reproduction, growth and production efficiency | David Stevens | ||
| 12:20 - 13:00 | Lunch | Lunch | ||||
| 13:10 | Strain differences in Merinos for Carcass and Meat quality | David Hopkins | Semen and AI technology | William McMillan | ||
| 13:30 | Reconciling the differences between the length at which lambs' tails are commonly docked and animal welfare recommendations | Mark Fisher | Genetic technologies for deer breeding | Jason Archer | ||
| 13:50 | Impact of early age litter sizeon subsequent litter output estimated using data from performance recorded flocks | Peter Amer | Johne's disease ... management of a challenging disease | Frank Griffin | ||
| 14:10 | To wether - cyrptorchid or leave lambs as entire rams? Revisiting an old question using new genetics | Tricia Johnson | Implication of parasites on deer productivity | Simone Hoskin | ||
| 14:30 | Afternoon tea | Afternoon tea | ||||
| 15:00 | The effect of Finnish Landrace and Texel ewe and lamb behaviour after tagging on lamb survival to weaning. | Julie Everett-Hincks | Integrated livestock management ... challenges and opportunities of co-grazing deer with other livestock | Alistair Nicol | ||
| Parturition duration and birthing difficulty in twin and triplet lambs | Julie Everett-Hincks | Research for a growing and profitable industry | Geoff Asher | |||
| 15:35 | The relationship between calcium, magnesium and energy status of single and twin pregnant ewes and vaginal prolapse in ewes in the Southern North Island. | Annette Litherland | Panel Discussion | |||
| The effects of zeranol and zinc supplementation before lambing on the incidence of vaginal prolapse in twin pregnant ewes | Annette Litherland | |||||
| 16:10 | Conclude | Conclude | ||||
| 16:30 - 18:00 | NZSAP AGM | |||||
| 19:00 | Café Crawl | |||||
Thursday - Science Seesions | ||||||
| Time | Title | Author/Contact | Title | Author/Contact | ||
| 8:00 - 8:15 | President's Address | Chris Burke | ||||
| Young Members Session | Chair: Chris Burke | |||||
| 8:30 | The effect of maternal nutrition in early pregnancy on bovine fetal weight | Rebecca Hickson | ||||
| 8:45 | Summer Lamb Finishing on Forage Crops | Christine Lindsay | ||||
| 9:00 | The effects of ewe size and nutrition level during pregnancy on growth and onset of puberty in female progeny | Danitsja Van Der Linden | ||||
| 9:15 | Hair Whorl Patterns are related to age at puberty and production traits | Suzanne Young | ||||
| 9:30 | Validation of a technology for objectively measuring activity behaviour in dairy cows and its potential application for oestrous detection | Jaqueline McGowan | ||||
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Morning tea | |||||
| 10:15 | The Landcorp Lecture | |||||
| Implementing genomic selection for accelerated genetic gain in dairy cattle | Ben Hayes | |||||
| Contract session: Genomic technologies for livestock breeding | Chair: Jogn McEwen | |||||
| 10:45 | Developing genomic resources for whole genome selection | John McEwen | ||||
| 11:00 | Current status of QTL and association studies in New Zealand cattle, sheep and deer. | Chris Morris | ||||
| 11:15 | Prospects for genome wide selection in the New Zealand livestock industries | Ken Dodds | ||||
| 11:30 | LoinMAX and MyoMAX: taking tests from the research environment to commercial reality | Anna Campbell | ||||
| 11:45 | Uptake of DNA testing by the livestock industries of New Zealand | Allan Crawford | ||||
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Lunch | |||||
| Sheep Genetics | Chair: Peter Amer | Modelling & Behaviour | Chair: Grant Sheckell | |||
| 13:00 | Estimation of autumn live weight breeding values in progeny test datasets when progeny are slaughtered to achieve a target carcass weight | Neville Jopson | Efficiency of maximum likelihood or a genetic algorithm to find the optimum parameter values of lactation curves. | Jeremy Bryant | ||
| 13:15 | Effect on live weight and wool characteristics of divergent selection for wool bulk in Perendale sheep | Roland Sumner | The Use of Neural Networks to Detect Minor and Major Pathogens that cause Bovine Mastitis. | Javed Hassan | ||
| 13:30 | Maternal constraint in sheep breeds with diverse birth weight | Catriona Jenkinson | A modelling study of the role of dietary protein in liveweight gain of parasitised grazing animals. | Ken Louie | ||
| 13:45 | Sperm DNA damage after scrotal insulation in rams. | Robin McDonald | International drivers for animal welfare change and NZ's industries and sciences ability to respond | Lindsay Matthews | ||
| 14:00 | Ultrasound measurement of backfat and muscling in sheep selected for parasite-related traits | Mary Wheeler | The use of diazepam as a pharmaceutical method for evaluating anxiety in sheep. | Mairi Stewart | ||
| 14:15 | Genetic Studies with Ryegrass Staggers Selection Lines of Sheep | Neville Amyes | Observed suckling behaviours of red and F1 wapiti-red crossbred deer calves on red hinds. | Jamie Ward | ||
| 14:30 - 14.45 | Afternoon tea | Afternoon tea | ||||
| Dairy & Deer Nutrition | Chair: David Stevens | |||||
| 15:00 | Brief Communication: Supplemental fumarate has little effect on the detailed composition of bovine milk | Sally-Anne Turner | ||||
| 15:15 | Iodine Deficiency in Dairy Cattle | Peter Anderson | ||||
| 15:30 | Feeding levels postpartum effects on metabolism and postpartum anoestrus in grazing dairy heifers | Lucia Chagas | ||||
| 15:45 | Evaluation of a model that estimates insulin sensitivity in dairy cows | Penny Back | ||||
| 16:00 | Monensin controlled release capsules for improved production and mitigating methane in dairy cows fed pasture | Garry Waghorn | ||||
| 16:15 | Effect of yeast in mixed grass, forage maize and whole crop silage diets on locomotion score, lameness and sole bruising in first lactation holstein friesian dairy cattle | Jean Margerison | ||||
| 16:30 | Brief communication Methane production of red deer stags from weaning until one year of age | Natasha M Swainson | ||||
| 16:45 | Comparison of the effect of simultaneous grazing of sheep or cattle with hinds during fawning | Alastair Nicol | ||||
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony | |||||
Friday- Science Sessions and Field Day | ||||||
| Time | Title | Author/Contact | Title | Author/Contact | ||
| 8:15 | Dairy Management | Chair: Richard Dewhurst | Fibre & Skin | Chair: Paul Kenyon | ||
| 8:30 | Quantifying the importance of 3-week submission rate to artificial breeding in dairy cattle herds | Pierre Beukes | Concentrations of pesticides in fleeces after pour-on and saturation dipping of Merino sheep | Doug Rankin | ||
| 8:45 | Effect of increased somatic cell count on lactation yields of milk, fat and protein. | Anne Winkelman | Culture of ovine keratinocytes: an experimental model for wool growth. | Nick Rufaut | ||
| 9:00 | Semen parameters of Cloned Bulls | John Smith | Expression of Keratin Intermediate Filament Genes in Wool Follicles of Wiltshire Sheep | Zhidong Yu | ||
| 9:15 | Effects of Streptococcus uberis Mastitis Induced Early in the Dry Period on Production in the Subsequent Lactation | Kiro Petrovski | Expression of the developmental regulators Msx1 and Msx2 in sheep skin varies with body region and wool growth status. | Tony Craven | ||
| 9:30 | Mechanical properties of the solear hoof horn of heifers before and during the first lactation - a prediction of lameness susceptibility | Jean Margerison | Variation of wool characteristics across the body of New Zealand Wiltshire sheep | Tony Craven | ||
| 9:45 | Heifer clinical mastitis caused by Streptococcus uberis is reduced by teat spraying before calving | Mario Lopez-Benavides | Processing properties of fibre from the Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) | Terry Reid | ||
| 10:00 | Production and physiological indicators to select cows suitable for extended lactations | Jane Kay | Preliminary observations on fresh and healed scars in deer skins | Scobie | ||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Morning tea | Morning tea | ||||
| Dairy & Beef Genetics | Chair: John Rendel | Meat, Nutrition & Physiology | Chair: Nadia McLean | |||
| 10:45 | Testing glutathione-S-transferase for an association with facial eczema resistance in cattle. | Chris Morris | Brief communication Induced physical distension of rat mammary glands accelerates the onset of apoptosis and involution compared with milk accumulation alone. | Claire Phyn | ||
| 11:00 | Puberty in Angus bulls from lines selected for heifers' age at puberty | Chris Morris | Boosting the antioxidant capacity of meat through high tannin containing diet: Effect on sheepmeat quality | Mustafa Farouk | ||
| 11:15 | Evaluation of a practical method of performance recording extensively grazed commercial beef herds | Craig Thomas | Effects of Dietary Herb and Spice Supplements on Sheep Meat Flavour | Karl Fraser | ||
| 11:30 | Multiple trait national genetic evaluation for cow longevity | Bevan Harris | Does high frequency immobilisation of sheep post-death affect meat quality? | Edwina Toohey | ||
| 11:45 | Test day model for national genetic evaluation of milk production traits | Bevan Harris | Regulation of milk protein synthesis in the bovine mammary gland: A proteomic approach | Grant Smolenski | ||
| 12:00 | The genetic relationship between heifer and cow fertility | Jennie Pryce | Evaluation of the sulphur hexafluoride tracer technique for methane emission measurement in forage-fed sheep | Cesar Pinares-Patiño | ||
| 12:15 | Genetic Variation in Residual Feed Intake in Dairy Cattle- a review | Jennie Pryce | Examination of pH in lot fed Beef for Japan | David Hopkins | ||
| 12:30 | Breed and heterosis effects for milk protein composition in New Zealand dairy cows | Penny Back | ||||
| 12:45 - 13:15 | Lunch in Venue | Lunch in Venue | ||||
| 13:15 - 16.45 | Field trip - Mount Aspiring Station | Field trip - Mount Aspiring Station | ||||
| 17:00 | Bus returns to Wanaka | Bus returns to Wanaka | ||||
| Close | Close | |||||
Editorial deadlines
Contract
papers are expected to arrive at the editor after review by two referees.
Papers failing to meet editorial standards will be returned to the contractor.
The editor is going to be very strict about paper submission being on time.
- January 31 - Copy of paper to Editor. One hard copy + electronic version in Microsoft word document format, lines numbered for ease of refereeing and double spaced.
- February 12 - Paper sent to referee.
- March 5 - Reviewed paper returned to editor.
- March 19 - Reviewers comments and suggestions sent to senior/corresponding author.
- March 22 - Response to reviewers comments and agreement to incorporate suggestions agreed with editor.
- April 2 - Final paper received by editor.
- April - Formatted paper sent to senior/corresponding author for proof reading. Returned to editor within 3 days.
- May 1-15 - Changes made to final paper if necessary.
- May 29 - Proceedings assembled and sent to printer.
- June 5 - Copy of proceedings proof read prior to printing.
- June 11 - Proceedings sent to conference organizer c/o conference venue.
- 20 June 2007 - Conference begins
Please note: Deadline dates mean last time to receive the action not the start time!! Earlier action than the above dates will be appreciated and makes the editors job easier. If an author has problems for one reason or another in meeting these deadlines, please advise editor as early as possible so an agreed solution can be reached.
Last updated: 16 April 2006