NZSAP 2004 Proceedings

• Morrow C 2004. Presidential Address 2003 - The New Zealand Society of Animal Production - Another 20 years 64: 1-4 Abstract or (110kB)
  
• Molenaar A, et al. 2004. Northern analysis of temporal and spatial variation in milk protein expression during early mammary involution in dairy cows 64: 5-7 Abstract or (1,032kB)
  
• Singh K, et al. 2004. The use of cDNA microarrays to investigate changes in gene expression in the involuting bovine mammary gland 64: 8-10 Abstract or (145kB)
  
• Singh K, et al. 2004. Decreased gene expression of integrins in epithelial cells during mammary engorgement 64: 11-13 Abstract or (187kB)
  
• Swanson KM, et al. 2004. The use of microarrays to investigate gene regulation in the bovine mammary gland during Streptococcus uberis mastitis 64: 14-16 Abstract or (130kB)
  

• Harding JE, et al. 2004. Sheep nutrition, fetal growth and human health 64:17-18 Abstract or (107kB)
  
• Lucy MC 2004. Mechanisms linking the somatotropic axis with insulin: Lessons from the postpartum dairy cow 64: 19-23 Abstract or (348kB)
  
• Krechowec SO, et al. 2004. Fetal programming of postnatal phenotype and obesity - experimental evidence from biomedical research 64: 24-29 Abstract or (165kB)
  
• Barry TN, et al. 2004. Can mating ewes on condensed tannin-containing forages be used to reduce lamb mortality between birth and weaning? 64: 30-33 Abstract or (133kB)
  
• Miles HL, et al. 2004. Anthropometric, metabolic and endocrine evaluation of children born following assisted conception and methylation analysis of imprinted genes 64: 34-35 Abstract or (111kB)
  
• Morris CA, et al. 2004. The effect of pre-calving and post-calving nutritional regimes on calf birth weight and preweaning growth 64: 36-38 Abstract or (121kB)
  
• Asher GW, et al. 2004. Red deer as a novel ruminant model for nutritional and genetic influences on maternal expression of foetal and neonatal growth 64: 39-42 Abstract or (131kB)
  

• Cooper CV, et al. 2004. Expression of the tight junction protein zonula occludens-1 during mammary engorgement 64: 43-47 Abstract or (563kB)
  
• Summers EL, et al. 2004. Influence of feeding level after drying off on incidence of mastitis and keratin plug formation in dairy cows 64: 48-52 Abstract or (161kB)
  
• Tunon GE, et al. 2004. Efficacy of pre-mating supplementation with mono propylene glycol on reproductive performance of cows in commercial dairy herds 64: 53-57 Abstract or (152kB)
  
• Prouting MF, et al. 2004. Is lithium a candidate to modify rutting behaviour in stags? 64: 58-62 Abstract or (145kB)
  
• Crowley V, et al. 2004. A split night photoperiod does not mimic effects of a long-day photoperiod on growth in weaner red deer stags 64: 63-66 Abstract or (160kB)
  
• Pitta DW, et al. 2004. The effect on sheep reproduction of grazing willow fodder blocks during drought 64: 67-71 Abstract or (175kB)
  
• Beausoleil NJ, et al. 2004. Can we use change in core body temperature to evaluate stress in sheep? 64: 72-76 Abstract or (184kB)
  

• MacRae JC, et al. 2004. Landcorp Farming Lecture - Nutritional opportunities for longer-term, sustainable, ruminant production 64: 77-83 Abstract or (451kB)
  
• Snell RG 2004. The process and technologies of gene discovery to application in dairy cattle 64: 84-85 Abstract or (143kB)
  
• McEwan JC, et al. 2004. What the bovine genome project means to New Zealand 64: 86-91 Abstract or (124kB)
  
• Spelman RJ, et al. 2004. Friesian Jersey crossbred trial: Generating phenotypes for the discovery of quantitative trait loci 64: 92-95 Abstract or (150kB)
  
• Montgomerie WA 2004. Future genetic progress of dairy cattle in New Zealand 64: 101-104 Abstract or (162kB)
  
• Elborough KM, et al. 2004. Pasture biotechnology - not as you know it 64: 101-104 Abstract or (121kB)
  
• Densley RJ, et al. 2004. Advances in maize silage genetics and crop management and the impact on the NZ dairy industry 64: 105-109 Abstract or (141kB)
  

• Harcourt SJ, et al. 2004. Influence of maternal and sire effects on antibody response following clostridial vaccination of Friesian-Jersey crossbred calves 64: 110-114 Abstract or (191kB)
  
• Morris CA, et al. 2004. Heritability of puberty traits in dairy heifers in commercial herds 64: 115-117 Abstract or (113kB)
  
• Bryant JR, et al. 2004. Use of breeding values for live weight to calculate individual live weight targets for dairy heifers 64: 118-121 Abstract or (213kB)
  
• Lopez-Villalobos N, et al. 2004. Mate selection to control inbreeding and maximise farm profit of commercial dairy cattle 64: 122-126 Abstract or (149kB)
  
• Harris BL, et al. 2004. Genetic and phenotypic relationships between milk protein percentage, reproductive performance and body condition score in New Zealand dairy cattle 64: 127-132 Abstract or (141kB)
  
• Sanders KM, et al. 2004. Phenotypic attributes of postpartum ovulation and other fertility measures in Friesian-Jersey crossbred cows 64: 132-137 Abstract or (177kB)
  
• Johnson DL 2004. Factors affecting non-return rate in dairy cattle 64: 138-139 Abstract or (135kB)
  
• Vishwanath R, et al. 2004. Effect of timing of insemination of dairy cows with liquid semen relative to the observation of oestrus 64: 140-142 Abstract or (124kB)
  

• McDougall S, et al. 2004. Effect of dose of Streptococcus uberis infused into the mammary gland of lactating cows on clinical signs, bacterial count, somatic cell count and milk production 64: 143-146 Abstract or (176kB)
  
• Lopez-Benavides MG, et al. 2004. Relationship between intramammary infection and teat characteristics 64: 147-149 Abstract or (137kB)
  
• Back PJ, et al. 2004. Effects of a commercial feed containing conjugated linoleic acid on the production of milk components and the value of milk 64: 150-154 Abstract or (141kB)
  
• Kolver ES, et al. 2004. Fumarate reduces methane production from pasture fermented in continuous culture 64: 155-159 Abstract or (138kB)
  
• Woodward SL, et al. 2004. Condensed tannins in birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) reduce methane emissions from dairy cows 64: 160-164 Abstract or (156kB)
  

• Rogers CW, et al. 2004. The effect of grain supplementation on the faecal pH of horses maintained on pasture 64: 165-170 Abstract or (183kB)
  
• Sherlock RG, et al. 2004. The effect of sward height during pregnancy on wool grown by ewes rearing twins or triplets 64: 172-174 Abstract or (129kB)
  
• Kenyon PR, et al. 2004. Manipulating lamb birth weight and survival rate in singletons born to hoggets 64: 175-178 Abstract or (123kB)
  
• Morel PCH, et al. 2004. Economical analysis of year round lamb production 64: 179-182 Abstract or (160kB)
  
• Fisher MW, et al. 2004. Understanding shepherding within lambing, and organic farming systems through acknowledging cultural, community and individual influences 64: 183-187 Abstract or (30kB)
  

• Everett-Hincks JM, et al. 2004. The effect of ewe nutrition on maternal behaviour score and litter survival 64: 188-191 Abstract or (131kB)
  
• Layton DL, et al. 2004. Effect of ergot alkaloids on liveweight gain and urine lysergol level in ewe hoggets and heifers 64: 192-196 Abstract or (214kB)
  
• Litherland AJ, et al. 2004. Ill-thrift in young growing cattle and sheep 64: 197-202 Abstract or (148kB)
  
• Fraser K, et al. 2004. Formation and excretion of phenol flavour compounds in sheep 64: 203-207 Abstract or (1551kB)
  
• Ozawa T, et al. 2004. A survey of goat meat acceptability in Japan 64: 208-211 Abstract or (116kB)
  
• Jopson NB, et al. 2004. Comparison of two-stage selection breeding programmes for terminal sire sheep 64: 212-216 Abstract or (162kB)
  
• Kenyon PR, et al. 2004. Hogget mating in New Zealand - a survey 64: 217-222 Abstract or (133kB)
  
• Everett-Hincks JM, et al. 2004. The effect of ewe and lamb post-parturient behaviour on lamb survival to weaning: A comparative study of Finns and Texels 64: 223-226 Abstract or (146kB)
  

• Roche JR, et al. 2004. Effect of precalving feeding level on the milk production of grazing dairy cows 64: 227-231 Abstract or (144kB)
  
• Rossi JL, et al. 2004. Milk production and grazing behaviour during early lactation of three strains of Holstein-Friesian dairy cows managed in different feeding systems 64: 232-236 Abstract or (142kB)
  
• Beukes JC, et al. 2004. Modelling farm systems with once-a-day milking 64: 237-240 Abstract or (201kB)
  
• Jago J, et al. 2004. Remote automatic selection of cows for milking in a pasture-based automatic milking system 64: 241-245 Abstract or (185kB)
  

• Smeaton DC, et al. 2004. Embryo transfer for improved feed conversion efficiency in cattle 64: 246-251 Abstract or (142kB)
  
• Smeaton DC, et al. 2004. Factors associated with calving difficulty in embryo transfer mated cattle 64: 252-256 Abstract or (196kB)
  
• Boom CJ, et al. 2004. The effect of weaning date, gastro-intestinal nematode challenge and nutrition on beef calf growth 64: 257-262 Abstract or (140kB)
  
• Smeaton DC et al. 2004. Gross margin analyses of using cloned embryos in cattle 64: 262-267 Abstract or (239kB)
  

• Scobie DR 2004. Measuring short periods of wool fibre growth using radiolabelling 64: 268-271 Abstract or (151kB)
  
• Kenyon PR, et al. 2004. Are elevated maternal thyroid hormone concentrations after-mid-pregnancy shearing responsible for changes in lamb fleece characteristics? 64: 272-276 Abstract or (151kB)
  
• Reid TC, et al. 2004. Zinc dipping can help reduce wool yellowing 64: 277-281 Abstract or (260kB)
  
• Reid TC, et al. 2004. Dark fibre content of some New Zealand export wool consignments 64: 282-285 Abstract or (125kB)
  
• Sumner RMW, et al. 2004. Relation between sweating and wool yellowing in Merino and Romney sheep 64: 286-292 Abstract or (212kB)
  
• Fisher MW, et al. 2004. Justifying the appropriate length for docking lambs. tails - a review of the literature 64: 293-296 Abstract or (212kB)
  
• Young SR, et al. 2004. Flystrike in lambs selected for resistance or susceptibility to ryegrass staggers, when challenged with high or low endophyte pastures 64: 297-299 Abstract or (121kB)
  
• Morris CA, et al. 2004. Resilience to nematode parasite challenge in industry and AgResearch selection flocks 64: 300 Abstract or (137kB)
  

• President's Report
  
• Honorary Life Member
  
• Obituary
  
• McMeekan Memorial Award
  
• Sir Arthur Ward Award
  
• Officers of the Society