Society Publications
The Society publishes three main types of publications:
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1) The Proceedings of the Annual Conference
The proceedings presently consist of between 100-120 articles published in
an A4 soft cover volume of approximately 350 pages. The articles contributed
are formal written papers, which have been refereed and subsequently revised.
All articles have previously been presented at the annual conference either
as a poster, mini-poster or by oral presentation. Space limitations apply
to the length of the published articles. Normally an annual contract of invited
speakers also review a topic of current interest. Recent topics have included:
dairy cattle breeding, meat quality, and the Inverdale gene. Commencing in
1996 a distinguished overseas or New Zealand speaker will be commissioned
to give the Livestock Improvement Lecture on a topic of relevance to Animal
Production.
Historically, the proceedings have covered a wide variety of topics and species that are of interest to New Zealand farming. The majority of articles relate to sheep, goats, deer and cattle. Papers on fibre and meat production, growth physiology, genetics, reproduction, lactational physiology and animal health are normally the major subject headings.
Members of the Society receive a copy of the annual proceedings as part of their subscription.
2) CD-ROM of the Proceedings of the Annual Conference, Volumes 1 until present
The Society has produced a 2 CD set containing all of the proceeding since Volume 1 in 1941. Every paper has been converted into a fully searchable file in Adobe PDF format. This has greatly improved the usefulness of the NZSAP Proceedings in that the entire collection can be searched for author, title, keyword or for keywords within the papers text. The first CD contains years 1941 to 1985 and the second CD has years 1986 to present. Each year the second CD is reproduced with the latest volume added, and is made available to those people who have already purchased the CD at a significant discount.
3) Occasional Publications
Occasional publications provide a summary on a given topic of animal production.
The timing of these is generally on an industry need basis. This often coincides
with new advances in a field or lack of available material on an emerging
topic. Often they contain a large amount of material from papers presented
at previous conferences. The purpose of these books is as a practical reference
for advisors, scientists, students and farmers who intend to immediately use
the information provided i.e. succintly worded and practical. These publications
are often also used as teaching and reference material in undergraduate agricultural
degree courses in New Zealand and overseas.
Recent publications include topics on: livestock feeding on pasture, mineral
requirements of grazing ruminants, meat production and processing and an entertaining
"behind the scenes" history of recent major advances of animal science
in New Zealand.
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