@conference {40848,
	title = {The effect of shearing by cover comb or blades on the resistance of sheep to cold, windy and wet conditions},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {56},
	year = {1996},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {332-333},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Four pairs (total 8 sheep) of Romney mixed-age ewes were housed  indoors and fed chaffed lucerne hay at a level equivalent to 1.2 times  maintenance. Oxygen consumption was measured in two open circuit  calorimeter chambers on days -3, -2, 0, 2, 6 and 10 with day 0 being day of  shearing. On each measurement day, oxygen consumption was measured  under two sets of climatic conditions (cold plus wind, followed by cold plus  wind plus rain). Differences in live weight, fleece weight and liveweight  gain of the ewes were not statistically significant. The difference in the rate  of oxygen consumption (litres/kg0.75/hour) between cover comb and blade  shorn-sheep was not significant during the cold+wind conditions. However,  when },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Burnham DL and Holmes CW and Morris ST and Parker WJ and Kidd RI}
}
