@conference {40409,
	title = {Advancing calving in red deer: The effects on growth and sexual development},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {52},
	year = {1992},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {187-190},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Thirty ewe lambs each of Merino, Romney, feral (of Merino  origin) and Wiltshire breeds were evaluated for dag score, flystrike and  nematode resistance. The lambs were born in August 1990 with the feral  lambs around one month younger. The lambs were transported to Flock  House and shorn and grazed together from the 21 January 1991 until 1  June 1991.   There was no difference in the geometric mean of faecal egg counts  between the different breeds (p=0.11). Lambs were fly struck from  February to May with 33\%, 10\%, 10\% of Merinos, Romneys and Wiltshires  being attached. No feral lambs were fly struck. Most flystrike was  caused by the Australian green blowfly (Lucila cuprina).   The Wiltshire breed had the lowest dag score while the feral sheep had a  dag score consistently lower than the Romney and Merino breeds  (p<0.001). The wet weight of dag clipped at the end of the experiment  was 4 },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Meikle LM and Fennessy PF and Fisher MW and Patene HJ}
}
