@conference {41062,
	title = {Effect of recipient breeds on birth and weaning weight, and wool follicle characteristics of Merino lambs born by embryo transfer},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {59},
	year = {1999},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {19-22},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {One hundred and eighty three embryos were collected from 29 donor Merino ewes and transferred as either a single or twins to Merino (MR), Coopworth (CR) and Romney (RR) recipient dams. A total of 107 lambs were weaned from these implants. A control group (MN) of 24 naturally conceived single and twin lambs were included for comparison. Follicle fibre diameters at birth were 16.7, 17.2, 17.7 and 17.6 mm (SED 0.4) for MN, MR, CR and RR respectively; while the fibre diameter of wool samples at birth for all dam groups was 16.5 mm (SED 0.3). Follicle fibre diameters at weaning were 16.5mm, 15.9, 16.3 and 16.1 (SED 0.6) for MN, MR, CR and RR respectively while the corresponding wool FDs at weaning were 16.3 mm, 16.1, 16.0, and 16.0 (SED 0.4). Weaning weight was similar in CR and RR, while CR weaned significantly heavier lambs than Merinos (recipients or naturally bred). The results suggest that crossbred dams improve weaning weights of Merino lambs born to embryo transfer but do not affect their wool follicle character-istics.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wuliji T and Dodds KG and Andrews RN and Aspinall J and Harrison T}
}
@conference {40721,
	title = {Field scale evaluation of semen diluents for cervical AI in sheep: An attempt at technology transfer},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {232-235},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {No Abstract Supplied},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Smith JF and Aspinall J and Oliver JE and Murray G and Smith JK and Upreti GC}
}
@conference {40736,
	title = {MOET in ultrafine Merinos: An experimental evaluation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {281-284},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Results of experimental MOET programme in elite ewes selected from  within an ultrafine Merino flock are presented. Of the treated ewes, 60\%  provided transferable donors with a mean of 16.7 ovulations and 10.4  embryos recovered, 7.8 embryos transferred, 3.9 lambs born and 3.1 lambs  weaned per donor ewe. The wool produced by hoggets from this elite  embryo transfer group was 0.9 um (P0.01) finer than that from their  contemporaries in the ultrafine selection flock and 2.5 um (P0.01) finer than  a random Merino control group. The improvement in fibre diameter was  better than expected from the selection differentials, but not significantly so.   The h2 estimates for liveweight, clean fleece weight, fibre diameter and yield  in three flocks of fine woolled Merinos were 0.50, 0.32, 0.39 and 0.58  respectively. The MOET programme was successfully applied to increase  the number of progeny from elite ultrafine Merino ewes.  },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wuliji T and Aspinall J and Land JTJ and Shackell GH and Dodds KG and Andrews RN and Rogers J}
}
