@conference {75879,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: The effect of dam age and lamb birth rank on the growth rate, faecal egg count and onset of puberty of single and twin female offspring to 12 month of age},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {71},
	year = {2011},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {83-85},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Invercargill},
	abstract = {Breeding ewe lambs at eight to nine months of age has gained popularity on New Zealand sheep farms in recent years. This is predominantly because of the many production advantages it offers: greater net profits, increased number and weight of lambs produced per ewe productive lifetime, better use of spring herbage, early recognition of fertility potential, increased rates of genetic gain and... Continued},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Loureiro MFP and Paten AM and Asmad K and Pain SJ and Kenyon PR and Pomroy WE and Scott I and Blair HT}
}
@conference {75873,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: The effects of dam nutrition during pregnancy on the postnatal growth and puberty attainment of ewe progeny},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {71},
	year = {2011},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {56-58},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Invercargill},
	abstract = {In New Zealand{\textquoteright}s pastoral sheep-production systems, feed can become limiting during winter, when breeding ewes are pregnant. Ewes are often restrictively fed during early-gestation (Kenyon \& Webby, 2007) to enable greater levels of nutrition in late-gestation. Many studies have demonstrated that dam nutrition during various stages of pregnancy can program the...},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Paten AM and Asmad K and Loureiro MFP and Kenyon PR and Pain SJ and Peterson SW and Pomroy WE and Scott I and Blair HT}
}
@conference {75874,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: The effects of dam nutrition during pregnancy on the growth of male offspring},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {71},
	year = {2011},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {59-61},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Invercargill},
	abstract = {During pregnancy, nutritional status of the ewe is crucial because of its potential effect on fetal development, subsequent lamb survival and reproduction post-birth (Rhind et al., 2001). Manipulation of the progress of fetal development can affect the structure and physiology of adult offspring through the process of fetal programming (Barker et al., 1993). Epidemiological data... Continued },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Asmad K and Paten AM and Loureiro MFP and Kenyon PR and Pain SJ and Parkinson TJ and Pomroy WE and Scott I and Blair HT}
}
@conference {69524,
	title = {The efficacy of a herbal drench treatment on internal parasites in lambs},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2010},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {283-284},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Palmerston North},
	abstract = {Internal parasites reduce live weight gains and are a cause of diarrhoea in growing lambs (Macchi et al., 2001). A challenge to organic sheep production is the control of internal parasites without intervention using synthetic chemicals. Whilst in conventional sheep production systems anthelmintic resistance to synthetic chemicals is increasing (Pomroy, 2006). The development of an effective herbal worm drench that can be commercialised will allow the organic sheep sector to develop and may offer an alternative for conventional systems.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Hutton P and Scott I and Schreurs NM and West DM}
}
@conference {69501,
	title = {Marbling produced in yearling heifers of Angus origin finished over a medium-term period on a high energy pasture},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2010},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {183-188},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Palmerston North},
	abstract = {This study provides baseline information on the level of marbling that can be produced from yearling heifers of Angus origin when finished over a medium-term, 169 day, period on a high energy pasture. Two groups of heifers were tested, which included 30 Angus x Jersey heifers and 26 straight-bred and cross-bred (mainly Hereford x and Friesian x) Angus heifers. The daily live weight gain of the heifers during finishing averaged 788 g/d and did not differ between the two groups of heifers studied (P >0.05). At slaughter, the carcass weights of the Angus x Jersey heifers were lighter than the group of straight-bred and cross-bred Angus heifers (P <0.05). Nevertheless, both groups produced average striploin marbling scores of 2 on the Japanese Meat Grading Association 12 point scale (P >0.05), with 39\% of the cattle achieving scores >=2. The high level of variability in marbling across both groups of heifers indicated that the average level of marbling achieved could be further improved by using some predictor of marbling performance to select animals to be finished in the pasture-based system. All of the heifers produced very tender beef with average shear force values <5 kg F.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wall AJ and Rosenvold K and Archer JA and Dobbie P and Scott I and Stevens DR and Littlejohn RP}
}
