@conference {41932,
	title = {Artificial rearing of lambs - avoiding abomasal bloat},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {66},
	year = {2006},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {386-389},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Napier},
	abstract = {Triplets occur when lambing percentages exceed 130\%. When triplets are left with their dam, survival is often less than 75\%. Artificial rearing of one lamb from each set of triplets offers the chance to increase survival rates. But experience to date has frequently resulted in death rates of 10\% to 30\% of lambs. On the author{\textquoteright}s farm about 100 sets of triplets are born each year. In 2002 an artificial rearing system was put in place based on the Poukawa system. The smallest triplet from each set was removed for artificial rearing. In 2002 and 2003, when lambs were 3 to 5 weeks old, up to 25\% died. A worldwide information search suggested that the disorder was possibly abomasal bloat. A Norwegian method of preparing "soured" milk replacer that had been demonstrated to limit abomasal bloat was adapted for New Zealand conditions. Lambs are fed cow colostrum for two days, followed by ad lib. cold "soured" whole milk replacer and ad lib. meal. In 2004 and 2005, there have been no deaths due to abomasal bloat. Total deaths from 199 lambs have been 9. Live weight gains of the lambs have been 220-250 grams per day till 8 weeks. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Bull C and Binnie B}
}
@conference {40688,
	title = {The Calpain System - genotype, nutrition and their interactions},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {123},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Three groups of pregnant (3rd trimester) cows grazing low Se pastures  were given daily Se intakes of 0.44, 0.94 and 1.44mg respectively as pasture  plus a drench. A significant relationship between blood Se concentration  (nmol/l) [y] and daily Se intakes (mg/day) [x] was described by the equation  Y=147(44.0+(359(42.1)X***. Given that a mean blood Se concentration of  250 nmol/l reflects an adequate Se status, that is there is no production  response to Se supplementation, then the daily Se intake of pregnant cows  was determined to be 0.29mg or pasture should contain 0.037mg Se/kg DM  to prevent Se deficiency.  },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Speck PA and Singh KK and Thomson BC and Dobbie PM and Mercer GK and Bass JJ and Simmons N and Binnie B and Clarke N}
}
