Proceedings from the 37th Seminar of the Society of Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians NZVA : NZVA large animal convention, 2007 : 23-25 May 2007, Palmerston North Convention Centre /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: New Zealand Veterinary Association. Society of Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians. Seminar, Massey University, New Zealand Veterinary Association. Society of Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians, New Zealand Veterinary Association. VetLearn
Other Authors: Smith, Stefan, BVSc
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Palmerston North, N.Z. : VetLearn, Massey University, 2007.
Series:Publication (New Zealand Veterinary Association. VetLearn) ; no. 260.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Nutritional needs of high lambing percentage flocks
  • Genetics and high flock performance
  • Lamb survival : AgResearch Programme update
  • Optimising lamb production on summer crops
  • Condition score and ewe performance
  • An attempt to define links between pasture constitutents and ewe performance
  • The role of fertiliser nitrogen in high performing sheep systems
  • Improving hogget breeding performance and an evaluation of the effect of ewe hogget breeding on four-tooth ewe breeding performance
  • Leptospirosis abortion in beef cows
  • Myopathy in lambs
  • A benchmarking survey of commercial beef cow production Canterbury 2004-5
  • Breeding soundness examination of bulls : patterns of infertility
  • Bull soundness - The practitioner view
  • A field report on the use of a 'mating soundness' test in beef bulls
  • Ill-thrift and q-graze
  • Pain management
  • Painful husbandry procedures - an update
  • investigations into the involvement of Neospora caninum in unexplained sheep abortions
  • Dose-titration challenge of pregnant hoggets with Neospora caninum tachyzoites
  • Leptospirosis in sheep in New Zealand - an update
  • Wormwise - your challenge your opportunity
  • Meat and wool New Zealand's central progeny test
  • Flockmaster (trademark symbol) - a meat & wool initiative supporting opportunites to improve flock performance