@conference {40336,
	title = {Artificial insemination and synchronised natural breeding in Red deer},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {51},
	year = {1991},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {327-332},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {The cold resistance of cashmere wethers in which cashmere had  been harvested by shearing the while fleece, or by removal of down only  through repeated hand combings, was studied at two ambient temperatures  (10 C and 30 C) and two wind speeds (0 and 6 km/hr). Heat production  was calculated from oxygen consumption measured over 24 hours, in 8  pairs of goats fed at 1.25 times maintenance level. In shorn goats,  heat production increased by 50\% during exposure to 10 C (compared with  30 C) while the corresponding increase for combed goats was only 9\%.  The interaction between the effects of the low temperature and the  methods of fibre removal was significant (P<0.001). Similarly at 10 C,  exposure to a wind of 6km/hr caused a larger increase in heat production  in shorn goats than in combed goats; the interaction was significant  (P<0.05). The data show clearly that the combed goats were considerably  more resistant to cold conditions that the shorn goats.  },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Fennessy PF and Mackintosh CG and Shackell GH and Whaanga AJ}
}
