@conference {40973,
	title = {A simplified method for typing DRB alleles in deer},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {58},
	year = {1998},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {13-15},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes present foreign antigens to the immune system and polymorphism in these genes may have a key role in the variability of the host response to pathogenic challenge. The DRB genes are part of the MHC class II family whose proteins present foreign antigenic peptides on the surface of the macrophage for recognition by the CD4+T cells of the immune response. The genes are highly variable with over 100 different variants found in some species. The goal of this study was the development and testing of a simplified system for differentiating between the different DRB alleles already identified in red deer. The typing method chosen used DNA hybridisation to discriminate between the DRB alleles. The RNA from each deer was extracted from cultured leukocytes. Reverse transcription followed by PCR was used to amplify the DRB region. Amino-linked oligonucleotides representing variable regions of the DRB region were covalently bound to a nylon membrane and probed with end-labelled PCR product. The degree of binding of the labelled PCR products to the membrane-bound oligonucleotides was used to discriminate between the different DRB genes amplified. This proved to be a simple and robust method of typing which eliminated any requirement for electrophoresis. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Linscott EM and Mackintosh CM and Griffin JFT and Crawford AM}
}
@conference {40559,
	title = {Separating dead from live sperm in thawed frozen merino semen does not enhance conception rate - Brief Communication},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {54},
	year = {1994},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {43-44},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {No abstract supplied },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {van Reenen GM and Griffin JFT}
}
@conference {39943,
	title = {Suppression of T-cell function in the pregnant ewe},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {45},
	year = {1985},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {59-62},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Increased payment to farmers for leaner lamb carcasses places greater emphasis on specifying target carcass weights and grades on individual farms. In the past there has been little objective information available to help the farmer set these targets and make livestock buying and selling decisions. At the Tomoana freezing works in Hawkes Bay new computer outputs have been introduced to provide the farmer with better information for farm management decision-making. A more detailed lamb grading analysis presenting the number of carcasses within each grade at each carcass weight, and a new output named a "fat trend report" are provided. The fat trend report estimates the relationship between the GR fat depth and carcass weight for each mob of lambs slaughtered. Combined with an iso-dollar overlay, the fat trend report assists in establishing production targets in future mobs for each sheep breed and sex farmed. It is suggested that financial incentives for leaner lamb carcasses should be further increased, to bring carcasses closer to the New Zealand Meat Producers Board{\textquoteright}s ideal.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Griffin JFT and Davis GH}
}
