@conference {40910,
	title = {Plasma potassium - an indicator of protein catabolism in deer?},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {57},
	year = {1997},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {144-146},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Elevated plasma potassium (K+ ) concentrations well outside the normal range for deer have been reported during the rut. The effects of season and nutrition on plasma K+ concentration were examined in two experiments in farmed red and fallow deer. In Experiment 1 castrate and entire red stags were fed ad libitum on pasture and blood sampled fortnightly over 11 months. Except for a transitory peak at the beginning of Experiment 1, red entires and castrates showed no abnormal plasma K+ concentrations over the 11 month period. In Experiment 2, a castrate group of fallow bucks were fed to lose a similar amount of live weight as entires over the rut. When plasma K+ concentration was expressed as a function of changes in muscle weight there was a significant negative relationship (P<0.05) in the castrates. There was no relationship in the entires, although the measure of change in muscle weight could have been confounded by changes in water content of the musculature over the rut. The occurrence of hyperkalaemia in deer was variable. Further work is required to clarify the conditions that lead to its expression. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Jopson NB and Fennessy PF and Thompson JM}
}
@conference {40692,
	title = {Feed requirements for maintenance of mature rams and ewes from lines selected for differences in body composition},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {133-136},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Brief communication: no abstract supplied},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Ball AJ and Thompson JM and Hinch GN and Fennessy PF and Blakely AR}
}
@conference {40131,
	title = {Biological efficiency for venison production in red deer},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {49},
	year = {1989},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {5-10},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {To study the influence of melatonin on seasonal changes in wool production of crossbred sheep, a pharmacological dose of sustained release melatonin was administered over a month in early summer to both fleeceweight-selected and control rams from the Massey university Progeny Test lines. Wool growth and testis diameter were compared with those of untreated animals during the period of melatonin treatment and for a further 2 month period. Melatonin treatment did not significantly change either greasy or clean fleeceweight production. However, the testis diameter of the melatonin- treated animals was significantly greater than in untreated animals during the period of melatonin treatment and significantly smaller during the recovery period. Hence, although the melatonin treatment was sufficient to produce a change in reproductive characteristics, it was not sufficient to induce a measurable change in the pattern of wool production.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Fennessy PF and Thompson JM}
}
