@conference {40834,
	title = {Nitrogen application to dairy pasture - the effect of rate and timing of spring nitrogen applications on the concentration of pasture nutrients},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {56},
	year = {1996},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {276-279},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Nitrogen (N) fertiliser was applied to ryegrass/white clover dairy  pasture in late winter/early spring. Four rates of N (0, 20, 40, 80 kg N as  urea) were applied to pregrazed and premown pasture with a residual  herbage mass of 1000 kgDM/ha-1 (stubble height of 1.5 cm).  Samples were collected from separate 2m2 plots 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks after N  application to detect nutrient changes over time from N appli},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Moller S and Edwards NJ and Parker WJ and Hodgson J and Wilson GF}
}
@conference {40670,
	title = {Apple pomace as a supplement to pasture for dairy cows in late lactation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {67-69},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Eye muscle dimensions of meat and fat together with live or carcass   weight are important selection criteria for the improvement of carcass traits   in sheep. The use of B-mode ultrasound may offer scope for more efficient   progeny testing procedures. Two trials examined the use of ultrasound for   estimating eye muscle width (A) and depth (B) between the twelfth and   thirteenth ribs on live animals, and their carcasses immediately following   slaughter and up to nine hours later. These estimates were then compared   with ruler measurements on the eye muscle cut surfaces. Correlations   between the various estimates of B were high (r = 0.80 to 0.96). While the   correlation between the live scan of A and its ruler measurement was 0.75,   the correlations between carcass scans and ruler measurements were 0.40 to   0.61. This was due to difficulty in maintaining acoustic coupling over the   length of the probe, which was flat relative to the curved carcass surface. A   new curved offset offers excellent prospects for overcoming this problem.   },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Edwards NJ and Parker WJ}
}
@conference {40615,
	title = {Increasing per cow milk solids production in a pasture-based dairy system by manipulating the diet: A review.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {54},
	year = {1994},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {267-274},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Research suggests that the genetic potential for milksolids (MS)  
production by New Zealand dairy cows is considerably under-exploited under  
current grazing conditions.  There is also a growing awareness that only  
small improvements in MS production per cow can be achieved with pasture-only  
systems on high producing New Zealand dairy farms (i.e. those producing  
315kg MS/cow or 1,000kg MS/ha).  The review identifies nutritional  
limitations of a pasture-based diet as one of the barriers to further  
increases in per cow MS production.  It is argued that further increases  
in per cow production on New Zealand{\textquoteright}s high producing (in terms of per cow MS  
production) dairy farms is contingent upon the need to balance the pasture- 
based diet for protein, carbohydrates, fibre, minerals and vitamins through  
strategic use of feedstuffs.  One of the keys to successfully balancing a  
pasture-based diet is to obtain better data on the nutritional status of pasture  
throughout the year so that the most economic feedstuffs which will balance  
the ration can be identified. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Edwards NJ and Parker WJ}
}
