@conference {41205,
	title = {Behaviour response of calves to amputation dehorning with or without local anaesthesia},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {234-236},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {This study tested the hypothesis that the expression of some specific behaviours of calves following amputation dehorning is modified by use of local anaesthesia such that their behaviour is similar to calves which were not dehorned, during the period of action of local anaesthesia. The hypothesis was not supported and the behaviour of calves given local anaesthesia was similar to animals dehorned without anaesthesia during the two hours after amputation dehorning and not similar toanimals which were not dehorned. It is possible that the behaviours which were monitored (feeding, rumination, grooming,lying down, ear-flicks, head-shakes, tail-shakes) were not relevant to the pain experienced by calves after dehorning.However, there were significant differences between the behaviour of control animals and those that were dehorned. Thephysical change caused by dehorning and the bleeding that occur afterwards may influence these behaviours so that the additional effect of the pain caused by amputation does not modify it further.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Stafford KJ and Mellor DJ and Ward RN and Cann B}
}
@conference {41204,
	title = {Short-term physiological effects of refeeding 5 to 10-day-old calves after fasting and transport},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {230-233},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {The short-term physiological responses of 5 to 10-day-old calves to refeeding after 30 hours without food and up to 12 hours of transport were assessed by monitoring packed cell volume and plasma concentrations of total protein, glucose, triglycerides, urea and lactate. Samples were taken immediately before refeeding after three and 12 hours of transport and at the end of 30 hours without food, and in each case three hours later. Refeeding after fasting caused replenishment of plasma glucose concentrations to control levels and in some cases beyond. It was suggested that the overshoot in glucose concentrations, when it occurred, may have been caused by a temporary increase in insulin resistance as a result of metabolic adaptation to starvation. Refeeding after 12 hours transport also resulted in increased glucose concentrations. Thus, refeeding after transport and starvation was beneficial to the calves as it enabled rapid replenishment of depleted energy reserves. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Todd SE and Mellor DJ and Stafford KJ and Gregory NG and Bruce RA and Ward RN}
}
@conference {40667,
	title = {The behaviour of calves tail docked with a rubber ring used with or without local anaesthesia},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {58-60},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {The concentrations of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood plasma  were compared in two genetically distinct herds of Angus cattle. Any   concentration differences between the herds should indicate a realised  genetic response to selection for yearling weight.    Seventy-four yearling Angus cattle from the Waikite weight selection and   control herds were blood sampled after a 24-h fast in July, September and   November 1993 (heifers twice, bulls three times; n=178 samples). Plasma   cholesterol concentrations averaged 2.73 and 2.91 (s.e.d. 0.08) mmol/l in the   two herds, respectively (P<0.05), and triglyceride concentrations averaged   0.296 and 0.316 (s.e.d. 0.015) mmol/l, respectively. There was a 30kg   (14\%) difference in yearling live weight between the two herds (P.001).   Both metabolites showed moderate between-animal repeatabilities,  0.52+0.11 and 0.37+0.16 respectively, and there was a positive phenotypic  correlation of 0.40 between cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations  within herds.    These results show that a 14\% higher weight-for-age as a result of selection   was associated with a 6\% lower plasma cholesterol concentration. This was   consistent with our previously observed cholesterol difference in cooked beef   from the same herds.   },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Petrie NJ and Stafford KJ and Mellor DJ and Bruce RA and Ward RN}
}
