@conference {40564,
	title = {Voluntary feed intake, growth and efficiency of feed conversion in growing sambar (Cervus unicolor) and red deer (Cervus elaphus)},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {54},
	year = {1994},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {63-66},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Hand-reared sambar and red deer (3 hinds and 5 stags/species) were  
confined indoors in individual pens and fed a pelleted diet ad libitum, to 
study seasonal effects upon voluntary feed intake (VFI) and body growth.  
Mean age at the start of the experiment was 5 months for sambar and 7 months 
for red deer.  Red deer of both sexes showed maximum VFI and liveweight gain  
(LWG) in summer and minimum values in winter.  Sambar of both sexes also  
showed seasonal cycles in VFI and LWG, but with maximum values in autumn  
and minimum values in spring, and with the amplitude of the cycles being  
much less than for red deer.  Over a complete 12 month period (7-19 months of  
age), total LWG was similar in sambar and red deer, but total VFI was lower  
for sambar (p<0.01) and efficiency of food conversion (kgDM/kgLWG) more  
efficient for sambar than for red deer (p<0.05).  When energy requirements  
were calculated, the amount of metabolisable energy (ME) required for both  
maintenance and gain were lower for sambar than for red deer. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Semiadi G and Muir PD and Barry TN}
}
@conference {40382,
	title = {Growth and venison production from red deer grazing either red clover or perennial ryegrass/white clover pasture},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {52},
	year = {1992},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {81-84},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Computers will become an increasingly important tool in animal  management, as well as in most other areas of agricultural endeavour.  Computers are commonly used for recording and analysing both research  and centrally located production data, but seldom for on-farm use. This  discussion concentrates on the traits that can be recorded at the farm  level, and how these records can be used. System specifications for  successful on-farm use are also outlined.  },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Semiadi G and Barry TN and Wilson PR and Hodgson J and Purchas RW}
}
