@conference {41131,
	title = {Fertility control of possums: The search for regulators of gonadal development and pituitary function},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {59},
	year = {1999},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {239-244},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {The Possum Research Programme of the Reproductive Biology Group at the Wallaceville Animal Research Centre is focused in four specific areas, namely: (a) identifying growth factors and hormones associated with gonadal development during the first 200 days of life; (b) searching for possum homologues of a riboflavin carrier protein (RCP) and a gut epithelial receptor/transporter protein (FcRn); (c) elucidating the role of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) on pituitary gonadotrophin secretions and; (d) producing and testing reagents which might interfere with gonadal formation and function of the pituitary gland. Possum specific reagents and in vitro test systems have been developed and will be used to develop strategies for fertility control. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Eckery DC and Fidler AE and Moore LG and McNatty KP}
}
@conference {40116,
	title = {The mechanism of action of growth hormone on milk production of ruminants},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {48},
	year = {1988},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {191-194},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {The effect of management on milk, milkfat and protein production was assessed by analysing information collected from 16 different experimental farmlets run over a 9 year period on the Waimate West Demonstration Farm and the Taranaki Agricultural Research Station. In these trials a wide range of stocking rates (2.7 to 4.5 cows/ha), pasture types (ryegrass, lucerne, tall fescue and phalaris) and management systems were used. Comparisons of production and regression analysis between and within years and treatments failed to detect any significant effects of variations in grazing management, stock rate and cow condition at calving on milkfat or protein production. Information from a relatively wide data base, covering a range of seasons, management systems and pasture types suggests that herd management for maximum protein production needs to be no different than for systems already researched and adopted for milkfat production.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Davis SR and Hodgkinson SC and Gluckman PD and Moore LG and Breier BH}
}
