@conference {42074,
	title = {Genetic parameters for growth in Wapiti deer farmed in New Zealand},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {172-173},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Brisbane, Australia},
	abstract = {The New Zealand deer industry commonly uses "Wapiti" type deer as terminal sires mated to "red" hinds in venison production systems. The terms "Elk" and "Wapiti" are commonly used almost interchangeably in the New Zealand deer industry to describe subspecies of red deer originating in North America (Cervus elaphus subspecies manitobensis, roosevelti and nelsoni). These subspecies are approximately twice the mature body size of "red" deer ...Continued },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Archer JA and Ward JF and Fisher PJ and Glass BC}
}
@conference {41172,
	title = {Search for a locus near to myostatin that increases muscling in Texel sheep in New Zealand},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {110-112},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {In close collaboration with three Texel breeders, we initially genotyped 36 rams with 5 DNA microsatellite markers that are known to map around the myostatin gene in sheep. Of these 36 rams, progeny of 12 polymorphic sires (4 from each flock) were selected for further analysis. This selection was made on the basis of each sire producing more than 40 offspring which were accompanied by parentage records, live weights at weaning and 8 months of age, and ultrasonic measurements of fat depth and rib-eye muscle dimensions. Final progeny numbers from the sires chosen ranged from 45 to 115 per sire. The data was analyzed by regressing the observed measurements on the probability of which paternal grandparental chromosome was inherited at the myostatin locus. The results suggest that the region of the sheep genome near the myostatin locus affects muscling (P<0.05) and fat depth (P<0.05) in the progeny of 4 of 12 sires tested. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Broad TE and Glass BC and Greer GJ and Robertson TM and Bain WE and Lord EA and McEwan JC}
}
