@conference {41270,
	title = {The influence of reproductive status on pituitary gland function in seasonally anoestrous red deer hinds},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {61},
	year = {2001},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {141-143},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Christchurch},
	abstract = {Changes in pituitary responsiveness to exogenous hypothalamic hormones were assessed during seasonal anoestrous in dry, pregnant and lactating hinds. Of the fifteen adult red deer hinds monitored, five were non-pregnant, five had their calves removed immediately after birth, and five suckled their calves. All hinds were given a single i.v. injection of hypothalamic releasing hormones (5mg each of GnRH, GRF and TRH) on four occasions between Nov/Dec (10 days prior to calving) and March. The pituitary response was determined from changes in plasma concentrations of LH, growth hormone, and prolactin in samples obtained by jugular venepuncture at 0, 15 and 30 min after injection. Reproductive state significantly (P<0.001) affected LH release with a mean response (over all sample dates) of 1.12 ng/ml in dry hinds compared with 0.85 ng/ml in hinds that had their calves removed and 0.60 ng/ml in lactating hinds. Neither growth hormone (average 5.65 ng/ml) nor prolactin (average 33.9 ng/ml) responses were affected by reproductive status. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Fisher MW and McLeod BJ and Meikle LM and Martin SK}
}
@conference {40861,
	title = {Ovarian follicle development in the red deer hind},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {56},
	year = {1996},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {370-372},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Ovaries were recovered either 0, 12, 24 or 36 hours or 10 days after  CIDR withdrawal, from 25 hinds in which oestrus had been synchronised.  All follicles > 2 mm diameter were dissected free of stromal tissue and their  health assessed on the basis of oocyte and theca condition, follicular fluid  oestradiol content, granulosa cell numbers and oestradiol synthesis. Hinds had an average of 26.6 + 3.45 follicles > 2 mm, of which about half  were healthy and 1-3 were oestrogenic. Every animal had at least 1 healthy  follicle > 7.5 mm diameter. Over the follicular phase, the percentage of  healthy follicles ranged from 46-66\%, but this did not change significantly  with time. Neither did the mean diameter of the largest oestrogenic follicle  change over the follicular phase. In summary, the total number of antral  follicles varied widely, but every hind had at least one large healthy follicle  present, irrespective of stage of the oestrous cycle.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {McLeod BJ and Meikle LM and Heath DA and McNatty KP and Fisher MW and Whaanga AJ}
}
@conference {40409,
	title = {Advancing calving in red deer: The effects on growth and sexual development},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {52},
	year = {1992},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {187-190},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Thirty ewe lambs each of Merino, Romney, feral (of Merino  origin) and Wiltshire breeds were evaluated for dag score, flystrike and  nematode resistance. The lambs were born in August 1990 with the feral  lambs around one month younger. The lambs were transported to Flock  House and shorn and grazed together from the 21 January 1991 until 1  June 1991.   There was no difference in the geometric mean of faecal egg counts  between the different breeds (p=0.11). Lambs were fly struck from  February to May with 33\%, 10\%, 10\% of Merinos, Romneys and Wiltshires  being attached. No feral lambs were fly struck. Most flystrike was  caused by the Australian green blowfly (Lucila cuprina).   The Wiltshire breed had the lowest dag score while the feral sheep had a  dag score consistently lower than the Romney and Merino breeds  (p<0.001). The wet weight of dag clipped at the end of the experiment  was 4 },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Meikle LM and Fennessy PF and Fisher MW and Patene HJ}
}
@conference {40211,
	title = {Induction oestrus in the ovariectomised red deer with exogenous progesterone and oestradiol benzoate},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {50},
	year = {1990},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {155-160},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Preventive control programmes for nematode infections of sheep,   which depend upon strategically timed treatments of anthelmintics, are   based on epidemiological knowledge of the time relationships between   contamination of pastures and seasonal availability of infective larvae   in different climatic regions.     In Australia by the time these programmes were being actively promoted   resistance to two of the three families of anthelmintic drugs had   already emerged. A high prevalence of resistance is now widespread in   Australia and measures for the management of resistance have been   incorporated into recommendations of worm control. These include, a   reduction in frequency of treatments, elimination of underdosing,   assessment of effective drugs, their use at high dose rates in an annual   rotation and the integration of treatment with grazing management.   Nevertheless, there is concern that preventive control programmes may   not be sustainable over the long term.     Increased attention is now directed to alternative means of control,   such as vaccination of sheep against nematode infections and breeding   sheep with enhanced resistance to infection. The integration of these   measures into preventive control programmes and the extent to which they   can replace chemotherapy are topics for ongoing study.    },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Meikle LM and Fisher MW}
}
