Research in Progress 2000/2001
Table of Contents
- Research in Progress 2000/2001 Research Objectives
- Overview
- Undertaking Operational Research Under Contract to MAF Policy
- The Contracting Process
- Contracts
- Contract Term
- Payment
- Confidentiality
- Intellectual Property
- Indemnification
- Milestones
- Research Direction
- Reporting
- Biological Control of Possums
- 3.1 Physiology & Reproduction
- Gametes and embryos in the female reproductive tract.
- Blocking Embryonic Development in Brushtail Possum - 2000/01.
- Immune responses in pouch young and adult possums - 2000/01.
- Synchronised oestrus and controlled mating.
- Immunogloblin Transfer in the mammary gland of the brushtail possum.
- Control of reproduction by targeting the possums pituitary gland through the use of GnRH-toxin conugates.
- 3.2 Microbiology/Parasitology
- 3.3 Behaviour
- 3.4 Vaccine Development
- 3.5 Viruses
- Facilitating market access
- Sustainability of New Zealand's planted forest estate
- Using Life Cycle Assessment to compare environmental impacts of wood products and their substitutes - (Literature Review).
- Facilitating Market Access for NZ Apples to Australia - Quantitative PCR determination for Erwinia amylovora (2000/01).
- Tydeidae Identification Keys
- To develop generic HACCP Models for Food Assurance Programmes, based on scientific validation of the hazards, whilst ensuring harmonisation with industry quality programmes.
- Maintaining biosecurity
- Diagnostic procedures for the indentification of selected species and populations of Lymantria and Orygia moths from intercepted egg masses - (2000/01).
- Assessment of contamination soil as a risk pathway - (2000/01)
- Detection of Animal Infected with Echinoccus granulosus - using cell mediated immune response
- Passage time for weed seeds in Digestive Tract of Herbivorous Livestock
- Use of Veterinary Practices to define baseline patterns of Animal Diseases for National Animal Health Surveillance
- Spread of Salmonella organisms in sheep yards - Extension Contract 00/01 for October sampling.
- Promoting industry and rural community performance
- The implications of e-commerce for agriculture and forestry
- Maori Development of Indigenous Forest
- Use of Consultants by Maori Farmers in the North Island
- Impact of Producer Board Deregulation in other countries
- Facilitating resource management
- Animal Welfare
- Electric current profiles during Livestock Stunning
- Short Scrotum castration of Lambs.
- Chronic Pain in Calves
- Castration Study
- Allevation of Dehorning Distress in Calves
- Pig Free Range Management Systems.
- Transporting ostrich and emu - Issues and Recommendations
- Investigation of rapid onset and long-acting analgesia for velvet antler removal.
- APPENDIX ONE (Contracts awarded as at 30 Nov)
- APPENDIX TWO - SCIENCE POLICY UNIT
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