2003-2004 Research in Progress
Table of Contents
- 1. MAF Policy Funded Operational Research in Progress 2003/2004
- 2. Undertaking Operational Research Under Contract to MAF Policy
- 3. Bovine Tuberculosis and the Control of Possums
- 4. Facilitating Market Access
- Review of phytosanitary issues relating to soil on commodities being traded internationally.
- Level 3 Post Entry Quarantine
- 5. Maintaining Biosecurity
- Treatments for peat, peat products, and sphagnum moss
- Fungi heat tolerances in wood
- New modelling techniques to enhance the effectiveness of forest health surveillance
- Molecular detection of Fusarium circinatum - the causal agent of pine pitch canker.
- Review of phytoplasmas, plant viruses, and viroids in N.Z.
- Investigation of alternative surface decontaminants for plant viruses and viroids
- Developing New Zealand's capacity to identify & respond to haemoparasites in native & introduced birds.
- Nucleic Acid Extraction for Plant Pathogen Testing (Part 2 - 2003)
- Generic Detection of plant viruses - phase 2 (03-04)
- Veterinary Sentinel Project (part 2)
- 6. Promoting Industry & Rural Community Performance
- Evaluating the extent to which current Local Government rating systems create a rural to urban subsidy through cost benefit analysis of rating systems in urban / rural authorities in New Zealand.
- A statistical study of lifestyle blocks in N.Z.
- 7 Facilitating Resource Management
- Growth and mortality of podocarps in mixed Podocarp-Tawa forest
- Understanding regeneration and growth of silver beech in Southland forests
- Review of ecosystem management models
- Voluntary codes of practice
- Biodiversity : Conserving threatened introduced species
- Pathogen transmission routes - Riparian Management Guidelines.
- Riparian Buffer Zone Effectiveness
- 8. Animal Welfare
- Transport and heat stress.
- The economic cost of improving animal welfare on farms
- Wintering systems for deer
- Shelter for lambing
- Age related changes in lambs' neural responses to castration
- Key poultry welfare indicators (part 2)
- Appendices
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