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New Zealand agricultural history. No 7. Importing exotic sheep breeds

Quarantine on Somes Island Sheep moved from Somes Island to Mana Island Sheep moved from Mana Island to Crater Block By Dr Clive Dalton From Somes Island to Mana Island Tim Harvey remembers that when the Somes Island quarantine flock got to around 500 sheep, the proposed move to Mana became urgent, even though the … Read more

New Zealand agricultural history. No 13. Importing exotic sheep breeds

 Harvesting the exotic sheep embryos in Denmark and Finland Dr Robin Tervit’s involvement More of Robin Tervit’s memories   By Dr Clive Dalton After the disaster of MAF’s first importation of exotic sheep breeds as live animals in 1972 , the second importation in 1984 was only be allowed by MAF and the Maximum Security Quarantine … Read more