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

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 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

New Zealand agricultural history. No 12. Importing exotic sheep breeds

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 Selection of sheep in Scandinavia  Where the sheep came from By Dr Clive Dalton Selection of sheep in Scandinavia Dr Leyden Baker Dr Leyden Baker from MAF Ruakura Genetics was assigned responsibility to travel to Denmark and Finland to select the sheep for the 1984 importation, accompanied by MAF veterinarian Dr Stuart MacDiarmid.  Their first … Read more