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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 24. Importing exotic sheep breeds

East Friesian sheep breed importation Quarantine and release details Economic implications for company of quarantine rules Semen freezing fiasco Release from quarantine By Dr Clive Dalton Information obtained from paper presented by Dr Jock Allison to NZ Institute of Primary Industry Management, December 2006  The East Friesian quarantine programme at Mosgiel ·       … Read more