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

 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