@article {3672,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Assessing the behaviour of pastoral poultry in an integrated system on a commercial dairy farm},
	journal = {New Zealand Journal of Animal Science and Production},
	volume = {81},
	year = {2021},
	month = {01/2022},
	pages = {54-56},
	address = {Online},
	abstract = {The aim of this study was to determine the ranging behaviour and dispersal patterns of layer hens on a commercial pastoral dairy farm. One thousand seven hundred and sixty layers housed across three different flocks varying in age and shed type were observed weekly. Their outdoor area was classified into three zones based on the distance from their shed. Hens in each zone were observed for one hour at dawn, midday and dusk. There was no effect of time of day on bird dispersal patterns, but when hens were outdoors, the effect of location was significant (P<0.001) with the majority (26.77\%) of hens in the apron with the remaining visible hens observed in the outer range (21.99\%) and mid-range (16.33\%). In integrated pastoral systems with hens, management of hen excreta dispersal can be achieved through regular relocation of housing, feeders and water.

Keywords: free-range; flock; location; zones; integrated farming system},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Smalling SS and Greig B and Bunt C and Tanner J and Bryant RH}
}
@conference {40946,
	title = {Use of pregnant dairy cows in product development of the intravaginal progesterone releasing (CIDR) device.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {57},
	year = {1997},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {242},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {This study aimed to confirm that pregnant cows could be used to study release rates of progesterone (P4), the hormone of {\textquoteleft}pregnancy{\textquoteright}, from the CIDR device without compromising pregnancy. The seasonal nature of the New Zealand dairy operation presents only a brief window for large scale CIDR studies, if the treatment system is limited to non-pregnant cows.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Burke CR and Burggraaf S and Bunt C and Rathbone M and Macmillan KL}
}
