@conference {42057,
	title = {Testing for quantitative trait loci for lactation persistency in dairy cattle},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {107-110},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Brisbane, Australia},
	abstract = {Lactational persistency has not been selected for in New Zealand dairy populations. Existing milk production data and pedigrees from New Zealand Holstein-Friesian cattle at pasture, recorded in the Livestock Improvement Corporation database were utilized with a grand-daughter design, for a genome-wide search for a quantitative trait locus for persistency of lactation. Persistency was defined as a weighted sum of test-day yields. A significant region was identified in one grandsire family on Chromosome 3 at microsatellite marker position AGLA247 (chromosomal position 67cM; P <0.05). To verify this result, data from a research dairy herd defining persistency as the mean of three weekly tests of daily yield in March (late lactation) divided by the equivalent daily yields in October (early lactation)) for three seasons beginning in 1997/98 were used in a phenotypic association study on Chromosome 3 only. One allele of marker HUJ246, close to the original region appeared to show an additive effect. The maximal difference between this genotype and the others at this marker locus was 12.3 {\textpm} 4.4\% of the mean persistency. The potential use of this marker in the New Zealand dairy cattle population depends on the current allele frequencies in the industry. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Morris CA and Spelman RJ and Henderson HV and Cullen NG and Hyndman DL and Miller FM and Johnson DL and Molenaar AJ and Grigor MR and Davis SR}
}
@conference {41225,
	title = {Dietary effects on gene expression of lipogenic enzymes in mammary gland of lactating mice},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {311-313},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {The effects of a fat-free or clofibrate-supplemented diet on gene expression of several lipogenic enzymes was investigated in mammary gland and liver of lactating mice. In lactating mammary gland, stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD) mRNA expression was increased 2.1-fold (P<0.05) by feeding the fat-free diet, whereas clofibrate had no influence compared to control diet. Fatty acid synthase (FAS), acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC), thioesterase II and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) mRNA levels in lactating mammary gland were unchanged after feeding the fat-free or clofibrate diets compared to control. In livers from lactating mice, the fat-free diet increased expression of SCD 5-fold (P<0.05) and FAS 10-fold (P<0.001) compared to control. ACC expression was unchanged by either the fat-free or clofibrate diet compared to control diet. These data show that, in lactating mammary tissue, expression of key lipogenic enzymes may be manipulated by diet, thus offering a potential means to modify milkfat composition. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Singh K and Harley DG and Grigor MR and McFadden TB}
}
@conference {40622,
	title = {Characterization and regulation of cationic amino acid transport in bovine mammary epithelial cells - Brief Communication},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {54},
	year = {1994},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {301-302},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {No abstract supplied 
 },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Kiaei M and Prosser CG and Grigor MR}
}
@conference {40573,
	title = {Isolation of cDNA subclones encoding ovine glucose transporter proteins - Brief Communication},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {54},
	year = {1994},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {99-100},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {No abstract supplied },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Bennett BL and Grigor MR and Prosser CG}
}
