Displaying items by tag: University of Otago

The Mycoplasma bovis outbreak has imposed a human cost on the farmers affected and a ripple effect into their wider communities.

Following the rejection of a school for rural medicine, three universities have another proposal to attract and retain health professionals in rural areas.

Pests like mice and wasps may one day be killed off by a new technique now proven in laboratory tests on fruit flies.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the buzzword in the animal health sector. In a series of articles, microbiologists Greg Cook and Adam Heikal explain AMR and look at how the agriculture sector should respond.

Restrictions on advertising of antibiotics will not necessarily lead to a reduction in usage, claim academics.

Innovation is long overdue in mastitis management to protect New Zealand farmers’ global leadership in dairying, says an academic.

Unmanaged vegetation areas favoured by mallard ducks for nesting can be deathtraps for ducklings -- hunted and killed there by predators, according to new research in Southland.

The Asian middle classes are the target for an AgResearch-led project on gut health.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) Genetics has appointed Dr Phillip Wilcox as its inaugural senior lecturer in quantitative genetics at the University of Otago.

A recent study from the Bio-Protection Research Centre has found that pasture grasses with beneficial micro-organisms are less attractive to soil-dwelling insect pests.