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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 83, Issue 10 p. 598-598 World Watch First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2005.tb13264.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume83, Issue10October 2005Pages 598-598 RelatedInformation

World Watch Annual Meeting of World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 83, Issue 7 p. 397-397 World Watch Annual Meeting of World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2005.tb13066.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume83, Issue7July 2005Pages 397-397 RelatedInformation

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 83, Issue 4 p. 194-195 World Watch First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2005.tb11643.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume83, Issue4April 2005Pages 194-195 RelatedInformation

Comparison of physical and qualitative traits of meat of two Polish conservative flocks of ducks

Abstract. In two Polish conservative flocks of Miniduck (K2) and Pekin (P33), registered by FAO as domestic genetic resources (World Watch List, 2000) the mean values of physical (tissue components) and qualitative traits of meat (pH15, pH24, colour of meat) were determined. The experimental flocks showed significant variations in body weight at 7 weeks of age (1540 vs 2088 in drakes and 1395 vs 1986 g in ducks), in the proportion of breast and leg muscles and skin with subcutaneous fat in eviscerated carcass. K2 ducks are characterized by outstanding musculature of breast and P33 ducks by that of lower leg and by low fatness. pH15 values of breast and leg muscles in K2 and P33 birds were greater than pH24 of these muscles. In both flocks pH15 values of 6.09 to 6.33 and pH24 values of 5.90 to 6.05 in breast muscles were lower than in leg muscles (6.33 to 6.46 and 6.12 to 6.37, respectively). A significantly lower L* value (darker colour) of breast muscle was characteristic of K2 birds (43.7 in males and 40.5 in females) compared to P33 males and females. Furthermore, breast muscles of K2 drakes and ducks had significantly higher redness (a*) and yellowness values (b*) than P33. In pectoralis superficialis muscle of K2 and P33 females, a significantly lower diameter was found for white muscle fibres (αW) (30.0 to 30.5 μm) and for red muscle fibres (βR) (16.9 to 17.6 μm) than in biceps femoris muscle (αW from 48.3 to 54.2; βR from 36.0 to 37.1 μm). Muscle fibres of K2 compared to P33 ducks were characterized by significantly greater diameters of βR muscle fibre in pectoralis superficialis muscle, and by lower αW and βR fibre diameters in biceps femoris muscle. The experiment showed that meat of ducks from the conservative flocks studied is valuable from the consumer’s point of view.

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 82, Issue 10 p. 599-599 World Watch Dr.Gardner Murrary, Dr.Gardner MurrarySearch for more papers by this author Dr.Gardner Murrary, Dr.Gardner MurrarySearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb12593.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume82, Issue10October 2004Pages 599-599 RelatedInformation

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 82, Issue 6 p. 336-336 Free Access World Watch First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb11096.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume82, Issue6June 2004Pages 336-336 RelatedInformation

Strategies for the conservation of the indigenous Kerry Cattle of Ireland

SummaryThe Kerry is the most numerous of the three surviving indigenous breeds of cattle in Ireland. With a total population currently under a thousand animals it is listed as endangered in the World Watch list. Conservation efforts currently focus on bothin situand ex situ conservation. This approach is possible because of the existence of a few enthusiastic pedigree breeders, a breed society and a herdbook with registrations dating back to the 19thcentury. The Kerry cattle population is small with overlapping generations. The main objective in its conservation is to minimise inbreeding and conserve genetic variation. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) was recently mandated to support and co-ordinate the conservation efforts which are centred around minimum coancestry selection, a mating advisory service, semen and embryo cryoconservation. To this end, a mean relationship system was developed for the routine computation of inbreeding and provision of a mating advisory system. Four bulls are identified annually for semen collection and storage. A second scheme aims to identify 15 cows for embryo cryoconservation over a three-year period. Future conservation efforts will benefit from the collation of Kerry cattle breeding and production information in a central database. This and a study of the dynamics of the Kerry cattle population are future priorities for ICBF in an effort to prevent the extinction of the Kerry cattle.

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 82, Issue 4 p. 197-197 World Watch Dr Gardner Murray, Dr Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author Dr Gardner Murray, Dr Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb12668.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume82, Issue4April 2004Pages 197-197 RelatedInformation

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 82, Issue 1-2 p. 20-20 World Watch Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author First published: 28 June 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb14626.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume82, Issue1-2January 2004Pages 20-20 RelatedInformation

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 81, Issue 5 p. 249-249 World Watch Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealt Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealt Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb12560.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume81, Issue5May 2003Pages 249-249 RelatedInformation

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 80, Issue 12 p. 735-735 World Watch Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb11335.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume80, Issue12December 2002Pages 735-735 RelatedInformation

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 80, Issue 6 p. 324-324 Free Access World Watch First published: 28 June 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb14772.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume80, Issue6June 2002Pages 324-324 RelatedInformation

Conservation of farm animal biodiversity: history and prospects

SummaryThe conservation and sustainable use of animal genetic resources (AGR) is now recognized as a legitimate activity of public concern in which inter-governmental, governmental, non-governmental and private sectors are involved. Livestock breeds became threatened on a large scale only in the second half of the 20th century. They are now recognized as a significant human heritage resulting from domestication whose loss would deplete the quality of human life. Conservation as a conscious and organized activity is therefore a new item on the public agenda. This paper traces the origin of livestock conservation from the Vision in the 1950s and 1960s through the awakening of the environmental movement with the creation of UNEP in 1972, followed by the development of a Joint Conservation Infrastructure and Programme for animal genetic resources in the 1980s by FAO and UNEP.The paper describes the context, participants, constraints, opposition and activities of building the AGR Conservation Infrastructure and Programme. Although the concept of conservation was opposed by some and there were both financial and political difficulties, an effective institutional infrastructure for conservation was built by FAO by 1990 using UNEP funds. In 1992, the advent of the Convention on BioDiversity offered substantial funding for project activities for the first time through the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). At that point it was desirable to move activities from central planning to the design, funding and operation of local or national conservation projects. “Top-down” institutional control should have been replaced by “Bottom-up” conservation activities. Regrettably this did not happen during the 1990s and, as shown by successive editions of the World Watch List, the number of endangered livestock breeds has continued to increase. Now that the conservation vision is accepted and the institutional infrastructures are in place it is time for a new dynamic by creating and funding specific conservation projects which harness the local human resources of knowledge and enthusiasm.

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BSE submission to European Union: World Watch

Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 80, Issue 3 p. 118-118 Free Access BSE submission to European Union: World Watch Commonwealth Chief Gardner Murray, Commonwealth Chief Gardner Murray Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author Commonwealth Chief Gardner Murray, Commonwealth Chief Gardner Murray Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb11363.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume80, Issue3March 2002Pages 118-118 RelatedInformation

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Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 79, Issue 7 p. 458-458 Free Access World Watch First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb13012.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume79, Issue7July 2001Pages 458-458 RelatedInformation

Foot and Mouth disease hits both Japan and South Korea world watch

Foot and Mouth disease hits both Japan and South Korea world watch

Foot-and-mouth disease in South-East Asia world watch

Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 78, Issue 4 p. 229-229 Foot-and-mouth disease in South-East Asia world watch Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author Gardner Murray, Gardner Murray Commonwealth Chief Veterinary OfficerSearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 March 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11736.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume78, Issue4April 2000Pages 229-229 RelatedInformation

EU accepts beef under Australian system World watch

EU accepts beef under Australian system World watch