20 (Xinhua) -- It's long been a joke that New Zealand is a nation more full of sheep than people -- but that's changing, the government statistics agency said Friday. The total number of sheep was down by just over 5 percent year on year to 27.6 million at the end of June last...
Prof Bradshaw is coming to Dunedin next month as part of theNew Zealand International Science Festivaltotalkon climate change, looking at it from his daughter’s perspective.Read the rest of this entry » Kakapo are unique among the ~ 400parrotspecies (Psittaciformes) for being flightless, noctu...
A higher [Zn]/[Ca] ratio was observed in the new bone as compared to the mature bone. Blood vessels were observed in the bone in close contact with the screw. This study shows the potential of ion beam analysis for biological and biomedical characterization....
While requirements for shelter for sheep are described in the Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Sheep (Animal Welfare Advisory Committee 1996), standards for other species are yet to be finalised. It is also an opportunity to consider how New Zealand animal welfare ...
New Zealand 1972 Bush wren Xenicus longipes Kaua’i, Hawai’i 1987 Kaua’i oo Moho braccatus Guam 1983 Guam flycatcher Myiagra freycineti Aldabra (Seychelles) 1983 Aldabra bush-warbler Nesillas aldabrana I’m not sure which was sadder: writing this list, or having to explain i...
Such a view underpinned the New Zealand (NZ) government's 2017 decision to designate the Whanganui River – NZ's third largest river – as a living entity, giving it the same legal rights as an individual (Kramm, 2020). Environmental integrity is thus a fundamental human right and an ...
Bypass grafting of the jugular vein to the common carotid artery was performed 2 weeks after starting dietary des-fluoro-anacetrapib supplementation. The animals were euthanised 4 weeks post-bypass grafting. Relative to control, dietary supplementation with des-fluoro-anacetrapib reduced plasma CETP ...
While STEC infections in New Zealand appear as sporadic cases or small clusters, little is known about the relative importance of cattle as a reservoir, or the relative contribution of different exposure pathways to human cases of STEC.
note 2: New Zealand lies along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire ...
American Indian or Alaska Native is not included in this breakdown due to an enrollment of 0%. 66% economically disadvantaged students at Compass Academy Charter School Full-time teachers 17 Percentage of full-time teachers who are certified 100% Student-teacher ratio 10:1 Number of full-time ...