D.C.Dalton: Published papers

(In alphabetical order)

BASS, J.J.; KIRTON, A.H.; DALTON, D.C. (1977)
Body composition of cull ewes from New Zealand hill country.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research 20: 7-11.

BIGHAM, M L; ELLIOTT, K H; DALTON, D C (1977)
Wool production of sheep breeds on hill country.
Proceedings of the NZ Society of Animal Production, 37:218-219.

BIGHAM, M L; SUMNER, R H W; DALTON, D C (1977)
Seasonal wool production of Romney and Merino x Romney wethers.
NZ Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 5:257-260.

BIGHAM, M L; SUMNER, R H W; DALTON, D C (1978)
Wool production of different breeds of mixed-age ewes on hill country.
NZ Journal of Agricultural Research, 21:119-126.

BINNIE, D B; DALTON, D C (1980)
Using Sheeplan to buy a ram.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 141(1):25-27.

BLOCKEY, M A deB; DALTON, D C (1968a)
Procedures in the AI of sheep.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 117(6):70-71.

BLOCKEY, M A deB; DALTON, D C (1968b)
Artificial Insemination of sheep.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 117(5):94-95.

BLOCKEY, M A deB; DALTON, D C (1969)
Genetic Aspects of AI in sheep.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 118(1):77.

BOAZ, T.G.; DALTON, D.C. (1967)
Progeny testing for meat for sheep in Great Britain.
EAAP Association for Animal Production. Commission on sheep and goat production.
Oslo August 14-15. 1967.

DALTON, D.C. (1962)
Characters of economic importance in Welsh Mountain sheep.
Animal Production, 4 (2): 269-278.

DALTON, D.C. (1963)
Effect of dilution of the diet with an indigestible filler on feed intake in the mouse.
Nature, 197, (No 4870):March 2 1963, 909-910.

DALTON, D.C. (1965)
Dilution of the diet and feed intake in the mouse.
Nature, 205 (No 4973), 807.

DALTON, D.C. (1967)
Selection for growth in mice on two diets.
Animal Production, 9(4): 425-434.

DALTON, D C (1969)
Sheep breeding developments in New Zealand.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 118(5):13-15.

DALTON, D C (1970)
Merino-Romney crossbreeding.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 120(1):46-49.

DALTON, D.C.(1970)
The application of genetic principles in future farming.
Proceedings of the Hawke’s Bay Conference. 66-81.

DALTON, D.C. (1970)
Cattle breeding. I Genetics.
New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, 121(6); 22-37.

DALTON, D C (1971a)
Theory of group sheep breeding schemes.
NZ Meat Producer, 15(a):41.

DALTON, D C (1971b)
Sheep breed performance in New Zealand. Part I.
NZ Agricultural Science, 5(5):2-5.

DALTON, D C (1971c)
Sheep breed performance in New Zealand. Part II.
NZ Agricultural Science, 5(6):3-6.

DALTON, D.C. (1971)
Selection of Friesian bulls for growth.
N.Z. Agricultural Science, 6 (2); 6-8.

DALTON, D.C. (1972)
Performance testing and beef AB.
Proceedings Veterinary Services Council Course, October 27, 1972. 25-32.

DALTON, D.C. (1974)
New Zealand: cooperative livestock breeding schemes.
Span, 17 (2): 66-68.

DALTON, D C (1975a)
Sheeplan - what's it all about?
Meat and Wool, September.

DALTON, D C (1975b)
Sheeplan - Modified flock recording scheme for 1976.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 131(1):7-8.

DALTON, D.C. (1976)
Animal breeding – first principles for farmers.
Aster Books. Editorial Services Ltd, Wellington NZ, 48pp.

DALTON, D.C. (1975?)
Approaches developed in New Zealand in the application of the objectives of genetic improvement of beef cattle and the methods and organisation used for this purpose.
Workshop on genetic improvement of beef cattle for Southern Australia. Hamilton, Australia

DALTON, D C (1976a)
Sheeplan and the Carpetmaster's future.
Proceedings of the Carpetmaster Conference, Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, July 1976.

DALTON, D C (1976b)
Sheeplan - National flock recording scheme.
Meat and Wool, April.

DALTON, D.C. (1976)
An analysis of Angus central bull performance tests in New Zealand.
Proceedings of the NZ Society of Animal Production, 36: 210-5.

DALTON, D C (1978)
A sheep recording scheme in New Zealand.
Span, 21(3):119.

DALTON, D.C. (1979)
Beef cattle improvement Seminar. Performance and progeny testing.
Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Edinburgh, July 19, 1979.

DALTON, D C (1980a)
Lamb deaths - look the other way.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 141(1):13-16.

DALTON, D C (1980b)
Sources of perinatal mortality.
Proceedings of the Lincoln College Farmers' Conference 109-123.

DALTON, D.C. (1980c)
The New Zealand Charolais.
Paper to the World Charolais Convention, Christchurch, New Zealand, March19-22, 1980.

DALTON, D.C. (1980d)
An introduction to practical animal breeding.
Granada Publishing. 162pp.

DALTON, D.C. (1980-81e)
Applying genetics to sheep breeding.
Wool, 7 (2): 23-28.

DALTON, D C (1981a)
How best to select commercial flock replacements.
Proceedings of the Gore Sheepfarmers' Conference, 79-86.

DALTON, D C (1981b)
Hogget lambing: how to make it worthwhile.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 143(2):3-4.

DALTON, D C (1981c)
Big profits from hogget fleece weighing: here's how.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 143(3):5-7.

DALTON, D.C. (1982)
Agricultural glossary.
NZ Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 80pp.

DALTON, D.C. (1970)
Scientists get their teeth into teeth.
N.Z. Journal of Agriculture, 114 (2) 2-4.

DALTON, D.C. (1974)
New Zealand: Cooperative livestock breeding schemes.
Span, 17(2); 66-68.

DALTON, D C (1982a)
Performance recording.
Sheep Production. Vol 1. Breeding and Production. Ed. G A Wickham & M F McDonald, NZ Institute of Agricultural Science, 199-210.

DALTON, D C (1982b)
Scientists get their teeth into teeth.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 144(2):2-3.

DALTON, D C (1983)
Well, lets get into it.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 147(1):14.

DALTON, D.C. (1984)
Improving the Limousin for New Zealand.
Paper to the 6th World Limousin Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, November 3, 1984.

DALTON, D.C. (1985)
Crossbreeding in sheep and beef – principles and methods.
Lincoln College Canterbury Animal Industries Workshop. 105-113.

DALTON, D.C. (1986)
Early lamb at not extra cost.
N.Z. Farmer, June 12, 1986. 17-18.

DALTON, D.C. (1986)
Interest in Angora rabbits as fibre producer.
N.Z. Farmer, 107 (17); 56-57.

DALTON, D.C. (1986)
Cattle yards – a small layout.
N.Z. Farmer, 107 (12): 23-24.

DALTON, D.C. (1988).
Promotion and marketing of Devon cattle.
Proceedings of the 1988 Bicentenary World Devon Conference, Sydney, Australia. March 23-26, 1988.

DALTON, D.C. (2000)
Devon cattle farmers – do you have a future?
World Devon Cattle Breeders’ Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, 13 February, 2000.

DALTON, D.C.(1991)
New Zealand sheep breeds and their wool.
Ed. David Bateman. 32pp.

DALTON, D C; ACKERLEY, L R (1974)
Performance of sheep on New Zealand hill country. I. Growth and wool production of wethers of five breeds.
NZ Journal of Agricultural Research, 17:279-282.

DALTON, D C; ARMSTRONG, D (1981)
Looking after rams.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 143(5):2-3.

DALTON, D.C.; BAKER, R.L. (1979)
Beef cattle improvement Seminar. Selection experiments with beef cattle and sheep.
Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Edinburgh, July 19, 1979.

DALTON, D C; BALL, S (1976)
Performance of Romney and crossbred sheep on east coast hill country.
NZ Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 4:35-40.

DALTON, D.C.:BYWATER, T.L. (1963).
The effect of selection for litter size and litter weight in mice maintained on two diets.
Animal Production, 5 (3): 317-326.

DALTON, D C; CALLOW, C F (1975)
Sheeplan progress report.
Sheepfarming Annual, 187-191.

DALTON, D C; CALLOW, C F (1976)
Why sheeplan is necessary.
Proceedings of the Ruakura Farmers' Conference, 13-17.

DALTON, D C; CLARKE, J N (1977)
Some sheep breeding topics: Progeny testing, Crossbreeding and Sheeplan.
Proceedings of the Coopworth Sheep Society of NZ, 34.

DALTON, D.C.; DAVIS, W.P. (1967).
A note on feeding trials with mice.
Journal of the institute of animal technicians, 18 (3): 131-133.

DALTON, D.C.; EVERITT, G.C. (1972).
Meat production from Friesian and Angus bulls.
Proceedings of the NZ Society of Animal Production, 32:11-18.

DALTON, D.C.; GIBSON, A.E. (1974?)
Breeding high-performance Angus cattle – a Lands and Survey Project.
Proceedings of the Massey Sheep and Beef Conference. 7-19.

DALTON, D.C.: HALL, D.R.H. (1978).
Exotic x Friesian beef cow performance. Final report of first trial.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 136 (1). 8-11.

DALTON, D C; HIGHT, G K (1972)
Breeding better livestock for hill country.
Proceedings of the Ruakura Farmers' Conference, 62-74.

DALTON, D C; KILGOUR, R (1977)
Droving hill-country sheep.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 135(1):13-14.

DALTON, D C; KIRTON, A H (1973)
Sheep meat from hill country.
Meat and Wool, November 1973.

DALTON, D.C.; MORRIS, C.A. (1978)
A review of central performance testing of beef bulls and of recent research in New Zealand.
Livestock Production Science, 5: 147-157.

DALTON, D C; RAE, A L (1978)
The New Zealand Romney sheep: a review of productive performance.
Animal Breeding Abstracts, 46:657-680.

DALTON, D.C.; STIRLING, J. (1977)
Bad feet in bulls.
N.Z.Journal of Agriculture, 134(2); 13-15.

DALTON, D C; SUMNER, R M W (1972)
Merino-Romney crossbreeding - the MR report.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 124(6):51-53.

DALTON, D.C. (1980)
Applying genetics to sheep breeding.
Wool, 7 (2): 23-28.

DALTON, D.C.; LANG, D.R. (1994)
Landcorp group breeding- a challege to be grasped.
In Lab Coats to Gumboots. NZ Society of Animal Production. 1-11.

DALTON,D,C; RUMBLE, C. (1985)
50 years of artificial insemination and herd improvement in New Zealand.
Pub. Livestock Improvement, Hamilton, NZ. 65pp.

DALTON, D C; BIGHAM, M L; ELLIOTT, K H (1977)
Black spots in sheep.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 134(5):26-27.

DALTON, D C; BIGHAM, M L; SUMNER, R M W (1976)
A comparison between the Romney and Merino x Romney on hill country.
NZ Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 4:27-33.

DALTON, D C; BIGHAM, M L; SUMNER, R M W (1980)
Applying genetics to sheep breeding in the 1980's.
Wool, 7(2):23.

DALTON, D C; BIGHAM, M L; WIGGINS, L K (1973)
Specialist carpet wool sheep.
Proceedings of the Ruakura Farmers' Conference, 21-33.

DALTON, D C; CALLOW, C F; ULJEE, A E (1984)
Recording systems and their use for coloured sheep.
Proceedings of the Second World Conference of Coloured Sheep, Ed H T Blair, 203-211.

DALTON, D.C.; GILBERD, D.J.; ALISON, A.W. (1980).
The Red Devon in New Zealand.
World Devon Convention, United Kingdom, May 19, 1980.

DALTON, D C; JOHNSON, D L; CALLOW, C F (1982)
Sheeplan's breeding values: what are they?
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 144(2):25-26.

DALTON, D.C; JURY, K.E.; HALL, D.R.H. (1975).
Growth rate and oestrous behaviour of Friesian, Hereford x Friesian, Simmental x Friesian and Angus heifers.
Proceedings of the NZ Society of Animal Production, 35: 129-136.

DALTON, D C; KNIGHT, T W; JOHNSON, D L (1980)
Lamb survival in sheep breeds on New Zealand Hill Country.
NZ Journal of Agricultural Research, 23:167-173.

DALTON, D.C.: PEARSON, M.E.: SHEARD, M. (1967)
The behaviour of dairy bulls kept in groups.
Animal Production, 9 (1):1-5.

DALTON, D.C; RAE, A.L; CLARKE, J.N. (1970).
A review of genetic parameters, performance and progeny testing and genetic aspects of artificial insemination of beef cattle in New Zealand.
NZ Beef Production, Processing and Marketing. NZ Institute of Agricultural Science, Wellington 1970. 141-153.

DALTON, D C; CLARKE, J N; RATTRAY, P V; JOYCE, J P; KELLY, R W (1978)
Romneys, Coopworths and Perendales: A breed comparison.
Proceedings of the Ruakura Farmers' Conference, FPP 13.

DOBBIE, J B; DALTON, D C (1972)
Missing sheep - a multi-million dollar loss.
NZ Journal of Agriculture, 124(2):19-20.

ELLIOTT, K H; BIGHAM, M L; SUMNER, R M W; DALTON, D C (1978)
Wool production of yearling ewes of different breeds on hill country.
NZ Journal of Agricultural Research, 21:179-186.

ELLIS, M.; DALTON, D.C. (1995)
NZ Dairying. Let’s get the basics right.
The Dairyman – NZ Rural Press publication. 64pp.

ELLIS, M.; DALTON, D.C. (1996)
NZ Dairying. Increase production – lower costs.
The Dairyman – NZ Rural Press publication. 64pp.

ELLIS, M.; DALTON, D.C. (1997)
NZ Dairying. The best practices.
The Dairyman – NZ Rural Press publication. 48pp.

EVERITT, G.C.; JURY, K.E.; DALTON, D.C.; WARD, J.D.B. (1978a)
Beef production from the dairy herd. I. Calving records from Friesian cows mated to Friesian and beef breed bulls.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research, 21: 197-208.

EVERITT, G.C.; JURY, K.E.; DALTON, D.C.; WARD, J.D.B. (1978b)
Beef production from the dairy herd. II.Growth rates of straight-bred and beef-cross Friesian steers and heifers up to 4 months of age in several environments.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research, 21: 209-14.

EVERITT, G.C.; JURY, K.E.; DALTON, D.C.; HALL, D.R.H. (1980)
Beef production from the dairy herd. III. Growth and reproduction of straight-bred and beef-cross Friesian heifers.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research, 23: 1-10.

EVERITT, G.C.; JURY, K.E.; DALTON, D.C.:LANGRIDGE, M. (1980).
Beef production from the dairy herd. IV. Growth and carcass composition of straight-bred and beef-cross Friesian steers in several environments.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research, 23: 11-20.

JURY, K.E.; EVERITT, G.C.; DALTON, D.C. (1980).
V. Growth of steers and heifers in different environments to 600 days of age.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research, 23; 21-25.

GIBSON, A.E. : DALTON, D.C. (1973)
Beef breeding programme: Lands and Survey Department, Rotorua.
Massey Sheepfarming Annual: 9-19.

HIGHT, G K; DALTON, D C (1974a)
Existing sheep breeds in New Zealand and the way to exploit their potential.
Proceedings of the Lincoln College Farmers' Conference, 42-53.

HIGHT, G K; DALTON, D C (1974b)
The role of integrated breeding groups in the sheep and cattle industries.
Sheepfarming Annual, 128-135.

HIGHT, G K; DALTON, D C; LANG, D R (1970)
Large scale integrated sheep and beef cattle.
Proceedings of the Ruakura Farmers' Conference Week, 38-54.

HUGHES, I.R.; PETERS, G.P.; DALTON, D.C. (1978).
Wool and leather production from 150month wethers of different breeds on hill country.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research, 21: 383-388.

KILGOUR, R.; DALTON, D.C. (1984)
Livestock behaviour – a practical guide.
Methuen, New Zealand. 320 pp.

KIRTON, A H; DALTON, D C; ACKERLEY, L R (1974)
Performance of sheep on New Zealand hill country II. Growth and composition of wethers of five breeds at three ages.
NZ Journal of Agricultural Research, 17:283-293.

KIRTON, A H; DALTON, D C; ACKERLEY, L R; WOODS, E G (1982)
Performance of sheep on New Zealand hill country III. Growth and composition of wethers born in three further years and slaughtered at three ages.
NZ Journal of Agricultural Research, 25:1-13.

KIRTON, A.H.; DALTON, D.C.; WINN, G.; DUGANZICH,D.M. (1985).
Body composition of cull Romney, Dorset x Romney, and Cheviot ewes from New Zealand hill country.
N.Z. Journal of Agricultural Research, 28: 241-247.

KNIGHT, T W; DALTON, D C; HIGHT, G K (1979)
Identification of barren ewes by vasectomised rams.
NZ Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 7:125-130.

KNIGHT, T W; DALTON, D C; HIGHT, G K (1980)
Changes in the median lambing dates and lambing pattern with variation in time of joining and breed of teasers.
NZ Journal of Agricultural Research, 23:281-285.

LANG, D.R.; DALTON, D.C.; HIGHT, G.K. (1970).
Artificial breeding in beef cattle.
Proceedings Ruakura Farmers’ Conference, 1970. 68-77.

LANG, D.R.; FERGUSON, A.B.; DALTON, D.C. (1980)
Ova transfers and frozen embryos.
Proceedings of the world conference on sheep and beef cattle. October 1980.

PASSMAN, A; DALTON, D C (1982)
Influence of Romney, Coopworth and Perendale breeds on lambskin leather quality.
NZ Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 10:7-13.

SORRENSON, W.J.; DALTON, D.C.; HALL, D.R.H.; SCOTT, M.E. (1981)
Profitability of different breeds of sheep on New Zealand hill country.
Research paper 8/81, October 1981. NZ Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Research Section, Economics Division, Wellington NZ.

STEPHENSON, S K; DALTON, D C; KIRTON, A H (1980)
The relationships of growth, body shape and body composition to the initiation of oestrus activity in different sheep breeds.
Proceedings of the NZ Society of Animal Production, 40:258-267.

WHATELEY, J; KILGOUR, R; DALTON, D C (1974)
Behaviour of hill country sheep breeds during farming routines.
Proceedings of the NZ Society of Animal Production, 34:28-36.