Quarantine Rule Hinders Bull Semen Exports
(N.Z. Press Association)
HAMILTON, Nov. 25.
The Newstead artificial breeding centre has frozen bull semen ready for export to Australia, but because of stringent Australian regulations it will not be possible to send it across the Tasman until March, 1967. In the meantime, it will have to remain in deep freeze at the centre. This will be the first semen export to Australia on a commercial trade basis. “But it is likely to be the last because of further tightening up of the Australian import regulations,” said Mr K. W. Carter, commercial manager at Newstead.
“It Is a pity, as we could sell a lot of semen to Australia, particularly Friesian semen.”
The present Australian regulations stipulate that semen from New Zealand must be stored in quarantine conditions in New Zealand for two years before export. It is, theoretically, possible to get calves born from semen that has been stored for longer than this period. As a general rule, however, no semen over two years old is used at Newstead.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30918, 26 November 1965, Page 1
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