Farm Medix Natasha and Leon developed CHECK-UP, a high-tech culture based system allowing farmers a DIY kit to utilise a small sample of milk and culture overnight to help detect mastitis. Mastitis is an infection of the udder and is the biggest health disease in the dairy industry, costing the average farmer, $55,000pa. Natasha McGuire…
Rutec Ian is responsible for the development of a fast curing adhesive and applicator to apply high retention heat detectors directly to cattle. This allows bonding of between 20 – 60 seconds when the adhesive is applied. HEATMARK ERO Heat Detectors offers a faster, less messy way to achieve a well bonded/well-retained heat detector.…
Landcare Research John is the leading rat biologist in the Waikato. His most significant contribution to conservation at the national and international level was his team’s discovery that possums eat native birds and their eggs and young and are not just vegetarians. This revelation not only permanently refocused subsequent possum control throughout New Zealand, it…
University of Waikato Brendan began his research in the field of estimation of fish abundance by developing the systematic and quantitative use of drift diving, a direct counting technique of salmon and trout. He has used statistical analyses of fish abundance to produce a unique quantitative view of fish abundance in New Zealand’s lakes…