Papers of Ken Ferguson, 1936-2007 [manuscript]. [1936-2007]

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Papers of Ken Ferguson, 1936-2007 [manuscript]. [1936-2007]

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MS Acc10.069 comprises personal and professional correspondence files; diaries and notebooks; university papers and early career (CSIRO) research materials including final year essay on merino breeding, Kameruka experiments and fleece growth; notes for veterinary science lectures given at the University of Sydney; research materials from work with the CSIRO on pituitary and growth hormones, hormonal control of wool growth, protected proteins, amino acids, protected lipids, nutrition and wool growth, ruminant nutrition, methionine, electrophoresis, appetite and voluntary feed intake; Human Pituitary Advisory Committee papers; J.S. Davies bequest committee papers; annual reports, agreements, minutes of Peptide Technology Ltd.; experimental data cards including fleece samples, transparencies, negatives and photographs; administrative files from CSIRO; reprints and photocopies of articles by others on numerous topics concerning sheep husbandry, wool production, fleece characteristics and genetics; subject files kept post-retirement, including news clippings and correspondence on the sheep and wool industry; post-retirement work with Jim Watts and others on SRS (soft rolling skins) sheep breeding and selection including research notes, experimental data, articles and correspondence (83 boxes).

12.45 m. (83 boxes)

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University of Sydney. Faculty of Veterinary Science

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Institute of Animal and Food Sciences (Australia)

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Peptide Technology Ltd.

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Ferguson, Ken, 1921-2011

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Veterinary scientist. Kenneth Adie (Ken) Ferguson was born in Sydney in 1921 and died in June 2011. Ferguson's work on the direction of genetics research in Australia was critical but controversial, emphasising nutrition for the animal rather than purely quantitative genetics as a determinant of success. He studied and was a researcher and teacher in the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Sydney, 1938-1947. He went to Cambridge University in 1948 to commence Ph.D. research on the...

CSIRO. Animal Research Laboratories

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