New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

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✨ Genetically Modified Organism Trials



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and management of the trial are aware of the above conditions
13. At the completion of the trial the site shall be planted in a non-maize crop and monitored, monthly, for maize volunteers for 1 year.

Trial start date
November 1997
Completion date
April 1998
Post harvest monitoring completion date
30 April 1999

Trial Number
48
Project title
Field test of genetically modified sheep
Application approved
9 March 98
Approved trial period
March 1998-March 2001
Organism Common name
Sheep
Organism Scientific Name
Ovis sp.
Modified by:
Modified for over expression of IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor)
Locations of field trial
Lincoln University research farm isolation ground
Institution / Company
Lincoln University
Institution / Company Contact(s)
S. Damak, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Group
Conditions on approval

  1. The approval is for three years from the date of approval;
  2. Only persons authorised by the trial Manager shall be admitted to the isolation ground;
  3. The Isolation Ground must continue in operation as approved by the IAG on 3 April 1992 and following its inspection of 6 June 1997;
  4. The woolshed is not deemed to be part of the Isolation Ground, but is approved for intermittent use for stock management or animal husbandry purposes related to this trial, provided that it is secure and lockable;
  5. Surgical room (number 35) and adjacent secured holding pens in the Johnston Memorial Laboratory are not deemed to be a part of the Isolation Ground, but are approved for intermittent use for surgical purposes. This use is subject to the following conditions:
    i) The applicant shall record in the log book that all sheep are accounted for, before and after movements, to and from the room and holding pens;
    ii) The sheep shall not be left unattended at any time while outside the isolation ground, and;
    iii) The laboratory doors must be locked while transgenic sheep are housed within;
  6. The use of the Isolation Ground for other than the proposed trial may only occur with specific prior approval by the IAG;
  7. Nothing in this approval to field test genetically modified sheep


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🌾 Field trial of insect tolerant maize for breeding purposes (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
10 November 1997
Genetically Modified Organisms, Field Trial, Maize, Insect Tolerance, Breeding, Aka Aka

🌾 Field test of genetically modified sheep

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
9 March 1998
Genetically Modified Organisms, Field Trial, Sheep, IGF-I, Lincoln University
  • S. Damak, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Group