For over fifty years The New Zealand Society of Animal Production has played an important role as a forum fostering research in all areas of animal production including production systems, nutrition, meat science, animal welfare, wool science, animal breeding and genetics. It was during the second world war when 66 animal scientists met at the first annual conference. Our first president J.M. Ranstead reported to that meeting that a small band of enthusiasts had gathered together the previous June to consider forming a new Society along the lines of the American Genetics Association. The name they chose for this new Society was The New Zealand Society of Animal Production.

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