Assistant State's Attorney Michele Hansen said in her summation that Rohrer's neglect had caused his livestock to suffer. She said the pregnant sheep died because they were allowed to gorge themselves on grain, instead of being given hay.
"Changes to clinical practice may be largely responsible with improved (laboratory techniques) leading to the transfer of 'healthier' embryos," suggested Michele Hansen, the lead author of the study and a researcher at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Subiaco, Western Australia.