Publications 2006

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Posters
Soil Quality Monitoring In Northern Ireland C. Jordan and A. Higgins
Dry matter intake of dairy cows offered two grazing allowances and a range of supplements S. J. Morrison, D. C. Patterson and S. Dawson
Achieving phosphorus ‘balance’ on benchmarked dairy farms in Northern Ireland C.P. Ferris and A.R. Hopps
A comparison of the hygienic quality of milk from Norwegian dairy cows and Holstein-Friesian dairy cows C.P. Ferris, D.C. Patterson and D.J. Kilpatrick
Exposure assessment to airborne dust, ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and noise levels on Irish commercial pig farms M. Coggins, V. Hogan and J. Malynn
Progress with completion of safety statements by farmers in Ireland J. McNamara, L. Connolly, M. Cushion and F. Laffey
Effects of banding or burdizzo castration of bulls with or without carprofen administration on inflammatory cytokine gene expression in peripheral leukocytes W.Y. Pang, B. Earley, T. Sweeney and M.A. Crowe
Validation of a system for automatic recording of standing and lying behaviour of dairy cows at pasture K. O’Driscoll, L. Boyle, A. Hanlon, B. O’Brien and D. Gleeson
Effect of milking procedure on the total bacterial count of bulk milk in seventy-seven dairy farms D. Gleeson, B. O’Brien and D.P. Berry
Effect of milking frequency and nutritional level on udder health of spring-calving dairy cows B. O’Brien, D. Gleeson, D.P. Berry and W.J. Meaney
The influence of catalogue recorded variables on the prices achieved by 4-year old, sport horses at auction. K.D. Hennessy and K.M. Quinn
Towards the optimally ventilated calf house (a) Isothermal optimisation with computational fluid dynamics T. Norton, J. Grant, R.Fallon and D.W. Sun
The effects of level of maize in forage based diets and maturity at harvest on the performance and meat quality of beef cattle T.W.J. Keady, B.W. Moss and D.J. Kilpatrick
Relationships between residual feed intake and maternal productivity and metabolic traits of beef suckler cows M. McGee and M.J. Drennan
Intake, growth, carcass traits and plasma metabolites in finishing steers offered contrasting concentrate energy sources at two feeding levels M. McGee, P. O’Kiely and E.G. O’Riordan
Intake, growth, body composition and feed conversion efficiency in pedigree beef bulls differing in residual feed intake M.J. Drennan, M. McGee and A. Cromie
Comparison of Montbeliarde, Norwegian Red and Holstein-Friesian young bulls for beef production M.G. Keane
The influence of calf birth-weight on selected beef quality characteristics A.P. Moloney and M. J. Drennan
The influence of strain of Holstein-Friesian and feeding system on grazing behaviour S. McCarthy, B.Horan, M.Linnane, M. Rath and P. Dillon
Characterisation of leptin gene polymorphisms in bulls progeny tested for body condition score B. Kearney, M. Daly, O.Casey, F. Buckley, T. McCarthy, P. Ross and L. Giblin
The association between breed, age, body weight, body condition score and the commencement of cyclicity in maiden dairy heifers N. Begley, F. Buckley, M. Rath, T. Condon, J.F. Mee and P.Dillon.
Genetic parameters for traits recorded during sport horse field tests in Ireland K.M. Quinn, D.M. Feely and P.O. Brophy
The influence of breeding on the prices achieved by sport horse foals at auction K.M. Quinn, P.O. Brophy and K..D. Hennessy
Describing inter-calving body condition score profiles: a strategy generalisable to diverse cohorts D.P. Berry, J.R. Roche and R.C. Boston
Genetic associations between linear type traits and calving interval and survival in Ireland D.P. Berry, M.H. Pool, A.R. Cromie and R.F. Veerkamp
Comparative evaluation of conserved grass, fermented whole crop wheat, urea-treated processed whole crop wheat and maize silage in the diet of early lactation cows F. Burke, J.J. Murphy, M. O’Donovan, F.P. O’Mara and F.J. Mulligan
Quantification of the initiation date, heading date and critical day length of ryegrass cultivars G. Hurley, M.O. Donovan and T. Gilliland
Effect of closing date and grazing date on Lolium perenne tiller density D. Hennessy, M. O’Donovan, P. French and S. Laidlaw
Investigating the contribution of hybrid ryegrass to early spring grazing systems E. Kennedy, M. O’Donovan, M. Rath, F. O’Mara and L. Delaby
Effect of different forms of feeding grass on intakes, milk yield and composition of spring calving dairy cows in early lactation R. Mohammed, M. O’Donovan, C.S. Stanton, J.J. Kennelly, J.F. Mee and J.J. Murphy
Quantification and identification of fungal propagules in bales of grass silage produced using standard farm procedures M. O’Brien, P. O’Kiely, P.D. Forristal and H. Fuller
Bacterial community changes in silage over the course of fermentation in round bales relative to that of comparable precision-chop silage J. McEniry, P. O’Kiely, N.J.W. Clipson, P.D. Forristal and E.M. Doyle
Conservation characteristics of grass and dry beet pulp co-ensiled after different degrees of mixing B. Cummins, P. O’Kiely, M.G. Keane and F.P. O’Mara
Perennial ryegrasses bred for contrasting sugar contents: manipulating fermentation and aerobic stability of unwilted silage using additives H. Howard, P. O'Kiely, G. Pahlow and F.P. O'Mara
Effect of dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on haematological variables in cattle S. Childs, J.M. Sreenan, B. Earley, J. Twigge and D.A. Kenny
Relationships between adipose cell diameter, body condition score, and energy balance in Holstein-Friesian cows. J. Patton, D.A. Kenny, J.F. Mee, F.P. O’Mara and J.J. Murphy
The effect of application of cow slurry on triticale harvested as wholecrop silage J.P. Frost and R.C. Binnie
The influence of application of cow slurry on the productivity of barley. J.P. Frost and R.C. Binnie
Upgrading the slurry tanker fleet – approximate cost. D. Ryan