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Monday Hogan Suite
Innovation in Teaching Animal and Veterinary Sciences
09:30-10:30
TBC
TBC
110 Evaluation of the communication methods used to disseminate the findings of a dairy research farm for extension purposes
10:00 7+3 Claire Bambrick
Monday Hogan Suite
Best Practice in the Ethical use of Farm Animals in Research
10:30-12:30
TBC
TBC
Monday Hogan Suite
Sustainability, Globalisation and Climate
13:30-14:50
152 Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grasslands
13:30 7+3 Karl Richards, Mary Harty, Catherine Watson, Karen McGeough, Rachel Carolan, Dominika Krol, Ronnie Laughlin, Gary Lanigan, Patrick
144 Livestock Insurance A Tool To Reduce Economical Loss Of Farmers From Climate Change Related Hazards
13:40 7+3 Ananta Koirala, Priyanka Bhandari
63 How will the nutritional quality of European pastures be affected by climate change?
13:50 7+3 M Dellar, CFE Topp, G Banos, E Wall
212 Effects of grassland sward diversity on nitrous oxide emissions following fertiliser N application under ambient and wet soil conditions
14:00 7+3 C J Bracken, G J Lanigan, K G Richards, S R Tracy, C Müller, P N C Murphy
9-11 April 2018, Croke Park Stradium, Dublin
Innovation to compete in the global livestock Industry
DRAFT PROGRAMME
273 Effect of dietary tanninferous Vachelia karroo leaf meal on methane emission and productivity in yearling Boer bucks
14:10 7+3 D Brown, RM Mmamakgone, JW Ngambi
77 Improving nitrous oxide emission estimates from cattle excreta
14:20 7+3 Dominika Krol, Rachael Carolan, Eddy Minet, Karen McGeough, Catherine Watson, Patrick Forrestal, Gary Lanigan, Karl Richards
98 Novel metrics for assessing, monitoring and improving dairy farm sustainability
14:40 7+3 AD Soteriades, K Rowland, DJ Roberts, AW Stott
Monday Hogan Suite
Impact of Brexit on the Irish and UK Agri-Food Sector
15:30-17:00
Likely impact of Brexit on the Irish agri-food sector
15:30 25+5 K Hanrahan
Impact of Brexit on the UK agri-food industry
16:00 25+5 S Thomson
The Impact of Post-Brexit Trade Agreements on UK Agriculture
16:30 25+5 M Patton
Monday Hogan Mezz I
Animal Health and Disease I
15:30-17:10
Keeping up with appearances – the challenges to livestock production posed by new and emerging infectious diseases
13:30 25+5 P O'Neill
172 Clinical presentation, somatic cell count and cytokine secretion in response to intramammary infection of Holstein Friesian heifers with
14:00 7+3 D. A. Niedziela, M. P. Murphy, J. Grant, O. M. Keane, F. Leonard
82 Use of selective dry cow therapy to control mastitis and reduce antimicrobial use
14:10 7+3 S McParland, N Byrne, N Ryan, J Flynn
201 Reduced concentration of serum vitamin D precedes the development of clinical endometritis in dairy cows
14:20 7+3 Nicholas Ryan, Amy Brewer, Cliona O'Farrelly, Alex Evans, Marijke Beltman, Erin Williams, Corwin Nelson, Kieran Meade
11 Elevated inflammatory markers and impaired complement activation in cervical mucus early postpartum are distinguishing features of dairy
14:30 7+3 M Adnane, A Chapwanya, k Meade, C O'Farrelly
33 Schmallenberg virus: pathogenicity and teratogenicity in the embryonated chicken egg (ECE) model
14:40 7+3 Aine Collins, John F Mee, Peter Kirkland
112 Investigating the occurrence and potential mitigation of fluorosis in ruminant livestock along the East African Rift Valley
14:50 7+3 KE Waddams, CJ Newbold, CJ Thomas, G Seddaiu, EW Wambu, KM Mtei
35 Why the use of preventative treatment for livestock diseases is not always cost-effective: a case-study of an economic game theory model of
15:00 3+2 E J Nixon, R Wall, H Rose Vineer
223 Investigation of the relationship between quarter somatic cell count and udder skin surface temperature of dairy cows measured by infrared
15:05 3+2 DT Byrne, H Esmonde, N McHugh
Monday Hogan Mezz I
Alltech Session
15:30-17:00
506 Alltech Session
TBC
Monday Hogan Mezz II
Monogastrics - Innovation, Raw Materials and Enzymes I
13:20-15:05
301 Nutritional innovations in pig production
13:30 25+5 C. L. Walk
205 Effect of toasting time and inclusion rate on rapeseed meal digestibility for broilers.
14:00 7+3 E Tormo, C Peyronnet, M Lessire, P Carré, A Quinsac, H Juin
79 Exogenous feed enzymes as a means of increasing feed efficiency in grower-finisher pigs: a systematic review and meta-analysis
14:10 7+3 Alberto Torres-Pitarch, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Gillian G Gardiner, John V O'Doherty, Peadar G Lawlor
32 Effects of feeding varying levels of crude protein with or without exogenous phytase on growth and slurry gas emissions of growing pigs
14:20 7+3 A.O. Lala, J.G.M Houdijk, E.L.K. Osafo, A.O. Oso
127 Effect of β-xylanase and β-glucanase in wheat based diets achieved through different agronomical conditions on nutrient digestibility and
14:30 7+3 L.C Clarke, T Sweeney, E Curley, S.K Duffy, G Rajauria, J.V O'Doherty
125 Barley diets varying in chemical composition with or without enzymes can affect performance, nutrient digestibility and nutrient transporter
14:40 7+3 L.C Clarke, T Sweeney, E Curley, S.K Duffy, S Vigors, G Rajauria, J.V O'Doherty
38 Examination of the effects of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the release of xylose from different cereal types in vitro
14:50 3+2 T Dale, T Parr, JM Brameld, MR Bedford
14 Neonatal energy supplementation of low birth weight piglets does not enhance their health and survival
14:55 3+2 Oceane Schmitt, Laura Boyle, Emma M. Baxter, Keelin O'Driscoll
45 Nitrogen (N) utilization of weaned rabbits fed diets supplemented with varying levels of baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae )
15:00 3+2 B.M. Shehu
Monday Hogan Mezz II
Monogastrics - Innovation, Raw Materials and Enzymes II
15:20-16:00
21 Negative effects of cross-fostering on survival, growth performance and welfare of pigs
15:20 7+3 Julia Adriana Calderon Diaz, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Alessia Diana, Laura Boyle
238 Effect of sugar beet pulp and L-carnitine supplementation in gilt gestation diets on gilt weight and lactation feed intake and progeny growth
15:30 7+3 H.B Rooney, K O'Driscoll, J.V O'Doherty, P.G Lawlor
71 Natural strategy for the replacement of zinc oxide in newly weaned piglets
15:40 7+3 H Hall, M Nyachoti, M Hossain, D Harrington
252 Replacement of soybean meal with Nannochloropsis spp: its effect on growth performance of weaner rabbit
15:50 7+3 L. T. Egbeyale, O. O. Adeleye, O. D. Olabisi, O. Y. Ayo-Ajasa, O. F. Smith, O. G. Sodipe, M. Julius, D. Gazal, O. S. Sowande
Monday Davine Suite
Student Programme
12:00-17:00
360
tbc
Monday Nally Suite
Aquaculture
10:30-11:30
334 Challenges and solutions for a sustainable Industry
10:30 25+5 R Waagbo
256 Galacto-oligosaccharides: an investigation into dietary inclusion levels for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss ) for improved carcass
11:00 7+3 A Miles, SJ Davies, SC Mansbridge
156 Nephrotoxic effects of copper oxide nanoparticles in Cyprinus carpio assessed by histological profiles
11:10 7+3 F Jabeen, A Noureen, AS Chaudhry
502 ARC-UK Presentation
11:20 10
Monday Nally Suite
Rapeseed Mill
16:15-17:30
TBC
16:10 25+5 D Stregels
192 The variability in apparent (AID) and standardised ileal digestibility (SID) of rapeseed meal for broilers
16:40 7+3 M E E Ball, E Magowan, L Wright, T Windscheffel, H Graham
194 The use of near infra-red reflectance spectroscopy to predict ileal digestibility of essential amino acids in rapeseed meal for pigs and broilers
16:50 7+3 M E E Ball, E Magowan, T Windscheffel, R Garcia, H Graham
TBC
17:00 25+5 P Carre
Tuesday Hogan Suite
BSAS AGM
08:00-08:45
507
Tuesday Hogan Suite
Invited Hammond
09:00-10:00
298 Precision agriculture meets the genomics revolution
09:00 60 N. C. Friggens, C. Kamphuis, J. Lassen, S. McParland, H. Leclerc
Tuesday Hogan Suite
Invited Presidents Session Nutri-Genomics
10:30-12:50
300 Genomics of feed efficiency and related traits in cattle
10:30 25+5 K Keogh, S M Waters, D A Kenny
340 Nutrigenomics during peri-weaning period in calves
11:00 25+5 M Steele
341 Nutrigenomics/monogastrics
11:30 25+5 TBC
Tuesday Hogan Suite
Nutri- Genomics
10:30-12:50
267 Identification of differentially expressed genes in the M. longissmus thoracis et lumborum from full-sibling lambs divergent for fatty acid
12:00 7+3 T Alam, V Campos, JP Hanrahan, P Allen, SM Harrison, TWJ Keady, MT Rayan, RM Hamill, T Sweeney
161 RNA-Seq analysis of whole blood from early lactation dairy cows reveals association of anti-viral response pathways with poor fertility
12:10 7+3 Mazdak Salavati, Zhangrui Cheng, Dirk Werling, Claire Wathes, GplusE Consortium
136 Common differentially expressed genes in muscle, adipose and liver of pigs differing in feed efficiency and intramuscular fat content
12:20 7+3 R Hamill, J Horodyska, H Reyer, N Trakooljul, K Wimmers
196 Differential gene expression profiles of liver and muscle tissues in pigs divergent for feed efficiency
12:30 7+3 S Vigors, JV O' Doherty, KJ Bryan, T Sweeney
27 The effect of exogenous yeast enriched protein concentrate from the bio-ethanol industry (YPC) on pig cytochrome b (CYTB) genomic DNA
12:40 3+2 K R Slinger, A H Stewart, H Hall, H V Masey O'Neill, M R Bedford, J M Brameld, T Parr
18 Identification of gene networks contributing to compensatory growth in bovine ruminal epithelium
12:45 3+2 Kate Keogh, David Kenny, Sinead Waters
Tuesday Hogan Suite
Microbiome and Gut Health I
13:30-15:10
304 The gut microbiome of the broiler chicken
13:30 25+5 Paul Wigley
Gut Microbiome in pigs
14:00 25+5 T Sweeney
170 Dynamic modelling of the core microbiota in the porcine gut
14:30 7+3 S. Galgano, H. Kettle, A. Free, O. Olukosi, J. G. M. Houdijk
193 An analysis of the intestinal immune response of pigs divergent in feed efficiency in both an unchallenged state and following an ex-vivo LPS
14:40 7+3 S Vigors, JV O' Doherty, T Sweeney
84 Effects of bedding supplementation on the performance and caecal microbiome of broilers fed a wheat-based diet
14:50 7+3 A.A. Tonks, D. Juniper, C. Rymer, M.J. Woodward
207 Supplementation of the newly weaned piglet diet with a combination of casein hydrolysate and yeast ?-glucan checks post-weaning diarrhoea
15:00 7+3 A Mukhopadhya, PO McAlpine, E Murphy, JV O'Doherty, T Sweeney
Tuesday Hogan Suite
Microbiome and Gut Health II
15:30-17:05
296 Understanding the role of the rumen microbiome in animal phenotype
15:30 25+5 Sharon Huws
148 Network analysis to study ruminal microbial community and functional microbial gene interactions associated with methane emissions in beef
16:00 7+3 M D Auffret, M Martinez-Alvaro, R J Wallace, T C Freeman, A Blasco, M Watson, R Roehe
287 Investigation of rumen bacterial and archaeal community profiles of bulls phenotypically divergent for Residual Feed Intake
16:10 7+3 Emily McGovern, Sinead Waters, Claire Fitzsimons, Clare McKenna, Matthew McCabe, Mark McGee, Alan Kelly, David Kenny
81 Using systems level multi-omic approaches to compare temporal bacterial colonisation of Lolium perenne , Lotus corniculatus and Trifolium
16:20 7+3 CL Elliott, JE Edwards, TJ Wilkinson, GG Allison, K McCaffrey, MB Scott, P Rees Stevens, AH Kingston-Smith, SA Huws
26 The effect of an isoflavonoid-rich liquorice extract on fermentation and methanogenesis in the Rumen Simulation Technique
16:30 3+2 Eva Ramos Morales, Giulia Rossi, Marta Cattin, Eleanor Jones, Radek Braganca, C Jamie Newbold
68 Effects of dietary nitrate and lipid supplementation on the rumen microbiota associated with methane production
16:35 3+2 Jenna Bowen, Paul Cormican, Susan Lister, Matthew McCabe, Rainer Roehe, Richard Dewhurst
108 Post mortem observations on reticuloruminal and caecal content, ruminal histology and gene expression of beef finisher cattle in north-
16:40 3+2 NN Jonsson, CA McCartney, HHC Koh-Tan, HJ Ferguson, RC Cernat, E Strachan, W Thomson, TJ Snelling, CD Harvey, I Andonovic, C Michie, RJ
151 The effect of rumen fluid to buffer ratio on in vitro fermentation and the stability of the rumen bacterial community composition in cattle
16:45 3+2 K McDermott, M R F Lee, K J McDowall, H M R Greathead
Panel Discussion
16:50 15
Tuesday Hogan Mezz I
Sheep I
10:30-11:50
96 The challenges of appropriate trace element nutrition in sheep production systems
10:30 25+5 Nigel Kendall
119 Determination of the bioavailability of trace minerals supplied as nanoparticles in sheep and their effect on performance and health
11:00 7+3 A Williams, L.A Sinclair, A.M Mackenzie
245 A preliminary evaluation of the effects of supplementing ewes with Co, including method of administration, on ewe performance and that of
11:10 7+3 D.V Hession, N.R Kendall, J.P Hanrahan, T.W.J Keady
97 Effect of source and level of vitamin E supplementation on ewe and lamb performance during late pregnancy and early lactation
11:20 7+3 A.Q. ABBI, A.M. Mackenzie, C. Gauld, R.G. Wilkinson
39 Comparison of pre-lambing metabolic profiles of Scottish Blackface and Lleyn twin-bearing ewes farmed together in a Scottish hill
11:30 7+3 P Zhou, N D Sargison, N R Lambe, C R Morgan-Davies, T G McEvoy
259 Seasonality of copper and its antagonist elements in grazing pasture
11:40 3+2 Andrea Clarkson, Nigel Kendall
236 Effect of breed and iron supplementation on plasma copper status of growing lambs
11:45 3+2 S M Sefdeen, AM Mackenzie, RG Wilkinson
284 A survey of mineral supplementation and delivery strategies on Irish sheep farms
11:50 3+2 D.V Hession, K Hanrahan, N.R Kendall, B Moran, T.W.J Keady
Tuesday Hogan Mezz I
Sheep II
13:30-15:00
TBC
13:30 25+5 T Boland & P R Kenyon
87 Assessing the effect of stocking rate and prolificacy potential on profitability of grass based sheep production systems using a bio-economic
14:00 7+3 Alan Bohan, Laurence Shalloo, Philip Creighton, Tommy Boland, Elizabeth Earle, Noirin McHugh
241 More diverse swards improve lamb performance and reduce anthelmintic requirement compared to perennial ryegrass only swards
14:10 7+3 Cornelia Grace, Bridget Mary Lynch, Stephen Lott, Rochelle Fritch, Alan Kelly, Helen Sheridan, Tommy M Boland
276 Prime lamb production over 12 years of a rotational-grazing system - effect of birth and rearing type on lamb performance
14:20 7+3 T W J Keady, N McNamara, J P Hanrahan
277 Effect of birth type and weight on mortality and performance of artificially reared lambs
14:30 7+3 T W J Keady, N McNamara, J P Hanrahan
198 A study of husbandry practices and abattoir data for 649 sheep farms in Great Britain and their association with flock productivity
14:40 3+2 Eliana Lima, Fiona Lovatt, Peers Davies, Jasmeet Kaler
202 The impact of ewe prolificacy potential and stocking rate on lamb average daily gain and live weight output per hectare within a grass based
14:45 3+2 Philip Creighton, Tommy Boland, Noirin McHugh, Elizabeth Earle
237 Effect of forage to concentrate ratio and fat supplementation on milk composition in dairy sheep: A meta-analysis
14:50 3+2 J C Angeles-Hernandez, E Kebreab, R Appuhamy, O Castelan, M Gonzalez-Ronquillo, CD Holland, V Ambriz
285 Causes and time of neonatal mortality in grass-based systems of lamb production
14:55 3+2 D Shiels, J Mee, S Fagan, C Dwyer, J Grant, F Mc Govern, P Creighton, T.W.J Keady
Tuesday Hogan Mezz I
Product Quality
15:30-16:55
228 Production system and gender effects on intramuscular fat deposition and indicators of tenderness of beef from late maturing breeds
15:30 7+3 S. Siphambili, A. P. Moloney, E. G. O’Riordan, M. McGee, F.J. Monahan
184 Prediction of beef M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum sensory quality using visible and near infrared spectroscopy
15:40 7+3 J Cafferky, T Sweeney, P Allen, G Downey, A Cromie, R.M Hamill
190 The use of cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol sources, to enhance beef vitamin D concentration and its subsequent effect on beef tenderness
15:50 7+3 S. K. Duffy, J. V. O'Doherty, G. Rajauria, L. C. Clarke, J. Jakobsen, K. D. Cashman, A. K. Kelly
50 Animal performance and the appearance and stability during retail display of m. longissimus muscle from steers fed increasing amounts of
16:00 7+3 A. P. Moloney, P. O'Kiely, P. G. Dunne
278 Physiological markers of stress and carcass pH of Holstein-Friesian bulls and steers managed under varying production systems.
16:10 7+3 R Prendiville, B Murphy, A.K. Kelly
213 Effect of duration of concentrate feeding on the n-3 PUFA content of lamb
16:20 7+3 RS Gravador, AP Moloney, AG Fahey, NP Brunton, V Gkarane, P Allen, NA Claffey, MG Diskin, FJ Monahan
168 Transcriptional regulation of FYN may orchestrate increases in the n3/n6 fatty acid ratio in the muscle of grass fed cattle
16:30 3+2 M.T. Ryan, A Lejeune, A Maloney, F Monahan, P McGettigan, G Downey, S Park, T Sweeney
24 Effects of farm-scale grassland management strategies on nutritional quality of pasture-reared beef
16:35 3+2 G.A. McAuliffe, T. Takahashi, S. White, K. Hallett, M.R.F. Lee
153 Effect of breed and sex on meat quality attributes of Irish male lamb
16:40 3+2 N.A Claffey, M.G Diskin, A.G Fahey
269 Identification of novel regulatory polymorphisms in the promoter region of differentially expressed candidate genes involved in carcass and
16:45 3+2 T Alam, MT Ryan, V Campos, JP Hanrahan, RM Hamill, T Sweeney
47 The impact of three contrasting dairy cow management strategies on the vitamin D content of milk
16:50 3+2 WC McRoberts, EJ McDonald, AW Gordon, LK Pourshahidi, CP Ferris
Tuesday Hogan Mezz II
Dairy Systems
13:30-15:20
299 Resilient Pasture-based Dairy Production Systems
13:30 25+5 Brendan Horan
Dairy Systems
14:00 25+5 Finbar Mulligan
303 Trends among alternative dairy production systems in the United States
14:30 25+5 Steven Washburn
103 Multi-year evaluation of the effect of stocking rate and breed on milk production per hectare within intensive grass-based production systems
15:00 7+3 Emma Louise Coffey, Luc Delaby, Brendan Horan
135 The effect of cow genotype on milk production and fertility performance in a spring milk production system
15:10 7+3 B McClearn, T Gilliland, M Dineen, F Coughlan, B McCarthy
Tuesday Hogan Mezz II
Genetics I
13:30-15:00
294 The genetics of (feed) efficiency in ruminants
13:30 25+5 Donagh Berry
Lessons learned (good and bad) from implementing industry wide genomics scheme in cattle
14:00 25+5 A Cromie
Global value of genetic resources and genetic improvement
14:30 25+5 A Djikeng
Tuesday Hogan Mezz II
Genetics II
15:30-16:35
118 Incorporating international and national breeding values for the UK Limousin beef breed
15:30 7+3 K Kaseja, A Moran, R Mrode
186 Immune-associated traits measured in milk as proxies for blood serum measurements in dairy cows
16:00 7+3 Scott Denholm, Tom McNeilly, Mike Coffey, George Russell, Georgios Banos, Eileen Wall
134 A meta-analysis of genome-wide association data of residual feed intake and related traits in Irish beef cattle
16:10 7+3 MG Higgins, SM Waters, MC McClure, DA Kenny, C Fitzsimons, M McGee, S Conroy, DW Morris
263 Vetnomics: a comprehensive online course upskilling practising vets in the contemporary field of genomics in animal breeding
16:20 3+2 SL Smith, T Shutter, E Wall, M Coffey
291 Genome wide association study of health related traits in dairy and beef cattle on Irish commercial farms
16:25 3+2 Carla Surlis, Bernadette Earley, Matthew McClure, Jennifer McClure, Marc Higgins, Mark McGee, Sinead Waters
293 Comparative performance of Holstein-Friesian dairy cows of contrasting economic breeding index
16:30 3+2 M O'Sullivan, K.M. Pierce, K. O'Sullivan, F. Buckley
Tuesday Davin Suite
Impact of Brexit on the UK and Irish Equine Industries
10:30-12:00
Potential impact of Brexit on the Thoroughbred Industry - TBC
10:30 25+5 B Kavanagh
Potential impact of Brexit on the welfare of the horse - TBC
11:00 25+5 R Owers
500 Discussion
11:30 30
Tuesday Davin Suite
Developing the Equine Industry I
13:30-15:00
Correct labelling of equine feed and supplements
13:30 25+5 G Dillon
Research and industry collaborations (TBC)
14:00 25+5 J Murray
New technologies for the equine industry
14:30 25+5 D Marlin
Tuesday Davin Suite
Developing the Equine Industry II
15:30-16:15
329 Commnucation of science to industry
15:30 25+5 L Boden
Discussion
16:00 15
Wednesday Hogan Suite
Sheep III
09:00-10:40
What is the ideal sheep and does it exist?
09:00 25+5 N McHugh
264 Mathematical growth functions to model live-weight in sheep
09:30 7+3 F.M. McGovern, N. McHugh, D. Berry
145 The genetic basis of pneumonic lesions and pleurisy in New Zealand lambs
09:40 7+3 K.M. McRae, S.J. Rowe, H.J. Baird, M.J. Bixley, S.M. Clarke
235 An investigation in to the relationship between ewe body condition score change, ewe breed, and litter size of flocks enrolled in the Irish
09:50 7+3 Frank Campion, Philip Creighton, Alan Fahey, Tommy Boland
54 Concentrations of adiponectin, leptin, ghrelin and resistin in goat colostrum and mature milk from seven breeds
10:00 7+3 T Lorenzo-Yedra, A Arguello, B Earley, MG Córdoba, B Panea, MJ Alcalde, N Castro
208 The impact of maternal genetic indexes and country of origin on lambing performance through comparing New Zealand and Irish ewes
10:10 7+3 N. Fetherstone, N. McHugh, T.M. Boland, F.M. McGovern
289 An analysis of the factors effecting lamb mortality using the Teagasc BETTER lowland sheep farms
10:20 7+3 F.P. Campion, C.O. Lynch, M.G. Diskin
195 Drivers and barriers to adoption of Electronic Identification (EID) technology by commercial sheep farmers
10:30 7+3 Eliana Lima, Thomas Hopkins, Emma Gurney, Fiona Lovatt, Orla Shortall, Peers Davies, Jasmeet Kaler
Wednesday Hogan Suite
Precision Agriculture
11:00-12:10
242 Detection of lameness in sheep using different machine learning algorithms
11:00 7+3 E Walton, JV Diosdado, J Mitsch, T Dottorini, T Canning, C Casey, K Ellis, J Kaler
141 Cardiovascular measures during routine practices for feed efficiency assessment in beef cattle
11:10 7+3 JE Martell, JC Munro, YR Montanholi
90 Beef Monitor: tracking beef cattle growth and predicting carcass characteristics of live animals
11:20 7+3 Gemma Miller, Jimmy Hyslop, Dave Ross, Shane Troy, David Barclay, Andrew Edwards, William Thomson, Carol-Anne Duthie
230 Effect of sampling frequency, window size and sensor positon in the classification of sheep behaviour
11:40 7+3 Emily Walton, Christy Casey, Jurgen Mitsch, Jorge A Vazquez Diosdado, Juan Yan, Keith A Ellis, Anthony Winterlich, Jasmeet Kaler
282 Blue light from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) directed at a single eye elicits a dose-dependent suppression of melatonin and affects milk
11:50 7+3 S.T. Butler, M.M. Herlihy, M.B. Nolan, C O'Brien, B.A. Murphy
200 Use of thermal imaging for the assessment of pyrexia in pre-weaned artificially reared calves
12:00 3+2 D Bell, A Macrae, M Mitchell, C Mason, A Jennings, M Haskell
233 Combining offline and online classifiers for the classification of sheep behaviour
12:05 3+2 Veronica Paul, Jorge A Vazquez Diosdado, Nicola Bollard, Keith A Ellis, Jasmeet Kaler
Wednesday Hogan Suite
Grass and Forage
13:30-14:40
216 Assessing and monitoring soil quality in Irish grassland soils
13:30 7+3 David P. Wall, Giulia Bondi
231 Integrated soil fertility management for grass based dairy systems
13:40 7+3 Phlip Murphy, David P. Wall, Paul N.C. Murphy
44 Impact of soil-enhancers and plant bio-stimulants on the microbial profile of wilted ryegrass forage: A field experiment
13:50 7+3 A Christou, K Le Cocq, C Hodgson, T Cogan, M Gaffney, D R Davies, M R F Lee
187 Using NMP-Online to improve Nutrient Management on Irish Grassland Farms
14:00 7+3 Patrick Murphy, Timothy Hyde
262 The effect of nitrogen application rate and grass ploidy on herbage production and sward clover content in frequently grazed swards
14:10 3+2 Stephen McAuliffe, Trevor Gilliland, Deirdre Hennessy
42 Commercial farm dry matter proudction for grass varieties on Irish grassland farms
14:15 3+2 E.J. Treacy, N. Byrne, M. O'Donovan
60 Spatial variation in baled silage quality and faecal origin microbes.
14:20 3+2 J. McFadzean, D.R. Davies, C.J. Hodgson, M. van der Giezen, M.R.F. Lee, J.A.J. Dungait
59 The effect of establishment method and maturity at harvest on yield and chemical composition of ensiled lucerne grown in south-east
11:25 3+2 Anna Thomson, David Humphries, Chris Reynolds
104 Effects of nitrogen fertiliser application rate to spring grass on intake, digestion and nitrogen balance in beef cattle
11:30 3+2 A O'Connor, A P Moloney, P O'Kiely, T M Boland, M McGee
215 The effect of white clover on herbage production over a 3-year period
11:35 3+2 C. Guy, D. Hennessy, T.J. Gilliland, F. Coughlan, B. McCarthy
Wednesday Hogan Suite
Reproduction/Fertility
15:30-17:30
74 Use of AI in beef herds
15:30 25+5 Pietro Baruselli, Manoel Sá Filho
Update on fixed A1 in dairy herds
16:00 25+5 R Pursely
138 Alpha 1-acid glycoprotein serum concentration on day 7 post-partum as a potential prognostic biomarker for the development of purulent
16:30 7+3 N.J. Ryan, K.G. Meade, M.E. Beltman, E.J. Williams
129 Prevalence of BVDV, BHV 1, Leptospirosis and Neosporosis, and associated risk factors in 161 Irish beef herds.
16:40 7+3 Damien Barrett, Mervyn Parr, Alan Johnson, John Fagan, Jamie Tratalos, Francis Lively, Michael Diskin, David Kenny
22 Identification of milk whey protein biomarkers of early pregnancy status in dairy cattle
16:50 7+3 D Johnston, I Malo Estepa, H.A Ebhardt, M.A Crowe, M.G Diskin
182 The effect of synthetic preimplantation factor on the bovine endometrial transcriptome
17:00 7+3 R. E. Wonfor, C. J. Creevey, M. Natoli, D. M. Nash, M. T. Rose
146 Taurine supplementation pre-freeze and post-thaw improves integrity and reduces oxidative stress in cryopreserved ram spermatozoa
17:10 3+2 A. Kafi, T. Herath, M. Khalid, C. Kershaw
266 Effect of diet during the rearing and finishing phase on body growth and scrotal development of Holstein-Friesian bulls
17:15 3+2 C.J. Byrne, S. Fair, R. Prenderville, P. Lonergan, D.A. Kenny
121 Effect of number of cows in oestrus simultaneously on activity of dary cows in oestrus
17:20 3+2 Hawar M. Zebari, G. L. Charlton, S. Mark Rutter, E.C.L. Bleach
292 Survey of breeding and reproductive management practices untaken on suckler beef cow herds on the island of Ireland (2015-2016).
17:25 3+2 Mervyn Parr, Francis Lively, Peter Doolan, Damien Barrett, David Kenny
Wednesday Hogan Mezz I
BBSRC
09:00-10:00
09:00 7+3 K Glass
TBC
09:10 7+3 K Purdy
TBC
09:20 7+3 L Green
TBC
09:30 7+3 C Burkard
TBC
Discussion
09:40 20
Wednesday Hogan Mezz I
Animal Health and Disease II
11:00-12:55
351 Perspectives on bovine respiratory disease: new technologies open new avenues
11:00 25+5 T Smith
23 Leptotrichiaceae identified in post-mortem cranial lung lobe lesions and mediastinal lymph node tissue obtained from calves with respiratory
11:30 7+3 D Johnston, B Earley, P Cormican, G Murray, D.A Kenny, S.M Waters, M McGee, A.K Kelly, M.S McCabe
270 Quantifying antimicrobial drug usage in calves from birth to 6 months of age on Irish suckler beef and dairy farms
11:40 7+3 B Earley, C.G. Todd, A. Arguello, A. Cappelleri, M McGee
209 Evaluation of the antimicrobial and prebiotic potential of a casein-derived hydrolysate on porcine bacterial isolates in vitro
11:50 7+3 B Venardou, MJ McDonnell, A Mukhopadhya, JV O’Doherty, T Sweeney
221 Quantitative assessment of faecal and urinary elimination of a critically important antibiotic in dairy cows following subcutaneous
12:00 7+3 Partha Ray, Katharine Knowlton, Kang Xia
225 Prevalence of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli in young broiler chicks
12:10 7+3 Ahran Lee, Eve Richardson, Taryn Beaumont, Darren Juniper, Caroline Rymer
227 How should passive transfer data for dairy heifer calves be interpreted and used for disease prevention?
12:20 7+3 Kate Johnson, D Claire Wathes
158 Passive immunity in Irish suckler beef and dairy calves: Associations between test cut-offs for failure of passive transfer classification and
12:30 7+3 C.G. Todd, K. Tiernan, M. McGee, E. O’Riordan, P. Crosson, I. Lorenz, B. Earley
199 The effect of Interleukin 8 haplotype on vitamin D status and the innate immune response to bacterial, viral and fungal ligands in calves
12:40 7+3 M O'Brien, R M McLoughlin, K G Meade
226 Differential expression of plasma proteins at 7 days postpartum precedes the onset of cytological endometritis in dairy cows
12:50 3+2 A Brewer, B Miller, J J Lim, J J Callanan, C O'Farrelly, P Nanni, A Almeida, K G Meade, A Chapwanya
Wednesday Hogan Mezz I
Industry Showcase
13:30-15:00
283 The Key to Transition Management - What's Your Benchmark?
tbc 7+3 Andrew Pine, Mark Hall
257 Making innovation happen
tbc 7+3 Mark Young, Lyndsay Chapman
Wednesday Hogan Mezz I
Behaviour
15:30-16:35
101 The effect of floor type and diet on the performance and locomotion scores of housed finishing dairy-origin bulls
15:30 7+3 D.E. Lowe, F.O Lively, A.W Gordon
10 Effect of floor type and space allowance on performance and welfare of finishing beef cattle: A meta-analysis
15:40 7+3 M Keane, M McGee, E O'Riordan, A Kelly, B Earley
9 Performance and welfare of steers housed on concrete slatted floors at fixed and dynamic (allometric based) space allowances
15:50 7+3 M Keane, M McGee, E O'Riordan, A Kelly, B Earley
28 Gestation and early-life environment and its impact on welfare and cognition in pigs
16:00 7+3 Emily Bushby, Sheena Cotter, Anna Wilkinson, Lucy Asher, Kym Griffin, Kara Stevens, Niamh O'Connell, Mary Friel, Lisa Collins
167 When 'All-in All-out' is not 'All-in/All-out': implications for pig welfare and performance
16:10 7+3 A. Diana, E.G. Manzanilla, J.A. Calderon Diaz, F.C. Leonard, L.A. Boyle
40 Comparing four different stocking densities on growth rate and feed efficiency of finishing pigs
16:20 7+3 R.M. Wregor, R.W. Henry, M. Connery
275 Attitudes of farmers towards risk factors associated with lameness occurrence in pasture based herds
16:30 3+2 G A Marquette, G Olmos, J A Bran, M J Hötzel
Wednesday Hogan Mezz II
Calves
09:00-10:30
253 Blood immune transcriptome analysis of artificially fed dairy calves and naturally suckled beef calves from birth to 7 days of age
09:00 7+3 C Surlis, B Earley, M McGee, K Keogh, P Cormican, G Bllackdhields, A Dunn, K Tiernan, S Morrison, A Arguello, S Waters
36 A Comparison of the growth performance of Holstein heifer calves fed two levels of milk replacer in combination with two levels of crude
09:10 7+3 D Humphries, R Szoka, A Jones, C Brokner
76 Sustainable dairy production systems: Factors affecting Holstein dairy heifer survival and lifetime productivity
09:20 7+3 Pippa Botting, Jean Margerison, Phil Garnsworthy
150 Preference of Holstein calves for potential enrichment items in combination or on a rotating schedule
09:30 7+3 S. Parsons, R. McDonald, R.K. Meagher
57 Impact of weaning method on feeding behaviour of group housed dairy calves
09:40 7+3 G Scoley, S.J. Morrison
165 An investigation of pasture allowance and its effect on the performance of growing dairy heifers
09:50 7+3 Robert Patterson, Steven Morrison, Scott Laidlaw
137 The effect of calf jackets on the health and performance of dairy origin beef calves
10:00 3+2 Naomi Rutherford, Francis Lively, Gareth Arnott
173 Analysis of serum vitamin D in spring-born beef and dairy calves
10:05 3+2 Colm Roche, Megan O' Brien, John Heslin, Corwin Nelson, Kieran Meade
166 The effects of milk quantity, forage type and age at forage introduction, on pre weaned dairy calf performance
10:10 3+2 J McDowell, S Morrison, R Kinkead
41 An investigation of serum IgG concentrations and rates of passive transfer among calves on commercial Irish dairy farms
10:15 3+2 John Barry, Eddie Bokkers, Emer Kennedy
157 Epidemiology of morbidity and mortality in Irish suckler beef and dairy calves from birth to 6 months of age
10:20 3+2 C.G. Todd, M. McGee, E. O’Riordan, P. Crosson, I. Lorenz, B. Earley
139 The effects of supplementing drinking water with molasses on the performance of UK Holstein-Friesian heifer calves
10:25 3+2 Charlotte Bolton, Emma Bleach
Wednesday Hogan Mezz II
Beef Cattle
11:00-12:30
320 Economic and Environmental Sustainability of beef systems
11:00 25+5 P Crosson
321 Opportunities and Threats for a profitable Beef Industry
11:30 25+5 P O'Neill
322 Energy requirements of beef suckler cows
12:00 25+5 A De La Torre
163 Diet and animal factors affect methane and carbondioxide emissions from beef cattle in temperate grassland system
13:30 7+3 Muhammed Elayadeth Meethal, Thomas H Misselbrook, Hannah Fleming, Rivero M J, Jess Evans, Michael R F Lee
240 Relationships of liver oxygen uptake, triiodothyronine and hepatic mitochondrial citrate synthase with feed efficiency in the bovine
13:40 7+3 YR Montanholi, JE Martell, SP Miller
286 Genome-wide association study of economically important traits in Irish Charolais and Limousin cows
13:50 7+3 Marc Higgins, Sinead Waters, Matthew McClure, David Kenny
254 An investigation into the unique attributes of a premium beef scheme competing in an international market
14:00 3+2 Jennifer Fegan, Gillian Armstrong, Paul Humphreys, Lynsey Hollywood
140 Effect of production system on the performance of growing Holstein bulls
14:05 3+2 Naomi Rutherford, Francis Lively, Gareth Arnott
149 The effect of grazing system and trace element supplementation method on the performance of beef heifers.
14:10 3+2 Sophie Tyner, Francis Lively, Deborah McConnell
Wednesday Hogan Mezz II
Dairy Cow Feeding/Nutrition
15:30-16:45
102 The effect of nutritional strategy on methane emissions, milk yield and fatty acid profiles in Holstein Friesian dairy cows
15:30 7+3 M D March, R J Dewhurst, M G G Chagunda, P R Hargreaves
147 The effect of concentrate supplementation strategy on dry matter intake, substitution rate and nitrogen excretion of late lactation spring
15:40 7+3 Z.C McKay, M.B Lynch, F.J Mulligan, G Rajauria, S Kirwan, K.M Pierce
176 The effect of calcareous marine algae, with or without marine magnesium oxide, and sodium bicarbonate on milk production in mid-lactation
15:50 7+3 E.W. Neville, A.G. Fahey, B.P. Molloy, S.J. Taylor, F.J. Mulligan
92 Rumen "inertness" of a novel whey protein gel of fish oil feed supplement for dairy cows
16:00 7+3 K. E. Kliem, S. K. Ghawi, C. C. Fagan, D. J. Humphries, C. K. Reynolds
183 Supplementation of dairy cow diets with docosahexaenoic acid enriched microalgae and its effect on milk fatty acid profile over time
16:10 7+3 B.E Till, J.A Huntington, J Taylor-Pickard, L.A Sinclair
224 Comparison of the effects of pasture and total mixed ration diets on dairy cow milk and milk solids production
16:20 3+2 MaryAnne Hurley, Tommy Boland, Deirdre Hennessy
37 The effect of post-harvest treatment of field beans on dairy cow performance
16:25 3+2 David Johnston, Katerina Theodoridou, Alan Gordon, Conrad Ferris
164 Dry matter intake of pasture fed dairy cows - the effect of pasture allowance and duration on dry matter intake and production throughout
16:30 3+2 A Claffey, L Delaby, E Lewis, T.M Boland, E Kennedy
52 Grass silage particle length and grass to maize silage ratio effects on production and reticulo-rumen pH in dairy cows
16:35 3+2 Usama Tayyab, Robert Wilkinson, Chris Reynolds, Liam Sinclair
100 Investigation of the use of faecal fibre (NDF) as an alternative to diet samples for determination of N isotopic fractionation in dairy cattle
16:40 3+2 R J Dewhurst, J Flockhart
Wednesday Davine Suite
Global Research Round Up - Equine Production I
09:00-10:30
295 A review of New Zealand equine research
09:00 25+5 Chris Rogers, Erica Gee, Charlotte Bolwell
302 Update of equine research in Michigan
09:30 25+5 B.D. Nielsen
TBC
10:00 25+5
Wednesday Davine Suite
Global Research Round Up - Equine Production II
11:00-12:15
162 Artificially extended photoperiod administered to pre-partum mares via blue light to a single eye: observations on gestation length, foal
11:00 25+5 Margaret Nolan, Caroline Walsh, Noelle Duff, Conor McCrarren, Barbara Murphy
Update on equine research in UK Risk factors to injuries in racehorses
11:30 25+5 T Parkin
505 Discussion
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Wednesday Davine Suite
Optimising Equine Production
13:30-15:00
65 Is there a relationship between the age at which training the National Hunt Thoroughbred Racehorse commences and chiropractic
13:30 7+3 R O'Brien, V Davidson, A Hunnisett
142 Risk factors for horse falls in the cross-country phase of British Eventing competitions: A comprehensive data analysis
13:40 7+3 H Cameron - Whytock, C Brigden, P Taylor, J Sinclair, T D Parkin, S Georgopoulos, S J Hobbs
48 Yeast supplementation may have a positive effect on faecal microbiome in ponies fed high starch and high fibre diets
13:50 7+3 A. Garber, P.M. Hastie, L. Bulmer, D. Mcguinness, V. Farci, N. Walker, J.M.D. Murray
113 Crib biting and equine gastric ulceration Syndrome: is there a physiological link?
14:00 7+3 Annabel Linekar, Simon Daniels
203 The impact of isolation, a mirror and companion on the heart rate and behaviour of horses during loading
14:10 7+3 Clare O'Donnell, Lisa Adjei
185 Characterization of Chilean corralero mare milk in terms of milk composition from elite breeding farms in Central-Southern Chile
14:20 7+3 M.J. Rivero, M. Gandarillas, A. Velásquez, P-G. Marnet, M.I. Martínez, R. León
86 How the result of Britain exiting the European Union will affect the equine trade industry
14:30 7+3 Georgia Podmore
501 Discussion
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Wednesday Nally Suite
WPSA/BSAS joint session - Adapting Husbandry to fit Biology
09:30-10:30
TBC
TBC V Sandilands
TBC
TBC D Williams
Wednesday Nally Suite
Effect of Diet on Carcass Quality Pig and Poultry
13:30-14:30
126 The effect of four liquid feeding strategies on the growth, carcass quality and feed efficiency of grow-finisher pigs
13:30 7+3 F O' Meara, A Torres-Pitarch, T Ryan, J V O' Doherty, G E Gardiner, P G Lawlor
124 The supplementation of cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol sources in finisher pig diets to increases pork vitamin D content and improve pork
13:40 7+3 S. K. Duffy, A. K. Kelly, G. Rajauria, J. Jakobsen, L. C. Clarke, F. J. Monahan, K. D. Cashman, J. V. O' Doherty
78 Effect of extrusion of field beans on energy and crude protein digestibility (in-vitro and in-vivo), growth and carcass quality of grow-finisher
13:50 7+3 Alberto Torres-Pitarch, Anna Maria Pérez-Vendrell, Liliana Signeanu, Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, John V O'Doherty, David Torrallardona, Peadar
243 Growth and haematological assessment of broiler chickens fed bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) supplemented diets
14:00 7+3 F.U. Igene, K.U. Aikpitanyi, C.E. Ekuagbare
210 Effects of supplementation with the marine derived polysaccharides, laminarin and chitosan, on the growth performance and faecal
14:10 7+3 R Rattigan, T Sweeney, RS Sebastiano, PO McAlpine, JV O'Doherty
132 Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid supplementation on the growth and immune status of broiler chickens
14:20 7+3 O O K Oko, F B Abang, G E Enyenihi, A E Eyo
Poster/Digital
3 The effect of milk cooling rate on milk microbiological quality and composition
L F Paludetti, A L Kelly, K Jordan, D Gleeson
4 Iodine levels in bulk tank milk produced by dairy cows during the mid- and late-lactation periods
L F Paludetti, A L Kelly, B O'Brien, D Gleeson
6 Growth Performance of West African dwarf goats fed urea-treated crop by-products based diets
K. O. Adebayo, R. Y. Aderinboye, V. O. A. Ojo, O. A. Isah, C. F. I. Onwuka
17 Effects of animal breed and plane of nutrition on nutrient digestibility and energy utilisation of ewes fed fresh grass
C.M. Wang, Y.G. Zhao, A. Aubry, G. Arnott, T. Yan
20 Scrutinizing of Spirulina Platensis on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Japanese Quails
Hosna Hajati, Mojtaba Zaghari
29 Impaired locomotion in purebred Jersey and Holstein-Friesian cows, associations with activity measures and hoof surface temperature
Niall O'Leary, Jessica Werner, Daire Thomas Byrne, Noel Byrne, Laurence Shalloo
30 Comparing the efficacy of teat disinfectant products against bovine mastitis-causing contagious and environmental bacteria
S Fitzpatrick, M Garvey, D Gleeson
31 The effects of feeding plantain and ryegrass-clover pasture on urinary nitrogen composition of dairy heifers
L Cheng, C Charlot, J McCormick, H.G Judson, G.R Edwards
34 Proximate composition of Stylosanthes hamata as influenced by phosphorus sources and method of propagation
A. A Amisu, J. A Olanite, S. O Jimoh, M. B Olaniyi, I. A Ewetola
46 Impact of dietary copper level on the performance and indicators of hepatic function during the early rearing period of replacement dairy
JH McCaughern, AM Mackenzie, LA Sinclair
49 REGROWTH POTENTIAL OF A GRASS/LEGUME MIXTURE IN RESPONSE TO SHORT-TERM GRAZING TRIAL
S. O. Jimoh, A. A. Amisu, O. O. Adeleye, V. O. A Ojo, S. Usman, J. A. Olanite
55 Growth and faecal egg count response of naturally grazing West African dwarf sheep to supplementation of neem (<i>Azadirachta indica</i>)
O.A. Fasae, F.T. Adedokun
56 Chemical composition and ruminal degradation characteristics of West African fodder trees
S. P. G. Muchira, C. J. Newbold, M. Lawal
58 Impact of a reseeded sward replacing a permanent pasture on milk yield, milk components and sward productivity in the first year of
M.J. Rivero, R.J. Orr, J. Coumbe, B. Willson, J. Evans, M.R.F. Lee
61 Effect of Macroptilium atropurpureum (siratro) inclusion in Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel grass) pasture on herbage chemical composition and <i>in
Chandapiwa Moses, Oreeditse Gotshajwang, Othusitse Ricky Madibela, Mompoloki Moshakga
67 Comparison of utilisation performance of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L .) cultivars
T Tubritt, M O'Donovan, T Gilliland, N Mchugh
70 Dichelobacter nodosus metapopulations and the epidemiology of footrot in an endemically infected flock.
Z N Willis, L E Green, K J Purdy
72 Mixing or delaying weaning did not improve piglets’ post-weaning growth performance
R Muns
75 Intake, growth, carcass and selected meat quality traits of steers offered grass silage and supplementary concentrates with increasing levels
M Kelly, AP Moloney, A Kelly, M McGee
83 Pasture finishing of early-maturing suckler-bred cattle at 19 months of age: bulls versus steers
M McGee, EG O'Riordan, C Lenehan, A Kelly, AP Moloney
89 The prevalance of pelvic asymmetry in lame and non-lame holstein cows
K Kozio, N Blackie, Z Barker
91 Effect of spatial location within clamp on maize silage density, quality and mycotoxin concentration.
Jasmine Street, David R Davies, Helen Warren, Daivid Wilde, James A Huntington
93 Temporal changes of forage fatty acid profiles under three common pasture systems in the UK
G.A. McAuliffe, T. Takahashi, S. White, K. Hallett, M.R.F. Lee
95 New developments in pain detection in dairy cows: Facial grimace scoring and infra-red thermography
Loni Loftus, Andrew Henworth, Grace Bell
99 Enhancing the eating quality of concentrate fed lambs
R.A. Hamo, L.A. Sinclair, K.w. Farag, R.G Wilkinson
106 A model to predict age specific calving rate from age at first calving and calving interval in cattle.
Harriet Bunning, Geoff Simm, Eileen Wall, Mizeck Chagunda, Georgios Banos, Peter Amer
107 Total conserved water and land use for four beef production systems in the Americas
Donald Broom
109 Comparison of ration characteristics for beef finisher cattle in north-eastern Scotland and preliminary estimates of their relationships with
L Clark, NN Jonsson, W Thomson, RJ Wallace, HHC Koh-Tan
111 Impact of alternative diets on the growth, development and nutrient composition of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria
C.D. Moore, T. Parr, A.M. Salter, I.C.W. Hardy
115 Culicoides species composition and abundance, and new geographical species identification, on Irish cattle farms
Aine Collins, John F Mee, Michael Doherty, Damien Barrett, Marion England
116 An investigation into the factors affecting hoof shape, size and integrity in breeding rams
Caroline Best, Janet Roden, Kate Phillips
117 Effect of anaerobic fungal treatment on the chemical composition of selected matured forages for their use in ruminant diet
O.J Bolaji, A.S Chaudhry, J Dolfing
120 Efficacy of ivermectin and fenbendazole on Irish cattle farms
A Kelleher, OM Keane, T de Waal, B Good
123 Identification, comparison and validation of robust rumen microbial biomarkers for methane emissions using diverse Bos Taurus breeds and
MD Auffret, R Stewart, RJ Dewhurst, C-A Duthie, J Rooke, RJ Wallace, TC Freeman, TJ Snelling, M Watson, R Roehe
128 The inclusion of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and phytase inclusion in finisher pig diets on pig performance, bone parameters and pork quality
S. K. Duffy, A. K. Kelly, G. Rajauria, L. C. Clarke, F. J. Monahan, J. V. O'Doherty
155 Identification of transcriptional variants in skeletal muscle tissue of cattle undergoing compensatory growth
Y Mullins, K Keogh, DA Kenny, G Blackshields, AK Kelly, SM Waters
159 The effect of litter birth order on piglet body weight and vitality measures
A Lavery, P.G Lawlor, E Magowan, H.M Miller
160 Effect of dietary oil type and vitamin D3 level during gestation on sow and litter performance
A Lavery, H.M Miller, P.G Lawlor, E Magowan
169 Johne's Disease - A novel social network analysis perspective
Cosme Sanchez Miguel, Jim Crilly, N Casey, John F Mee
171 Long-term effect of removing prophylactic antibiotics from weaner diets on performance and health indicators of finisher pigs
A. Diana, L.A. Boyle, F.C. Leonard, E.G. Manzanilla
174 Performance and nutrient utilization of white fulani x muturu calves fed diets containing agro-industrial by-products and browse
O. A. Adebayo, C. F. I. Onwuka, A. O. Oni, O. M. Arigbede
175 Inflammatory IL-1expression by bovine endometrial stromal and epithelial cells is mediated via the NLRP3 inflammasome.
P Kelly, K.G. Meade, C O'Farrelly
191 The effect of a 14 day immune supplement on the performance of newborn dairy calves
Ruth Kinkead, Sandra van Kuijk, Steven Morrison
197 Nutritive value and effect of processing on microbiological quality and digestibility of black soldier fly larvae
T Elliott, A.Ch Stratakos, M Campbell, M Linton, N Corcionivoschi, K Theodoridou
206 Anti-inflammatory potential of Ascophyllum nodosum extract in an in-vitro colonic epitheilial cell model
M.J McDonnell, M Garcia-Vaquero, G Rajauria, JV O'Doherty, T Sweeney
211 In vitro evaluation of the effects of a Laminaria hyperborea extract on commensal and pathogenic bacterial strains frequently isolated from
B Venardou, MJ McDonnell, M Garcia-Vaquero, G Rajauria, JV O’Doherty, T Sweeney
214 Characterisation of best linear unbiased estimates generated from national genetic evaluations of reproductive performance, survival, and
F. Dunne, M. Kelleher, S. Walsh, D. Berry
218 Overcoming challenges for Geofencing of real-time monitored grazing livestock
A Waterhouse, C-A Duthie, S Kodam
219 Defining the inflammatory gene signature that precedes the development of uterine disease in postpartum cattle
A Brewer, P Cormican, J J Lim, A Chapwanya, C O'Farrelly, K G Meade
222 Using novel animal measurements to predict dry matter intake in lactating dairy cows (Bos taurus )
M. Williams, E. Kennedy, K. O'Sullivan, B. Lahart, D.T. Byrne, T.M. Boland, N. Galvin, F. Buckley
229 Untangling the pangenomes of the Butyrivibrio group
Sara Pidcock, Sharon Huws
232 Effect of coconut oil on in vitro total gas and methane production of Panicum maximum
O. O. Adelusi, C. F. I. Onwuka, A. O. Oni, O. M. Arigbede
239 Bio-conversion of cereal stover by oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp) affect nutritive value and rumen fermentative dynamics of complete
Keletso Ntokome, Othusitse Ricky Madibela, Elenimo B. Khonga, Virginia Thabsile Balole
244 Growth performance and Eimeria count load of West African dwarf (WAD) goat does fed algal-biomass supplemented diets
O.O Adeleye, Y Sheku, A.B.J Aina, J Olanite, O. G Sodipe, B. A Adewumi, C.F.I Onwuka, A.O Oni, O.S Sowande
247 Effect of by-product and linseed oil supplementation to a pasture based diet on methane production diet utilisation and ruminal fermentation
A.K. Kelly, J Heffernan, M Boland, K. Pierce, T.M. Boland
248 Evaluating the field-level performance of grazing livestock systems based on high-resolution primary data
T Takahashi, P Harris, AS Cooke, MJ Rivero, MRF Lee
250 In vitro gas production of cassava peel-Leucaena based concentrate diets for ruminant feeding
A. O. Oni, O. O. Adelusi, V. O. A. Ojo, R. Y. Aderinboye, C. F. I. Onwuka
255 Weaned calf output in relation to suckler cow liveweight in purebred Luing, and crossbred Aberdeen Angus x Limousin and Limousin x
J. J. Hyslop
261 No influence of prenatal treatment on plasma cortisol and rumen microbial community structure in sheep
P KYRIAZOPOULOU, C DWYER, M POPOVA, R. J DEWHURST
265 Comparison of rolled barley and oats as supplements to grass silage for finishing beef cattle
M McGee, M Kelly, A Kelly, AP Moloney
268 Detection of differentially expressed genes in the M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum from full-sibling lambs divergent for fatness
T Alam, V Campos, JP Hanrahan, P Allen, TWJ Keady, MT Rayan, RM Hamill, T Sweeney
272 Pigs that are divergent in feed efficiency do not differ in small intestinal architecture
K Thornton, S Vigors, JV O' Doherty, T Sweeney
274 Effect of Acacia tortilis leaf meal inclusion level on feed intake, digestibility and live weight gain of yearling male Boer goats fed Avena sativa
JW Ng'ambi, RM Mmamakgone, D Brown
288 Temporal development of the rumen microbial community in beef calves from birth to post weaning
Eóin O'Hara, David Kenny, Emily McGovern, Sinead Waters
279 Evaluation of linear type traits among lactating beef and dairy beef crossbred suckler cows
S McCabe, N McHugh, N O'Connell, R Prendiville
280 Evaluation of production efficiencies among beef and dairy crossbred suckler cows in early lactation
S McCabe, N McHugh, N O'Connell, R Prendiville
281 Standardisation and optimisation of lipase, amylase and protease assays for use in quality control procedures in the animal feed industry
M Jarvis, H Ho, R Furmage
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