Publications

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Publications:

Author	Title	Year
Cromie A, Wood R	Beef Breeding in Ireland for International Beef Expo	Oct 2008
Wickham B	Data for Breeding Profitable Holstein Friesians	Oct 2008
Cromie A	ICBF Beef Industry Meeting	Aug 2008
Cromie A	Beef EBI economic weights	Aug 2008
Kearney F	Genomic Selection: The Revolution has Begun	July 2008
Pabiou T Cromie A Kearney F	Presentation to Beef Breed Association meeting with ICBF on 10th July	July 2008
Veerkamp R	Presentation to Beef Breed Association meeting with ICBF on 10th July	July 2008
Cromie A Wickham B Coughlan S Burke M.	The Impact of New Technologies on Performance Recording and Genetic Evaluation of Dairy and Beef Cattle in Ireland.	June 2008
Cromie A F. Kearney R. Evans D. Berry D. Wilhelmus	Use of Insemination Data in Cattle Breeding; Some Experiences From Ireland. (Presentation)	June 2008
Cromie A. F. Kearney R. Evans D. Berry D. Wilhelmus	Use of insemination data in cattle breeding. Some experiences from Ireland	June 2008
T. Pabiou, F. Fikse, A. Näsholm, A. Cromie , M.D. Drennan, M.G. Keane, and D. Berry	Genetic Parameters for Beef Carcass Cuts Yield in Ireland	June 2008
Burke M, Cromie A	The impact of new technologies on performance recording and genetic evaluation of dairy cattle in Ireland.	June 2008
Evans R	Developments in National and International beef evaluations; some experiences from Ireland	June 2008
Wickham B	Future Scenarios for Competitive Cattle Breeding Systems.  FABRE – Society Meeting, Brussels.  16th April 2008.	April 2008
Cromie A	EBI by County	Apr 2008
Cromie A	Beef Breeding Update to Charolais AGM	Mar 2008
Wickham B, Evans R, Kearney F, Cromie A, Burke M, Donnellan P, Coughlan S	Presentation to Beef Breed Associations - Beef Cattle Breeding Developments for 2008	Mar 2008
Cromie A, Berry D, Evans R and Kearney F.	Presentation to Dairy Genetic Evaluation Consultation meeting	Feb 2008
Wickham B	Evolution of a Selection Index for Irish Dairy Breeding	Jan 2008
Wickham B, Berry D, Cromie A, Downing K	Dairy Cattle Breeding Developments.  EBI Discussion Group Awards	Jan 2008
Couglan S.	Suckler Scheme	Dec 2007
Butler S, McDougal S, (1st) Ramsbottom G, Crowe M and Canty M Mulligan F, McDougal S (2nd) Diskin M, Corridan D, Mee J.	Presentation to Fertility for Expansion one day seminar	Dec 2007
Andrew Cromie Bernard Eivers Bernard Zwaferink Brian Wickham Dave Lambert Francis Kearney John Kingston Kevin Twomey Mark Smith	Presentation to Gene Ireland Meeting	Nov 2007
Shalloo L, Evans R, Kearney F. Cromie A, Berry D	Presentations to Dairy Genetic Evaluation Consultation Meeting	Nov 2007
Cromie C, Berry D, Shalloo L, Evans R, Kearney F.	Presentations to Dairy Genetic Evaluation Consultation Meeting	Oct 2007
Downing K, Donnellan P, Burke M	Herdplus Dairy Display from National Ploughing Championships	Sep 2007
Downing K, Donnellan P, Burke M	Herdplus Beef Display from National Ploughing Championships	Sep 2007
Downing K, Donnellan P, Burke M	Grow Display from National Ploughing Championships	Sep 2007
ICBF	EAAP Cattle Breeding Tour	Aug 2007
D.P. Berry, P. Lonergan, S.T. Butler, A.R. Cromie, F. Mossa, T. Fair, & A.C.O. Evans.	Adult dairy cow performance is influenced by her maternal intrauterine environment during development	Aug 2007
Berry D, Evans. R, & Amer P.	Length of beef performance test period at Tully, Ireland	Jul 2007
Ross Evans, Sean Coughlan, & Donagh Berry.	Preliminary evaluation of sire fertility in Ireland.	Aug 2007
Donagh Berry, Sean Coughlan, & Ross Evans.	Preliminary genetic evaluation of female fertility in Ireland	Aug 2007
Kearney F	Improving Dairy Herd Fertility through Genetic Selection Presented: Irish Veterinary Journal, Vol 40 No. 6, pages 376-379.	2007
Burke M, O'Keefe M	Electronic DIY - New Process Introduction (Dairygold Experiences) http://www.icar.org/pages/2007_annual_meeting.htm	2007
Evans R	Development of an Economic Breeding Index EBI for Ireland	2007
Evans R	INTERBEEF Presentation - Genetic Improvement in the Irish Suckler Herd: Industry Expectation and experience so far	2007
Berry. D	Report on the potential of genomic selection in Irish dairy cattle.	Feb 2007
Kearney F, Evans R, Cromie A	Developments in EBI	2007
Downing K, Donnellan P, Burke M	HerdPlus Services	2007
Coughlan S	Sire Advice	2007
Cromie A	G€N€ Ireland 2007	2007
Meuwissen T, Cromie A, Donnellan P, Amer P	Beef Breeding Scheme Design Final Report	May 2006
Bermingham. M, Berry. D and Cromie. A	Change in the conformation of Irish Holstein-Friesian dairy cows over the past decade	2006
Evans. R	New Beef Indexes (December 2006)	2006
Cromie. A	Breeding for Quality (Irish Grasslands Assn Beef Conference. 7th November).	2006
Wickham, B	Using Information Technology to Deliver Benefits to Irish Cattle Farmers and the Breeding Industry (ISITA Conference - 2nd November 2006)	2006
Downing, K	Holland Genetics Presentation (Ibis Hotel Cork 26th Sep)	2006
Kearney,F	Dehorning Cattle via Genetics	2006
ICBF and TEAGASC staff	Breeding Future Profits Workshop (Powerpoint) (PDF)	2006
Kearney, F	New Beef Indexes	2006
Wickham, B	Current State of Cattle Breeding in Ireland	2006
Evans, R	Beef Indexes - All Breeds	2006
Evans, R	Calving Indexes - All Breeds	2006
Berry, D	Dairy EBI Revision 2006	2005
Berry, D	Derivation of a health sub-index for the Economic Breeding Index in Ireland	2005
Evans, R	Genetics of Udder Health in Ireland	2005
Wickham, B	Animal Recording:Past-Present-Future	2005
Grogan, A	Strategies of European Fleckvieh Cattle Breeding to optimize dual-purpose breeding particularly for beef production	2005
Berry, D	Economic Breeding Index for Dairy Cattle in Ireland(2005)	2005
Berry, D	Economic comparison of artificial insemination and natural service	2005
Berry, D	Reliability of genetic evaluations	2005
Berry, D	Cummulative Discounted expressions of dairy and beef traits in integrated cattle populations	2005
Burke, M	An overview of the ICBF Electronic milk recording system	2005
Berry, D	DIY electronic milk recording system for Irish herds	2005
Berry, D	Accuracy of predicting 305-day milk yield from alternative milk recording schemes	2005
Barron, M	Report of a recent ICBF study visit to a Beef Breeding Program in France	2004
Wickham,B	Dairy Cattle Breeding Conference 2004 Summary Document	2004
Burke,M	Milk Recording Services Higher Benefit / Lower Cost - Options Dairy Cattle Breeding Conference 2004	2004
Dillon,P	Research Trials-Moorepark and DEXCEL-implications for breeding. Dairy Cattle Breeding Conference 2004	2004
Berry,D	Revision of Economic Values Revision of Economic Values in the EBI Dairy Cattle Breeding Conference 2004	2004
Cromie,A	National AI Program Sire Selection, Progeny Testing & International Partners. Dairy Cattle Breeding Conference 2004	2004
Wickham, B	Establishing a Shared Cattle Breeding Database	2004
Barron, M	A report on the 2004 Tully Performance Test station bull sale which took place in March, 2004 (Word Format) (Pdf Format)	2004
Berry, D	A report on the research leading up to the changes in the economic weights on the EBI in February 2004	2004
Olori, V	Update on latest developments in the genetic evaluation of production, calving interval and survival traits March 2003. (MS Word Format) (Pdf Format)	2003
Wickham, B	Dairy Genetic Evaluation update 22nd November, 2002	2002
Downing, K	The relevance of computers on the farm	2002
Roel Veerkamp, Theo Meuwissen et al	Dairy Breeding Objective and Programs for Ireland.  Final Report.	2000
Greally, G	An Overview of the Database Project	2000