Publications

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Publications:

Author	Title	Year
Francis Kearney	Presentation to Irish Grasslands Association: The Future of Beef Breeding - Euro-stars and Genomics	Sep 2010
Andrew Cromie et al.	IGenoP Progress Report	Aug 2010
Brian Wickham & Andrew Cromie	Irish Cattle Breeding Infrastructure	Aug 2010
R. Mrode et al.	A comparison of various methods for the computation of genomic breeding values of dairy cattle using software at genomicselection.net	Aug 2010
Cromie et al.	The Theory of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production; Some Experiences from Ireland	Aug 2010
Kearney F et al.	Implementation and uptake of Genomic Selection in Irish Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cattle	Aug 2010
B. K. Meredith et al.	Genome-wide Associations for Milk Production and Somatic Cell Count in Irish Holstein-Friesian Cattle	Aug 2010
M.L. Bermingham et al.	Genetic correlations between susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection and performance in Irish Holstein Friesian dairy cows	Aug 2010
McParland S et al.	Predicting Energy Balance Status of Holstein Cows using Mid-Infrared Spectral Data	Aug 2010
N. McHugh et al.	Genetic parameters for cattle prices collected at livestock marts	Aug 2010
Berry B et al.	Revision of the Fertility and Health Genetic Evaluations for Irish Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cattle	Aug 2010
Pabiou T	Genetics of Wholesale Carcass Cuts Predicted from Digital images	Aug 2010
ICBF	ICBF Dairy & Beef Genetic Evaluations Meetings - Agenda 3	Jul 2010
ICBF	ICBF Dairy & Beef Genetic Evaluations Meetings - Agenda 2	Jul 2010
ICBF	ICBF Dairy & Beef Genetic Evaluations Meetings - Agenda 1	Jul 2010
Cromie A	IGenoP (International Genomic Evaluation Partnership). An evolving concept	Jun 2010
Cromie A	ICAR 2010. International Genomic Co-Operation	May 2010
Wickham B	ICAR 2010. The new infrastructure for cattle and sheep breeding in Ireland.	May 2010
Coughlan S	ICAR 2010. Using Integrated Solutions to achieve High Levels of Performance Recording in Beef Herds	May 2010
Berry D	ICAR 2010. An International List of Genotyped Animals	May 2010
Berry D	ICAR 2010. Genomic Selection and Parentage Testing	May 2010
Burke M	ICAR 2010. Milk Recording Systems & Services in the 21st Century - Challenges / Opportunities	May 2010
Wickham, B	CE Presentation to AGM	May 2010
Cromie A et al.	International Genomic Co-operation; Who, what, when, where, why and how?	May 2010
Cromie A et al.	Potential for Beef Breeding.  Some thoughts …	Apr 2010
Kearney F et al.	Implementation and First Year Results on the use of Genomic Selection in Dairy Cattle in Ireland	Apr 2010
Berry D	Genomic selection for beef cattle in Ireland	Apr 2010
Pabiou T	Using Digital Images of Carcasses in the Irish Genetic Evaluation	Apr 2010
ICBF	Developments in Irish Breeding Programs	Mar 2010
Pabiou T	National & International Genetic Evaluation for Irish Beef Cattle.	Feb 2010
Cromie A	Developments in Gene Ireland.  Discussion with ICBF Board.	Feb 2010
Donnellan P	GROW 2007 – 2009. The story so far!	Jan 2010
Evans R	Beef Genetic Evaluations & Pedigree Sale Catalogue Standard.	Jan 2010
Pabiou T	Using Digital Images to Predict Meat Yields	Jan 2010
Cromie A	ICBF Beef Industry Meeting	Jan 2010
Pabiou T	ICBF Genetic Evaluation Expectations from Interbeef	Jan 2010
Cromie A. & Others	Dairy Breeding Consultation Meeting Presentations	Jan 2010
Kearney F	Dairy Breeders’ Conference	Dec 2009
Shalloo L, Evans R, Kearney F, Cromie A	Dairy Breeding Consultation Meeting Report	Dec 2009
Wickham B	Advances in Livestock Breeding	Dec 2009
Kearney F	Dairy Breeding Consultation Meeting	Nov 2009
Downing K	HerdPlus - Your One Stop Breeding Advice	Oct 2009
Conroy S	Tully Open Day 2009 Survey	Oct 2009
ICBF	G€N€ IR€LAND Dairy Catalogue: Autumn 2009	Oct 2009
ICBF	Tully Open Day Catalogue October 2009	Oct 2009
Cromie A	ICBF Beef Industry Meeting	Oct 2009
Kearney F et al.	Implementation and Uptake of Genomic Evaluations in Ireland	Sep 2009
ICBF	EBI €100 OPEN DAY 2009	Sep 2009
Evans R	Beef Industry Presentation	Sep 2009
Kearney F et al.	Implementation and Uptake of Genomic Evaluations in Ireland	Aug 2009
Evans R et al.	Multi-Breed Genetic Evaluation for Docility in Irish Suckler Beef Cattle	Aug 2009
Pabiou T	Using Digital Images in the Irish Genetic Evaluation	Aug 2009
Wickham et al.	ICBF Presentation to meeting with Teagasc Animal Bioscience Group	Aug 2009
Dewhurst et al.	Teagasc Animal Bioscience Group Presentation to meeting with ICBF	Aug 2009
Cromie A	ICBF Dairy Industry Meeting	July 2009
Cromie A	Economic values and fertility evaluations	July 2009
Wickham B	Proposal for DAFF funding by way of Annual Cattle & Sheep Grant Assistance	June 2009
Berry D, Kearney F	Genomic Selection Procedures for Ireland (version 1.1)	June 2009
Berry D et al.	The Economic Breeding Index: A Generation On	June 2009
Brian Wickham et al.	Practical Aspects of Implementing Genomic Selection in Ireland	May 2009
Various	Genomic Workshop	Apr 2009
Cromie A	ICBF Dairy Industry Meeting	Feb 2009
B.L.Harris	Genomic Selection	Jan 2009
Cromie A	ICBF Dairy Genetic Evaluation Meeting	Jan 2009
Berry D	Genomic Selection	Jan 2009
Twomey K	Use of Iinsemination Data in Fertility Genetic Evaluations	Jan 2009
Cromie A	G€N€ IR€LAND Meeting AI Company Participants	Jan 2009
Wickham B	Reader Survey Results for ICBF & Sheep Ireland Weekly Update	Jan 2009
Cromie A, Ramsbottom G	EBI €100 Discussion Group Competition - Judges Overview.	Jan 2009
Cromie A, Ramsbottom G	EBI €100 Discussion Group Competition – The Winners.	Jan 2009
Sonesson A, Meuwissen T, Cromie A	Genomic selection in Irish dairy cattle breeding scheme	Dec 2008
Evans R	Genetic Improvement in the Irish Dairy and Suckler Beef Herds: Latest developments	Dec 2008
Cromie A	Review of G€N€ IR€LAND Programs	Nov 2008
Kearney F	Genomic Selection	Nov 2008
Downing K	HerdPlus® is your one stop Breeding Service	Nov 2008
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