Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research Volume 45, No 2 2006

Contents

• Erodibility of hill peat
  J. Mulqueen, M. Rodgers, N. Marren and M.G. Healy
  
  
• Monitoring of nitrogen leaching on a dairy farm during four drainage seasons
  M. Ryan, C. Brophy, J. Connolly, K. McNamara and O.T. Carton
  
  
• The effect of cereal type and feeding frequency on intake, rumen fermentation, digestibility, growth and carcass traits of finishing steers offered a grass silage-based diet
  M.J. Drennan, M. McGee and A.P. Moloney
  
  
• Comparison of a Calan gate and a conventional feed barrier system for dairy cows: feed intake and cow behaviour
  C.P. Ferris, T.W.J. Keady, F.J. Gordon and D.J. Kilpatrick
  
  
• Effect of age and nutrient restriction pre partum on beef suckler cow serum immunoglobulin concentrations, colostrum yield, composition and immunoglobulin concentration and immune status of their progeny
  M. McGee, M.J. Drennan and P.J. Caffrey
  
  
• Effect of variety, endosperm hardness, the 1B/1R translocation and enzyme addition on the nutritive value of wheat for growing pigs
  M.E.E. McCann, J.D.G. McEvoy, K.J. McCracken and P.H. Simmins
  
  
• The use of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) for prediction of the nutritive value of barley for growing pigs
  M.E.E. McCann, K.J. McCracken and R.E. Agnew
  
  
• Changes in yield and composition of barley, wheat and triticale grains harvested during advancing stages of ripening
  P. Stacey, P. O’Kiely, R. Hackett, B. Rice and F.P. O’Mara
  
  
• An evaluation of seed-pellet insecticides in a precision drilled crop of sugar beet
  T.F. Kennedy and J. Connery
  
  
• Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, Volume 45
  
  
• Subject Index