Other dairy beef research

Breeding

• Beef from Holstein-Friesian, Norwegian Red x Holstein-Friesian and Jersey x Holstein Friesian male cattle (PDF)

Health and Performance

• Epidemiology of calf survival on dairy farms (PDF)
• Calf health and immunity (PDF)
• Calf health from birth to weaning. I. General aspects of disease prevention (PDF)
• Calf health from birth to weaning. III. housing and management of calf pneumonia (PDF)
• Rearing calves outdoors with and without calf jackets compared with housing on calf health and live-weight performance (PDF)
• Feeding techniques to increase calf growth in the first two months of life (PDF)

Demonstration farms

• DairyBeef 500

Economics

• Comparison of pasture and concentrate finishing of Holstein Friesian, Aberdeen Angus x Hostein Friesian and Begian Blue X Holstein Friesian steers (PDF)
• Bioeconomic modelling of male Holstein-Friesian dairy calf to beef production systems on Irish farms (PDF)