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Amy Quinn

Pig Development Officer

Research Interests

  • Pig production systems
  • Pig health and welfare
  • Gilt nutrition and management
  • Technology
  • Environment
  • Education

Current Projects

  • DIGIPIG
  • WaterWorks

Education

  • BSc. in Zoology, University College Cork (UCC)
  • MSc. in Ecological Assessment, University College Cork (UCC)
  • PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology and Welfare from the University of Warwick, UK

Professional Membership

  • International Society of Applied Ethology (UK/Ireland Regional secretary) 
  • Irish Pig Health Society

Scientific publications:

  • Quinn, A., Boyle, L., Kilbride, A. and Green, L. (2015). A cross-sectional study on the prevalence and risk factors for foot and limb lesions in piglets on commercial farms in Ireland. Preventive veterinary medicine,119(3), pp 162-171.
  • Quinn, A., Green, L.,  Lawlor, P. and Boyle, L. (2015). The effect of feeding a diet formulated for developing gilts between 70kg and~ 140kg on lameness indicators and carcass traits. Livestock Science 174: pp 87-95.

 

Conference proceedings:

  • Quinn, A. and Brady, S. (2015). The effects of water quality, intake and wastage on your farm. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, 20th & 21st October 2015, pp 59-64.
  • Quinn, A., Boyle, L., KilBride, A. and Green, L. (2015). A cross-sectional study on the prevalence & risk factors for limb lesions & lameness in finisher pigs on commercial farms in Ireland. In: The International Conference on Pig Welfare: Improving Pig Welfare - What are the ways forward, Copenhagen, Demark, 29th-30th April 2015, pp 134.
  • Quinn, A. and Carroll, C. (2014). Composting Dead pigs. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, 21st & 22nd October 2014, pp 60-62.
  • Quinn, A., Boyle, L., KilBride, A. and Green, L. (2014). A cross-sectional study on the prevalence and risk factors for limb and foot lesions in piglets on Irish farms. In: The 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Copenhagen, Demark, 25th-29th August 2014. 
  • Quinn, A., Boyle, L., KilBride, A. and Green, L. (2014). Prevalence and risk factors for limb and foot lesions in piglets. In: The 6th international Conference on the assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 3rd – 5th September 2014.
  • Quinn, A. and McKeon, M. (2013). Biosecurity Top Tips. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, 22nd & 23rd October 2013, pp 40-46.
  • Quinn, A., Green, L., Lawlor, P. and Boyle, L. (2013). The effect of three dietary regimes on lameness indicators in replacement gilts. In: The Agricultural Research Forum, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland, 12th March 2013, p 111.
  • Quinn, A., Green, L., Lawlor, P. and Boyle, L. (2013). Lameness in pigs: Prevalence, risk factors and possible prevention. In: The University of Warwick Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, Coventry, England, 18th –20th March 2013, p 104. 
  • Quinn, A., Green, L., Lawlor, P., Boyle and L. Boyle (2013). Lameness in pigs: Prevalence, risk factors and possible prevention. In: Zinpro Feet First™ seminar 2013, Horse and Jockey, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, 2nd May 2013, pp 4-11.
  • Quinn, A., Green, L., Lawlor, P., Boyle and L. Boyle (2013). The effect of feeding a developer, gestating sow and finisher diet to group housed gilts, in terms of locomotory ability and lying behaviour. In: The 47th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Florianopolis, Brazil, 2nd – 6th June 2013, p 67.
  • Quinn, A., Green, L., Lawlor, P., Boyle and L. Boyle (2013). The effect of dietary regime on locomotory ability, claw lesions, limb lesions, body lesions and post-mortem joint lesions of developing gilts. In: The 15th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals, Uppsala, Sweden, 24th -28th June 2013, p 90.
  • Boyle, L.A., Calderón Díaz, J.A., Quinn, A., Lawlor, P.G., KilBride, A., Green, L. (2013). Addressing lameness in group housed sows. In: 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France, 26th-30th August 2013, p 475,
  • Boyle, L., Quinn, A., and Calderon Diaz, J (2013). Lameness in pigs. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, Horse and Jockey, Co. Tipperary and Cavan, Ireland, 22nd & 23rd October 2013, pp 47-50.
  • Quinn, A. (2012). Feeding a gilt diet will improve sow longevity and productivity. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, Horse and Jockey, Co. Tipperary and Cavan, Ireland, 23rd and 24th of October 2012, pp 17-24.
  • Boyle, L.A., Calderon-Diaz, J.A., and Quinn, A. (2012). Moving to group housing in 2013: Implications for lameness and sow welfare. In: The 39th Pig Health Society Symposium, Mullingar, Co. Meath, 22nd May 2012, pp 61-62.
  • Quinn, A., Green, L. and Boyle, L. (2012). The effect of feeding a developer diet to replacement gilts on lameness, claw lesions, bone mineral density and post-mortem joint lesions. In: The Association for Veterinary Teaching and Research Work, Regional meeting, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland, 5th October 2012, p 20.
  • Quinn, A., Boyle, L., Lawlor, P., Green, L. (2012). A study of the effect of a developer diet on behaviour, locomotory ability, claw lesions, limb lesions and bone mineral density in replacement gilts. In: The University of Warwick Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, Coventry, England, 26th – 28th March 2012, p 46.
  • Quinn, A., Green, L. and Boyle, L. (2011). A comparison of bone mineral density (BMD) measurements between thawed and frozen pig feet by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). In: The University of Warwick Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, Coventry, England, 26th – 27th May 2011, p 29.

 

Technical publications :

  • Quinn, A., McCutcheon, G. and Coughlan, F. (2015). The value of pig manure as a grassland fertiliser. In: Moorepark’15 Irish Dairying – Sustainable Expansion, pp 172-173.
  • Quinn, A., Brady, S., Carroll C., Clarke, S., Lawlor, S., McKeon, M. and McCutcheon, G. (2014). Pig Manure: A Valuable Fertiliser. Teagasc Publication, pp 1-16.
  • Quinn, A., Calderon Diaz, J., Boyle, L., (2013). Lameness in Pigs. Teagasc Research Dissemination Report, pp. 1-30.
  • Boyle, L., Carroll, C., McCutchen, G., Clarke, S., McKeon, M., Lawlor, P., Ryan, T., Ryan, T., Fitzgerald, T, Quinn, A., Calderon-Diaz, J., Lemos Teixeira, D. (2012). Towards January 2013- Updates implications and options for group housing pregnant sows. Teagasc, IFA and IAPP publication, pp 1-78.

Quinn, A. and Brady, S. (2015). The effects of water quality, intake and wastage on your farm. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, 20th & 21st October 2015, pp 59-64.

Quinn, A. and Carroll, C. (2014). Composting Dead pigs. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, 21st & 22nd October 2014, pp 60-62.

Quinn, A. and McKeon, M. (2013). Biosecurity Top Tips. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, 22nd & 23rd October 2013, pp 40-46.

Quinn, A. (2012). Feeding a gilt diet will improve sow longevity and productivity. In: The Irish Pig Farmers’ Conference, Horse and Jockey, Co. Tipperary and Cavan, Ireland, 23rd and 24th of October 2012, pp 17-24.

John Moriarty (DIGIPIG) & WaterWorks PhD student