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Tommy M. Boland

University College Dublin (UCD)

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Scholarly Papers (5)

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Multispecies Swards Outperform Perennial Ryegrass Monoculture and Perennial Ryegrass-White Clover Swards – a Beef System Grazing Experiment

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Oct 2022
Shona Baker, Mary B. Lynch, Fionnuala Godwin, Tommy M. Boland, Alan K. Kelly, Alexander C. O. Evans, Paul N. C. Murphy and Helen Sheridan
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin, University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Multispecies swards, legumes, forage herbs, nitrogen, forage yield, sustainability

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The Effect of the Addition of a Companion Forage to a Perennial Ryegrass Sward on Ewe and Lamb Performance

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Mar 2023
Lisa McGrane, N. Mc. Hugh, Tommy M. Boland and Philip Creighton
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University College Dublin (UCD) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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clover, herb, plantain, chicory, sheep, grassland

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Effect of Prolific Breed Type and Silage Type on Ewe Performance During Late Pregnancy

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Dec 2022
Jonathan Thomas Higgins, Stephen Lott, Maria Markiewicz-Keszycka, Mary B. Lynch, Mary McEvoy, F. M. McGovern and Tommy M. Boland
University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD), Teagasc Environmental Research Centre, Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre and University College Dublin (UCD)
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Late pregnancy, ewe breed type, nutrition, intake, colostrum yield

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Investigating the Role of Genetic Merit and Country of Origin on the Profitability of Grass-Based Sheep Production Systems

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Nov 2022
Nicola Fetherstone, N. Mc. Hugh, F. M. McGovern, Tommy M. Boland and A. Bohan
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, University College Dublin (UCD) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Genetic indexes, profitability, sheep, bio-economic model

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The effect of a water-based delivery of an Ascophyllum nodosum extract on animal performance, rumen microbiota, fermentation and methane emissions of zero-grazed beef steers

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Sep 2025
Aaron Casey, Tommy M. Boland, Alan K. Kelly, Z.C. McKay, Maria Markiewicz-Keszycka, Marco Garcia-Vaquero, Calum Bridson, Padraig Hennessy, John T. O’Sullivan, Kieran J. Guinan, Fionnuala Godwin, Sivaprakash Balakrishnan and Stafford Vigors
University College Dublin, University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin, University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University College Dublin, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University College Dublin
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Ascophyllum nodosum extract, methane, beef steers, water-based delivery, performance