M. O’Donovan

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority — Ireland

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology(93), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(54), Reproductive Physiology in Livestock(40), Turfgrass Adaptation and Management(25), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies(18)

Publications175 total

Sensory profile and drivers of liking of grass-fed and total mixed ration butters
Food Quality and Preference·2025
Agronomic variability in white clover varieties under differing nitrogen application rates
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research·2025Open Access
The impact of pasture-fed versus total mixed ration derived whole milk powder (WMP) on circulating fatty acid concentrations and cardiometabolic health in healthy adults: Results from a randomized controlled crossover trial
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Effect of grass-only and grass-clover based swards on the growth performance of suckler bred heifers and steers finished at 19.5 months of age
Animal - science proceedings·2025
Refining the soil and water component to improve the MoSt grass growth model
European Journal of Agronomy·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The effect of bovine diets and stages of lactation on vitamin K content in butter and Cheddar cheese
International Dairy Journal·2024
The impacts of milking frequency on nutrient composition and functional characteristics of Cheddar cheese
International Journal of Dairy Technology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Impact of feeding regimes and lactation stage on sensory attributes of Cheddar cheese
Food Research International·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
The effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser application rate and strategy on herbage production and nitrogen response in spring
Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
The effect of spring grass availability and silage supplementation on dairy cow performance and dry matter intake during early lactation
The Journal of Agricultural Science·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Can the inclusion of ribwort plantain or chicory increase the seasonal and annual dry matter production of intensive dairy grazing swards?
European Journal of Agronomy·2023· 14 cited
The wolf spider <i>Pardosa milvina</i> varies silk deposition in response to self and same‐sex conspecific silk
Ethology·2023· 1 cited
The Effects of a High Grass Input Feeding System Compared to High Concentrate Input Feeding System Offered to Spring Calving Dairy Cows in Early Lactation
UKnowledge (University of Kentucky)·2023
67. Genetic variation exists in nitrogen use efficiency for lactating cows in grass-grazed dairy systems
2022
Restricting dairy cow access time to pasture in autumn: The effects on milk production, grazing behaviour and DM intake of late lactation dairy cows
animal·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
Effects of short-term once-a-day milking in early lactation on dairy cow performance when managed in a seasonal-calving pasture based system
Livestock Science·2021· 9 cited
Improving grassland/forage quality and management to reduce livestock greenhouse gas emissions
Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science·2021
Validating the n-alkane technique for determining herbage dry matter intake in sheep offered perennial ryegrass harvested at varying growth stages and seasons
Animal Feed Science and Technology·2021· 6 cited
Incorporation of the grazing utilization subindex and new updates to the Pasture Profit Index
Journal of Dairy Science·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Comparison of sheep and dairy cows for in vivo digestibility of perennial ryegrass
animal·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

E. Kennedy(15), Luc Delaby(13), T.M. Boland(11), D. Hennessy(10), E. Lewis(8), M. McEvoy(7), F.P. O’Mara(6), J.P. Murphy(6), P. Dillon(4), John T. Tobin(4), Tom F. O’Callaghan(4), John J. Murphy(4), Mark A. Fenelon(3), J.P. Murphy(3), S. McParland(3), D.P. Berry(3), G. Stakelum(3), Katie Sugrue(3), F.J. Mulligan(3), P. French(3)