Epidemiological studies of poor animal performance on a farm in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
A contribution to the work of a national inter-agency group by the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin.
A report prepared for the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, December 2009
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Introduction (pdf 658Kb)
Members of the Project Team
Acknowledgements
Background
Executive Summary (pdf 42Kb)
Supporting Documentation
Study 1: Winter feeding trial, January to May 2007 (pdf 258Kb)
Study 1: Appendix (pdf 28Kb)
Study 3: Appendix (pdf 340Kb)
Study 4: A survey of essential elements and heavy metals in a small area encompassing the index farm, April and September 2007 (pdf 1,146Kb)
Study 4: Appendix 1, Soil Maps (pdf 4,324Kb)
Study 4: Appendix 2, Herbage Maps (pdf 3,574Kb)
Study 5: Kidney cadmium concentrations in cattle from the index farm, 2003-2005 and 2009 (pdf 155Kb)
Overview: An epidemiological evaluation of all relevant data gathered to date (pdf 305Kb)
Overview: Appendix 1 (pdf 107Kb)
Overview: Appendix 2 (pdf 50Kb)
Overview: Appendix 3 (pdf 20Kb)
Overview: Appendix 4 (pdf 15Kb)
Overview: Appendix 5 (pdf 127Kb)
Overview: Appendix 6 (pdf 15,163Kb)
Overview: Appendix 7 (pdf 144Kb)
Addendum to the Epidemiological report on a Castlecomer farm in Co. Kilkenny (pdf 7,357Kb)
