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Title AYAF (Athenry Alternative Forages) Animal Performance
Description This data contains animal performance data, weights, body condition scores, and estimated milk yield data for ewes and lambs from a four-year grazing study (2018-2021) in Teagasc, Athenry, Co. Galway. Animals were grazed on five different sward types. All data was collected at Teagasc Athenry, by Lisa McGrane and Philip Creighton.
License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0
Teagasc Department Grassland Science Research
Téama Animal and Grassland
Language English
Principal Investigator (PI) Dr. Philip Creighton
Principal Investigator (PI) email Philip.Creighton@Teagasc.ie
Principal Investigator (PI) ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6106-4436
Data creator(s)
  1. Lisa McGrane
Geographic coverage This study was undertaken at the Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research Centre, Mellows Campus, Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland (54° 80′N; 7°25′W)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) doi.org/10.82253/v4sj-th52
Citation McGrane, L., Creighton, P. (2025) AYAF (Athenry Alternative Forages) Animal Performance Dataset [Dataser]. Teagasc Open Data Platform.doi.org/10.82253/v4sj-th52
Related resources
  1. McGrane, L., Mc Hugh, N., Boland, T. and Creighton, P. (2023) ‘The effect of the addition of a companion forage to a perennial ryegrass sward on ewe and lamb performance’, Livestock Science, 275, p. 105294. doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2023.105294
  2. McGrane, L. Creighton P. (n.d.) AYAF reseed methods dataset/ datacatalogue. Available at: teagasc.ie/dataset/ayaf-reseed-methods-plot-trial
  3. McGrane, L. Creighton P. (n.d.) AYAF PGSH Plot trial. Available at: datacatalogue.teagasc.ie/dataset/ayaf-pgsh-plot-trial
Equipment used Weigh scales
Provenance information Animal weights and body condition scores were measured on farm.
Supplementary data Batch/Batch code: 11 Green AYAF: Sward type: perennial ryegrass only: 1 12 Blue AYAF: Sward type: Perennial ryegrass and white clover:2 13 Red AYAF: Sward type: Perennial ryegrass and red clover:3 14 Purple AYAF: Sward type: Perennial ryegrass and plantain:4 15 Yellow AYAF: Sward type: Perennial ryegrass and chicory:5 Ewe performance: DaysPLweek6: days post lambing at 6 week measurements Bcschangematescan: the change in BCS measurements from mating to scanning Weight columns Kg BCS measured on a 1-5 scale in increments of 0.25 Lamb performance: Weight and ADG columns: Kgs Age Columns: Days Weigh Suckle Weigh: all measured in Kg
Time of data collection 2018-2021
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