MJ Kelly
Research Technician & Health and Safety CoordinatorResearch Interests
- Suckler beef finishing systems
- Grass production and utilisation
- Ruminant nutrition and feed efficiency
- Animal health
Education
2010–2014 B.Agr.Sc. – Animal and Crop Production, University College Dublin.
2016–2017 M.AgrSc. University College Dublin. Thesis: Feeding value of dried corn gluten feed and dried citrus pulp offered to beef cattle as a supplement to grass silage.
Kelly, M.J., Moloney, A.P., Kelly, A.K. and McGee, M., 2025. Intake, feed efficiency, carcass traits, muscle colour and sensory characteristics of beef from steers offered grass silage and barley-based supplementary concentrates with increasing levels of dry corn gluten feed. Livestock Science, 295, p.105695.
Moloney, A.P., Kelly, M.J., Kelly, A.K. and McGee, M., 2025. Replacing barley with oats in the supplement to grass silage-fed beef cattle: intake, feed efficiency, carcass traits, and beef colour, fatty acid composition and sensory characteristics. Animal Production Science, 65(17), p.AN25135.
McGee, M., Kelly, M.J., Kelly A.K. and Moloney, A.P. 2019. Intake, growth, carcass and selected meat quality traits of steers offered grass silage and supplementary concentrates containing maize or wheat dried distillers grains. Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science – Advances in Animal Biosciences. p62.
Kelly, M., A.P. Moloney, A. Kelly, and M. McGee 2018. Intake, growth, carcass and selected meat quality traits of steers offered grass silage and supplementary concentrates with increasing levels of dried corn gluten feed. Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science – Advances in Animal Biosciences 9: (1), p150.
McGee, M., M. Kelly, A. Kelly, and A.P. Moloney 2018. Comparison of rolled barley and oats as supplements to grass silage for finishing beef cattle. Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science – Advances in Animal Biosciences 9: (1), p226.
Kelly, M.J., Moloney, A.P., Kelly, A. and McGee, M. 2017. Replacement of rolled barley with citrus pulp in a concentrate supplement for finishing beef cattle offered grass silage. ASAS – Journal of Animal Science 95: Suppl. 4, 295.
Technical publications
M. McGee., M. Kelly and A. Moloney 2018. Value of citrus pulp [Citrus pulp compared to rolled barley as a supplement for finishing cattle offered grass silage]. Teagasc Beef Advisory Newsletter, Research Update, March 2018.
E.G. O’Riordan, M.J. Kelly, S. Burke and M. McGee 2024. Nitrogen rate effect [The effect of nitrogen fertilizer application rate on herbage yield and sward white clover content]. Teagasc Beef Advisory Newsletter, Research Update, December 2024.