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item Insertion/deletion mutations within tva receptor gene confer chicken resistance to infection by avian leukosis virus subgroups A and K (Feb 2025)
item Breed-specific heterosis for growth and carcass traits in 18 U.S. cattle breeds (Feb 2025)
item Validation of loci and genes associated with fertility in Holstein cows using gene-set enrichment analysis-SNP and genotype-by-sequencing (Feb 2025)
item Invited review: Management of genetic defects in dairy cattle populations (Feb 2025)
item Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of woody breast myopathy in broiler chickens (Feb 2025)
item Why are some cows skinny? An evaluation of stress and immune factors (Feb 2025)
item Research Note: Up-regulation of Melanophilin (MLPH) gene during avian adipogenesis and decreased fat pad weights with adipocyte hypotrophy in MLPH knockout quail (Feb 2025)
item Genetic and genomic evaluations of quantitative milking speed phenotypes (Jan 2025)
item Association of individual cow milk fatty acid proportion and variance with milk production (Jan 2025)
item Detecting function variation in immune cell types and their implications on genetic resistance to Marek’s Disease (Jan 2025)
item Net merit as a measure of lifetime profit: 2025 revision (Jan 2025)
item The role of a national evaluation system in promoting dairy sustainability (Jan 2025)
item Tranforming the tradition of discrete milk yield correction factors: A continuous 1-step DeLorenzo-Wiggans method (Jan 2025)
item Effect of carryover biomass of channel catfish on production and profitability in intensively aerated multiple-batch system (Jan 2025)
item Maternal dietary restriction and one-carbon metabolite supplementation modulate microRNA expression in bovine fetal skeletal muscle (Jan 2025)
item All-breed single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor evaluations for fertility traits in US dairy cattle (Jan 2025)
item Efficacy determination of a disinfectant against channel catfish virus by in vitro and in vivo methods (Dec 2024)
item Gentamicin has no significant adverse affect on porcine embryo development in vitro (Dec 2024)
item Use of intrauterine dextrose as an alternative to systemic antibiotics for treatment of clinical metritis in dairy cattle: a microbiome perspective (Dec 2024)
item The role of gene editing, organoids, and in vitro phenotyping in sustainable animal production (Dec 2024)
item Impacts of birth season and production system on gastrointestinal parasitism and growth in Katahdin lambs (Dec 2024)
item Influence of maternal nutrition and one-carbon metabolites supplementation on bovine antimicrobial peptides in fetal and maternal tissues (Dec 2024)
item Protracted maternal malnutrition induces aberrant changes in maternal uterine artery hemodynamics and the metabolic profiles of the dam and neonate (Dec 2024)
item Effect of germplasm exchange strategies on genetic gain, homozygosity, and genetic diversity in dairy stud populations: A simulation study (Dec 2024)
item Adding gastrointestinal parasite resistance to the breeding objective in hair sheep: Initial steps (Dec 2024)
item Factors affecting the length of productive life in U.S. Katahdin ewes (Nov 2024)
item Research note: Increased lipid accumulation within broiler preadipocytes during differentiation in vitro at atmospheric oxygen tension (Nov 2024)
item Investigating genotype by environment interaction for beef cattle fertility traits in commercial herds in northern Australia with multi-trait analysis (Oct 2024)
item Sheep GEMS provides project update (Oct 2024)
item Telomere-to-telomere assemblies of cattle and sheep Y-chromosomes uncover divergent structure and gene content (Sep 2024)
item Validating genomic predictions for economic traits in purebred U.S. dairy heifers (Sep 2024)
item A million-cow genome-wide association study of productive life in U.S. Holstein cows (Sep 2024)
item Short communication: Artificially reared ewes cannot be distinguished from natural reared ewes based on observed maternal behavior or lamb weaning weights (Sep 2024)
item Fetal bone engraftment reconstitutes the immune system in pigs with severe combined immunodeficiency (Sep 2024)
item Serum energy metabolite and mineral concentrations in a contemporary flock of Western white-faced ewes during the periparturient period (Sep 2024)
item Heritability estimates for longevity-related traits in U.S. Katahdin ewes (Sep 2024)
item Genetics: How long does it take for genetics to improve carcass characteristics? (Sep 2024)
item Utilization of rumen protected lysine and methionine in beef feedlot diets: Impacts on steer performance (Sep 2024)
item Survival analyses of the productive life in U.S. Katahdin ewes (Sep 2024)
item Altering methyl donors to beef heifers during the periconceptual period impacts fetal muscle transcript abundance (Sep 2024)
item Maternal rate of gain and one-carbon metabolites supplementation alters the gene expression profile of fetal brain during early gestation in beef heifers (Sep 2024)
item Why are some cows skinny? An evaluation of stress and immune factors (Sep 2024)
item Impaired skeletal development by disruption of presenilin-1 in pigs and generation of novel pig models for Alzheimer’s disease (Sep 2024)
item Disentangling river and swamp buffalo genetic diversity: initial insights from the 1000 buffalo genomes project (Sep 2024)
item A blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) crop ontology to enable standardized phenotyping for blueberry breeding and research (Sep 2024)
item Technical options for all-breed Single Step GBLUP for US dairy cattle (Sep 2024)
item Genomic validation software: USA update including truncated MACE (Sep 2024)
item Analysis of factors affecting daily milk yields: an initial case study in an automatic thrice-milking farm (Sep 2024)
item One-carbon metabolites supplementation and nutrient restriction alter the fetal liver metabolomic profile during early gestation in beef heifers (Sep 2024)
item Guidelines for approximating genomic reliabilities of the single-step genomic model (Sep 2024)
item Breeding programs compared across countries, continents, and breeds (Sep 2024)
item Dry matter intake in US Holstein cows: exploring the genomic and phenotypic impact of milk components and body weight composite (Sep 2024)
item Sheep GEMS update: Using genotypes to reduce Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) susceptibilty (Aug 2024)
item Effects of dietary restriction and one-carbon metabolite supplementation during the first 63 days of gestation on the maternal gut, vaginal, and blood microbiota in cattle (Aug 2024)
item Economic contribution of U.S. aquaculture farms (Aug 2024)
item One-carbon metabolism in beef cattle throughout the production cycle (Aug 2024)
item Maternal nutrient supply: Impacts on physiological and whole animal outcomes in offspring (Aug 2024)
item Methionine and guanidinoacetic acid supplementation of beef heifers during the periconceptual period impacts fetal hepatic transcriptome (Aug 2024)
item Paternal nutrient supply: Impacts on physiological and whole animal outcomes in offspring (Aug 2024)
item Effect of beef heifer development systems utilizing corn residue and late summer planted cover crops on growth, reproductive performance, and economics (Jul 2024)
item Differing planes of nutrition alter serum and histotroph amino acid composition in nonpregnant, multiparous beef cows on day 3 of the estrous cycle (Jul 2024)
item One-carbon metabolite supplementation increases vitamin B12, folate, and methionine cycle metabolites in beef heifers and fetuses in an energy dependent manner at day 63 of gestation (Jul 2024)
item Systemic interindividual DNA methylation variants in cattle share major hallmarks with those in humans (Jul 2024)
item One-carbon metabolite supplementation influences fetal liver metabolites and metabolic pathways in a diet-dependent manner during early pregnancy in heifers (Jul 2024)
item Tissue-specific impact of one-carbon metabolite supplementation and nutrient restriction in gestating heifers on fetal mitochondrial-related gene profiles (Jul 2024)
item A pilot detection and associate study of gene presence-absence variation in Holstein cattle (Jun 2024)
item Improved tracking of recent mutations within common haplotypes causing cholesterol deficiency, muscle weakness, and BLIRD (Jun 2024)
item Comparison of genomic merit, pedigree completeness, inbreeding, and relationships of genotyped animals across continents (Jun 2024)
item Six direct health traits for the United States: Updated variance component estimates and implementation of variance adjusted weights (Jun 2024)
item Variation in a Y-linked single copy gene, AMELY, was shared among modern and lost male Holstein lineages (Jun 2024)
item Multibreed single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor evaluations for fertility traits in US dairy cattle (Jun 2024)
item Shifting paradigms in daily milk yield correction factors: the DeLorenzo-Wiggans method revisited (Jun 2024)
item Novel off-targeting events identified after genome wide analysis of CRISPR-Cas edited pigs (Jun 2024)
item Genetic and genomic evaluations of milking speed and duration from automated milk recording (Jun 2024)
item Association of individual cow milk fatty acids and milk performance (Jun 2024)
item The value of a national evaluation system in promoting dairy sustainability (Jun 2024)
item Validation of genomic prediction for economic traits in heifers across five U.S. dairy breeds (Jun 2024)
item Genome-wide association and expression quantitative trait loci in cattle reveals common genes regulating mammalian fertility (Jun 2024)
item Milk microbiome in the first month of lactation and at weaning from ewes supplemented with zinc pre- and postpartum (Jun 2024)
item Malnutrition alters protein expression of KNDy neuropeptides in the arcuate nucleus of mature ewes (Jun 2024)
item Genes involved in the cholecystokinin receptor signaling map were differentially expressed in the jejunum of steers with variation in residual feed intake (Jun 2024)
item Differing planes of nutrition alter serum amino acid composition in nonpregnant, multiparous beef cows on day 3 of the estrous cycle (Jun 2024)
item Ileal epithelial tissue transcript profiles of steers with experimentally induced liver abscesses (Jun 2024)
item New mutation within a common haplotype is associated with calf muscle weakness in Holsteins (Jun 2024)
item Epigenetics and nutrition: Molecular mechanisms and tissue adaptation in developmental programming (May 2024)
item Disrupted one-carbon metabolism in heifers negatively affects their health and physiology (May 2024)
item agile genetics: single gene resolution without the fuss (May 2024)
item Large-sample genome-wide association study of resistance to retained placenta in U.S. Holstein cows (May 2024)
item Adding parasite resistance to the breeding objective in hair sheep (May 2024)
item Inbreeding depression for producer-recorded udder, metabolic, and reproductive diseases in US dairy cattle (May 2024)
item Enhanced bovine genome annotation through integration of transcriptomics and epi-transcriptomics datasets facilitates genomic biology (Apr 2024)
item Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the rough periwinkle Littorina saxatilis (Apr 2024)
item Influence of maternal nutrition and one-carbon metabolites supplementation during early pregnancy on bovine fetal small intestine vascularity and cell proliferation (Mar 2024)
item Epigenetic factor microRNAs likely mediate vaccine protection efficacy against lymphomas in response to tumor virus infection in chickens through target gene involved signaling pathways (Mar 2024)
item Single-step genomic predictions for crossbred Holstein and Jersey cows in the United States (Mar 2024)
item Effects of protein concentration and beta-adrenergic agonists on ruminal bacterial communities in finishing beef heifers (Feb 2024)
item One-carbon metabolite supplementation to nutrient-restricted beef heifers affects placental vascularity during early pregnancy (Feb 2024)
item Integrated meta-omics reveals the regulatory landscape involved in lipid metabolism between pig breeds (Feb 2024)
item MicroMPN: methods and software for high-throughput screening of microbe suppression in mixed populations (Feb 2024)
item Whole-genome resequencing reveals genetic diversity and wool trait-related genes in Liangshan Semi-fine Wool Sheep (Jan 2024)
item Late gestational nutrient restriction in primiparous beef females: Performance and metabolic status of lactating dams and pre-weaning calves (Jan 2024)
item Influence of pre-weaning trace mineral exposure on subsequent performance and trace mineral status of beef calves during finishing (Jan 2024)
item Alterations of rumen and fecal microbiome in growing beef and dairy steers fed rumen protected Capsicum oleoresin (Jan 2024)
item Participatory investigation of goat farmers’ breeding practices, trait preference, and selection criteria in Burkina Faso (Jan 2024)
item Probiotics in milk replacer affect the microbiome of the lung in neonatal dairy calves (Jan 2024)
item Use of heterosis and breed differences in crossbreeding systems or composite populations to improve efficiency of beef production (Jan 2024)
item A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues (Jan 2024)
item A million-cow validation of a chromosome 14 region interacting with all chromosomes for fat percentage in U.S. Holstein cows (Jan 2024)
item Connecting the dots with nutrition and developing females (Jan 2024)
item Predicting feed intake in confined beef cows (Jan 2024)
item Current challenges and future of agricultural genomes to phenomes in the USA (Jan 2024)
item Sheep GEMS Update: Lambing assistance and udder health scores (Jan 2024)
item Vitamin A in cow-calf production: Impacts of maternal supplementation and status on offspring (Jan 2024)
item Imputation accuracy from low- to medium-density SNP chips for US crossbred dairy cattle (Jan 2024)
item Inheritance of a new mutation affecting muscle weakness within a common haplotype in Holsteins (Dec 2023)
item Quality and value of imputing gene tests for all animals (Dec 2023)
item Estimating test day milk yields by modeling proportional daily yields: Going beyond linearity (Dec 2023)
item International evaluations for clinical mastitis in Brown Swiss (Dec 2023)
item Effect of modelling unknown parent groups and metafounders on the historical genetic trend of fertility traits (Dec 2023)
item Modeling identical twins and clones in genetic evaluations (Dec 2023)
item Updating test-day milk yield factors for use in genetic evaluations and dairy production systems: A comprehensive review (Dec 2023)
item Imputation strategies for genomic prediction using nanopore sequencing (Dec 2023)
item Unraveling the genetic basis of feed efficiency in cattle through integrated DNA methylation and CattleGTEx analysis (Nov 2023)
item A pangenome graph reference of 30 chicken genomes allows genotyping of large and complex structural variants (Nov 2023)
item Heritability and variance component estimation for feed and water intake behaviors of feedlot cattle (Nov 2023)
item Is scrotal ultrasound a useful tool in ram breeding soundness examination? (Nov 2023)
item Characterization of Katahdin lamb carcasses in a traditional lamb marketing context (Nov 2023)
item Serum mineral and vitamin concentrations in central performance tested Rambouillet rams with and without angular limb deformities (Nov 2023)
item Effects of dietary restriction and one-carbon metabolite supplementation during early gestation on the maternal gut and vaginal microbiota in cattle (Nov 2023)
item Genetic parameter estimates of post-weaning growth and gastrointestinal nematode infection traits of Katahdin lambs (Nov 2023)
item Leveraging the potential of molecular and genetic markers to improve feed efficiency in beef cattle (Nov 2023)
item Methionine and guanidinoacetic acid supplementation during the periconceptual period of gestation shifts methionine metabolism of fetal bull calves at d 63 of gestation (Nov 2023)
item Impact of maternal plane of nutrition in combination with strategic one-carbon metabolites supplementation during early pregnancy on vascularity and cell proliferation in the fetal small intestine (Nov 2023)
item Birth season and production system effects on post-weaning growth and gastrointestinal nematode infection of Katahdin lambs (Nov 2023)
item Methionine and guanidinoacetic acid supplementation throughout the periconceptual period of gestation alters metabolite concentrations and fetal development (Nov 2023)
item Effects of differing planes of nutrition and one-carbon metabolite supplementation of beef heifers on B12, folate, and folate intermediate concentrations in the dam and fetus (Oct 2023)
item Oocyte recovery after overnight ovary transport provides an alternative source of cumulus oocyte complexes that are competent to produce live piglets (Oct 2023)
item Maternal amino acid supplementation from pre-breeding through early gestation alters fetal muscle development (Oct 2023)
item Genome-wide association analysis of heifer livability and early first calving in Holstein cattle (Oct 2023)
item Evaluating fertility in the wake of embryo transfer (Oct 2023)
item Fibroblast growth factor 21 has a diverse role in energetic and reproductive physiological functions of female beef cattle (Oct 2023)
item Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance and immunity in chickens that vary in Marek's disease resistance (Oct 2023)
item Influence of maternal dietary protein precursor on reproductive endocrinology of neonatal bovine offspring (Oct 2023)
item System and biological effects on quantitative milking speed phenotypes from inline milk meters (Oct 2023)
item Role of the placenta in developmental programming: Observations from models using large animals (Oct 2023)
item A Chinese indicine pan-genome reveals a wealth of novel structural variants introgressed from other Bos species (Sep 2023)
item Investigation of lncRNA in Bos taurus mammary tissue during dry and lactation periods (Sep 2023)
item Using the community-based breeding program (CBBP) model as a collaborative platform to develop the African Goat Improvement Network—Image collection protocol (AGIN-ICP) with mobile technology for data collection (Sep 2023)
item Rumen and cecum bacteria of beef cattle that differ in feed efficiency fed a forage diet (Sep 2023)
item Porcine-specific expression of the three functional CYP19 paralogs in early conceptus, placenta, and gonads (Sep 2023)
item The African Goat Improvement Network: A scientific group empowering smallholder farmers (Aug 2023)
item Paternal effects on fetal programming (Aug 2023)
item New insights into transcriptome variation during cattle adipocyte adipogenesis by direct RNA sequencing (Aug 2023)
item Characterization of additive, dominance, and runs of homozygosity effects inbreeds of dairy cattle (Aug 2023)
item Variance component estimates for growth traits in beef cattle using selected variants from imputed low-pass sequence data (Aug 2023)
item The single-cell transcriptome and chromatin accessibility datasets of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in Chinese Holstein cattle (Aug 2023)
item A journey into sheep GEMS (Aug 2023)
item Beet pulp as an alternative roughage source for feedlot steers fed feedlot diets based on dry-rolled corn containing 30% modified distillers grains with solubles (Aug 2023)
item The potential value of international sheep evaluations (Aug 2023)
item Meet the Research Leaders at NSIP (Aug 2023)
item Taming transposable elements in livestock and poultry: a review of their roles and applications (Jul 2023)
item Does modeling causal relationships improve the accuracy of estimating lactation milk yields? (Jul 2023)
item Genotype by environment interaction in dairy cattle raised in California and New England (Jul 2023)
item Supplementation of one-carbon metabolites influences fetal maintenance energy and programming of energy utilization in fetal liver during early pregnancy in heifers (Jul 2023)
item Identification of candidate lethal haplotypes and genomic association with post-natal mortality and reproductive traits in Nellore cattle (Jun 2023)
item Chicken genomic diversity consortium: large-scale genomics to unravel the origins and adaptations of chickens (Jun 2023)
item Multiple chicken (Gallus gallus) genome references to advance genetic variation studies (Jun 2023)
item Quality and value of imputing gene tests for all animals (Jun 2023)
item Get test-day milk yields right: what have we learned? (Jun 2023)
item Standardizing lactation yields from national data with age-parity-season-region corrections for fair comparisons across individual cows and environments (Jun 2023)
item Combined effects of milking intervals and frequencies (Jun 2023)
item Haplotype inheritance and livability of recumbent Holstein calves (Jun 2023)
item Colostrum microbiome as a predictor of future milk solids production (Jun 2023)
item Genomic validation software: USA results (Jun 2023)
item A million-cow genome-wide association study of three fertility traits in U.S. Holstein cows (Jun 2023)
item Candidate mutation for calf recumbency in Holsteins (Jun 2023)
item Variance component estimation and genome-wide association of predicted methane production in crossbred beef steers (Jun 2023)
item Late gestational nutrient restriction in primiparous beef females: Nutrient partitioning among the dam, fetus, and colostrum during gestation (Jun 2023)
item Morphometric characterization of local goat breeds in two agroecological zones of Burkina Faso, West Africa (Jun 2023)
item Harnessing male germline epigenomics for the genetic improvement in cattle (Jun 2023)
item Effects of different treatment approaches on microbial populations in the vaginal discharge of cows diagnosed with clinical metritis (May 2023)
item Use of overlapping DNA pools to discern genetic differences despite pooling error (May 2023)
item Integrating genome-wide association and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analyses identifies genes affecting fertility in cattle and suggests a common set of genes regulating fertility in mammals (May 2023)
item Heritability of beef cow metabolizable energy for maintenance (May 2023)
item Concentrations of vitamin B12 and folate in maternal serum and fetal fluids, metabolite interrelationships, and hepatic transcript...of key folate and methionine cycle genes: The impacts of...nutrition...50 d of gestation (May 2023)
item One-carbon metabolite supplementation with plane of nutrition during early gestation alters maternal serum metabolite concentrations in beef heifers (May 2023)
item Editorial: Lactation genomics and phenomics in farm animals: Where are we at? (Apr 2023)
item Effects of adding ruminal propionate on dry matter intake and glucose metabolism in steers fed a finishing ration (Apr 2023)
item Implementation of feed efficiency in Iranian Holstein breeding program (Mar 2023)
item The Australasian dingo archetype: de novo chromosome-length genome assembly, DNA methylome, and cranial morphology (Mar 2023)
item A sheep pangenome reveals the spectrum of structural variations and their effects on tail phenotypes (Mar 2023)
item Long read isoform sequencing reveals hidden transcriptional complexity between cattle subspecies (Mar 2023)
item SLEMM: million-scale genomic predictions with window-based SNP weighting (Mar 2023)
item Fetal hepatic lipidome is more greatly affected by maternal rate of gain compared with vitamin and mineral supplementation at day 83 of gestation (Jan 2023)
item Big data genomic analysis in dairy cattle (Jan 2023)
item Genetic diversity and connectivity of moose (Alces americanus americanus) in eastern North America (Jan 2023)
item Genome sequence of ungulate tetraparvovirus 1 from a nasal swab of an Irish beef- suckler calf (Jan 2023)
item Comparison of three maternal composite sheep breeds managed under pasture lambing and purebred or terminal mating systems: Ewe body weight, reproductive efficiency, and longevity (Dec 2022)
item One-carbon metabolite supplementation to heifers for the first 14 d of the...alters the plasma and hepatic one-carbon metabolite pool and methionine-folate cycle enzyme transcript abundance in a dose-dependent manner (Dec 2022)
item Effect of dietary urea in gestating beef cows: Circulating metabolites, morphometrics, and mammary secretions (Dec 2022)
item Detection of Mycoplasma bovirhinis and bovine coronavirus in an outbreak of bovine respiratory disease in nursing beef calves (Dec 2022)
item Cis-eQTL analysis and functional validation of candidate genes for carcass yield traits in beef cattle (Dec 2022)
item Is there a genetic piece to milking speed? (Dec 2022)
item Impact of four ovine TMEM154 haplotypes on ewes during multiyear lentivirus exposure (Nov 2022)
item Maternal nutrition and developmental programming of offspring (Nov 2022)
item Genome sequence of bovine coronavirus variants from the nasal virome of Irish beef-suckler and pre-weaned dairy calves clinically diagnosed with bovine respiratory disease (Oct 2022)
item Supplementation of one-carbon metabolites to beef heifers during early gestation effects on fetal liver and muscle mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate ratios at day 63 of gestation (Oct 2022)
item Effects of supplementing one-carbon metabolites to first time heifers receiving adequate or restricted feed intake during early gestation (Oct 2022)
item The impacts of maternal nutrition during the first 50 days of gestation: Folate and B12 concentrations in maternal serum and fetal fluids (Oct 2022)
item Maternal nutrition during first 50 days of gestation: Impacts on B12 and folate concentrations, interrelationships in maternal, fetal fluids (Sep 2022)
item Favored single nucleotide variants identified using whole genome re-sequencing of Austrian and Chinese cattle breeds (Sep 2022)
item The conservation of human functional variants and their effects across livestock species (Sep 2022)