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Research Project: Identifying and Mitigating Factors that Limit Beef Production Efficiency

Location: Livestock and Range Research Laboratory

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

The effects of genotype-by-environment interactions on body condition score across three winter supplemental feed environments in a composite beef cattle breed in Montana Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ling, A.S., Hay, E.A. 2024. The effects of genotype-by-environment interactions on body condition score across three winter supplemental feed environments in a composite beef cattle breed in Montana. Journal of Animal Science. 8. Article txae024. https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txae024.

Alternative SNP weighting for multi-step and single-step genomic BLUP in the presence of causative variants Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Santana, B., Riser, M., Hay, E.A., Fragomeni, B. 2023. Alternative SNP weighting for multi-step and single-step genomic BLUP in the presence of causative variants. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 140(6):679-694. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12817.

Multi-trait predictions using GBLUP and Bayesian mixture prior model in beef cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Wang, Z., Ma, H., Li, H., Xu, L., Zhu, B., Hay, E.A., Xu, L., Li, J., Li, H. 2023. Multi-trait predictions using GBLUP and Bayesian mixture prior model in beef cattle. Animal Research and One Health. 1(1):17-29. https://doi.org/10.1002/aro2.13.

Influence of preovulatory estradiol treatment on the maintenance of pregnancy in beef cattle receiving in vivo produced embryos Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ketchum, J.N., Perry, G.A., Quail, L.K., Epperson, K.M., Ogg, M.A., Zezeski, A.L., Rich, J.J., Zoca, S.M., Kline, A.C., Andrews, T.N., Ortega, M., Smith, M.F., Geary, T.W. 2023. Influence of preovulatory estradiol treatment on the maintenance of pregnancy in beef cattle receiving in vivo produced embryos. Animal Reproduction Science. 255. Article 107274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2023.107274.

Gene variants in BOLA-DMB, DECR1, FASN and SREBF1 associated with conceptus death on day 16 of pregnancy in Holstein cows - (Abstract Only)

Bull field fertility differences can be estimated with in vitro sperm capacitation and flow cytometry Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zoca, S.M., Geary, T.W., Zezeski, A.L., Kerns, K.C., Dalton, J.C., Harstine, B.R., Utt, M.D., Cushman, R.A., Walker, J.A., Perry, G.A. 2023. Bull field fertility differences can be estimated with in vitro sperm capacitation and flow cytometry. Frontiers in Animal Science. 4. Article 1180975. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2023.1180975.

Effects of prenatal and postnatal melatonin supplementation on overall performance, male reproductive performance, and testicular hemodynamics in beef cattle Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Reid, D.S., Geary, T.W., Zezeski, A.L., Waterman, R.C., Van Emon, M.L., Messman, R.D., Burnett, D.D., Lemley, C.O. 2023. Effects of prenatal and postnatal melatonin supplementation on overall performance, male reproductive performance, and testicular hemodynamics in beef cattle. Journal of Animal Science. 101. Article skad111. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skad111.

Composite breeds and genetic stability - (Other)