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- 1Bishop, Stephen C.
- 1Dekkers, Jack C. M.
- 1Gobikrushanth, Mohanathas
- 1Harding, John C. S.
- 1Jiwon, Kim
- 1Ambrose, Divakar (Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Butler, Stephen (Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc)
- 1Ellen Goddard (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Plastow, Graham (Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Plastow, Graham (Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Wang, Zhiquan (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
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Spring 2019
A reproductive phenotype that has high variability, repeatability, heritability, and association with fertility could become an excellent candidate for genetic selection to augment fertility in dairy cows. Therefore, the general objective of this research was to evaluate the aforementioned...
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Consumer preferences for the genomic selection for particular traits in breeding dairy cows in Canada
DownloadSpring 2022
This study examines Canadian public preferences for the use of genomic selection in breeding dairy cows for four main traits– feed efficiency, methane emission reduction, enhanced disease resilience, improved cow fertility as well as the use of antibiotics. Since this research information might...
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Fall 2021
Disease resilience is defined as an animal’s ability to maintain a high level of performance in the face of disease challenges caused by multiple pathogens, as is often the case in commercial pig farms. Therefore, disease resilience is anticipated to be critical to the profitability of the pig...
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Genetic and genomic basis of antibody response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in gilts and sows
Download2016-01-01
Serao, Nick V. L., Kemp, Robert A., Mote, Benny E., Willson, Philip, Harding, John C. S., Bishop, Stephen C., Plastow, Graham S., Dekkers, Jack C. M.
Background:Our recent research showed that antibody response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syn-drome (PRRS), measured as sample-to-positive (S/P) ratio, is highly heritable and has a high genetic correlation with reproductive performance during a PRRS outbreak. Two major quantitative...
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Genomic selection for pork quality and carcass traits in both cross- and pure-bred populations
DownloadSpring 2015
Pork quality and carcass characteristics are now being integrated into swine breeding objectives because of their economic value. Understanding the genetic basis for these traits is necessary for this to be accomplished. The main objective of this study was to improve pork quality traits in two...
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Fall 2020
Meat and carcass quality traits are of increasing interest to the swine industry due to their influence on customer purchasing and repurchasing decisions. However, meat quality traits must be measured post-mortem, meaning that these traits cannot be measured on the potential breeding candidates...