Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections severely impact the global sheep industry, causing economic losses through reduced productivity and raising animal health and welfare concerns due to increased morbidity and mortality in affected animals. Insertions and deletions (INDELs) are a common form of genetic variati...
Krishani Sinhalage, N. Karrow, V. Asselstine et al.· Journal of Animal Science· 0 citations
Transferring single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effects across cattle breeds has often proven to be unreliable for a range of traits, even when using higher-density SNP panels. However, methane production (MeP) may exhibit greater portability across breeds because it has not been subjected to the prolonged, intense...
Timothy T. Houghton, S. Cunha, Madeline J. McLennan et al.· Journal of Animal Science· 0 citations
Feed efficiency (FE) is a complex trait with major implications for the sustainability and profitability of dairy production; however, the potential association of the milk-associated microbiota with this phenotype remains largely unexplored. Additionally, milk somatic cells (MSC) provide a minimally invasive and eas...
Á. Cánovas, Guilherme Henrique Gebim Polizel, Le-Luo Guan et al.· Journal of Animal Science· 0 citations
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