Background In pigs, gut bacteria have been shown to play important roles in nutritional,
physiological, and immunological processes in the host. However, the contribution of their …

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) and the persistence of its phase across populations are
important for genomic selection as well as fine scale mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL). …

In this paper, we evaluated the power of microbiome measures taken at three time points
over the growth test period (weaning, 15 and 22 weeks) to foretell growth and carcass traits in …

Background While the adoption of genomic evaluations in livestock has increased genetic
gain rates, its effects on genetic diversity and accumulation of inbreeding have raised …

Background Genetic improvement of beef quality will benefit both producers and consumers,
and can be achieved by selecting animals that carry desired quantitative trait nucleotides (…

The accuracy of genomic predictions can be used to assess the utility of dense marker
genotypes for genetic improvement of beef efficiency traits. This study was designed to test the …

Background Heat stress and fescue toxicosis caused by ingesting tall fescue infected with
the endophytic fungus Epichloë coenophiala represent two of the most prevalent stressors to …

Genomic selection increases accuracy of prediction and, with that, genetic trend; also in pigs
50% extra trend is gradually becoming a conservative estimate. Theory and experience in …

This study reports a genome wide scan for chromosome regions and their haplotypes that
significantly associated with average daily gain (ADG), dry matter intake (DMI), and residual …

The release of the Illumina BovineSNP50 BeadChip in late 2007 has drawn attention from
cattle breeders around the world to develop breeding programs that leverage association of …