Beef cattle temperament can impact animal performance and meat quality in cattle. The aim
of this study was to evaluate the use of infrared thermography (IRT) maximum, average, and …

Background In cattle, base color is assumed to depend on the enzymatic activity specified by
the MC1R locus, ie the extension locus, with alleles coding for black (E D ), red (e), and wild…

The animal's reaction to human handling (ie, temperament) is critical for work safety,
productivity, and welfare. Subjective phenotyping methods have been traditionally used in beef …

Genomic prediction models using Bayesian inference determine marker associations based
on available data. The objective of this study was to evaluate marker associations for two …

The purpose of this technical note is to illustrate the use of functions available in the Map2NCBI
R package using applied examples. The purpose of Map2NCBI is to allow users to find …

Selection for better reproductive performance is a time-consuming process. As reproduction
is a complex trait (ie, controlled by many genes and environmental factors), some genomic …

… Lauren L. Hulsman Hanna … Bertolini, F.; Galimberti, G.; Calò, DG; Schiavo, G.; Matassino,
D.; Fontanesi, L. Combined use of principal component analysis and random forests identify …

We investigate differences in profitability of three Aberdeen-influenced breeds, Angus, Red
Angus, and American Aberdeen. Using data from North Dakota, we measure differences in …

Temperament scoring typically occurs at the same time as vaccinations, germplasm collection,
or both. Little is known about the impact of these procedures with scoring temperament. …

… al., 2011) methods were utilized in this study as in Hulsman Hanna et al. (2014). Both methods
… The best fitting π (designated as ) was determined in Hulsman Hanna et al. (2014) as the …