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2022

Cesarani, A., Lourenco, D., Tsuruta, S., Legarra, A., Nicolazzi, E.L., VanRaden, P.M., and Misztal, I. Single-step genomic evaluation of crossbreed dairy cattle in the US. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):45(abstr. 1117). 2022.

Cheng, J., Maltecca, C., VanRaden, P., O'Connell, J., Ma, L., and Jiang, J. SLEMM: Million-scale genomic best linear unbiased predictions with window-based SNP weighting. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):19(abstr. 1048). 2022.

Jiang, J., Cheng, J., Maltecca, C., Ma, L., VanRaden, P.M., and O'Connell, J.R. Mixed-model GWAS on milk production traits of 1.16M genotyped Holstein cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):19(abstr. 1047). 2022.

Liu, G. Functional annotation of regulatory elements in cattle genome during rumen development. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):199(abstr. 1496V). 2022.

Lozada-Soto, E.A., Maltecca, C., Cole, J.B., VanRaden, P.M., and Tiezzi, F. Current state of inbreeding, genetic diversity,and selection history in all major breeds of US dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):188(abstr. 1475V). 2022.

Miles, A.M., Hutchison, J.L., and VanRaden, P.M. The increasing popularity of embryo transfer has implications for U.S. dairy cattle fertility evaluations. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):200(abstr. 1501V). 2022.

Mota, R., and VanRaden, P.M. Accuracy of genomic predictions including or excluding foreign data in reference populations. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):130(abstr. 1330). 2022.

Mota, R., Wigans, G.R., Nani, J.P., Bacheller, L.R., Fok, G.C, Carrillo, J., and VanRaden, P.M. Adding genomically discovered maternal grandsires and maternal great grandsires to the US evaluation system. Proc. Anim. Genet. and Genomics Conf., Visions III: Star Gazing into the Galaxy of Animal Genetics and Genomics, Ames, IA, p. 50. 2022.

Norman, H.D., Null, D.J., and VanRaden, P.M. Evidence of selection against recessive defects. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):47(abstr. 1124). 2022.

Null, D.J, Wiggans, G.R., Ogwo, E.O.O., and VanRaden, P.M. Improved, expanded, and automated ancestor discovery. J Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):389(abstr. 2422V). 2022.

Toghiani, S., VanRaden, P.M., Gaddis, K.L., VandeHaar, M.J., and Tempelman, R.J. Phenotypic and genotypic impact of milk components and bodyweight composite on dry matter intake. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):200(abstr. 1499V). 2022.

VanRaden, P.M., Fok, G.C., Bacheller, L.R, Jansen, G.B., and Carrillo, J.A. Flexible testing and use of milk-only records. J. Dairy Sci. 105(Suppl. 1):199(abstr. 1498V). 2022.

2021

Al-Khudhair, A., Null, D.J., Cole, J., Wolfe, C.W., and VanRaden, P.M. Inheritance of a mutation causing neuropathy with splayed forelimbs in Jersey cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):77–78(abstr. 199). 2021.

Brink, A.A., Weber, W.J., Lippolis, J.D., Cole, J.B., Godden, S.M., and Crooker B.A. Effect of Holstein milk yield genotype on ex vivo innate immune response to lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid during the periparturient period. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):208–209(abstr. P123). 2021.

Jiang, J., VanRaden, P.M., Ma, L., and O'Connell, J.R. Partitioning SNP heritability in related individuals. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):79(abstr. 203). 2021.

Jiang, J., VanRaden, P.M., Ma, L., and O'Connell, J.R. Scalable mixed model approach for mapping omnigenic core genes. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):79(abstr. 204). 2021.

Khanal, P., Parker Gaddis, K.L., VanRaden, P.M., Weigel, K.A., White, H.M., Peñagaricano, F., Koltes, J.E., Santos, J.E.P., Baldwin, R.L., Burchard, J.F., Dürr, J.W., VandeHaar, M.J., and Tempelman, R.J. Multiple-trait random regression modeling of feed efficiency in dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):120(abstr. 303). 2021.

Liang, Z., Prakapenka, D., VanRaden, P., and Da, Y. Genomic heritability and prediction accuracy of additive and nonadditive effects for daughter pregnancy rate in crossbred dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):224(abstr. P168). 2021.

Liu, G. A comprehensive catalog of regulatory variants in the cattle transcriptome - a prototype for the FarmGTEx Project. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):121(abstr. 307). 2021.

Lourenco, D., Cesarani, A., Masuda, Y., Tsuruta, S., Nicolazzi, E., VanRaden, P.M., and Misztal, I. Single-step genomic predictions for yield traits in US Holsteins with unknown parent groups and phenotype-pedigree truncation. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):78(abstr. 200). 2021.

Nani, J.P., and VanRaden, P.M. Accounting for X chromosome and allele frequencies in genomic inbreeding estimation. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):79–80(abstr. 205). 2021.

Neupane, M., Hutchison, J.L., Cole, J.B., Van Tassell, C.P., and VanRaden, P.M. Genetic and genomic evaluation of late term abortion recorded through Dairy Herd Improvement test plans. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl 1):77(abstr. 196). 2021.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., VanRaden, P.M. Tempelman, R.J., Weigel, K.A., White, H.M., Peñagaricano, F., Koltes, J.E., Santos, J.E.P., Baldwin, R.L., Burchard, J.F., Dürr, J.W., and VandeHaar, M.J. Genomic evaluations for Feed Saved in Holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):120(abstr. 302). 2021.

Prakapenka, D., Liang, Z., VanRaden, P., Jiang, J., Ma, L., Garbe, J., Maltecca, C., Hansen, P., and Da, Y. Genetic mechanisms of reproductive heterosis in crossbred dairy cows involve genome-wide additive and nonadditive effects. J. Dairy Sci. 104(Suppl. 1):224(abstr. P169). 2021.

VandeHaar, M.J., Tempelman, R.J., Koltes, J.E., Appuhamy, R., White, H.M., Weigel, K.A., Baldwin,R., Van Raden,P., Penagaricano, F., Santos, J., Durr, J.W., Nicolazzi, E., Burchard, J.F., and Parker Gaddis, K.L. Improving dairy feed efficiency, sustainability, and profitability by impacting farmer's breeding and culling decisions. Proc. Intl. Comm. Anim. Recording, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, Apr. 26-30, abstr. 8.6. 2021.

2020

Al-Khudhair, A., O'Connell, J.R., Null, D.J., and VanRaden, P.M. Imputation and investigation of sequence geno-types for 6,735,530 variants of 39,048 Holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):141(abstr. 260). 2020.

Bickhart, D.M., Cole, J.B., Hutchison,J.L., Null, D.J., and Ortega, M.S. Haplotype- and sequence-based identification of a deletion associated with early embryonic loss in Holstein cattle and functional validation using CRISPR-Cas9 knockouts. FASS (submitted Feb. 2020)

Cole, J.B. The future of selection decisions and breeding programs. FASS (submitted Feb. 2020)

Freebern, E., Jiang, J., Cole, J.B., VanRaden, P.M., and Ma, L. Genome changes due to selection in US dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):269-270(abstr. W20). 2020.

McWhorter, T.M., Hutchison, J.L., Norman, H.D., Cole, J.B., Fok, G.C., Lourenco, D.A.L., and VanRaden, P.M. Investigating conception rate for beef service sires bred to dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):114(abstr. 293). 2020.

Nani, J., Cole, J., and VanRaden, P. Methods to implement ancestor discovery in the US dairy cattle database. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):48(abstr. 129). 2020.

Neupane, M., Van Tassell, C.P., and VanRaden, P.M. Genomic evaluation of heifer livability. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):60(abstr. 155). 2020.

Norman, H.D., VanRaden, P.M., and Dürr, J. Genetic and environmental changes in dairy traits revealed from a genetic base update. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):269(abstr. W17). 2020.

Null, D.J., Cole, J.B., Al-Khudhair, A., and VanRaden, P.M. Quality control to improve properties of sequence genotypes from different sources. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):269(abstr. W19). 2020.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., Jensen, L.M., VanRaden, P.M., Megonigal, Jr., J.H., Nicolazzi, N.L., Norman, H.D., and Wolfe, C.W. Implementation of national health trait evaluations in Jersey. J. Dairy Sci. 103(Suppl. 1):46(abstr. 122). 2020.

2019

Freeman, E., Santos, D.J.A, Cole, J.B., Fang, L., Jiang, J., and Ma, L. GWAS and fine-mapping of livability and six health traits in Holstein cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXVII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 12–16, PO0363. 2019.

Houdek, E.S., Heins, B.M., Hazel, A.R., Hansen, L.B., and Cole, J.B. Alternative input parameters for Wood’s curve within Best Prediction used by USDA-AGIL for genetic evaluation of production traits in the United States. J. Dairy Sci. 102(Suppl. 1):399(abstr. 468). 2019.

Ma, L., Jiang, J., Prakapenka, D., Cole, J.B., and Da, Y. Approximate generalized least squares method for large-scale genome-wide association study. J. Dairy Sci. 102(Suppl. 1):30(abstr. M64). 2019.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., VanRaden, P.M., Cole, J.B., Niccolazi, E., and Durr, J.W. Development, implementation, and future perspectives of health evaluations in the United States. J. Dairy Sci. 102(Suppl. 1):141(abstr. 175). 2019.

Santos, D.J.A., Cole, J.B., VanRaden, P.M., Lawlor, T.J., and Ma, L. Utilizing variance of gametic diversity in dairy cattle improvement. Plant Anim. Genome XXVII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 12–16, PE0340. 2019.

VanRaden, P.M. How to implement genomic selection. J. Dairy Sci. 102(Suppl. 1):98(abstr. 66). 2019.

VanRaden, P.M., Null, D.J., O'Connell, J.R., Cole, J.B., and Li, B. Genomic prediction and marker selection using high-density genotypes from 5 dairy breeds. J. Dairy Sci. 102(Suppl. 1):400(abstr. 471). 2019.

Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., Null, D.J., and Cole, J.B. Genomic predictions using more markers and gene test. J. Dairy Sci. 102(Suppl. 1):397(abstr. 462). 2019.

2018

Bradford, H.L., Masuda,Y., Cole, J.B., Misztal, I., and VanRaden, P.M. Modelling uncertain paternity to address differential pedigree accuracy. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):181–182(abstr. 170). 2018.

Chud, T.S., Bickhart, D., Cole, J., Baldi Rey, F., da Silva, M.V., and Munari, D. Copy number variation of PRAME gene across dairy breeds. Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. and Can. Soc. Anim. Sci. Joint Annu. Mtg., Breeding and Genet. V: Dairy Cattle and Methods 1, abstr. 319. 2018.

Cole, J.B., Gaddis, K.L.P., Willard, C., Null, D.J., Maltecca, C., and Clay, J.S. Identification of genomic regions associated with resistance to clinical mastitis in US Holstein cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):138(abstr. 58). 2018.

Jiang, J., VanRaden, P., Cole, J., Da, Y., and Ma, L. Big data genomic investigation of dairy fertility and related traits with imputed sequences of 24K Holstein bulls. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):328(abstr. 277). 2018.

Jiang, J., VanRaden, P.M., Cole, J.B., Da., Y., and Ma, L. GWAS and fine-mapping of 35 production, reproduction and conformation traits with imputed sequences of 27K Holstein bulls. Plant Anim. Genome XXVI Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 13–17, P0484. 2018.

Masuda, Y., Misztal, I., VanRaden, P., and Lawlor, T. Genomic predictability of single-step GBLUP for production traits in US Holstein. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):182(abstr. 171). 2018.

Null, D.J., VanRaden, P.M., Bickhart, D.M., Cole, J.B., O’Connell, J.R.,and Rosen, B.D. Potential benefits from using a new reference map in genomic prediction. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):181(abstr. 168). 2018.

Ortega, M.S., Cole, J.B., Spencer, T.E., and Hansen, P.J. Genetic cues from fertilization to pregnancy establishment. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):328(abstr. 278). 2018.

Santos, D.J.A., Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., Byrem, T.M., and Ma, L. Genetic effects on milk pregnancy associated glycoproteins of Holstein cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXVI Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 13–17, P0485. 2018.

Schmitt, M.R., VanRaden, P.M., and de Vries, A. Lifetime Net Merit versus annualized net present value as measures of profitability of selection. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):182(abstr. 173). 2018.

VanRaden, P.M., and Hutchison, J.L. Methods to compute reliabilities for genomic predictions of feed intake. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):370–371(abstr. 392). 2018.

VanRaden, P.M., and Toooker, M.E. Multitrait modeling of first versus later parities for US yield, somatic cell score, and fertility traits. J. Dairy Sci. 101(Suppl. 2):139(abstr. 62). 2018.

2017

Cole, J.B. A dairy calf DNA biobank for the discovery of new recessive genetic disorders. J. Anim. Sci. 95(Suppl. 4):83(abstr. 169). 2017.

Cole, J.B. Management of Mendelian Traits in breeding programs by gene editing. Euro. Assoc. Anim. Sci. Annu. Mtg., Sess. 07, Genet. Defects in Cattle—Identification, Finding the Mutation and Managing It in Breeding Plans, abstr. S(07)_10.

Cole, J.B. Possibilities in an age of genomics: The future of the breeding index. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):337(abstr. 274). 2017.

Connor, E.E., Y. Zhou, G.R. Wiggans, Y. Lu, R.J. Tempelman, S.G. Schroeder, H. Chen, and G. Liu. Genome-wide copy number variant analysis in Holstein cattle reveals variants associated with 10 production traits including residual feed intake and dry matter intake. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):43(abstr. M103). 2017.

Hutchison, J.L., VanRaden, P.M., Cole, J.B., Fok, G.C., and Norman, H.D. Bull fertility evaluations for Angus service sires bred to Holstein cows. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):242(abstr. T45). 2017.

Jiang, J., O’Connell, J., VanRaden, P., and Ma, L. A fast and flexible method for improving genomic prediction with biological information. Plant Anim. Genome XXV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 14–18, P0493. 2017.

Jiang, J., O’Connell, J., VanRaden, P., and Ma, L. SSGP: SNP-set based genomic prediction to incorporate biological information. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):412–413(abstr. 470). 2017.

Masuda, Y., Misztal, I., VanRaden, P.M., and Lawlor, T.J. Genetic trends from single-step GBLUP and traditional BLUP for production traits in US Holstein. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):410(abstr. 462). 2017.

Null, D.J., Hutchison, J.L., Bickhart, D.M., VanRaden, P.M., and Cole, J.B. Discovery of a haplotype affecting fertility in Ayrshire dairy cattle and identification of a putative causal variant. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):199(abstr. 205). 2017.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., Tooker, M.E., Wright, J.R., Megonigal Jr., J.H., Clay, J.S., Cole, J.B., and VanRaden, P.M. Development of genomic evaluations for direct measures of health in US Holsteins and their correlations with fitness traits. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):378(abstr. 377). 2017.

Stafuzza, N.B., Zerlotini, A., Lobo, F.P., Yamagishi, M.E.B., Chud, T.C.S., Caetano, A.R., Munari, D.P., Garrick, D.J., Cole, J.B., Machado, M.A., Martins, M.F., Carvalho, M.R., and da Silva, M.V.G.B. Single nucleotide variants and indels identified from whole-genome resequencing of Gyr, Girolando, and Holstein cattle breeds. J. Anim. Sci. 95(Suppl. 4):80–81(abstr. 164). 2017.

Stafuzza, N.B., Zerlotini, A., Lobo, F.P., Yamagishi, M.E.B., Buzanskas, M.E., Chud, T.C.S., Caetano, A.R., Munari, D.P., Garrick, D.J., Machado, M.A., Martins, M.F., Carvalho, M.R., Cole, J.B.,and da Silva, M.V.G.B. Genetic variants with potential loss of function in Gyr, Girolando, and Guzerat cattle breeds by resequencing. J. Anim. Sci. 95(Suppl. 4):81(abstr. 165). 2017.

Tooker, M.E., VanRaden, P.M., and Fok, G.C. Genomic predictions for crossbreds from all-breed data. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):409–410(abstr. 461). 2017.

VanRaden, P.M. Genomic tools to improve progress and preserve variation for future generations. Euro. Assoc. Anim. Sci. Annu. Mtg., Sess. 01, Managing Genet. Diversity in Cattle in the Era of Genomic Selec., Book of Abstr., p. 79 (abstr. S(01)_01).

VanRaden, P.M., Spangler, G.L., Van Tassell, C.P., Jiang, J., Ma, L., O’Connell, J.R., Smith, S., and DeNise, S.K. Ability to genotype differing variants with arrays vs. whole genome sequencing. J. Anim. Sci. 95(Suppl. 4):93(abstr. 188). 2017.

VanRaden, P.M., Wright, J.R., Connor, E.E., VandeHaar, M.J., Tempelman, R.J., Liesman, J.S., Armentano, L.E., and Weigel, K.A. Preliminary Genomic Predictions of Feed Saved for 1.4 Million Holsteins. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):200–201(abstr. 209). 2017.

Weller, J.I., Bickhart, D.M., Wiggans, G.R., Tooker, M.E., O’Connell, J.R., Jiang, J., and VanRaden, P.M. Determination of quantitative trait variants by concordance via application of the a posteriori granddaughter design to the U.S. Holstein population. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):410–411(abstr. 464). 2017.

Wright, J.R. and VanRaden, P.M. Genetic Evaluation of Gestation Length as a Trait of the Service Sire. J. Dairy. Sci. 100(Suppl. 2):42(abstr. M100). 2017.

2016

Bickhart, D., Hammond, J.A., Schwartz, J.C., Harrison, D., and Smith, T.P.L. Resolving misassembled cattle immune gene clusters with hierarchical, long read sequencing. Abstr. Book, 35th Inter. Soc. Anim. Genet. Conf., p. 105–106 (P4054). 2016.

Bickhart, D.M., Xu, L., Hutchison, J.L., Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., Schroeder, S.G., Song, J., Garcia, J.F., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., Lewin, H.A., and Liu, G.E. Exploring the feasibility of using copy number variants as genetic markers through large-scale whole genome sequencing experiments. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):142(abstr. 0306). 2016.

Bickhart, D. Comparative ruminant genomics highlights segmental duplication and mobile element insertion diversity. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, W109. 2016.

Bickhart, D.M., Smith, T.P.L., Rosen, B.D., Koren, S., Phillippy, A., Hastie, A.R., Sullivan, S.T., Liachko, I., Sayre, B.L., Liu, G.E., Sonstegard, T.S., and Van Tassell, C.P. Improving the goat long-read assembly with optical mapping and Hi-C scaffolding. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13. 2016.

Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., and Tsuruta, S. Use of a threshold animal model to estimate calving ease and stillbirth (co)variance components for US Holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):182–183(abstr. 0385). 2016.

Hansen, P.J., Dikmen, S., Cole, J.B., Ortega, M.S., and Dahl, G.E. Genetic solutions to infertility caused by heat stress. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):192(abstr. 0405). 2016.

Hardie, L.C., VandeHaar, M.J., Tempelman R.J., Weigel, K.A., Armentano, L.E., Wiggans, G.R., Veerkamp, R.F., de Haas, Y., Coffey, M.R., Connor, E.E., Hanigan, M.D., Staples, C., Wang, Z., and Spurlock, D.M. Genetic architecture of feed efficiency in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):185–186(abstr. 0392). 2016.

Hutchison, J.L., and Bickhart, D.M. Sexed-semen usage for Holstein AI in the United States. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):176(abstr. 0372). 2016.

Jiang, J., O’Connell, J.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Ma, L. Dissecting non-additive genetic effects for production and reproductive traits in dairy cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, P0528. 2016.

Koren, S., Bickhart, D.M., Phillippy, A.M., Smith, T.P.L., Sullivan, S.T., Liachko, I., Burton, J.N., Dunham, M.J., Shendure, J., Hastie, A.R., Sayre, B.L., Huson, H.J., Liu, G.E., Rosen, B.D., Schroeder, S.G., Van Tassell, C.P., and Sonstegard, T.S. From sequencing to chromosomes: New de novo assembly and scaffolding methods improve the goat reference genome. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, W522. 2016.

Masuda, Y., Misztal, I., and VanRaden, P.M. Single-step GBLUP using APY inverse for protein yield in US Holstein with a large number of genotyped animals. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):141(abstr. 0304). 2016.

Norman, H.D., VanRaden, P.M., Megonigal, J.H., Durr, J.W., and Cooper, T.A. Breed base representation in dairy animals of five breeds. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):151–152(abstr. 0324). 2016.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., Dikmen, S., Cole, J.B., and Hansen, P.J. Genetic analysis of superovulation and embryo transfer traits in Holstein cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):179(abstr. 0379). 2016.

Rosen, B.D., Bickhart, D.M., Koren, S., Hastie, A.R., Smith, T.P.L., Schroeder, S.G., Sullivan, S.T., Liachko, I., Burton, J.N., Sayre, B.L., Huson, H.J., Liu, G.E., Connor, E.E., Sonstegard, T.S., Phillippy, A., and Van Tassell, C.P. Progress toward a low budget reference grade genome assembly. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, P0612. 2016.

Shen, B., Wang, Z., Jiang, J., Cole, J.B., Bickhart, D., Wiggans, G.R., Da, Y., Liu, G.E., and Ma, L. Effects of sex, age, and breed on genetic recombination features in cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, P0522. 2016.

Smith, T.P.L., Koren, S., Phillippy, A., Bickhart, D.M., Rosen, B.D., Worley, K.C., Schroeder, S.G., Sayre, B.L., Liachko, I., Sullivan, S.T., Burton, J.N., Hastie, A.R., Sonstegard, T.S., Kelley, C.M., Archibald, A.L., Watson, M., Green, R., Chin, J. Nonneman, D., Rohrer, G.A., Tuggle, C.K., Liu, H., Ciobanu, D.C., Medrano, J.F., Zimin, A., Schultheiss, S.J., Dalrymple, B., Kijas, J.W., Cockett, N., and Heaton, M.P. Approaches taken, progress made, and enhanced utility of long read-based goat, swine, cattle and sheep reference genomes. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, W635. 2016.

Spencer, T.E., Neibergs, H.L., Hansen, P.J., Cole, J.B., Dalton, J.C., Moore, D.A., Chahine, M., and De Vries, A. Improving fertility of dairy cattle using translational genomics. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):325–326(abstr. 0694). 2016.

Tooker, M.E., VanRaden, P.M., Bickhart, D.M., and O’Connell, J.R. Selection of sequence variants to improve dairy cattle genomic predictions. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):138(abstr. 298). 2016.

VanRaden, P.M., Bickhart, D.M., and O’Connell, J.R. Identifying and calling insertions, deletions, and single-base mutations efficiently from sequence data. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):140(abstr. 0302). 2016.

VanRaden, P.M., and Bickhart, D.M. Fast single-pass alignment and variant calling using sequencing data. Plant Anim. Genome XXIV Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, W161. 2016.

Van Tassell, C.P., G. Spangler, D.M. Bickhart, G.R. Wiggans, J.B. Cole, J.F. Taylor, H.L. Neibergs, C.M. Seabury, A.L. Van Eenennaam, and J.E. Womack. Calculation of genomic predicted transmitting abilities for bovine respiratory disease complex in Holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):133(abstr. 0288). 2016.

Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., Bickhart, D.M., and Tooker, M.E. Strategy for incorporating newly discovered causative genetic variants into genomic evaluations. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):137(abstr. 296). 2016.

Wright, J.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Genetic evaluation of dairy cow livability. J. Dairy Sci. 99(E–Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 94(E–Suppl. 5):174(abstr. 0368). 2016.

Xu, L., Haasl, R., Sun, J., Zhou, Y., Bickhart, D., Li, J., Song, J., Sonstegard, T., Van Tassell, C. P., Lewin, H., and Liu, G.E. Systematic profiling of short tandem repeats in the cattle genome. Abstr. Book, 35th Inter. Soc. Anim. Genet. Conf., p. 92 (P4027). 2016.

2015

Arceo, M., Tiezzi, F., Cole, J., and Maltecca, C. Identification of gene networks underlying dystocia in dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):840(abstr. 749). 2015.

Bickhart, D. Comparison of CNVs in Buffalo with other species. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, W107. 2015. | Slides

Bickhart, D., Koren, S., Phillippy, A., Smith, T.P.L., Liachko, I., Burton, J.N., Sayre, B., Huson, H.J., Schroeder, S.G., Van Tassell, C.P., and Sonstegard. T.S. The use of PacBio and Hi-C data in de novo assembly of the goat genome. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, W144. 2015. | Slides

Bickhart, D.M., Xu, L., Hutchison, J.L., Lewin, H.L., and Liu, G.E. Identification of copy number variable gene families in Holstein and Jersey cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):648(abstr. W84). 2015.

Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., Sun, C., and VanRaden, P.M. Assignment of polled status using single nucleotide polymorphism genotypes and predicted gene content. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):800(abstr. 647). 2015.

Cooper, T.A., Eaglen, S.A.E., Wiggans, G.R., Jenko, J., Huson, H.J., Morrice, D.M., Boichard, M., Luff, W.G., Woolliams, J.A., and Van Doormaal, B.P. Genomic evaluation, breed identification, and population structure of North American, English and Island Guernsey dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):345–346(abstr. T88). 2015.

Huson, H.J., Sonstegard, T.S., Godfrey, J., Hambrook, D., Wolfe, C., Wiggans, G.R., Blackburn, H., and Van Tassell. C.P. A genetic investigation of Isle of Jersey cattle, the foundation of the Jersey breed. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, P0279(W143). 2015.

Hutchison, J.L., Cole, J.B., and Bickhart, D.M. Animal selection for whole-genome sequencing by quantifying the unique contribution of homozygous haplotypes sequenced. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):649(abstr. W86). 2015.

Liu, G.E., Bickhart, D., Xu, L., Hutchison, J.L., Cole, J.B., Schroeder, S.G., Song, J., Garcia, J.F., Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., and Lewin, H. Whole-genome sequencing reveals the diversity and population-genetic properties of cattle CNVs. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, W141. 2015.

Ma, L., O’Connell J.R., VanRaden, P.M., Shen, B., Sun, C., Bickhart, D., Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., Da, Y., and Wiggans,G. R. Cattle sex-specific recombinations and their genetic control from a large pedigree analysis. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, P0273. 2015.

Ma, L., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C., Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., Crooker, B.A., Ponce de Leon, F.A., and Da, Y. Selection signature analysis in Holstein cattle identified genes know to affect reproduction. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):350(abstr. T102). 2015.

McKay, S., Kim, J.W., Chapple, R., Schnabel, R.D., Hagen, D.E., Wells, K., Bickhart, D., Koltes, J.E., Reecy, J.M., Taylor, J.F., and Taylor, K. DNA methylation affects phenotypic variation in cattle possessing extreme phenotypes for residual feed intake. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, W147. 2015.

Ortega, M.S., Cochran, S.D., Null, D.J., Cole, J.B., Denicol, A.C., and Hansen, P.J. Identification of candidate genes associated with reproduction in dairy cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, GeneSeek – Next Generation Genomic Solutions for Agri-Research Workshop, 17773. 2015. | Slides

Ortega, M.S., Denicol, A.C., Null, D.J., Cole, J.B., and Hansen, P.J. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in specific candidate genes are associated with phenotypic differences in days open for first lactation in Holstein cows. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):648–649(abstr. W85). 2015.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., and Cole, J.B. Genome-wide association study of fertility traits in dairy cattle using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism marker panels. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):578(abstr. 538). 2015.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., Cole, J.B., Clay, J.S., and Maltecca, C. Using routinely recorded herd data to predict and benchmark herd and cow health status. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):815(abstr. 687). 2015.

Schroeder, S.G., Bickhart, D., Koren, S., Phillippy, A., Smith, T.P.L., Burton, J.N., Liachko, I., Sayre, B., Huson, H.J., Van Tassell, C.P., and Sonstegard, T.S. Progress on the reassembly and annotation of the goat genome. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, W440. 2015. | Slides

Sonstegard, T.S., Bickhart, D., Landaeta-Hernandez, A.J., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Morales, M.P., Jimenez, E., Schroeder, S.G., Sun, J., Barendse, W., Porto Neto, L.R., Reverter, A., Cole, J.B., Hansen, P.J., Garcia, J.F., and Huson, H.J. Discovery of convergent adaptations that alleviate heat stress in taurine cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, W155. 2015.

Sonstegard, T.S., Ma., L., Kim, E.-S., Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., Crooker, B.A., Cole, J.B., Liu, G., Garbe, J.R., Fahrenkrug, S.C., Ponce de Leon, F. A., and Da, Y. Genome changes due to forty years of artificial selection associated with divergent dairy production and reproduction. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14,W150. 2015. | Slides

VanRaden, P.M. Practical implications for genetic modeling in the genomics era. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):197(abstr. 40). 2015.

Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., VanRaden, P.M., Van Tassell, C.P., Bickhart, D.M., and Sonstegard, T.S. Effect of increasing the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms from 60,000 to 85,000 in genomic evaluation of Holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):578(abstr. 537). 2015.

Wright, J.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Genetic interactions for heat stress and herd yield level: Predicting foreign genetic merit from domestic data. J. Dairy Sci. 98(Suppl. 2)/J. Anim. Sci. 93(Suppl. 3):350(abstr. T103). 2015.

Wu, X.-L., McQuistan, A., Bauck, S., and Wiggans, G.R. selectSNP: An R package for selecting SNPs optimal for genetic evaluation. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, P0266. 2015.

Xu, L., Bickhart, D., Cole, J.B., Schroeder, S.G., Song, J., Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., and Liu, G. Genomic signatures reveal new evidences for selection of important traits in domestic cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXIII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 10–14, P0277. 2015.

Zhou, Y., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Xu, L., Bickhart, D.M., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., Garcia, J.F., and Liu, G.E. Genome wide CNV analysis revelas variants associated with growth traits in Bos indicus. USDA-ARS 26th Annu. Poster Day, Natl. Agric. Library, May 20, 2015. USDA-ARS-BARC, Beltsville, MD. 2015.

2014

Bickhart, D., Xu, L., Hutchison, J.L., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., Schroeder, S.G., Garcia, J.F., Taylor, J., Schnabel, R., Lewin, H., and Liu, G. The use of population-scale sequencing to identify CNVs impacting productive traits in different cattle breeds. Plant Anim. Genome XXII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 11–15, P078. 2014.

Bickhart, D., Cole, J.B., Hutchison, J.L., Xu, L., and Liu, G.E. Using the whole read: structural variant detection using NGS data. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 164. 2014.

Cole, J.B., Hutchison, J.L., Null, D.J., VanRaden, P.M., Liu, G., Schroeder, S.G., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., and Bickhart, D. Candidate causative mutation on BTA18 associated with calving and conformation traits in Holstein bulls. Plant Anim. Genome XXII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 11–15, P1097. 2014.

Cole, J.B., Hutchison, J.L., Null, D.J., VanRaden, P.M., Liu, G.E., Schroeder, S.G., Smith, T.P.L., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., and Bickhart, D. The hunt for a functional mutation affecting conformation and calving traits on chromosome 18 in Holstein cattle. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 304. 2014.

Cole, J.B., and VanRaden, P.M. An updated version of lifetime net merit incorporating additional fertility traits and new economic values. J. Dairy Sci. 97(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 2):78(0153). 2014.

Cooper, T.A., Wiggans, G.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Including cow information in genomic prediction of Holstein dairy cattle in the US. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 803. 2014.

Fugate, R.T., Dauten, L.H., Wiggans, G.R., and White, H.M. Determination of single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with subclinical ketosis in Jersey cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 97(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 2):472(0945/T043). 2014.

McKay, S.D., Kim, J.W., Chapple, R., Schnabel, R.D., Hagen, D.E., Wells, K., Bickhart, D., Koltes, J., Reecy, J.M., Taylor, J.F., and Taylor, K. To what extent does DNA methylation affect phenotypic variation in cattle? Plant Anim. Genome XXII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 11–15, P529. 2014.

Ortega, M.S., Denicol, A.C., Null, D.J., Cole, J.B., and Hansen, P.J. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes related to daughter pregnancy rate in Holstein cows. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 639. 2014.

Ruiz-Lopez, F.J., García-Ruiz, A., Wiggans, G.R., Van Tassell, C.P., and Montaldo, H.H. Impact of adding foreign genomic information on Mexican Holstein imputation. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 479. 2014.

Sargolzaei, M., Schaeffer, L.R., Chesnais, J.P., Kistemaker, G., Wiggans, G.R., and Schenkel, F.S. Approximation of reliability of direct genomic breeding values. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 485. 2014.

Sonstegard, T.S., Bickhart, D.M., Huson, H.J., Landaeta, A., Porto-Neto, L.R., Reverter-Gomez, A., Barendse, W.,, Null, D.J., Morales, M.P., Hansen, P.J., Serdal, D., Garcia, J.F., Godfrey, R.W., Van Tassell, C.P. The identification of a putative mutation for SLICK hair coat in Senepol cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 97(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 2):86(0172). 2014.

Spurlock, D.M., Tempelman, R.J., Weigel, K.A., Armentano, L.E., Wiggans, G.R., Veerkamp, R.F., de Haas, Y., Coffey, M.P., Connor, E.E., Hanigan, M.D., Staples, C.R., and VandeHaar, M.J. Genetic architecture and biological basis of feed efficiency in dairy cattle. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 287. 2014.

Su, G., Nielsen, U.S., Wiggans, G.R, Aamand, G.P., Guldbrandtsen, B., and Lund, M.S. Improving genomic prediction for Danish Jersey using a joint Danish-US reference population. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 060. 2014.

Sun, C., VanRaden, P.M., Cole, J.B., and O’Connell, J. Increasing predictive ability using dominance in genomic selection. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 291. 2014.

VanRaden, P.M. Fast imputation using medium- or low-coverage sequence data. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 179. 2014.

VanRaden, P.M., Wright, J.R., Sun, C., Hutchison, J.L., and Tooker, M.E. Multi-trait, multi-breed conception rate evaluations. J. Dairy Sci. 97(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 2):472(0946/T044). 2014.

Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., Null, D.J., and VanRaden, P.M. Increasing the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms used in genomic evaluations of dairy cattle. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Comm. 301. 2014.

Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., VanRaden, P.M., Null, D.J., Hutchison, J.L., Meland, O.M., and Norman, H.D. Calculation and delivery of US genomic evaluations of dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 97(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 2):77–78(0152). 2014.

Xu, L., Cole, J.B., Bickhart, D.M., Hou, Y., Song, J., VanRaden, P.M., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., and Liu, G. Genome wide CNV analysis reveals additional variants associated with milk production traits in Holsteins. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2014, p. 67, abstr. 54. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 2014.

Xu, L., Hou, Y., Bickhart, D., Song, J., Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., and Liu, G. A genome-wide survey reveals a deletion polymorphism associated with resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in Angus cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XXII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 11–15, P552. 2014.

2013

Bickhart, D.M., Lewin, H., and Liu, G. Tools to exploit sequence data to find new markers and disease loci in dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):624(557). 2013.

Bickhart, D., and Liu, G. Combined arms: A full spectrum approach to structural variant discovery in livestock populations. Plant Anim. Genome XXI Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 12–16, W145. 2013.

Bickhart, D.M., Hutchison, J.L., Xu, L., Song, J., and Liu, G.E. Open source tools to exploit DNA sequence data from livestock species. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2013, p. 9, abstr. 4. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 2013.

Cole, J.B., Hutchison, J.L., Bickhart, D.M., and Null, D.J. Optimal age at first calving for U.S. dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):289–290(W188). 2013.

Cooper, T.A., Wiggans, G.R., Null, D.J., and Hutchison, J.L. Genomic evaluation and identification of a haplotype affecting fertility for Ayrshire dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):74(T206). 2013.

De Vries, A., Cole, J.B., and Galligan, D.T. Regression metamodels of an optimal genomic testing strategy in dairy cattle when selection intensity is low. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):74(T207). 2013.

Liu, G., and Bickhart, D. Mapping cattle copy number variations in water buffalo. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XXI Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 12–16, W115/P0994. 2013.

Macciotta, N.P.P., Dimauro, C., Sorbolini, S., Vicario, D., Null, D.J., and Cole, J.B. Dissection of genomic correlation matrices using multivariate factor analysis in dairy and dual-purpose cattle breeds. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):618(541). 2013.

McClure, M., Sonstegard, T.S., Wiggans, G.R., Van Eenennaam, A., Weber, K., Penedo, M.C., Berry, D.P., Flynn, J., Garcia, J.F., do Carmo, A.S., Regitano, L.C.A., Albuquerque, M., Silva, M.V., Coffey, M., Moore, K., Boscher, M.-Y., Genestout, L., Mazza, R., Taylor, J., Schnabel, R., Machado, M.A., Simpson, B., McEwan, J.C., Cromie, A., Coutinho, L.L., Kuehn, L.A., Keele, J.W., Piper, E.K., Cook, J., Marques, E., and Van Tassell, C.P. Imputation of microsatellite alleles from dense SNP genotypes for parentage verification across multiple Bos taurus and Bos indicus breeds. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XXI Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 12–16, P0132. 2013.

Mousa, M., Seykora, A., Chester-Jones, H., Ziegler, D., and Cole, J. Heritability estimates of performance and health traits of Holstein calves. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):291(W194). 2013.

Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. Trends in noncompliance with milk quality standards for dairy herd improvement herds in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):603(TH375). 2013.

Ortega, M.S., Cole, J.B., and Hansen, P.J. Changes in expression of CWC15 during preimplantation development in the bovine embryo. Anim. Molecular Cell. Biol. Res. Symp., Fernandina Beach, FL, Apr. 5-6, p. 25. 2013.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., Cole, J.B., Clay, J.S., and Maltecca, C. Analysis of health trait data from on-farm computer systems in the United States. I: Pedigree and genomic variance components estimation. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):443–444(446). 2013.

Parker Gaddis, K.L., Cole, J.B., Clay, J.S., and Maltecca, C. Analysis of health trait data from on-farm computer systems in the United States. II: Comparison of genomic analyses including two-stage and single-step methods. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):444(447). 2013.

Porto-Neto, L.R., Sonstegard, T.S., Liu, G., Bickhart, D., Gondro, C., da Silva, M.V., Utsunomiya, Y.T., Garcia, J.F., and Van Tassell, C.P. Genomic divergence of indicine and taurine cattle identified through high-density SNP genotyping. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):391(314). 2013.

Schroeder, S.G., Zimin, A., Bickhart, D., Sonstegard, T.S., and Van Tassell, C.P. Bos taurus indicus (Nelore) hybrid assembly improvement using PacBio reads. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XXI Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 12–16, P0523. 2013.

Sun, C., and VanRaden, P. Mating programs including genomic relationships. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):653(635). 2013.

Sun, C., VanRaden, P.M., and O’Connell, J.R. Mating programs including genomic relationships and dominance effects. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2013, p. 46, abstr. 41. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 2013.

Weller, J.I., VanRaden, P.M., and Wiggans, G.R. Application of a posteriori granddaughter and modified granddaughter designs to determine Holstein haplotype effects. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):617(538). 2013.

Widmar, N.J.O., Schutz, M.M., and Cole, J.B. Breeding for polled dairy cows versus dehorning: Preliminary cost assessments and discussion. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):602(TH373). 2013.

Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., and VanRaden, P.M. Using 90,113 single nucleotide polymorphisms in genomic evaluation of dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 96(E-Suppl. 1):617(abstr. 539). 2013.

Xu, L., Huson, H.J., Hou, Y., Bickhart, D.M., Song, J., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., and Liu, G. Analysis of population structure and genetic history of cattle breeds based on high-density SNP data. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2013, p. 55, abstr. 48. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 2013.

2012

Adams, H.A., Sonstegard, T., VanRaden, P.M., Null, D.J., Van Tassell, C.P., and Lewin, H. Identification of a nonsense mutation in APAF1 that is causal for a decrease in reproductive efficiency in dairy cattle. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XX Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 14–18, P0555. 2012.

Cole, J.B., Stock, K.F., Pryce, J., Bradley, A., Gengler, N., Andrews, L., and Egger-Danner, C. An international overview of the recording and use of functional traits in dairy cattle breeding and management. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):443(439). 2012.

Cole, J.B. Applications of haplotypes in dairy farm management. Book Abstr. 63rd Ann. Mtg. Eur. Assoc. Anim. Prod. 18:189. 2012.

Cole, J.B. PyPedal, an open source software package for pedigree analysis. Book Abstr. 63rd Ann. Mtg. Eur. Assoc. Anim. Prod. 18:239. 2012.

Dikmen, S., Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., and Hansen, P.J. Genomic evaluation of rectal temperature in Holstein cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):401(327). 2012.

Gredler, B., Seefried, F., Schuler, U., VanRaden, P.M., Sargolzaei, M., and Hickey, J. Accuracy of genotype imputations in Swiss cattle breeds. 4th Int. Conf. on Quantitative Genet.: Understanding Variation in Complex Traits, Programme & Book of Abstracts, p. 152, P-184. 2012.

Mattison, J.M., and Norman, H.D. Characteristics of the USA dairy herd as related to management and demographic elements. Proc. Intl. Comm. Anim. Recording, Cork, Ireland, May 28–June 1, p. 39. 2012.

McClure, M., E.-S. Kim, J. Cole, G.R. Wiggans, L.K. Matukumalli, S. Schroeder, C. Van Tassell, and T. Sonstegard. Hunting for the weaver causative mutation in Brown Swiss cattle. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XX Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 14–18, P0561. 2012.

Parker Gaddis, K.L, Cassady, J.P., Cole, J.B., and Maltecca, C. Incidence validation and causal relationship analysis of producer-recorded health event data from on-farm computer systems in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):225–226(229). 2012.

Norman, H.D., Hutchison, J.L., and Cole, J.B. Increased use of young bulls in dairy cattle breeding programs. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):521–522(W60). 2012.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Powell, R.L., Lawlor, T.J., and Wolfe, C.W. Comparison of daughter performance of New Zealand and North American sires in US herds. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):684(714). 2012.

Sonstegard, T., Wang, S., Van Tassell, C., Ma, Li., Wiggans, G., Crooker, B., Cole, J., Mariani, B. Kim, E.-S., Garbe, J., Fahrenkrug, S., Liu, G., and Da, Y. Signature of forty years of artificial selection in U.S. Holstein cattle identified by long range frequency analyses. 4th Int. Conf. on Quantitative Genet.: Understanding Variation in Complex Traits, Edinburch, Scotland, June 17–22, Programme & Book of Abstracts, p. 213, P-314. 2012.

VanRaden, P.M., Null, D.J., Sonstegard, T.S., Adams, H.A., Van Tassell, C.P., and Olson, K.M. Fine mapping and discovery of recessive mutations that cause abortions in dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):ii–iii(LB6). 2012.

VanRaden, P.M. and Tooker, M.E. Methods to include foreign information in national evaluations. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):446–447(449). 2012.

VanRaden, P.M. Wright, J.R., and Cooper, T.A. Adjustment of selection index coefficients and polygenic variance to improve regressions and reliability of genomic evaluations. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):520(W56). 2012.

VanRaden, P.M. Iterative combination of national phenotype, genotype, pedigree, and foreign information. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):446(447). 2012.

Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., VanRaden, P.M., O’Connell, J.R., and Bacheller, L.R. Maternal grandsire confirmation and discovery in dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):400(323). 2012.

Wiggans, G.R., Wright, J.R., Muenzenberger, C.J., and Neitzel, R.R. Genetic evaluation of mobility for Brown Swiss dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):267(T43). 2012.

Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., Cooper, T.A., Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T., and Simpson, B. Characteristics and use of the Illumina BovineLD BeadChip. J. Anim. Sci. 90(Suppl. 3)/J. Dairy Sci. 95(Suppl. 2):447(450). 2012.

2011

Byrem, T.M., Houseman, J.T., Erskine, R.J., Bartlett, P.C., Febvay, C., Render, C., Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. Prevalence, transmission and impact of bovine leukosis in Michigan dairies. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):15(abstr. M32). 2011.

Cole, J.B. Data structure and visualization. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):226(abstr. 198). 2011.

Connor, E.E., Hutchison, J.L., Olson, K.M., and Norman, H.D. Opportunities for improving milk production efficiency in dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):2(abstr. 4). 2011.

Dechow, C.D., Norman, H.D., Goodling, Jr., R.C. and Wright, J.R. The association of high and low parent average with daughter performance for yield, somatic cell score, and productive life in individual herds. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):28(abstr. M70). 2011.

Dikmen, S., Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., and Hansen, P.J. Heritability of rectal temperature and genetic correlations with production and reproduction traits in dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):255(275). 2011.

Lombard, J.E., Norman, H.D., Kopral, C.A., Rodriquez, J.M., and Wright, J.R. Current level of compliance with EU bulk tank SCC standards and proposed US standards based on data from four Federal Milk Marketing Orders. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):428(abstr. 353). 2011.

Macciotta, N.P.P., and Cole, J.B. Multivariate factor analysis of genomic correlation matrices in three US dairy cattle breeds. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):i–ii(abstr. LB3). 2011.

Norman, H.D. and Hutchison, J.L. Effects of dam's dry period length on heifer development. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):27(M66). 2011.

Norman, H.D. and Wright, J.R. Use of cow culling to help meet compliance for somatic cell standards. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):27–28(abstr. M69). 2011.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Miller, R.H. Consequence of changing standards for somatic cell count on US Dairy Herd Improvement herds. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):428(abstr. 352). 2011.

Olson, K.M., Hutchison, J.L., VanRaden, P.M., and Norman, H.D. Changes in the use of young bulls. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):27(abstr. M67). 2011.

Olson, K.M., VanRaden, P.M., and Null, D.J. Impacts of inclusion of foreign data in genomic evaluation of dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):164–165(abstr. 35). 2011.

Schutz, M.M. and Norman, H.D. Verification of factors to estimate daily milk yield from one milking of cows milked twice daily. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):28–29(abstr. M72). 2011.

VanRaden, P.M., Null, D.J., Wiggans, G.R., Sonstegard, T.S., and Connor, E.E. Genomic imputation and evaluation using 342 high density Holstein genotypes. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):533(abstr. W53). 2011.

VanRaden, P.M. and O’Connell, J.R. Overview of genomic selection in dairy cattle populations. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):664(597). 2011.

VanRaden, P.M., Tooker, M.E., Olson, K.M., Cooper, T.A., Wiggans, G.R., and VanTassell, C.P. Properties of different density genotypes used in dairy cattle evaluation. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):420(330). 2011.

Waurich, B., Wensch-Dorendorf, M., Cole, J.B., and Swalve, H.H. Genetic evaluations for birth weight: comparison of continuous and discrete definitions of birth weight under varying accuracies of recording. Book Abstr. 62nd Ann. Mtg. Eur. Assoc. Anim. Prod. 17:217. 2011.

Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Cooper, T.A. Adjustment of deregressed values from cow evaluations to have the similar mean and variance as bull deregressed values. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):165(abstr. 37). 2011.

Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., Olson, K.M., and VanRaden, P.M. Use of the Illumina Bovine3K BEAD chip in dairy genomic evaluation. J. Anim. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 94(E-Suppl. 1):420(abstr. 329). 2011.

2010

Cole, J.B. Use of haplotypes to predict selection limits and Mendelian sampling. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):535(abstr. 623). 2010.

Cole, J.B., and Null, D.J. Age at first calving in Holstein cattle in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):594(abstr. W28). 2010.

Cole, J.B., Sonstegard, T.S., Ma, L., Wiggans, G.R., Crooker, B.A., Van Tassell, C.P., Yang, J., Matukumalli, L., and Da, Y. High resolution QTL map of net merit component traits and calving traits from genome-wide association analysis in contemporary U.S. Holstein cows. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XVII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, abstr. P565. 2010.

Ma, L., Sonstegard, T.S., Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., Crooker, B.A., Van Tassell, C.P., Yang, J., Matukumalli, L., and Da, Y. X chromosome SNPs were heavily involved in epistasis effects of net merit component traits in contemporary U.S. Holstein cows. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XVII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, abstr. P542. 2010.

Norman, H.D. Recent trends in mastitis and fertility indicators in the United States and reasons for change. Proc. European Assoc. Anim. Prod., Heraklion, Greece, Aug. 23–27, p. 142. 2010.

Norman, H.D., Hutchison, J.L., and VanRaden, P.M. Comparison of Holstein service-sire fertility for heifer and cow breedings with conventional and sexed semen. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):595(abstr. W30). 2010.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Dechow, C.D., and Goodling, Jr., R.C. Effectiveness of genetic evaluations in predicting daughter performance in individual herds. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):612(abstr. W90). 2010.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Hubbard, S.M. Relationship of reason for lactation termination with genetic merit of Holsteins in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):594–595(abstr. W29). 2010.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Miller, R.H. Effectiveness of genetic predictions of Holstein gestation length and relationship to lactation yield for the subsequent lactation. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):797–798(abstr. 927). 2010.

Olson, K.M., and VanRaden, P.M. Multibreed genomic evaluation of dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):471(abstr. 438). 2010.

Olson, K.M., and VanRaden, P.M. Multibreed genomic evaluations in dairy cattle. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2010, p. 37, abstr. 30. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 2010.

Schutz, M.M., Bewley, J.M., and Norman, H.D. Derivation of factors to estimate daily milk yield from one milking of cows milked three times daily. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):595(abstr. W32). 2010.

Schutz, M.M., and Norman, H.D. Derivation of factors to estimate daily, fat, protein, and somatic cell score from one milking of cows milked three times daily. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):595(abstr. W31). 2010.

VanRaden, P.M., O’Connell, J.R., Wiggans, G.R., and Weigel, K.A. Filling in missing genotypes using haplotypes. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):534–535(abstr. 622). 2010.

VanRaden, P.M., and Tooker, M.E. Gains in reliability from combining subsets of 500, 5,000, 50,000 or 500,000 genetic markers. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):534(abstr. 620). 2010.

Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., and VanRaden, P.M. Cow adjustments for genomic predictions of Holstein and Jersey bulls. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):533–534(abstr. 618). 2010.

Wiggans, G.R., Ma, L., Sonstegard, T.S., Cole, J.B., Crooker, B.A., Van Tassell, C.P., Yang, J., Matukumalli, L., and Da, Y. High resolution QTL map of body conformation traits from genome-wide association analysis in contemporary U.S. Holstein cows. Proc. Plant Anim. Genome XVII Conf., San Diego, CA, Jan. 9–13, abstr. P547. 2010.

Wiggans, G.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Improved reliability approximation for genomic evaluations in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 88(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 93(E-Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 89(E-Suppl. 1):533(abstr. 617). 2010.

2009

Attalla, S.A., Seykora, A.J., Cole, J.B., and Heins, B.J. Estimation of genetic parameters and transmitting ability for Minnesota Johne's milk ELISA test. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):20(abstr. M56). 2009.

Byrem, T.M., Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. Characteristics of milk ELISA results for Johne's disease in US dairy cows. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):386–387(abstr. W8). 2009.

Cole, J.B. Visualization of results from genomic predictions. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):314(abstr. 281). 2009.

Cole, J.B., and Null, D.J. Best prediction of lactation yields accounting for regional and seasonal differences. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):209(abstr. T38). 2009.

Connor, E.E., Hutchison, J.L., Norman, H.D., and Baldwin VI, R.L. Estimates of residual feed intake in Holstein dairy cattle using an automated, continuous feed intake monitoring system. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):123(abstr. 33). 2009.

Hutchison, J.L., and Norman, H.D. Characterization and usage of sexed semen from US field data. Therio. J. 71(1):48. 2009.

Norman, H.D., and Hutchison, J.L. Effect of sexed semen on conception rate for Holsteins in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):208–209(abstr. T36). 2009.

Norman, H.D., and Hutchison, J.L. Effect of sexed-semen use on Holstein conception rate, calf sex, dystocia, and stillbirth in the United States. Book Abstr. 60th Ann. Mtg. Eur. Assoc. Anim. Prod. 15:242. 2009.

Norman, H.D., Hutchison, J.L., and Wright, J.R. Comparison of service-sire fertility evaluations formerly or currently available to the US dairy industry. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):122(abstr. 31). 2009.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Byrem, T.M. Factors affecting milk ELISA scores of cows tested for Johne's disease. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):386(abstr. W7). 2009.

Powell, R.L., Wright, J.R., and Norman, H.D. Trends in international flow of Holstein genes. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):209–210(abstr. T39). 2009.

Schenkel, F.S., Sargolzaei, M., Kistemaker, G., Jansen, G.B., Sullivan, P., Van Doormaal, B.J., VanRaden, P.M., and Wiggans, G.R. Genomic evaluation of Holstein cattle in Canada utilizing MACE proofs. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):396(abstr. W38). 2009.

Schutz, M.M., Bewley, J.M., and Norman, H.D. Derivation of factors to estimate daily fat, protein, and somatic cell score from one milking of cows milked twice daily. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):209(abstr. T37). 2009.

Sonstegard, T.S., Ma, L., Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., Crooker, B.A., Van Tassell, C.P., Mariani, B.D., and Da, Y. Genome signature of artificial selection for milk yield in Holstein cattle. Plant Anim. Genome XVII Conf., P474. 2009.

VanRaden, P.M. Future animal improvement programs applied to global populations. Book Abstr. 60th Ann. Mtg. Eur. Assoc. Anim. Prod. 15:28. 2009.

VanRaden, P.M., and Sullivan, P.G. National and international genomic evaluations for dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):175(abstr. 200). 2009.

VanRaden, P.M., Tooker, M.E., and Cole, J.B. Can you believe those genomic evaluations for young bulls? J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):314(abstr. 279). 2009.

Van Tassell, C.P., VanRaden, P.M., Wiggans, G.R., Matukumalli, L.K., Schroeder, S., O’Connell, J., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., Pollak, E.J., Munson, M., Bailey, D., and Sonstegard, T.S. Accelerating genetic improvement with SNP chips and DNA sequencing. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):523(abstr. 599). 2009.

Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., Bacheller, L.R., Ross, F.A., Sonstegard, T.S., te Meerman, G., and Van Tassell, C.P. Transition of genomic evaluation from a research project to a production system. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):313–314(abstr. 278). 2009.

Zhang, L., Wiggans, G.R., Clay, J., LaCroix, R., Wang, J.Z., Gipson, T., and Zeng, S.S. Somatic cell count in milk of goats enrolled in Dairy Herd Improvement program in 2007. J. Anim. Sci. 87(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 92(E-Suppl. 1):306(abstr. T343). 2009.

2008

Cole, J.B., Null, D.J., and Bacheller, L.R. A data exchange format and national database for producer-recorded health event data from on-farm management software. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):2–3(abstr. T6). 2008.

Gengler, N., and VanRaden, P.M. Strategies to incorporate genomic prediction into population-wide genetic evaluations. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):506(abstr. 523). 2008.

Kuhn, M.T., Hutchison, J.L., and Norman, H.D. Modeling nuisance variables for phenotypic evaluation of bull fertility. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):7–8(abstr. T20). 2008.

Miller, R.H., Kuhn, M.T., Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. Factors that affect abortion frequency in dairy herds in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):8(abstr. T21). 2008.

Norman, H.D., Miller, R.H., and Wright, J.R. Impact of selection for decreased somatic cell score on productive life and culling for mastitis. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):106(abstr. 13). 2008.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Hubbard, S.M., Kuhn, M.T., and Miller, R.H. Reproductive trends of dairy herds in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):7(abstr. T18). 2008.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Miller, R.H. Impact of selection for increased daughter fertility on productive life and culling for reproduction. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):7(abstr. T19). 2008.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Weigel, K.A. Alternatives for evaluating daughter performance of progeny-test bulls between official evaluations. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):105(abstr. 10). 2008.

Powell, R.L., Norman, H.D., and Hutchison, J.L. Breed composition of the United States dairy cattle herd. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):7(abstr. T17). 2008.

Schutz, M.M., Bewley, J.M., and Norman, H.D. Derivation of factors to estimate daily yield from single milkings for Holsteins milked two or three times daily. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):106–107(abstr. 14). 2008.

Sonstegard, T.S., Ma, L., Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., Van Tassell, C.P., Liu, G., Mariani, B.D., Crooker, B.A., VanRaden, P.M., da Silva, M.V., and Da, Y. Genomic signatures of artificial selection in U.S. Holstein cows. Plenary Sessions and Workshops, Program and Time Schedule, ISAG 2008 (poster 2098). 2008.

VanRaden, P.M., Tooker, M.E., and Gengler, N. Effects of allele frequency estimation on genomic predictions and inbreeding coefficients. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):506(abstr. 522). 2008.

VanRaden, P.M., Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., Sonstegard, T.S., Schnabel, R.D., and Schenkel, F. Reliability of genomic predictions for North American dairy bulls. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):305(abstr. 261). 2008.

Wiggans, G.R., Sonstegard, T.S., VanRaden, P.M., Matukumalli, L.K., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., Schenkel, F.S., and Van Tassell, C.P. Selection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and genotype quality for genomic prediction of genetic merit in dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 86(E-Suppl. 2)/J. Dairy Sci. 91(E-Suppl. 1):507(abstr. 524). 2008.

2007

Cole, J.B., and Null, D.J. Genetic evaluation of lactation persistency estimated by best prediction for Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, and Milking Shorthorn dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):20(abstr. M52). 2007.

Cole, J.B., VanRaden, P.M., and Dematawewa, C.M.B. Estimation of yields for long lactations using best prediction. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):421(abstr. 558). 2007.

Dechow, C.D., Norman, H.D., and Zwald, N.R. Relationship of herd-heritability with sire misidentification and entry into a proven sire lineup. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):262(abstr. T66). 2007.

Kuhn, M.T., Hutchison, J.L., and Norman, H.D. Effects of dam's dry period length on calf. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):329–330(abstr. T277). 2007.

Miller, R.H., Norman, H.D., Kuhn, M.T., and Wright, J.R. Factors affecting death rate of lactating cows in Dairy Herd Improvement herds. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):11(abstr. M24). 2007.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Cole, J.B. Effect of temperature and humidity on gestation length. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):16(abstr. M38). 2007.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Kuhn, M.T., Hubbard, S.M., and Cole, J.B. Genetic and environmental factors that affect gestation length. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):264(abstr. T73). 2007.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Cole, J.B. Effect of service sire and cow sire on gestation length. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):194(abstr. 230). 2007.

Powell, R.L., Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. Relationship of gestation length to stillbirth. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):16(abstr. M39). 2007.

Van Tassell, C.P., Matukumalli, L.K., Taylor, C., Smith, T.P.L., Sonstegard, T.S., Schnabel, R.D., De Silva, M.V.B., Wiggans, G.R., Liu, G., Moore, S., and Taylor, J.F. Construction and application of a bovine high-density SNP assay. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci.86(Suppl. 1):421–422(abstr. 560). 2007.

VanRaden, P.M. Efficient estimation of breeding values from dense genomic data. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):374–375(abstr. 414). 2007.

VanRaden, P.M., and Tooker, M.E. Methods to explain genomic estimates of breeding value. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):374(abstr. 413). 2007.

Wiggans, G.R., Cole, J.B., and Thornton, L.L.M. Multi-trait evaluation for calving ease and stillbirth with separate genetic effects by parity. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci.86(Suppl. 1):19(abstr. M49). 2007.

Wiggans, G.R., Faust, M.A., and Miglior, F. Harnessing automatic data collection to enhance genetic improvement programs. J. Anim. Sci. 85(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 90(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):377(abstr. 422). 2007.

2006

Appuhamy, J.A.D.R.N., Cassell, B.G., and Cole, J.B. Effect of mastitis and postpartum metabolic diseases on milk yield persistency in Holstein and Jersey cows. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):398(abstr. 476). 2006.

Bohmanova, J., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Norman, H.D., and Lawlor, T.J. Effects of accounting for heat stress on genetic evaluation of US Holsteins for milk by a test day model. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):137–138(abstr. 163). 2006.

Cole, J., Wiggans, G., VanRaden, P., and Miller, R. Stillbirth (co)variance components for a sire-maternal grandsire threshold model. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):273(abstr. 339). 2006.

Cole, J.B., Sanders, A.H., and Clay, J.S. Use of producer-recorded health data in determining incidence risks and relationships between health events and culling. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):10(abstr. M7). 2006.

Dechow, C.D., and Norman, H.D. A comparison of sire and animal model genetic parameter estimates from herds with high and low within-herd heritabilities. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):96(abstr. 34). 2006.

Dematawewa, C.M.B., Pearson, R.E., and VanRaden, P.M. Modeling extended lactations in Holsteins. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):96-97(abstr. 35). 2006.

Kuhn, M.T., and Hutchison, J.L. Methodology for prediction of bull fertility from field data. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):15–16(abstr. M26). 2006.

Kuhn, M.T., Hutchison, J.L., and Miller, R.H. Synchronization effects on parameters for days open. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):15(abstr. M24). 2006.

Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. Factors that impact longevity of Holsteins in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):276(abstr. 348). 2006.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Powell, R.L. Domestic versus imported artificial-insemination semen for Holstein graziers in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):136(abstr. 157). 2006.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Powell, R.L., VanRaden, P.M., and de Jong, G. Genetic differences between Holstein maturity rates in the Netherlands and United States. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):16–17(abstr. M29). 2006.

VanRaden, P.M., and Tooker, M.E. Revised estimates of lifetime net merit for dairy breeds and breed crosses. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):246–247(abstr. 255). 2006.

VanRaden, P.M., Tooker, M.E., Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., and Megonigal, Jr., J.H. Genetic evaluations for mixed breed populations. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):98(abstr. 40). 2006.

Wiggans, G.R., Thornton, L.L.M., and Neitzel, R.R. Genetic evaluation of milking speed for Brown Swiss dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):248(abstr. 259). 2006.

Wiggans, G.R., Thornton, L.L.M., and Neitzel, R.R. Genetic parameters for rear legs/rear view in Brown Swiss cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 89(Suppl. 1):274(abstr. 341). 2006.

2005

Bohmanova, J., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., and Norman, D. Test-day model that accounts for heat stress of Holsteins in the United States. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):353–354(abstr. 558). 2005.

Cole, J., Southey, B., Franke, D., and Leighton, E. Discrete time survival analysis of longevity in a colony of dog guides. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Anim. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):103(abstr. 136). 2005.

Cole, J., and VanRaden, P. Genetic evaluation and best prediction of lactation persistency. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):379–380(abstr. 651). 2005.

Cole, J.B., and Sanders, A.H. Genetic evaluation of clinical mastitis in U.S. dairy cattle. Proc. 3rd Intl. Symp. Genetics Anim. Health, Ames, IA, July 13–15, p. 112. 2005.

Dechow, C.D., and Norman, H.D. Effectiveness of estimating individual herd heritabilities using regression techniques. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):11 (abstr. M22). 2005.

Fetrow, J., Nordlund, K., and Norman, D. Culling: Nomenclature, definitions, and some observations. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):122(abstr. 205). 2005.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G., Thornton, L., Wright, J., and Druet, T. Accounting for heterogeneous variances in multi-trait evaluation of Jersey type traits. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):11(abstr. M23). 2005.

Kuhn, M., and Hutchison, J. Factors affecting heifer fertility in US Holsteins. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):11(abstr. M21). 2005.

Kuhn, M., Hutchison, J., and Van Tassell, C. Effects of complex vertebral malformation gene on production and reproduction. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):140(abstr. T39). 2005.

Miller, R.H., Norman, H.D., Kuhn, M.T., and Clay, J.S. Assessment of voluntary waiting period and frequency of estrus synchronization among herds. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):301(abstr. W172). 2005.

Norman, H.D., and Hare, E. Historical examination of culling of dairy cows from herds in the United States. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):122(abstr. 203). 2005.

Norman, H.D., Hutchison, J.L., Kuhn, M.T, Wright, J.R., and Hare, E. Selection intensity for yield traits, somatic cell score, and days open when culling dairy cows. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):140(abstr. T38). 2005.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Powell, R.L., VanRaden, P.M., and Miglior, F. Comparison of maturity rate for bull daughters in the United States and Canada. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):10–11(abstr. M20). 2005.

Powell, R.L., Sanders, A.H., and Norman, H.D. Country bias in international dairy bull evaluations. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):228–229(abstr. 350). 2005.

Sanders, A.H., and Norman, H.D. Disposal reporting and disposition of culled cows by parity and herd size. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):219–220(abstr. 316). 2005.

VanRaden, P.M., and Tooker, M.E. Effect of herd by sire interaction variance on genetic evaluations. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):353(abstr. 556). 2005.

VanRaden, P.M., and Tooker, M.E. Productive life including all lactations, longer lactations, and calf value. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):378 (abstr. 644). 2005.

Wiggans, G.R. Reproduction data in USDA database. J. Anim. Sci 83 (Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 88(Suppl. 1):354(abstr. 559). 2005.

2004

Cole, J., Tooker, M., VanRaden, P. and Megonigal, Jr., J. Breed composition codes for crossbred dairy cattle in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):284–285(abstr. 536). 2004.

Cole, J.B., Miller, P.D., and Norman, H.D. Genetic improvement of dairy cattle health. Proc. 12th Intl. Conf. on Prod. Diseases in Farm Anim., E. Lansing, MI, July 19–22, p. 78. 2004.

Cole, J.B., Tooker, M.E., VanRaden, P.M., and Megonigal, Jr., J.H. Breed composition codes for crossbred dairy cattle in the United States. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2004, abstr. 34. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 2004.

Goodling, R.C., Shook, G.E., Weigel, K.A., Zwald, N.R., and Welper, R.D. Effect of synchronization protocols on days open and pregnancy rate at 120 days in dairy cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):283(abstr. 530). 2004.

Hare, E.M., Norman, H.D., and Wright, J.R. Duration of herd participation in Dairy Herd Improvement milk recordings in the United States. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2004, abstr. 39. 2004.

Kuhn, M.T., Hutchison, J.L., and Clay, J.S. Prediction of service sire fertility. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):412(abstr. 738). 2004.

Kuhn, M.T., Hutchison, J.L., and Norman, H.D. Minimum dry period length to maximize performance. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):56(abstr. M225). 2004.

Norman, H.D., Powell, R.L., Wright, J.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Genetic relationships of milk yield for different parities between bulls and their sons. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):413(abstr. 741). 2004.

Norman, H.D., Sanders, A.H., Miller, R.H., and Powell, R.L. Impact of participation in somatic cell count testing on herd average somatic cell score. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):280–281(abstr. 519). 2004.

Norman, H.D., Van Tassell, C.P., and VanRaden, P.M. Optimum genetic choices for dairy producers using grazing practices. Proc. 2004 Conf. Am. Forage Grassland Counc., Roanoke, VA, June 12–16, 13:219. 2004.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Powell, R.L., and VanRaden, P.M. Merit of obtaining genetic evaluations of milk yield for each parity on Holstein bulls. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):2(abstr. M4). 2004.

Powell, R.L., Sanders, A.H., and Norman, H.D. Accuracy and stability of national and international somatic cell score evaluations. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):87–88(abstr. 42). 2004.

Schlesser, H.N., Shanks, R.D., Rodriguez-Zas, S.L., Clay, J.S., VanRaden, P.M., Berger, P.J., and Healey, M.H. Analysis of daughter pregnancy rates and estimated relative conception rates for a bimodal distribution. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):3(abstr. M8). 2004.

Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., and Thornton, L.L.M. Impact on calving ease evaluations of excluding herds with abnormal distribution of scores. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):84–85 (bstr. 29). 2004.

VanRaden, P.M. Genetic base and trait definition update. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):412(abstr. 735). 2004.

VanRaden, P.M., and Miller, R.H. Contribution of inbreeding and recessive defects to early embryo losses. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):3(abstr. M11). 2004.

VanRaden, P.M., Tooker, M.E., and Cole, J.B. Heterosis and breed differences for daughter pregnancy rate in crossbred dairy cows. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):284(abstr. 532). 2004.

Wiggans, G.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Accounting for differences in rate of maturity in yield evaluations. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):412(abstr. 737). 2004.

Yook, E., Pearson, R.E., and VanRaden, P.M. Estimation of the economic impact of a unit change in PTA for daughter pregnancy rate. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 87(Suppl. 1)/Poult. Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):413(abstr. 739). 2004.

2003

Dechow, C.D., Rogers, G.W., Lawlor, T.J., Klei, L., and VanRaden, P.M. Genetic correlation estimates among body condition score, dairy form, days open and production traits for US Holsteins. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):130(abstr. 516). 2003.

Edwards, J.L., and Tozer, P.R. Using activity and milk yield as predictors of fresh cow disorders. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):55(abstr. 222). 2003.

Kuhn, M.T., and VanRaden, P.M. Use of early lactation days open records for genetic evaluation of cow fertility. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):132 (abstr. 522). 2003.

Kuhn, M.T., VanRaden, P.M., and Edwards, J.L. Predicting days open for genetic evaluation of female fertility in U.S. dairy cattle. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2003, abstr. 17. 2003.

Matukumalli, L.K., Grefenstette, J.J., Sonstegard, T.S., and Van Tassell, C.P. EST-PAGE — A simple web interface for managing and analyzing EST data. Proc. BARC Poster Day 2003, abstr. 18. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 2003.

Miller, R.H., Norman, H.D., Wiggans, G.R., and Wright, J.R. Test-day milk loss associated with elevated test-day somatic cell score. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):195(abstr. M65). 2003.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Powell, R.L. Performance of Holsteins that originated from embryo transfer or twin births. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):317(abstr. W89). 2003.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Kuhn, M.T. Characteristics of genetic evaluations for daughter fertility in relation to other fitness traits. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):131(abstr. 519). 2003.

Powell, R.L., Sanders, A.H., and Norman, H.D. Accuracy of foreign dairy bull evaluations in predicting US evaluations for yield. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):38(abstr. 153). 2003.

Sanders, A.H., Ross, F.A., and Norman, H.D. Using the internet for distribution of dairy genetic evaluations and research information to the dairy industry. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):162(abstr. 642). 2003.

VanRaden, P.M., and Tooker, M.E. Definition of traits and comparison of models for genetic evaluation of cow fertility. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):131(abstr. 520). 2003.

VanRaden, P.M., Tooker, M.E., Sanders, A.H., and Wiggans, G.R. Quality of data included in genetic evaluations for daughter pregnancy rate. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):132(abstr. 521). 2003.

Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Edwards, J.L. Standardization of lactation records for variance of Mendelian sampling to reduce bias in evaluations of bull dams. J. Anim. Sci. 81(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 86(Suppl. 1):38(abstr. 154). 2003.

2002

Miller, R.H., Norman, H.D., and Clay, J.S. Factors affecting fertility traits of Holsteins and Jerseys. J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 85(Suppl. 1):324(abstr. 1294). 2002.

Norman, H.D., Miller, R.H., VanRaden, P.M., Wright, J.R., and Clay, J.S. Genetic relationships among fertility traits of Holsteins and Jerseys. J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 85(Suppl. 1):89(abstr. 353). 2002.

Norman, H.D., Powell, R.L., and Wright, J.R. Comparison of occurrence and yields of daughters of progeny-test and proven bulls in artificial insemination and natural-service bulls. J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 85(Suppl. 1):325(abstr. 1298). 2002.

Powell, R.L., Norman, H.D., and Sanders, A.H. Selection differentials from national Holstein bull progeny test programs estimated from international data. J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 85(Suppl. 1):33(abstr. 128). 2002.

Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., Philpot, J.C., and Misztal, I. Improvements in dystocia national genetic evaluation system and data processing. J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 85(Suppl. 1):33(abstr. 129). 2002.

VanRaden, P.M., Norman, H.D., and Miller, R.H. Correlations among measures of dairy cattle fertility and longevity. J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 85(Suppl. 1):88 (abstr. 351). 2002.

Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Philpot, J.C. Detection and adjustment of abnormal test day yields. J. Anim. Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 85(Suppl. 1):32(abstr. 125). 2002.

2001

Auvray, B., Wiggans, G.R., Miglior, F., and Gengler, N. Method to establish average relationships among Holstein bull populations over time). J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:215(abstr. 891. 2001.

Gengler, N., and Wiggans, G.R. Variance of effects of lactation stage within herd by herd yield. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:216(abstr. 896). 2001.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G.R., Wright, J.R., and Druet, T. Simultaneous accounting for heterogeneity of (co)variance components in genetic evaluation of type traits. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:247(abstr. 1022). 2001.

Gipson, T.A., and Wiggans, G.R. Modeling extended lactation curves in dairy goats using grafted polynomials. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:450(abstr. 1866). 2001.

Miller, R.H., Clay, J.S., and Norman, H.D. Relationship of somatic cell score with fertility measures. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:335(abstr. 1390). 2001.

Norman, H.D., Edwards, J.L., and Wright, J.R. Accuracy of reported birth and calving dates of dairy cattle in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:411(abstr. 1705). 2001.

Norman, H.D., Powell, R.L., Wright, J.R., and Sattler, C.G. Timeliness of progeny testing through artificial insemination and percentage of bulls returned to service. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:247(abstr. 1020). 2001.

Powell, R.L., and VanRaden, P.M. Possible global scale for ranking dairy bulls by blending national rankings. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:215(abstr. 892). 2001.

VanRaden, P.M. Heterosis and breed differences for yield and somatic cell scores of US dairy cattle in the 1990s. J. Anim. Sci. 79(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 84(Suppl. 1)/Poult Sci. 80(Suppl. 1)/54th Annu. Rec. Meat Conf. II:25–26(abstr. 106). 2001.

2000

Bormann, J., Wiggans, G.R., Philpot, J.C., Druet, T., and Gengler, N. Estimation of variance components for cow and parity effects from test-day yields. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):63(abstr. 262). 2000.

Ferris, T.A., Norman, H.D., and Wiggans, G.R. Comparison of genetic evaluations of culled and surviving cows. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):53 (abstr. 220). 2000.

Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G.R., and Wright, J.R. Heterogeneity of (co)variance components for Jersey type traits. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):61(abstr. 253). 2000.

Norman, H.D., Powell, R.L., Wright, J.R., and Sattler, C.G. Overview of progeny-test programs of artificial-insemination organizations in the United States. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):73(abstr. 305). 2000.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Wiggans, G.R. Effect of adjustment for herd test day on repeatability and heritability of 305-day milk, fat, and protein yields. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):52(abstr. 216). 2000.

Philpot, J.C., and Wiggans, G.R. Collection, validation, and use of test-day data for genetic evaluations. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 2000. 83(Suppl. 1):51-52(abstr. 212). 2000.

Powell, R.L., Norman, H.D., and Wiggans, G.R. Stability of yield evaluation for Holstein bulls for artificial-insemination service. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):62(abstr. 256). 2000.

Van Tassell, C.P., and Sattler, C.G. Characterization of data and proposed edits for the national calving ease genetic evaluation. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):61(abstr. 251). 2000.

VanRaden, P.M. Methods to combine information from separate sources). J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):5(abstr. 15). 2000.

Wiggans, G.R. Genetic evaluation of yield and type traits of dairy goats. J. Anim. Sci. 78(Suppl. 1)/J. Dairy Sci. 83(Suppl. 1):7–8
(abstr. 25). 2000.

1999

Ashwell, M.S., and Van Tassell, C.P. The Cooperative Dairy DNA Repository — A new resource for quantitative trait loci detection and verification. J. Dairy Sci. 82(Suppl. 1):54(abstr. P94). 1999.

Boettcher, P.J., and VanRaden, P.M. Evaluation of sire PTA for evidence of X-chromosomal inheritance. J. Dairy Sci. 82(Suppl. 1):115(abstr. P316). 1999.

Norman, H.D., Miller, R.H., and Wright, J.R. Herd and state means for somatic cell count in Dairy Herd Improvement. J. Dairy Sci. 82(Suppl. 1):109(abstr. P296). 1999.

Powell, R.L. Investigation of country bias in international genetic evaluations through full brothers. J. Dairy Sci. 82(Suppl. 1):73(abstr. P164). 1999.

Songstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., and Ashwell, M.S. Investigation of a quantitative trait locus affecting milk composition on BTA6 in one family of Holsteins. Proc. BARC Poster Day 1999, April 8, abstr. 54. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 1999.

Van Tassell, C.P., and Ashwell, M.S. Detection of putative loci affecting milk, health, and type traits in a US Holstein population using 20 microsatellite markers. Proc. BARC Poster Day 1999, April 8, abstr. 43.Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 1999.

Van Tassell, C.P., and Ashwell, M.S. Detection of putative loci affecting milk, health, type, and canonically transformed traits in a US Holstein population using 31 additional microsatellite markers. J. Dairy Sci. 82(Suppl. 1):54(abstr. P95). 1999.

Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., Ashwell, M.S., Garrett, W.M., and Kappes, S.M. Interval analyses to identify QTL for dairy form in two families of Holsteins. Proc. Visions for Anim. Breeding and Genet., Iowa State University, May 16–18. 1999.

VanRaden, P.M., and Smith, L.A. Adjustment of breeding values for past and future inbreeding. J. Dairy Sci. 82(Suppl. 1):72(abstr. P162). 1999.

Wiggans, G.R., and Gengler, N. Strategies for combining test-day evaluations into an index for lactation performance. J. Dairy Sci. 82 (Suppl. 1):102(abstr. P270). 1999.

1998

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G.R., and Wright, J.R. Development of multitrait evaluation for linear traits and single-trait evaluation for final score of six dairy cattle breeds. J. Dairy Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):85(abstr. 332). 1998.

Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Clay, J.S. Comparison of test interval and best prediction methods for estimation of lactation yield from monthly, a.m.-p.m., and trimonthly testing). J. Dairy Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):56(abstr. 219. 1998.

Philpot, J.C., Wiggans, G.R., and Van Tassell, C.P. Use of the World Wide Web to distribute genetic evaluations. J. Dairy Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):62(abstr. 241). 1998.

Powell, R.L., and Hubbard, S.M. Improved prediction of national genetic evaluations by including international information. J. Dairy Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):83(abstr. 327). 1998.

Van Tassell, C.P., Misztal, I., and Varona,L. Method R estimates of heritability, repeatability, and dominance fraction of variance for milk, fat, and protein yields of Holstein dairy cattle). J. Dairy Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):70(abstr. 272. 1998.

Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., and Ashwell, M.S. Investigation of a quantitative trait locus for dairy form in one family of Holsteins. J. Dairy. Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):73(abstr. 286). 1998.

VanRaden, P.M., and Hubbard, S.M. Development of economic indexes for net merit, fluid merit, and cheese merit. J. Dairy Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):83(abstr. 326). 1998.

VanRaden, P.M., Smith, L.A., Wolfe, C.W., Wilk, J.C., and McDaniel, B.T. Calculation of expected inbreeding percentage of future progeny. J. Dairy Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):67(abstr. 263). 1998.

Wiggans, G.R., and Hubbard, S.M. Genetic evaluation of yield and conformation traits of dairy goats. J. Dairy. Sci. 81/J. Anim. Sci 76(Suppl. 1):110(abstr. 425). 1998.

1997

Ashwell, M.S., Da, Y., VanRaden, P.M., Rexroad, Jr., C.E., and Miller, R.H. Detection of quantitative trait loci for calving ease and type traits in an existing Holstein population. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):199 (abstr. P223). 1997.

Ashwell, M.S., Rexroad, C.E., Miller, R.H., and VanRaden, P.M. Detection of quantitative trait loci for calving ease and type traits in an existing Holstein population. Final Program & Abstr. Guide, Plant & Anim. Genome V, p. 127, abstr. P294. 1997.

Beever, J.E., Da, Y., and Lewin, H.A. A genome scan for QTL affecting growth traits in beef cattle. Final Program & Abstr. Guide, Plant & Anim. Genome V, p. 127, abstr. P295. 1997.

Da, Y., VanRaden, P.M., Li, N., and Wu, C. Designs of reference families for gene mapping in domestic animals. Final Program & Abstr. Guide, Plant & Anim. Genome V, p. 146, abstr. P369. 1997.

Da, Y., VanRaden, P.M., Li, N., and Wu, C. Designs of reference families for gene mapping in domestic animals. Proc. BARC Poster Day 1997, p. 9, abstr. 16. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 1997.

Da, Y., VanRaden, P.M., Ron, M., Beever, J.E., Song, J., Wiggans, G.R., Ma, R.Z., Weller, J.I., and Lewin, H.A. Standardization of marker informativeness measures for different gene mapping designs. Final Program & Abstr. Guide, Plant & Anim. Genome V, p. 146, abstr. P368. 1997.

Norman, H.D., Powell, R.L., and Wiggans, G.R. Genetic benefits from more frequent national bull evaluations. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):197(abstr. P217). 1997.

Philpot, J.C., Monardes, H.G., and Cue, R.I. Correlations between herd life and type traits in Quebec Holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):226 (abstr. P428). 1997.

Powell, R.L., Wiggans, G.R., and Norman, H.D. Equity of elite cow status across states. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):196(abstr. P215). 1997.

Ron, M., Heyen, W., Band, M., Feldmesser, E., Da, Y., Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., Weller, J.I., and Lewin, H.A. Detection of economic trait loci in the US and Israeli Holstein populations with the aid of DNA microsatellites. Final Program & Abstr. Guide, Plant & Anim. Genome V, p. 128, abstr. P298. 1997.

Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., and Norman, H.D. Method R estimates of heritability for milk, fat, and protein yields from first lactations of dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):226(abstr. P324). 1997.

Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., and Norman, H.D. Multitrait parameter estimation for the national dairy cattle population using large data sets. Proc. BARC Poster Day 1997, p. 9, abstr. 15. Beltsville Area, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD. 1997.

VanRaden, P.M., Starkenburg, R.J., and Lawlor, T.J. Stability of genetic evaluations for productive life, somatic cell score, and yield over time. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):253(abstr. P426). 1997.

VanRaden, P.M., Starkenburg, R.J., Norman, H.D., and Wiggans, G.R. Properties of owner-sampler and other records formerly excluded from national genetic evaluations. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):196(abstr. P213). 1997.

Wiggans, G.R. Genetic evaluations in the United States: present method and proposed changes. 32nd Inter. Symp., "Animal Production: Advances in Technology, Accuracy and Management," 50th Anniv. Soc. Ital. Progr. Zootec., Sept. 29–Oct. 1, Milan, Italy. 1997.

Wiggans, G.R., Philpot, J.C., Van Tassell, C.P., and VanRaden, P.M. Collection and management of test day data in the United States. J. Dairy Sci. 80(Suppl. 1):198(abstr. P222). 1997.

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