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2015

  • Ducrocq, V., and Wiggans, G. Genetic improvement of dairy cattle. The Genetics of Cattle, 2nd edition. Garrick, D.J., and Ruvinsky, A. (eds.). Chapter 15, pp. 371–396. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. 2015.
  • Egger-Danner, C., Nielsen, P., Fiedler, A., Muller, K., Fjeldaas, T., Dopfer, D., Daniel, V., Bergsten, C., Cramer, G., Christen, A.-M., Stock, K. F., Thomas, G., Holzhauer, M., Steiner, A., Clarke, J., Capion, N., Charfeddine, N., Pryce, J.E., Oakes, E., Burgstaller, J., Heringstad, B., Odegard, C., J. Kofler, and Cole, J.B. ICAR Claw Health Atlas. ICAR Tech. Ser. 18. ICAR, Rome, Italy. 2015.
  • Wiggans, G.R., and Gengler, N. Genetics: Selection: Evaluation and methods. Reference Module in Food Sciences. pp. 1–7. Elsevier, . 2015. [Full reprint available by request to aipl.inquiry@ars.usda.gov]

2013

  • Grosu, H., Schaeffer, L., Oltenacu, P.A., Norman, H.D., Powell, R.L., Kremer, V., Banos, G., Mrode, R., Carvalheira, J., Jamrozik, J., Draganescu, C., and Lungu, S. History of genetic evaluation methods in dairy cattle. The Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucuresti, Romania. 2013.

2011

  • Wiggans, G.R. and Gengler, N. Selection: Evaluation and methods. Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences, 2nd edition. Fuquay, J.W, Fox, P.F., and McSweeney, P.L.H. (ed.). Vol. 2, pp. 649–655. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 2011.

2010

  • Norman, H.D., Hubbard, S.M., and VanRaden, P.M. Dairy Cattle: Breeding and genetics. Encyclopedia of Animal Science, 2nd edition. Ullrey, D.E., Krik Baer, C., and Pond, W.G. (ed.). Vol. 1, pp. 262–265. Taylor and Francis, New York, NY. 2010. [Publisher also may be cited as CRC Press. 2011.]

2009

  • De Vries, A., and Cole, J.B. Profitable dairy cow traits for hot climatic conditions. Breeding for robustness in cattle. Klopcic, M., Reents, R., Philipsson, J., and Kuipers, A. (ed.). EAAP Sci. Ser., Vol. 126, pp. 227–248. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 2009.

2008

  • Zeng, S.S., Zhang, L., Wiggans, G.R., Clay, J., LaCroix, R., Wang, J.Z., and Gipson, T. Current status of composition and somatic cell count in milk of goats enrolled in Dairy Herd Improvement Program in the United States. New Res. Livest. Sci. Dairy Farming. Di Alberto, P. and Costa, C. (ed.). pp. 129–144. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY. 2008.

2005

  • Norman, H.D., and Hubbard, S.M. Dairy cattle: Breeding and genetics. Encyclopedia of Animal Science. Pond, W.G., and Bell, A.W. (ed.). Vol. 1, pp. 264–267. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY. 2005.

2002

  • Powell, R.L. Genetics: International flow of genes. Encyclopedia of Dairy Science. Roginski, H., Fuquay, J.W., and Fox, P.F. (ed.). Vol. 2, pp. 1224–1228. Academic Press, London, UK. 2002.
  • Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., Kappes, S.M., Ashwell, M.K., and Conner, E.E. Genetics: Cattle genomics. Encyclopedia of Dairy Science. Roginski, H., Fuquay, J.W., and Fox, P.F. (ed.). Vol. 2, pp. 1219–1224. Academic Press, London, UK. 2002.
  • Wiggans, G.R., and Gengler, N. Genetic selection: Evaluation and methods. Encyclopedia of Dairy Science. Roginski, H., Fuquay, J.W., and Fox, P.F. (ed.). Vol. 2, pp. 1207–1212. Academic Press, London, UK. 2002.

1999

  • Goddard, M.E., and Wiggans, G.R. Genetic improvement of dairy cattle. The Genetics of Cattle. Fries, R., and Ruvinsky, A. (ed.). Chapter 18, pp. 511–537. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 1999.

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