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Bunter, K L; Bowring, B and Collins, A M (2018). "The challenge of improving tolerance to heat stress in livestock species. " In S Hermesch and S Dominik (Eds.), Breeding Focus 2018 – Reducing Heat Stress, pp 99-108, Armidale, NSW: University of New England.
Bunz, A M G; Bunter, K L; Morrison, R; Luxford, B G and Hermesch, S (2018). "Breeding for reduced seasonal infertility and reduced response to heat stress in sows and boars." In S Hermesch and S Dominik (Eds.), Breeding Focus 2018 – Reducing Heat Stress, pp 135-145, Armidale, NSW: University of New England.
Cowling, W A and Li, L (2018). "Turning the heat up on independent culling in crop breeding." In S Hermesch and S Dominik (Eds.), Breeding Focus 2018 – Reducing Heat Stress, pp 119-134, Armidale, NSW: University of New England.
Hermesch, S and Dominik, S (Eds.) (2018). Breeding Focus 2018 – Reducing Heat Stress, Armidale, NSW: University of New England.
Banks, R G (2018). “Strategy for design and implementation of reference populations in beef and sheep breeding.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 758
Banks R G (2018). "How useful are genomic tests for commercial cattle (or, Should I read the fine print?)" Proceedings of the 32nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2-4 July. Animal Production Science Paper 2538 doi.10.1071/ANv58n8abs.
Boerner, V (2018). “On detection of population stratification in genotype samples using spacial clustering and non-linear optimization.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 24
Bunter K L; Smith J and Fowler D (2018). "How accurate is foetal aging in pregnancy scanning to predict lambing date?" Proceedings of the 32nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2-4 July. Animal Production Science Paper 2530 doi.10.1071/ANv58n8abs.
Bunter, K L; Vargovic, L; Athorn, R Z; Henman, D and Luxford, B L (2018). “The influence of feed delivery and feeding patterns during gestation on reproductive outcomes for sows.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 992
Brown, D J; Swan, A A; Boerner, V; Li, L; Gurman, P M; McMillan, A J; van der Werf, J H J; Chandler, H R; Tier, B and Banks, R G (2018). “Single-Step Genetic Evaluations in the Australian Sheep Industry.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 460
Connors, N K; Tier, B and Johnston, D J (2018). “Current status of Australia’s diagnostic poll haplotype test.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 344
Collison, C E; Brown, D J; Gill, J S; Chandler, H R; Apps, R; Swan, A A and Banks, R G (2018). “A decade of Sheep Genetics: what have we achieved?” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 661
Duijvesteijn, N; Bolormaa, S; Gondro, C; Clark, S; Khansefid, M; Moghaddar, N; Swan, A A; Stothard, P; Daetwyler, H D; van der Werf, J H J and MacLeod, I M (2018). “Genome-wide association study of meat quality traits using whole-genome sequence data in a multi-breed sheep population.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 257
Ferdosi, M H; Connors, N K and Tier, B (2018). “An efficient method to calculate accuracy of estimated breeding values for individuals without phenotypes.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 206
Gurman, P M; Swan, A A; Boerner, V and Brown, D J (2018). “Cross-validation of single step BLUP applied to terminal sire sheep in Australia.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 362
Guy S Z Y and Henry M L E (2018). "The prevalence of health conditions recorded in an Australian sheep abattoir." Proceedings of the 32nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2-4 July. Animal Production Science Paper 2561 doi.10.1071/ANv58n8abs.
Guy, S Z Y; Li, L; Thomson, P C and Hermesch, S (2018). “Genetic parameters for health of the growing pig using medication records.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 397
Guy S Z Y; Li L; Thomson P C and Hermesch S (2018). "Phenotypic, environmental and genetic associations between health and growth in the pig." Proceedings of the 32nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2-4 July. Animal Production Science Paper 2566 doi.10.1071/ANv58n8abs.
Harper, J; Bunter, K L; Hine, B C; Hermesch, S and Collins, A M (2018). “The association between measures of immune competence of boars and survival of their purebred progeny.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 368
Hermesch, S and Luxford, B G (2018). “Genetic parameters for white blood cells, haemoglobin and growth in weaner pigs for genetic improvement of disease resilience.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 384
Johnston, D J; Ferdosi, M H; Connors, N K; Boerner, V; Cook, J; Girard, C J; Swan, A A and Tier, B (2018). “Implementation of single-step genomic BREEDPLAN evaluations in Australian beef cattle.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 269
Khansefid, M; Bolormaa, S; Swan, A A; van der Werf, J H J; Moghaddar, N; Duijvesteijn, N; Daetwyler, H D and MacLeod, I M (2018). “Exploiting sequence variants for genomic prediction in Australian sheep using Bayesian models.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 253
Maupilé L; Guy S Z Y; Luxford B G and Hermesch S (2018). "Estimates of the effects of temperatures and relative humidity on growth of the finishing pig." Proceedings of the 32nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2-4 July. Animal Production Science Paper 2564 doi.10.1071/ANv58n8abs.
McMillan, A J; Ferguson, M B and Brown, D J (2018). “Genotype by environment interaction for Merino sheep in New Zealand and Australia for a range of traits.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 267
Meyer, K (2018). “Wrestling with a WOMBAT: Selected new features for linear mixed model analyses in the genomic age.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 201
Moghaddar, N; MacLeod, I M; Duijvesteijn, N; Bolormaa, S; Khansefid, M; Al-Mamun, H; Clark, S; Swan, A A; Daetwyler, H D and van der Werf, J H J (2018) “Genomic evaluation based on selected variants from imputed whole-genome sequence data in Australian sheep populations.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 456
Raadsma, H W; Walkom, S F; Sharland, B; Esquivelzeta-Rabell, C; Brown, D J; Bunter, K L and Ferguson, M (2018). “Genetic architecture of resistance to virulent ovine-footrot in a case-control study of New Zealand Merino sheep.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 335
Raman, H.; Banks, R G; Liu, S; Raman, R; Qiu, Y; McVittie, B; Rohan, M; Li, L; Ferdsi, M H; Menz, I and Cowling, W (2018). "Genomic selection in global diversity pools-a new paradigm for pre-breeding in canola." In Proceedings of the 20th Australian Research Assembly on Brassicas (AusCanola 2018), Perth, Western Australia, 4 -6 September. pp 144-150.
Ramsay A M M; Swain B C and Swan A A (2018). "An overview of the Merino Lifetime Productivity Project." Proceedings of the 32nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2-4 July. Animal Production Science Paper 2548 doi: 10.1071/ANv58n8abs.
Raoul, J; Swan, A A and Elsen, J M (2018). “Assessment of a genomic design for a French meat sheep breeding program.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 79
Reverter, A; Henshall, J; Porto-Neto, L R; Raidan, F; Li, Y; Naval-Sánchez, M; Dominik, S; Lehnert, S A; Meyer, K; Vitezica, Z and Legarra, A (2018). “A rapid method for the identification of epistatic ‘dormant’ SNPs.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 260
Samaraweera, A M; Boerner, V; Cyril, H W, van der Werf, J H J and Hermesch, S (2018). “Genetic parameters for milk yield, persistency, conductivity and milking efficiency in first lactation Jersey cows in Sri Lanka.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 741
Stephen, L M; Brown, D J; Jones, C E and Collison, C E (2018). “Key differences between high and low performing Australian Sheep flocks participating in genetic evaluation.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 433
Swan A A; Boerner V and Brown D J (2018). "Genomic selection can be used to balance improvement of lean meat yield and eating quality in terminal sire sheep breeds." Proceedings of the 32nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2-4 July. Animal Production Science Paper 2499 doi.10.1071/ANv58n8abs.
Swan A A; Gurman, P M; Boerner V, Brown D J; Clark, S; Gore, K P; Granleese, T and van der Werf, J H J (2018). “Estimating breeding values for animals with genotype only when genetic group effects are important.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 346
Tier, B; Meyer, K and Swan, A A (2018). “On implied genetic effects, relationships and alternate allele coding.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 127
Vargovic, L; Bunter, K L; Hermesch, S and Athorn, R Z (2018). “Feeding behaviour traits recorded during gestation are heritable even though feed intake itself is restricted.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 388
Wahinya, P K; Magothe, T M; Swan, A A and Jeyaruban, M G (2018). “Genetic analysis of dairy cattle performance under extensive, semi-intensive and intensive production systems under tropical climate in Kenya.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 788
Walkom, S F; Bunter, K L; Raadsma, H; Brown, D J; Gibson, W; Swan, A A; Boerner, V and Ferguson, M B (2018). “Estimation of Breeding Values for Footrot in New Zealand Merino Sheep.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 261
Walkom, S F; Guy, S Z Y; Anderson, F; Gardner, G E and Brown, D J (2018). “The value of recording live animal and carcase scan traits for the genetic selection of lean meat yield in lamb.” In Proceedings of the 42nd ICAR Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-11 February. P 65
Walmsley, B J and Barwick, S A (2018). “GxE for beef cattle breeding objectives as a consequence of differences in cow feed cost.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 866
Wolcott, M L; Johnston, D J and Corbet, N J (2018). “Sperm abnormality traits can contribute to the genetic evaluation for male and female reproduction in tropical beef genotypes.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 259
Zhang, Y; Swan, A A and Banks, R G (2018). “Use of genetic variance to determine weighting factors for genomic information used in single step genomic evaluation.” In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-16 February. Paper 348
Accioly, J M; Copping, K L; Deland, M P B; Hebart, M L; Herd, R M; Lee, S J; Jones, F M; Laurence, M; Speijers, E J; Walmsley, B J; and Pitchford, W S (2018). “Divergent breeding values for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 4. Fat EBVs’ influence on fatness fluctuation and supplementary feeding requirements.” Animal Production Science 58 (1): 67-79 doi.org/10.1071/AN14797.
Anderton, L; Accioly, J M; Copping, K J; Deland, M P B; Hebart, M L; Herd, R M; Jones, F M; Laurence, M; Lee, S J; Speijers, E J; Walmsley, B J and Pitchford, W S (2018). “Divergent genotypes for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 7. Low-fat and low-RFI cows produce more liveweight and better gross margins than do high-fat and high-RFI cows when managed under the same conditions.” Animal Production Science 58 (1): 103-116 doi.org/10.1071/AN15636.
Barwick, S A; Henzell, A L; Walmsley, B J; Johnston, D J and Banks, R G (2018). “Methods and consequences of including feed intake and efficiency in genetic selection for multiple-trait merit.” Journal of Animal Science 96 (5): 1600-1616 doi: org/10.1093/jas/sky049.
Boerner, V and Wittenburg, D (2018). ” On Estimation of Genome Composition in Genetically Admixed Individuals Using Constrained Genomic Regression." Frontiers in Genetics 9 : 185 doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00185.
Bunter, K L; Swan, A A; Brown, D J; Brien, F D and Smith, J (2018). “Litter size at lambing influences genetic evaluation of maternal rearing ability.” Animal Production Science 58 (5): 791-800 doi.org/10.1071/AN16422.
Dominik, S and Swan, A A (2018) “Genetic and phenotypic parameters for reproduction, production and bodyweight traits in Australian fine-wool Merino sheep.” Animal Production Science 58 (2): 207–212 doi.org/10.1071/AN15738.
Guy, S Z Y; Brown, D J and Banks, R G (2018). "Data capture through Australian beef cattle and sheep value chains: opportunities for enhanced feedback to commercial producers." Animal Production Science 58: 1497-1503 doi.org/10.1071/AN17807.
Hebart, M L; Accioly, J M; Copping, K J; Deland, M P B; Herd, R M; Jones, F M; Laurence, M; Lee, S J; Lines, D S; Speijers, E J; Walmsley, B J and Pitchford, W S (2018). “Divergent breeding values for fatness or residual feed intake in Angus cattle. 5. Cow genotype affects feed efficiency and maternal productivity.” Animal Production Science 58 (1): 80-93 doi.org/10.1071/AN14034.
Li, L; Brown, D J; Swan, A A and van der Werf, J H J (2019). "Genetic parameters for faecal worm egg count at different ages in Australian sheep under natural challenge." Animal Production Science 59 (1): 35-47 doi.org/10.1071/AN17833.
Meyer, K; Tier, B and Swan, A A (2018). “Estimates of genetic trend for single-step genomic evaluations.” Genetics Selection Evolution 50:39 doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0410-1.
Pitchford, W S; Accioly, J M; Banks, R G; Barnes, A L; Barwick, S A; Copping, K J; Deland, M P B; Donoghue, K A; Edwards, N; Hebart, N L; Herd, R M’ Jones, F M; Laurence, M; Lee, S J; McKiernan, W A; Parnell, P F; Speijers, E J; Tudor, G D and Graham, J F (2018). “Genesis, design and methods of the Beef CRC Maternal Productivity Project.” Animal Production Science 58 (1): 20-32 doi.org/10.1071/AN13054.
Walkom, S F; Jeyaruban, M G; Tier, B and Johnston, D J (2018). “Genetic analysis of docility score of Australian Angus and Limousin cattle.” Animal Production Science 58 (2): 213–223 doi.org/10.1071/AN16240.
Walmsley, B J; Lee, S J; Parnell, P F and Pitchford, W S (2018). “A review of factors influencing key biological components of maternal productivity in temperate beef cattle.” Animal Production Science 58 (1): 1-19 doi.org/10.1071/AN12428.
Walmsley, B J and Oddy, V H (2018). “Modelling systems to describe maternal productivity, with the aim of improving beef production efficiency by eliciting practice change.” Animal Production Science 58 (1): 193-205 doi.org/10.1071/AN14874.