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Recent Journal Articles
McEwin, R; Retallick, K; Miller, S P and Garcia, A. Udderly better: Development of a prototype genetic evaluation for teat and udder score in American Angus cattle. Journal of Animal Science 103 doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaf014
Recent Book Chapter
Brito, L and Hermesch, S (2025). Advances in pig breeding. In J Ross (Ed.), Achieving in the genetic improvement of sow longevity (ch. 6). Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Recent Conference Papers
26th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 24-26 June 2025:
Aldridge, M N, Mortimer, S I; Brown, D J; Fitzgerald, P T; Clayton, E H; Donaldson, A; Paganoni, B; Thompson, A; Oddy, V H and van der Werf, J H J (2025). Validation of genomic prediction for methane emission in Australian Merino sheep. pp. 138-141
Alexandri, P; Atkinson, T; Brown, D J; Gore, K P; Smith, K; Walkom, S F and Granleese, T (2025). Assessing the genetic diversity of Australian goats. pp. 307-310
Alexandri, P; Miller, S P; Frost, E A; Chapman, N C; Walkom, S F; Banks, R G and Bunter, K L (2025). Using genotyping by sequencing to monitor the genetic diversity of Australian honey bees. pp. 315-318
Alexandri, P; Gurman, P M; Brown, D J; Bunter, K L; Gore, K P; de las Heras-Saldana, S; Li, L; McMillan, A J; Walkom, S F and Swan, A A (2025). Expanding Australian sheep genomic reference population. pp. 455-458
Banks, R G (2025). Climate change mitigation through genetic improvement – a deeply worthwhile challenge in the spirit
of John Vercoe. pp. 13-17
Banks, R G; Brown, D J; Moore, K L; Walmsley, B J and Swan, A A (2025). Genetic trends in Australian beef cattle and sheep populations, and their impact. pp. 483-486
Brown, D J; Guy, S Z Y; Mortimer, S I; Pannier, L; McGilchrist, P; Pethick, D and Swan, A A (2025). Multibreed genomic selection for sensory eating quality of lamb using consumer assessments. pp. 343-346
Bunz, A M G; Harper, J and Bunter, K L (2025). Genetic analysis of sow udder treatments. pp. 74-77
Clarke, B E; Brown, D J; Bradley, P and Swan, A A (2025). Genotyping reduces preselection bias on MERINOSELECT ASBVS in Merino flocks. pp. 463-466
de Bruyn, E; Moore, K L and Miller, S P (2025). Genetic parameter estimation of carcase quality phenotypes measured with cameras in Australian Wagyu. pp. 339-342
Dehnavi, E; Swan, A A; Swain, B C; Greeff, J C; Smith, J L; Burbidge, G; Ramsay, A M M; Bird-Gardiner, T L and Brown, D J (2025). Assessing genetic variability in flystrike resistance across expression levels in Australian Merino sheep. pp. 411-414
de las Heras-Saldana, S; Brown, D J; Gurman, P M; Alexandri, P; Bunter, K L; Gore, K P; Li, L; McMillan, A J; Walkom, S F and Swan, A A (2025). Fixed effects and genetic parameters for the combined LAMPLAN evaluation of Australian sheep. pp. 459-462
Fazel, Y; Moore, K L; Miller, S P and Ferdosi, M H (2025). A linkage disequilibrium method to reposition single nucleotide polymorphism and improve genotype imputation accuracy. pp. 197-200
Ferdosi, M H and Johnston, D J (2025). Identification of relationships and pedigree simplification using graph theory. pp. 303-306
Granleese, T and Walkom, S F (2025). Cost-benefit of a genomic reference population for goats in Australia. pp. 82-85
Gudex, B W; Millen, C A; Johnston, D J and Turner, N (2025). BREEDPLAN: 40 years of accelerating genetic progress in the beef industry. pp. 479-482
Gurman, P M; Alexandri, P; Brown, D J; Bunter, K L; de las Heras-Saldana, S; Gore, K P; Li, L; McMillan, A J; Walkom, S F and Swan, A A (2025). Alignment of pedigree and genomic information in a combined terminal sire and maternal sheep analysis. pp. 213-216
Harper, J and Bunter, K L (2025). Genetic correlations between purebred and crossbred pre- and post-weaning piglet mortality. pp. 70-73
Hatcher, S F; Casey, A E; Walkom, S F; Brown, D J and Swan, A A (2025). Micron premiums and their role in Merino breeding programs. pp. 287-290
Hodge, M J; Brown, D J and Walkom, S F (2025). Genetic evaluation of tail length in Australian sheep. pp. 407-410
Keshavarzi, H; Dehnavi, E; McNally, J; Smith, J L and Schmoelzl,
S (2025). Genetic analysis of sensor-based activity in Australian Merino sheep. pp. 50-53
Le, S V; de las Heras-Saldana, S; Alexandri, P and van der Werf, J H J (2025). Optimal breeding programs for Lao native goats in smallholder systems. pp. 299-302
Li, L; Gurman, P M; Swan, A A and Brown, D J (2025). Estimates of accuracy for genomic-only breeding values and flock profiles in Australian Merino sheep. pp. 205-208
McMillan, A J; Alexandri, P; Gurman, P M; Brown, D J; Bunter, K L; Gore, K P; de las Heras-Saldana, S; Li, L; Walkom, S F and Swan, A A (2025). Breed comparisons in combined LAMBPLAN: genetic group and linkage assessment. pp. 311-314
Moore, K L; Johnston, D J and Grant, T (2025). Estimated frequencies of myostatin mutations (double muscling) in Australian tropically adapted beef breeds. pp. 347-350
Moore, K L; Johnston, D J; Grant, T and Croaker, J (2025). Preliminary analysis of immune competence traits in northern Australian tropically adapted beef breeds. pp. 427-430
Mortimer, S I; Fowler, S M; Holman, B W B; Alvarenga, T I R C; Hopkins, D L; Egerton-Warburton, K L; Smith, J L; Hine, B C and Swan, A A (2025). Preliminary genetic correlations of Merino meat colour traits with lean meat yield and eating quality. pp. 335-338
Paganoni, B; Bolt, B; Bowden; A; Fitzgerald, P T; Walkom, S F and van der Werf, J H J (2025). Feed-intake and methane efficiency for weight
and growth pre- slaughter of MLA resource flock lambs. pp. 22-25
Reda, A A; Aldridge, M N; Gurman, P M and Hermesch, S (2025). Genetic parameters of being a tail-biting recipient in pigs. pp. 66-69
Rose, G; Martin, S; Brown, D J; Kahn, L P and van der Werf, J H J (2025). Cost-benefit of genotyping commercial Merino sheep. pp. 291-294
Sahoo, S; Ferdosi, M H; van der Werf, J H J and de las Heras-Saldana, S (2025). Ascertaining the breed composition of an admixed sheep population using genomic information: a simulation study. pp. 323-326
Smith, E G; Walkom, S F; Swan, A A and Clark, S A (2025). Including resilience in the breeding objective of sustainable Merino sheep. pp. 435-438
van Winden, D; Galea, R Y; Aldridge, M N; Gurman, P M and Hermesch, S (2025). Genetic risk factors for tail biting in Australian pigs as determined by binomial regression models. pp. 62-65
Wahinya, P K; Brown, D J; Clarke, B E; Smith, J L; Bird-Gardiner, T and Swan, A A (2025). Genomic models for estimating genetic parameters for lifetime wool traits in Merino sheep. pp. 86-89
Walkom, S F; Alexandri, P; Brown, D J; Bunter, K L; Connors, N K; de las Heras-Saldana, S; Gore, K P; Gurman, P M; Li, L; McMillan, A J; Miller, S P; Bradley, P E and Swan, A A (2025). Combined LAMBPLAN: expanding the multi-breed nature of the LAMBPLAN evaluation. pp. 451-454
Walkom, S F; Keiller, J R; Kelly, M P and Brown, D J (2025). Preliminary investigation of the genetics of shedding in maternal sheep. pp. 403-406
Walmsley, B J; Moore, K L; Woodgate, R; Clark, S A; Haynes, F E M and Donoghue K A (2025). An examination of multibreed temperament
measures recorded in the Southern Multibreed resource population. pp. 58-61
Other Conferences
Frost, E A; Alexandri, P; Chapman, N C; Noordyke, E; Banks, R G; Walkom, S F and Bunter, K L (2025). Australia’s Plan Bee Breeding Manual underpins estimated breeding values for queen bees, American Bee Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, 9 – 11 January 2025 doi.org/10.55406/ABRC.6.25.2