Breeding and Genetics II: Health

Section: Breeding and Genetics
Format: Orals
Day/Time: Tuesday 2:00 PM–5:00 PM
Location: 324
Chair: Christian Maltecca, North Carolina State University
Please note: last-minute changes to the program may not be reflected here.
2:00 PM
#371 Calving ease, stillbirth, and gestation length of ProCROSS calves compared to pure Holsteins in two research herds.
E. S. Houdek
2:15 PM
#372 The Finnish dairy farmers’ usage of AI bulls: variation in realized trait preferences.
E. P. Paakala
2:30 PM
#373 Comparative performance of Holstein-Friesian dairy cows of contrasting Economic Breeding Index.
M. O' Sullivan
2:45 PM
#374 Combined use of test-day model and principal component analysis to obtain heat tolerance phenotypes in dairy cattle.
N. P. P. Macciotta
3:00 PM
#375 Single-step genomic evaluation of digital dermatitis in Canadian Holsteins.
F. Malchiodi
3:15 PM
#376 Genetic control of health treatment cost and the correlation of health treatment cost with production and conformation of first lactation Holstein cows.
M. R. Donnelly
3:30 PM
#377 Development of genomic evaluations for direct measures of health in US Holsteins and their correlations with fitness traits.
K. L. Parker Gaddis
3:45 PM
#378 Genomic analysis of ketosis susceptibility in Jersey cattle.
K. L. Parker Gaddis
4:00 PM
#379 Genome-wide association study for clinical mastitis, metritis, and ketosis in US Holstein cattle.
A. Sigdel
4:15 PM
#380 Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns and differential methylation in leukocytes from Holstein cattle.
C. D. Dechow
4:30 PM
#381 Genomic evaluation for wellness traits with very large number of genotypes.
L. Chen
4:45 PM
#382 Analysis of the genetic trends for wellness traits in US Holstein.
D. G. Pena