Scientific papers

2024

Proceedings of the 2024 Interbull Meeting, Bled, Slovenia, 20 – 21 May 2024

Revision of random regression test-day model has improved genomic prediction for Nordic Red dairy cattle

Estimation of variance components for clinical mastitis and somatic cell scores for the Nordic dairy cattle populations

Single-step genomic prediction models for metabolic body weight in Nordic Holstein, Red dairy cattle, and Jersey

Improving single-step genomic prediction reliabilities for clinicalmastitis in Nordic Red dairy cattle and Jerseyby applying marker-specific weights


2023

Multi-breed genetic evaluation of beef bulls used in dairy herds – Emphasis on newest development, Interbull Bulletin 59, August 2023

A computationally efficient method for approximating reliabilities in large-scale single-step genomic prediction, Genetics Selection Evolution, January 2023


2022

Single-step genomic BLUP with many metafounders, Frontiers in Genetics, Sec. Livestock Genomics, November 2022

 

12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, July 3 – 8, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Inbreeding and coancestry trends in Nordic Holstein

Single-step genomic prediction for metabolic body weight of Nordic Red dairy cattle

Single-step genomic prediction in small breeds: Finncattle case.

Avoiding double counting in genomic reliability calculations

Nordic Holstein single-step test day model using metafounders and blending of foreign information


Nordic Holstein single-step test day model using left truncated genomic data, Proceedings of the 2022 Interbull meeting

Nordic genomic prediction for crossbred dairy females, Proceedings of the 2022 Interbull meeting

Modelling metabolic efficiency, ICAR meeting 2022

Single-step genomic BLUP with genetic groups and automatic adjustment for allele coding, Genetics Selection Evolution, June 2022

Breeding value reliabilities for multiple-trait single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor, Journal of Dairy Science, April 2022


2021

Genetic analyses of metabolic body weight, carcass weight and body conformation traits in Nordic dairy cattle, Animal, December 2021

Single-step genomic evaluation of Russian dairy cattle using internal and external information, Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, November 2021

Handling of inbreeding and semen sire breed in the Nordic Holstein fertility evaluations as part of EuroGenomics Harmonization standard, Proceedings of the 2021 Interbull Meeting

Single-step genomic predictions of a minor breed, concurrently with the national genomic evaluations of main breeds, Proceedings of the 2021 Interbull Meeting

Using single-step genetic evaluation for type traits, Interbull Bulletin, Leeuwarden, The Nederlands, April 26 – 30, 2021

Genomic prediction of residual feed intake in the Nordic breeds using data from research herds and 3D cameras in commercial herds, Interbull Bulletin, Leeuwarden, The Nederlands, April 26 – 30, 2021

Practical implementation of genetic groups in single-step genomic evaluations with Woodbury matrix identity–based genomic relationship inverse, Journal of Dairy Science, June 2021


2020

Easy implementation of QP transformation in ssGTBLUP, EAAP 2020

Integration of MACE breeding values into domestic multi-trait test-day model evaluations , EAAP 2020

Approximating individual animal reliabilities in single-step genomic model, EAAP 2020

Weighted single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction integrating variants selected from sequencing data by association and bioinformatics analyses, Genetics Selection Evolution, August 2020

Metafounder approach for single-step genomic evaluations of Red Dairy cattle, Journal of Dairy Science, July 2020

Imputation for sequencing variants preselected to a customized low-density chip, Nature Scientific reports, June 2020


2019

Nordic breeding values for beef breed sires used for crossbreeding with dairy dams, Proceedings ICAR Conference 2019, Prague

Genetic Evaluation for Maintenance Towards Genomic Breeding Values for Saved Feed in Nordic Dairy Cattle, Interbull Bulletin, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, June 22 – 24, 2019

Genetic parameters for female fertility in Nordic Holstein and Red Cattle dairy breeds, Journal of Dairy Science, July 2019

11th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, February 11 – 16, Auckland, New Zealand

Comparison of ssGBLUP and ssGTBLUP using Nordic Holstein TD data

Genomic evaluation for male fertility in Nordic Red dairy cattle

Estimation of variance components in populations under genomic selection

Genomic prediction for dry matter intake in Nordic Holsteins


Interbull meeting, February 7 – 11, Auckland, New Zealand

Improved genetic evaluation of health traits using metabolic biomarkers in Nordic dairy cattle


Validation of consistency of Mendelian sampling variance, Journal of Dairy Science, March 2018

2017

Validation of genomic and genetic evaluations in 305d production traits of Nordic Holstein cattle, Interbull Bulletin vol. 51

Evaluation of Conception Rate in Nordic Dairy Cattle, Interbull Bulletin vol. 51


EAAP meeting, August 2017 Tallinn, Estonia

Wide-spread adoption of customized genotyping improves European cattle breeding

Validation of genomic and genetic evaluations: Nordic Red Dairy cattle 305 d production traits


Estimation of genetic parameters and heterosis for longevity in crossbred Danish dairy cattle, Journal of Dairy Science, October 2017

Bivariate threshold models for genetic evaluation of susceptibility to and ability to recover from mastitis in Danish Holstein cows, Journal of Dairy Science, October 2017

Association analysis of young stock survival index with imputed whole-genome sequence variants in Nordic Holstein cattle, Journal of Dairy Science, October 2017

Solving efficiently large single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction models, Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, June 2017

2016

Interbull meeting, October 24-28 2016, Puerto Varas, Chile

Youngstock survival in Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation

Managing genetic groups in single-step genomic evaluations applied on female fertility traits in Nordic Red Dairy cattle

Genetic correlations for claw health traits between Denmark and The Netherlands


Genotype by environment interaction for the interval from calving to first insemination with regard to calving month and geographic location in Holstein cows in Denmark and Sweden, Journal of Dairy Science, July 2016

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