The Contribution of Social Effects to Heritable Variation in Finishing Traits of Domestic Pigs (Sus scrofa) R Bergsma, E Kanis, EF Knol, P Bijma Genetics 178 (3), 1559-1570, 2008 | 228 | 2008 |
Lactation efficiency as a result of body composition dynamics and feed intake in sows R Bergsma, E Kanis, MWA Verstegen, CMC van der Peet–Schwering, ... Livestock science 125 (2-3), 208-222, 2009 | 98 | 2009 |
Genetic parameters and predicted selection results for maternal traits related to lactation efficiency in sows R Bergsma, E Kanis, MWA Verstegen, EF Knol Journal of Animal Science 86 (5), 1067-1080, 2008 | 92 | 2008 |
Preweaning piglet mortality in relation to placental efficiency B Van Rens, G De Koning, R Bergsma, T Van Der Lende Journal of Animal Science 83 (1), 144-151, 2005 | 88 | 2005 |
Fecal microbial composition associated with variation in feed efficiency in pigs depends on diet and sex LMG Verschuren, MPL Calus, AJM Jansman, R Bergsma, EF Knol, ... Journal of animal science 96 (4), 1405-1418, 2018 | 69 | 2018 |
Breeding amiable animals? Improving farm animal welfare by including social effects in breeding programmes TB Rodenburg, P Bijma, ED Ellen, R Bergsma, S De Vries, JE Bolhuis, ... Animal Welfare 19 (S1), 77-82, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
Maternal and social genetic effects on average daily gain of piglets from birth until weaning AC Bouwman, R Bergsma, N Duijvesteijn, P Bijma Journal of Animal Science 88 (9), 2883-2892, 2010 | 62 | 2010 |
Genetic correlations between lactation performance and growing-finishing traits in pigs JAMA R. Bergsma, P.K. Mathur, E. Kanis, M.W.A, E.F.Knol Journal of animal science 91, 3601-3611, 2013 | 54 | 2013 |
Genomic evaluation for a three-way crossbreeding system considering breed-of-origin of alleles CA Sevillano, J Vandenplas, JWM Bastiaansen, R Bergsma, MPL Calus Genetics Selection Evolution 49, 1-14, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
Genetic correlations between feed efficiency traits, and growth performance and carcass traits in purebred and crossbred pigs RM Godinho, R Bergsma, FF Silva, CA Sevillano, EF Knol, MS Lopes, ... Journal of animal science 96 (3), 817-829, 2018 | 42 | 2018 |
Feature selection stability and accuracy of prediction models for genomic prediction of residual feed intake in pigs using machine learning M Piles, R Bergsma, D Gianola, H Gilbert, L Tusell Frontiers in genetics 12, 611506, 2021 | 39 | 2021 |
Genetic associations between behavioral traits and direct-social effects of growth rate in pigs L Canario, SP Turner, R Roehe, N Lundeheim, RB D'Eath, AB Lawrence, ... Journal of Animal Science 90 (13), 4706-4715, 2012 | 38 | 2012 |
Exploring breeding opportunities for reduced thermal sensitivity of feed intake in the lactating sow R Bergsma, S Hermesch Journal of animal science 90 (1), 85-98, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
Impact of feed restriction on the performance of highly prolific lactating sows and its effect on the subsequent lactation S De Bettio, A Maiorka, LNE Barrilli, R Bergsma, BAN Silva animal 10 (3), 396-402, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
Genotype by feed interaction for feed efficiency and growth performance traits in pigs RM Godinho, JWM Bastiaansen, CA Sevillano, FF Silva, SEF Guimarães, ... Journal of Animal Science 96 (10), 4125-4135, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
Prediction of nutrient digestibility in grower‐finisher pigs based on faecal microbiota composition LMG Verschuren, D Schokker, R Bergsma, AJM Jansman, F Molist, ... Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 137 (1), 23-35, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
Effect of selection for residual feed intake during the grow/finish phase of production on sow reproductive performance and lactation efficiency JM Young, R Bergsma, EF Knol, JF Patience, JCM Dekkers Journal of Animal Science 94 (10), 4120-4132, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
The repeatability of individual nutrient digestibility in pigs W Ouweltjes, LMG Verschuren, J Pijlman, R Bergsma, D Schokker, ... Livestock Science 207, 63-67, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
Variance estimates are similar using pedigree or genomic relationships with or without the use of metafounders or the algorithm for proven and young animals MN Aldridge, J Vandenplas, R Bergsma, MPL Calus Journal of animal science 98 (3), skaa019, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
Effect of feeding cereals–alternative ingredients diets or corn–soybean meal diets on performance and carcass characteristics of growing–finishing gilts and boars CA Sevillano, CV Nicolaiciuc, F Molist, J Pijlman, R Bergsma Journal of Animal Science 96 (11), 4780-4788, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |