[HTML][HTML] Multibreed genomic evaluations using purebred Holsteins, Jerseys, and Brown Swiss

KM Olson, PM VanRaden, ME Tooker - Journal of Dairy Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Multibreed models are currently used in traditional US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
dairy cattle genetic evaluations of yield and health traits, but within-breed models are used …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple-trait genomic evaluation of linear type traits using genomic and phenotypic data in US Holsteins

S Tsuruta, I Misztal, I Aguilar, TJ Lawlor - Journal of Dairy Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Currently, the USDA uses a single-trait (ST) model with several intermediate steps to obtain
genomic evaluations for US Holsteins. In this study, genomic evaluations for 18 linear type …

[HTML][HTML] Multibreed genomic evaluation for production traits of dairy cattle in the United States using single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor

A Cesarani, D Lourenco, S Tsuruta, A Legarra… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Official multibreed genomic evaluations for dairy cattle in the United States are based on
multibreed BLUP evaluation followed by single-breed estimation of SNP effects. Single-step …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms used in genomic evaluation of dairy cattle

GR Wiggans, TA Cooper, PM VanRaden… - Journal of Dairy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract GeneSeek (Neogen Corp., Lexington, KY) designed a new version of the
GeneSeek Genomic Profiler HD BeadChip for Dairy Cattle, which originally had> 77,000 …

[HTML][HTML] Methods for genomic evaluation of a relatively small genotyped dairy population and effect of genotyped cow information in multiparity analyses

DAL Lourenco, I Misztal, S Tsuruta, I Aguilar… - Journal of dairy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Methods for genomic prediction were evaluated for an Israeli Holstein dairy population of
713,686 cows and 1,305 progeny-tested bulls with genotypes. Inclusion of genotypes of 343 …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Reliability of genomic predictions for North American Holstein bulls

PM VanRaden, CP Van Tassell, GR Wiggans… - Journal of dairy …, 2009 - Elsevier
Genetic progress will increase when breeders examine genotypes in addition to pedigrees
and phenotypes. Genotypes for 38,416 markers and August 2003 genetic evaluations for …

[HTML][HTML] Multibreed genomic prediction using multitrait genomic residual maximum likelihood and multitask Bayesian variable selection

MPL Calus, ME Goddard, YCJ Wientjes… - Journal of dairy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Genomic prediction is applicable to individuals of different breeds. Empirical results to date,
however, show limited benefits in using information on multiple breeds in the context of …

[HTML][HTML] Differences among methods to validate genomic evaluations for dairy cattle

KM Olson, PM VanRaden, ME Tooker… - Journal of dairy science, 2011 - Elsevier
Two methods of testing predictions from genomic evaluations were investigated. Data used
were from the August 2006 and April 2010 official USDA genetic evaluations of dairy cattle …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic selection using a multi-breed, across-country reference population

JE Pryce, B Gredler, S Bolormaa, PJ Bowman… - Journal of Dairy …, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Three breeds (Fleckvieh, Holstein, and Jersey) were included in a reference
population, separately and together, to assess the accuracy of prediction of genomic …

[HTML][HTML] Differing genetic trend estimates from traditional and genomic evaluations of genotyped animals as evidence of preselection bias in US Holsteins

Y Masuda, PM VanRaden, I Misztal, TJ Lawlor - Journal of dairy science, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to compare genetic trends from single-step genomic BLUP
(ssGBLUP) and traditional BLUP models for milk production traits of US Holsteins …