Metabolic disorders are disturbances to one or more of the metabolic processes in dairy
cattle. Dysfunction of any of these processes is associated with the manifestation of …

Phosphorus utilization (PU) has received considerable attention in poultry nutrition.
However, reliable estimates of genetic parameters for PU and related traits have largely not …

Meat quality is one of the most important traits determining carcass price in the Japanese
beef market. Optimized breeding goals and management practices for the improvement of …

The objective of this research was to analyze the relationship between feather pecking (FP)
and feather eating (FE) as well as general locomotor activity (GLA) using structural equation …

Complex relationships exist between udder susceptibility to mastitis and milk production
traits. Identifying causal association between these traits could help to disentangle these …

Abstract Background We adapted Bayesian statistical learning strategies to the prognosis
field to investigate if genome-wide common SNP improve the prediction ability of clinico …

A multi-trait repeatability animal model under restricted maximum likelihood (REML) and
Bayesian methods was used to estimate genetic parameters of milk, fat, and protein yields in …

The main objective of this study was to estimate the genetic and phenotypic relationships
between calving difficulty (CD) and fertility traits, including success at first service (SF) …

The improvement of the postpartum survival rate of piglets is important for pig breeding
nowadays. For the improvement, breeding for good mothering abilities of sows offer a …

In this chapter, we provide a brief introduction about graphical models, with an emphasis on
Bayesian networks, and discuss some of their applications in genetics and genomics studies …