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Preface

About WCGALP

The World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production is the premier conference for researchers and professionals involved in genetic improvement of domestic animals, including livestock, poultry, horses, companion animals, and farmed aquatic animals and insects. Held every 4 years, WCGALP is also known as the ‘World Cup’ or ‘Olympics’ of animal breeding and genetics. WCGALP is strongly committed to bring science and industry of all continents together in formal sessions and in informal networks to share and learn about advances in the field and to network with colleagues.

History of WCGALP

The 2026 WCGALP is the 13th conference of its kind. WCGALP started in the 1970s in Madrid, Spain (1974 and 1982), after which it moved to a 4-year schedule with conferences in Lincoln, USA (1986), Edinburgh, UK (1990), Guelph, Canada (1994), Armidale, Australia (1998), Montpellier, France (2002), Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2006), Leipzig, Germany (2010), Vancouver, Canada (2014), Auckland, New Zealand (2018), and Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2022). For additional details on the history and evolution of WCGALP and its leadership and authorship, please see the 2022 WCGALP proceedings paper by Alison Van Eenennaam and Suzanne Hermesch: History and author analysis of the World Congresses on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Who attends WCGALP?

The World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) is the premier international conference for livestock and animal genetics. Participants are specialists and students in the field of animal breeding and genetics and genomics and related fields. Because of the impact of developments in animal breeding and genetics, WCGALP is also attended by geneticists from the fields of plant breeding and human genetics, who also contribute information that is relevant for animal breeding and genetics. During the congress, participants share knowledge and interact on innovations in the area of genetics applied to domestic animals, including livestock, poultry, horses, companion animals, and farmed aquatic animals and insects.

Scope of WCGALP 2026

The three universities that co-organized WCGALP 2026 with the American Society of Animal Science, have a strong history in animal breeding and genetics. Iowa State University was the academic home of Dr. Jay Lush, who is known as the ‘father of animal breeding’, as well as of Dr. Lenoy Hazel, who is best known for the selection index. Together, they trained many graduate students from across the globe that formed the 2nd generation of animal breeders in the decades after WWII, including Drs. Charles Henderson and Charlie Smith. Many of their international students went back to their home countries to establish animal breeding programs, as well as animal breeding research, development, and education programs. Dr. Jay Lush obtained his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, which was also the emeritus academic home of Dr. Sewall Wright and the academic home of Dr. James Crow, who, among others, founded the fields of quantitative and population geneticists, from which the field of animal breeding emerged as an applied science. The University of California Davis was the academic home of Dr. Eric Bradford, a famous sheep breeder, and Dr. Hans Albanap, who bred the chicken that was the first whole-genome-sequenced domestic animal. For additional information on the “Pedigree of Animal Breeders”, please visit https://www.animalgenome.org/lush/ and add information on your own academic pedigree. WCGALP 2026 celebrated this history, as well as the 25-year anniversary of the 2001 Meuwissen, Hayes, and Goddard paper on genomic prediction and selection, which has been the foundation of many recent advances in our field, as well as in the fields of plant breeding and human genetics.

However, more importantly, WCGALP 2026 focused on how animal breeding and genetics can contribute to solving current and future global challenges, with an emphasis on sustainable production of high-quality proteins from domestic animals for a growing world population in a manner that meets changing consumer and societal demands and needs, in the face of a changing climate. While our field and WCGALP has traditionally focused on livestock, including cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and poultry, WCGALP 2026 also emphasized alternate domesticated sources of high-quality animal proteins, including farmed aquatic animals and insects, as well as other ways that domesticated animals can benefit the human race, including as companion animals and biomedical models. WCGALP 2026 achieved these goals through stimulating plenary scientific sessions with world-class speakers and specialized parallel scientific sessions, either by discipline or topic, or by species, as well as interactive poster sessions. In addition, by organizing so-called ‘speaker duels’, one of the aims of WCGALP 2026 was to stimulate discussion on important and sometimes controversial issues in our field, including the role of livestock in future food production systems, the role of technology in advancing animal production in developing countries, the use of ‘big data’ and AI, and how animal breeding can contribute to the One Health challenge of an ever-changing pathogenic environment that increasingly affects both animal and human health. This conference provided information to inform policy regarding animal breeding and genetic improvement in livestock. By creating a welcoming atmosphere with ample time for interaction and networking, combined with organized field trips, WCGALP 2026 allowed all participants to achieve their own set goals, while experiencing the friendly culture of the Midwest or Heartland of the United States and having a great time.

Executive Board of WCGALP 2026

Jack Dekkers Iowa State University
Alison Van Eenennaam University of California, Davis
Guilherme Rosa University of Wisconsin–Madison
James Sartin American Society of Animal Science
July 12, 2026

The WCGALP 2026 Executive Board gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following people to these proceedings

WCGALP Permanent International Committee

Ewa Sell-Kubiak (chair) Poland Alessandra Stella Italy
Filippo Miglior (secretary) Canada Yutaka Masuda Japan
Lusheng Huang China Heather Huson USA
Alexander Kahi Kenya Pamela Alexandre Australia
Maria Wurzinger Austria/USA Jeremie van der Plas Netherlands
Jorn Bennewitz Germany Androniki Psifidi UK
Gopal Gowane India Daniela Lourenco USA
Donagh Berry Ireland Helene Gilbert France

American Society of Animal Science

James Sartin Justin Bartlett Melissa Burnett Debbie Zargorski Meghan Wulster-Radcliffe

WCGALP 2026 Scientific Advisory Committee

Jack Dekkers (chair) USA Peter Amer New Zealand
Julius van der Werf Australia Suzanne Rowe New Zealand
Suzanne Hermesch Australia Gareth Difford Norway
Marcos Vinicius Barbosa da Silva Brazil Ewa Sell-Kubiak Poland
Christine Baes Canada Jana Obsteter Slovenia
Filippo Miglior Canada Linky Makgahlela South Africa
Xiangdong Ding China Noelia Ibanez Spain
Bernt Gulbrantsen Denmark Anna Wallenbeck Sweden
Helene Gilbert France Andrea Wilson UK
Christa Kuehn Germany Androniki Psifidi UK
Jorn Bennewitz Germany Alison Van Eenennaam USA
Gopal Gowane India Daniella Lourenco USA
Donagh Berry Ireland Guilherme Rosa USA
Alessandra Stella Italy Hassan Khatib USA
Yutaka Masuda Japan Heather Huson USA
Pascal Duenk Netherlands Juan Steibel USA
Roel Veerkamp Netherlands Luiz Brito USA
Maria Wurtzinger USA    

WCGALP 2026 Local Co-chairs

Iowa State University University of California, Davis University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ania Wolc Alison Vaneenennaam Brian Kirkpatrick
Austin Putz Andrea Schreier Francisco Penagaricano
Chris Tuggle Guilllermo Martinez Boggio Guilherme Rosa
Gustavo Guttierez Hao Cheng Hassan Khatib
James Koltes Huaijun Zhou Joao Dorea
Jennifer Bundy Kent Weigel  
Juan Steibel Lauren Baker  
Maria Wurzinger    
Randy Culbertson    

WCGALP 2026 Scientific Session Co-chairs and Reviewers

Alesio Cechinato Dorte Wittenburg Jorn Bennewitz Ruidong Xiang
Alessandra Stella Eileen Wall Jose Yanez Sam Clark
Amanda Chamberlain Elisabetta Guiffra Julius van der Werf Sammy Aggrey
Ana Granados Esther Ellen Karen Marshall Shuhong Zhao
Anderson Alves Ewa Sell Kubiak Keiichi Inoue Simon Turner
Andrea Wilson Fany Blanc Lars Ronnegard Sophie Eaglen
Andreson Alves Filippo Miglior Linky Makgahlela Susanne Eriksson
Andrew Hess Gabor Maszaros Luis Varona Susanne Hermesch
Androniki Psifidi Gareth Difford Luiz Brito Suzanne Rowe
Angela Canovas Georgios Banos Maci Mueller Ted Kalbfleisch
Aniek Bouwman Gustavo de los Campos Marina Fortes Tiago Bresollin
Anne Sonesson Haipeng Yu Mario Calus Tom Wishart
Ben Reading Harvey Blackburn Mark Knauer Toni Reverter
Ben Rosen Heather Huson Matt Littlejohn Torsten Pook
Bob Weaber Hélène Gilbert Matt Spangler Tricia Johnson
Brian Davis Hélène Soyeurt Mirte Bosse Troy Rowan
Caeli Richardson Henk Bovenhuis Naomi Duijvestein Wen Huang
Cedric Gondro Hubert Pausch Noelia Ibáñez Escriche Wendy Rauw
Cheryl Quinton Ino Čurik Ole Madsen Xiangdong Ding
Christa Kuehn Jan Lassen Oscar Gonzalez-Recio Xiaolei Liu
Christian Maltecca Jana Obsteter Pascal Duenk YuLong Yin
Craig Lewis Jicai Jiang Paul Boettcher Yutaku Masuda
Daniela Lourenco Jo Newton Ricardo PongWong Yvonne Wientjes
Donagh Berry Joanna Szyda Roel Veerkamp Zexi Cai
      Zulma Vitezica

Additional Technical Reviewers

Abdulraheem Musa

Adrian Lopez-Catalina

Andrea Nuñez

Annika Bunz

Arianna Manunza

Bayode Makanjuola

Birgit Fürst-Waltl

Blessing Olabosoye

Britt de Klerk

Caitlin Sliger

Coralie Machefert

Danielle Ellinghuysen

Dirk van Winden

Eduard Murani

Elandri de Bruyn

Elena Facchini

Emmanuel Okoli Odah

Emna Rekik

Gabor Meszaros

Gabriela ‘Ella’ Dodd

Henry Reyer

Hugo Toledo

Isaac Berg

Issabelle Ampofo

Jo-Anne Harper

Johann Sölkner

Laurens van der Giessen

Marco Bink

Max Rotdschild

Mehmet Kizilaslan,

Michael Aldridge

Mina Shumaly

Nicholas Jacob

Pamela Alexandre

Paulino Perez

Rodríguez

Phillip Gurman

Rebecca Finchum

Ricarda Jahnel

Samla Cunha

Sara-Joe Burn

Shweta Sahoo

Sydney Heins

Xiaohan Jiang

Ye Bi

Yuni Resti

Style Editors

Joel Van Eenennaam Renaly Dorea

Iowa State University Digital Press

Scott McCleary Harrison Inefuku

Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Animal welfare


Genetic parameters and genome-wide signals for social network analysis traits from feeder replacement events in beef cattle

Joel Alves, Gustavo Henrique Borges, Luà­s Fernando Carneiro Araujo, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante, Lucio Flavio Mota, Karine Daenquele Pinto, Gustavo Roberto Rodrigues, Tainara Luana Soares and Julia Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Evaluation of Sow Reproductive Traits with Selection Based on Free Farrowing Data: Implications for Current and Future Breeding Program

Maja Iversen, Ellen Maud Langmoen-Kosaka, Dan Olsen, Justin Reimer and Laura Vargovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic relationship between feather cover and survival in crossbred laying hens

ILIYASS BIADA, Cristina Casto Rebollo, David Cavero Pintado and Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic analysis and simulation of locomotion and social traits in turkeys

Piter Bijma, Peter de With, Harmen Doekes, Patrick Langenhuizen, Jeff Mohr, Ryley Vanderhout, Bram Visser and Zhuoshi Wang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Improving offspring survival outcomes for mammalian livestock species

Peta Bradley, Daniel Brown, Kim Bunter, Jo-Anne Harper, David Johnston and Laura Vargovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetics of maternal defensive aggressiveness in Swiss Landrace sows

Rick D'Eath, Negar Khayatzadeh, Nicole Maffezzini, Ricardo Pong-Wong, Rainer Roehe and Simon Turner

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Neonatal piglets exhibit differential gene expression in brain and adrenal tissue associated with maternal resilience to social stress

Catherine Ernst, Andrea Luttman and Nancy Raney

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome and its genetic association with repeated skin damage scores

Simone Guimarà£es, Egbert Knol, Natalia Leite, Daniela Lourenco, Arjan Neerhof, Arielly Oliveira Garcia, Renata Rocha and Roos Vogelzang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Quantifying social genetic variance for feed efficiency in pigs

Joaquim Casellas, Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche, Sara Negro, Pedro Nuà±ez and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sensitivity of genomic heritability and predictive ability to SNP-panel reduction in dairy cattle personality traits

Philipp Hasenpusch, Anita Seidel, Georg Thaller and Thore Wilder

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

How genetic background and early post-mixing social interactions shape dynamic patterns of dyadic aggression in pigs

Xiaohan Jiang, Janice Siegford and Juan Steibel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic determination of positive and negative social behavioural traits in pigs

Gareth Arnott, Mark Brims, Mhairi Jack, Alena Kadlecova, Alistair Lawrence, Victoria E. Lee, Craig Lewis, Gabriella Lima, Tuan Nguyen, Lucy Oldham, Kenneth Rutherford, Piero Seddaiu, Isaiah Spath and Simon Turner

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Aquaculture


Accounting for Different Ploidy Levels in Trout Genetic Evaluations in a Commercial Breeding Program

Marco Bink, Mario Calus, Katharina Correa, Kasper Janssen, Kyle Martin, Jan ten Napel, Jeremie Vandenplas and Addie Vereijken

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The role of linked genomic architecture in shaping population structure and complex phenotypes in farmed Atlantic salmon

Roberto Carvalheiro, Brad Evans, Hooi Ling Khaw, James Kijas, Curtis Lind, Tim Luke and Wagdy Mekkawy

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Deciphering the genetic architecture of key economic traits in Atlantic cod breeding using a custom designed SNP Array

Muhammad Aslam, à˜yvind hansen, Anne Kettunen and Marie Lillehammer

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selective breeding alters nutritional needs of farmed fish – a model integrating breeding and fish nutrition to support fish welfare

Antti Kause, Tomé Silva and Filipe Soares

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Does selection for growth affect heart morphology in Atlantic Salmon? Evidence from image-based phenotyping

Aqeel Ahmad, Peer Berg, Gareth Difford, Hanne Dvergedal, Nicholas Jacob, Gunnar Klemetsdal, Jørgen à˜degà¥rd, Jisoo Park and Gerrit Timmerhaus

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic architecture of resistance to bacterial cold water disease in rainbow trout is altered in response to genetic changes in causative bacterial pathogen

Jason Evenhuis, Sixin Liu, Roseanna Long, Kyle Martin, Yniv Palti, Shogo Tsuruta, Roger Vallejo and Gregory Wiens

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency Performance in Large Yellow Croaker

Miaosheng Feng, Pengxin Jiang, Ning Li, Peng Xu and Tao Zhou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Optimisation of genomic selection for harvest traits of Malabar red snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus)

maura carrai, Jose Domingos, Rachel ho, Dean R. Jerry, David B. Jones, purushothaman kathiresan, joyce koh, bing Liang, Grace loo, Cecile Massault, hazim mohamed, maria nayfa, vu nguyen, xueyan shen, celestine terence, saraphina tneo and shubha vij

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for survival rate and harvest weight in Litopenaeus vannamei in commercial ponds in Ecuador using genomic relationships

Juana Chuma-Alvarez, Walter Intriago Dà­az and Hugo Horacio Montaldo Valdenegro

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Methylome and transcriptome profiles reveal the importance of glycometabolism in thermal plasticity of large yellow croaker 

Ning Li, Yanfei Yang, Yichen Li, Yidi Wu and Peng Xu

2026-07-10 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic variation for growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) under coinfection

Matt Baranski, Solomon Boison, Binyam Dagnachew, Bjarne Gjerde, Marie Lillehammer and Brand Werner

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Improving commercial body weight in turbot using records from fish measured under production conditions

Jesús Fernández, Silvia Garcà­a-Ballesteros, Elisabet Morales-González and Beatriz Villanueva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Article


A recursive algorithm for computation of the elements of T-1 required for inverting the numerator relationship for genotyped animals

Azwihangwisi Maiwashe

2026-07-12 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Avian


Genome-wide association study of bone integrity traits of femur in broiler chicken

Salvador Boccaletti Ramos, Sabrina Caetano, Diana Carvalho, Mônica Corràªa Ledur, Jane de Oliveira Peixoto, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho, Adriana Mércia Guaratini Ibelli and Danà­sio Prado Munari

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Characterization of the Chicken TAPBP Gene and Its Haplotypic Association with BF2 in the Major Histocompatibility Complex

Trisha Agulto, Eunjin Cho, Roshani Fernando, Andy van Hateren, Jaewon Kim and Jun Heon Lee

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Standardization of slaughter by live weight in Caipira slow-growing broilers using nonlinear mixed models and genetic parameters for growth and carcass traits

Júlio Cesar Balieiro, Felipe Dilelis de Rezende Souza, Vamilton Franzo, Leonardo Mazzero, Gerson Mourà£o, Luciara de Paiva and Ricardo Ventura

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

SIRT1 attenuates the host resistance to Salmonella by negatively regulating the immune response in chicken

qianmei Gao and Qinghe Li

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association studies on growth and fitness traits of a Pekin duck using imputed genotypes

Fasil Kebede, Andreas Kranis, Oswald Matika, Kiah McIntosh, Anne Rae and Eirini Tarsani

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Faecal Microbiome Comparison of Two Goose Breeds Under Identical Rearing Conditions

Kamila Kłos, Anna Koseniuk, Maria Oczkowicz and Katarzyna Połtowicz

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Analysis of Egg Production and Quality Traits in Indigenous Tanzanian Chickens

Esinam Amuzu-Aweh, Gaspar Chiwanga, Nadira Chouicha, Jack Dekkers, Rodrigo Gallardo, Terra Kelly, Susan Lamont, Tapiwanashe Magwaba, Esther Mollel, Peter Msoffe, Amandus Muhairwa, James Mushi, Muhammed Walugembe, Anna Wolc and Huaijun Zhou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phenotypic Differences During Early Development in Gallus gallus

Hailey Hoffman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phenotypic and genomic characterization of body weight traits of African chickens reared under semi-scavenging conditions

Georgios Banos, Pourya Davoudi, Tadelle Dessie, Wondmeneh Esatu, Mekonnen Girma, Olivier Hanotte, Birhan Kassa, Fasil Kebede, Bersabhe Solomon, Eirini Tarsani and Kellie Watson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic characteristics of heat tolerance-related variations among native and commercial chicken populations

Eunjin Cho, Roshani Fernando, Jaewon Kim, Jinhyeong Kim, Eunjung lee and Jun Heon Lee

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigating the Genetic Background of Northern Fowl Mite Infestation on Cage-Free Laying Hens.

Luiz Brito, Marisa Erasmus, Amy Murillo, Hinayah Oliveria, Elaina Sculley, Hayley Sutherland and Anna Wolc

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Growth and production performance of crossbred chicken providing similar nutritional plane

M Sarker

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Identification of a novel candidate gene for female puberty in birds

Q. L. Wang, X. Q. Wang, Y. C. Dai, Y. C. Yang, S. B. Zhang, Q. P. Wang, C. L. Wen, C. J. Sun, Z. T. Yin and N. Yang

2026-07-10 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-Wide Association Study of Growth and Feed Efficiency in Commercial Broiler Chickens

Behnam Abasht

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Beef cattle


Changing beef cut proportions through genetics is really hard

Mick Deland, Andrew Ewers, Wayne Pitchford and David Rutley

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Snapshot of Feed Management Practices Among U.S. Angus Producers

Luiz Brito, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano, Andre Garcia, Cedric Gondro, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Daniela Lourenco, Kelli Retallick, Gabriel Rovere, Troy Rowan and Simone Valle de Souza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Structural Soundness Matters: Genomic Evaluation of Functional Morphology in Nellore Cattle

Milena Campos, Raphael Costa, Jorge Hidalgo, Henrique Mulim, Eduarda Oliveira and Hinayah Oliveria

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluation of Impact of Genomic Data on EBV in Large Multi-breed Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation

Ryan Boldt and Dorian Garrick

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association study for mouth scores in Bos indicus x Bos taurus crossbred cows at least 10 years of age

Jannatul Bari, Clare Gill, Emilie Petrich and Luis Sanchez Ramos

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic evaluation of growth traits for selecting proven Sahiwal crossbred bulls through progeny testing in Bangladesh

Tabith M Awal, Quazi M Emdadul Huque, Abdul Awal Mintoo and M Shahjahan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessing the Economic Injury Thresholds and Decay of Performance After Onset Due to Horn Fly Abundance in Beef Cattle at the population and Animal Levels

Samuel Aggrey, Koushik Das, Romdhane Rekaya, Amanda Warner and Mahsa Zare

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic breeding values for residual feed intake for beef sires used for beef x dairy cross-breds

Albert Johannes Buitenhuis, Lisa Hein, Emre Karaman and Huiming Liu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Implementation of a National Genetic Evaluation for Female Reproductive Traits in Angus Cattle in Uruguay

Ignacio Aguilar, Beatriz Carracelas, Oscar Lema, Elly Ana Navajas, Marà­a Pravia, Graciela Quintans and Olga Ravagnolo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Variance component estimation of female fertility traits in Afrikaner cows.

Errol Cason, Hendrik Goosen, Micheal MacNeil, Frederick Neser and Michiel Scholtz

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for reconception rate of early sexual precocious Nellore heifers

Fernando Baldi, Larissa Bordin Temp, Rafael Espigolan, José Bento Ferraz, Elisangela Oliveira, Letà­cia Pereira and Angelica Pereira

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimating the Heritability of Beef Heifers' Ability to Rebreed at Two and Three Years of Age

Jaedyn Condon, Miranda Culbertson and Sarah Phelps

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Insights into Bovine Eosinophilic Myositis: From Field Data to Genomic Selection Strategies

Sabrina Arrieudarre, Aurélia Baur, Mekki Boussaha, Marie Drouet, Clémentine Escouflaire, Sébastien Fritz, Cécile GROHS, Hélène Leclerc, Pauline Martin, Nicolas Oudot, Pauline Plasse and Rémi Salesses

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessment of genetic parameters and trends for growth, carcass, reproductive, feed-efficiency, and methane-emission traits in an experimental beef cattle population over four decades of selection

Joel Alves, Sarah Bonilha, Luiz Brito, Roberta Canesin, Joslaine Cyrillo, Fabieli Feitosa, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante, Lucio Flavio Mota, Karine Daenquele Pinto, Gustavo Roberto Rodrigues, Tainara Luana Soares and Julia Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Residual Genomic Breeding Values as Indicators of Heat Resilience in a Beef on Dairy Population

Nader Deeb, Gabriela Gouveia, Jocelyn Johnson, Virginia Ribeiro, Pablo Ross, Adam Utsunomiya, Yuri Utsunomiya and Matheus Vieira

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Validation of a Single-Step Genomic Evaluation for Meat Eating Quality Traits in Irish Beef Cattle.

Donagh Berry, Stephen Conroy, Saeid Naderi and Matthew Thompson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Influence of sire EPD's and genetic rankings on weaning performance of beef calves.

Bruno Ambrozio Galindo, Alexandre Lesseur Dos Santos, Lanna Lopes, Lorenza Maria pinzon, Luis Ramos, Kelly Ruiz and Luisa Zardo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic insights into horn fly resistance in beef cattle

Andres Alvarado-Vargas, Luana Alvares, Paola Boscollo, Giovanni C. Ladeira, Castle Cavender, Fernanda Rezende and Patricia Tayama

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Disentangling the effects of heterosis on cow fertility traits in American Beefmaster cattle

Lance Bauer, Cassidy Catrett and Troy Rowan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating beef carcase quality traits in an Australian multibreed population.

Elandri de Bruyn, Benjamin Holman, Stephen Miller, Kirsty Moore and Brad Walmsley

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic selection models for functional longevity in Brazilian Angus cattle

Gabriel Campos, Fernando Cardoso, Vinicius Junqueira, Daniela Lourenco and Hinayah Oliveria

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Accounting for Dominance Improves Estimated Breeding Value Accuracy for Age at First Calving in Girolando Cattle

Marcos Vinicius Barbosa da Silva, Simone Guimarà£es, Mateus Guimarà£es dos Santos and Guilherme J. M. Rosa

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Heritability of bovine respiratory disease in weaned beef calves

Miranda Culbertson, Ross Havens and Audrey Tarochione

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimates of genetic parameters, heterosis, and breed effects for beef tenderness and marbling.

Bailey Engle, D Andy King, Larry Kuehn, Marcos Pastrana, Steven Shackelford, Warren Snelling, Matthew Spangler and Tommy Wheeler

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic analysis of weight gain in crossbred dairy calves

Christine Baes, Isis Hermisdorff, David Renaud, Flavio Schenkel, Lucas Silva Ferlin Lopes and Michael Steele

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Across-Country Correlations of Feed Efficiency Traits in Beef Cattle

Lais Grigoletto, Melanie Hess and Ziqing Weng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters and genomic predictions for methane traits in a multibreed beef cattle population

Kent Andersen, Yeni Bernal Rubio, Fernando Di Croce, Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Daniel Gordo, Craig Hays, Lee Leachman, Tiago Luciano Passafaro, Leticia Sanglard and Thomas Short

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Who's your daddy? Proof of concept for parent verification of beef on dairy crossed animals with unknown sire or dam information.

Jackie Atkins, Ryan Boldt, Jordan Bowman, Jaedyn Condon, Miranda Culbertson and Denise Schwab

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of a genetic evaluation for severe liver abscesses in beef à— dairy crossbred cattle

Kent Andersen, Yeni Bernal Rubio, Fernando Di Croce, Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Daniel Gordo, Tiago Luciano Passafaro, Leticia Sanglard, William Sexten, Thomas Short and Shannon Smith

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Unlocking the Potential of a Neglected Zoogenetic Resource, the Arequipa Fighting Bull

Carlos Arbizu Berrocal, Lizeth Heredia-Vilchez, Jorge Maicelo, Luis Murga Valderrama, Carlos Scotto Espinoza and Jerry Valdeiglesias

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlation estimates between pregnancy loss in early-challenged heifers and economically important traits in Nellore cattle

Sabrina Amorim, Fernando Baldi, Flávia Bis, Ludmilla Brunes, Rafael Espigolan, José Bento Ferraz, Elisangela Oliveira, Letà­cia Pereira, Angelica Pereira and Joà£o Silva Neto

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigating genotype-by-sex interaction in genomic predictions for beef cattle growth traits

Everestus Akanno and Jared Decker

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Across breed regression of traits on breed specific breeding values

Jason Archer, Nicholas Sneddon, Danitsja van der Linden and Anna Vaughan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Validating available genomic predictions marketed for commercial crossbred cattle

Clint Bailey, Jamie Courter and Jared Decker

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic autosomal contribution to total additive and non-additive genetic effects for carcass weight and beef marbling in Japanese Black cattle

Hiroyuki Hirooka, Keiichi Inoue, Yuu Kishida, Motohide Nishio and Masayuki Takeda

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic evaluation of residual feed intake adjusted for rump fat in beef cattle: implications for selection strategies

Fernando Baldi, Fernando Bussiman, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco, Letà­cia Pereira and Larissa Temp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Best Linear Unbiased Prediction-based Estimation and Comparative Analysis of Carcass Traits in Hanwoo (Korean Brown Cattle)

Seungwon Oh and Duhak Yoon

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Use of research herds to assess industry genetic evaluations of beef cattle

Bailey Engle, Larry Kuehn, Warren Snelling and R. Mark Thallman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Preliminary results show high genetic correlations for carcass traits in Japanese Black and F1 Angus cattle

Madeliene Facy, Joe Grose and Adam Lloyd

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Beef x Dairy Matings: Opportunities to Enhance Value and Genetic Evaluation Systems

Robert Weaber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Longissimus muscle lipidomics profile of Nellore cattle submitted to fetal programming

Daniel S. Antonelo, Luiz Brito, Felipe Carvalho, Arà­cia Fernandes, José Bento Ferraz, Édison Furlan, Guilherme Polizel, Artur O. Rocha and Miguel Santana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Heterosis estimates for heifer pregnancy in US beef cattle

Bailey Engle, Larry Kuehn, Warren Snelling and R. Mark Thallman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modeling age at first calving in Nelore cattle using Survival Analysis

Danilo Alvares, Fernando Baldi, Salvador Boccaletti Ramos, Sabrina Caetano, Larissa Gonà§alves Barbosa, Danà­sio Prado Munari and Roney Texeira da Silva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlations between the probability of calving by 30 months of age and the traits evaluated by the Embrapa Geneplus Program

Ivan Carvalho Filho, Raphael Katsuragi, Fábio L. B. Toral and Gilberto Menezes

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Bees & Insects


Targeted within-family phenotyping increases selection response in communal black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) breeding: a simulation study

Gà¼rbà¼z DaÅŸ, Cornelia Metges, Manfred Mielenz, Abdulraheem Musa, Norbert Reinsch, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers and Dörte Wittenburg

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters and genotype-by-diet (G à— D) interactions for growth traits in Australian Black soldier fly larvae

Kishor Gowda Bommalingegowda, Dean R. Jerry, David B. Jones, Shafira Septriani, Constant Tedder and Kyall R. Zenger

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimating variance components and breeding values in honeybee populations with pedigree or genomic information

Gregor Gorjanc, Jana Obsteter and Nika Pustovrh

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phenotyping through the mess: Contamination-aware NIR models for prediction of amino acid composition in live black soldier fly larvae for selective breeding applications

Laurits Bundgaard Andersen, Albert Johannes Buitenhuis, Grum Gebreyesus, Kim Jensen, Samantha Joan Noel and Roos Marina Zaalberg

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Beyond Borders, Across Generations: Hybridization Effects on Reproduction Performance, Adult Longevity and Larval Growth in Tenebrio molitor

Christos G. Athanassiou, Kostas Mathiopoulos, Christos I. Rumbos, Eleani-Anthi Skreti and Panagiota Soulioti

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Breeding goals & design


The Genomic Selection Index: A Tool for Enhancing Improvement in Low Heritability Traits

Saheb Foroutanifar

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Developing the Rwandan Dairy Profit Index

Ireti Balogun, Timothy Byrne, Mason Chizk, David Hambrook, Tom Kirk, Simone Savoia and Felicien Shumbusho

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Trait prioritization approaches which acknowledge farmers and breeding program practitioners as human beings

Peter Amer

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A practical tool: automated pipeline−genetic evaluation quality control and auto-fitting into non-linear selection index

Peter Amer, Fiona Hely, Katarzyna Stachowicz and Xinyue Zhang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluation of the genotype imputation accuracy between SNP Chips in different densities and their impacts on (g)EBV prediction in pig breeding

Wenyu Jiang, Xiaobing Jiang, Rui Wu and CHUNYAN ZHANG

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison of trait weighting and relative emphasis between U.S. beef x beef and beef x dairy breeding objectives

Bruce Golden, Larissa Meier, Scott Newman and Matthew Spangler

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of a nucleus selection index for selection within elite breeding programs

Peter Amer, Doug Bjelland, Timothy Byrne, John Crowley, Fiona Hely and Cheryl Quinton

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development and validation of a bioeconomic simulation model for estimating economic values in South American Camelids

Ronald Damas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Economic values of growth, fillet yield, disease resistance and survival in organic rainbow trout in Denmark

Albert Johannes Buitenhuis, Thinh Chu, Hanne Marie Nielsen and Marjolein Verweij

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The problem of using ratio traits when improving feed and methane efficiency

Julius van der Werf

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

How does the continuous addition of new traits affect U.S. selection indices?

John B. Cole

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Indirect-Economic Trait Constraints into Bio-Economic Indices Using Residual Penalization and Trait Adjustment Matrices

Kristen Branston, Jian Cheng, Selma Davis, Mary Kate Hollifield, Steve Larmer and Meng-Chun Tseng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Derivation of economic values for an intensive beef-on-dairy crossbred system using a bio-economic model

Alban BOUQUET, Ruth Bønløkke Davis, Line Hjortø, Marin Magnussen, Hanne Marie Nielsen, Søren à˜stergaard and Jørn Rind Thomasen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Different Goals, Common Ground: A Global Perspective on Dairy Breeding Objectives

Peter Amer, Michelle Axford, alex barenco, Donagh Berry, Kevin Byskov, John B. Cole, Gerben de Jong, Raffaella Finocchiaro, Nicolas Gengler, Oscar González-Recio, Jason Graham, José Antonio Jiménez-Montero, Radovan Kasarda, Margaret Kelleher, Bognár László, Rocland Maelle, Filippo Miglior, Bernice Mostert, Timothee Neuenschwander' <, Takefumi Osawa, Klemen Potočnik, Katarzyna Rzewuska, Christin Schmidtmann, Haifa Splittorff, Katrien Wijnrocx and Marco Winters

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Redefinition of the selection index in response to the expectations of Polish Holstein-Friesian breeders.

Cheryl Quinton, Katarzyna Rzewuska and Katarzyna Stachowicz

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Economic values of fertility, growth, and carcass traits for beef cattle seedstock and cow-calf operations in the Southeastern U.S.

Paola Boscollo, Camila Raineri, Fernanda Rezende, Ricarda Santos and Jesse Savell

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Companion animals


Integration of GWAS, Long and Short Reads Sequencing to Identify Genetic Variants Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Cats

David J Connolly, Andrew M Crean, Virginia Luis Fuentes, Ankit Hinsu, Androniki Psifidi, Jade Raffle, Ozge Sidekli and Thomas A Smedley

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Contributions from historic popular sires increased recessive disease-causing alleles for two heritable eye conditions in dogs

Rosalind Craddock, Gregor Gorjanc, Joanna Ilska, Mateja Janes Fistric, Cathryn Mellersh, Steph Smith and Pamela Wiener

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Contributing to the Reduction of Canine Hemangiosarcoma Prevalence by Developing and Implementing Genomic Breeding Values

Frances Chen, Breno Fragomeni, Jorge Hidalgo, Eldin Leighton, Shauneen O'Neill, Jane Russenberger and Madeline Zimmerman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Preliminary Genomic Profiling and Population Structure Analysis of the Boerboel dog breed (BBD): Determining the Lineage Status of coat colour

Rendani Madula, Kgaogelo Mafolo, Mahlako Makgahlela and Carina Visser

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Low pass whole genome sequencing plus targeted capture: a platform for high accuracy genotyping, trait discovery, and genomic evaluation in working dogs

Kasia Bryc, Frances Chen, Breno Fragomeni, Amit Indap, Elinor Karlsson, Brittney Kenney, Eldin Leighton, Kate Megquier, Jane Russenberger, Vista Sohrab and Madeline Zimmermann

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Analysis of Labrador Retriever Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Using Genome-Wide Association and Sequencing

Katy M Evans, Heather Huson, C.Kyle Quigley, Krishnamoorthy Srikanth and Joseph Thorsrud

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Successful selection against fearfulness in Swedish Rough Collie dogs - direct and indirect selection response

Per Arvelius, Katja Nilsson and Erling Strandberg

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association study suggests PPP3CA as a candidate gene for canine atopic dermatitis

Lauren Baker and Zhuonan Wu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association analysis of acquired urinary incontinence in female dogs

Lauren Baker and Teresita de Jesus Valdes-Arciniega

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Conservation & local programs


Exploring genetic diversity of the Angus population: a temporal multi-country perspective

Andre Garcia, Kajal Latimer, Larissa Novo, Pedro Ramos, Kelli Retallick, Malshani Samaraweera, Rafael Silva and Carel Teseling

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluation of Population Structure in Cattle: Comparison between Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Microsatellite Marker Performance

Bhaveni KOOVERJEE and Pranisha Soma

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating BLUP and Selection Index Methods to Enhance Genetic Improvement in Tropical Poultry Breeding Programs

Alula Assen, Tadelle Dessie, Wondmeneh Esatu and Olivier Hanotte

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic selection signatures and population differentiation in South African beef cattle breeds

Mamokoma Modiba, Bohani Mtileni and Khathutshelo Nephawe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide identification of heterozygosity-rich regions in the native Saryarka sheep breed of Kazakhstan

Sholpan Bakhtybekkyzy, Hassan Baneh, Aizhan Mussayeva and Zarina Orazymbetova

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluation of genetic structure and effective population size in Japanese Shorthorn cattle using pedigree and genomic data

Yuto Ara, Kenshiro Hara, Rintaro Nagai, Oka Saito, Shinji Sasaki, Yoshinobu Uemoto, Kosuke Yamagata and Jumpei Yasuda

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

PigARGs and gene flow between worldwide pig populations

Hannes Becher, Gabriela Fortuna, Gregor Gorjanc and Yu Zhang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Ancient lineages in modern landscapes: genomic evidence from native northern European goats

Peer Berg, Seán Carolan, Paolo Cozzi, Anna-Karin Gidlund, Lise Grøva, Anna Maria Johansson, Johannes A. Lenstra, Arianna Manunza, Joseph Thomas Ryder and Alessandra Stella

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Restoring the black alpaca population in Peru

Alonso Burgos, Riketts Cayllahua, Alan Cruz, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, GUSTAVO Guttierez-Reynoso and Alex Yucra

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic diversity and population structure of the Mexican Creole pig Ts'à¼di Xirgo.

Rogelio Alonso Morales, Carlos Castro Roca, Gustavo Castro Rosa, Yasmin De Loera Ortega, Adelfa Garcà­a Contreras, Carlos Medina González, Susana Mendoza Elvira, àngel Sierra Vásquez and Hugo Toledo-Alvarado

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating the impact of thirty years of directional genetic selection on shaping the population genomic structures of Italian pig breeds

Francesca Bertolini, Matteo Bolner, Samuele Bovo, Luca Fontanesi, Maurizio Gallo and Giuseppina Schiavo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison of traditional and gamma-based diversity metrics in dairy cattle breeds

Matias Bermann, Andres Legarra, Daniela Lourenco and Hélène Wilmot

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gene banks for conserving and managing genetic diversity in the era of genomics and new reproductive technologies

Sipke Joost Hiemstra, Kor Oldenbroek, Annemieke Rattink, Mira Schoon and Jack Windig

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Rapid approximation of principal components from hybrid pedigree and genomic relatedness for population structure analysis

Hannes Becher, Gregor Gorjanc, Jaime Ortiz Cuadros and Smaragda Tsairidou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Managing genomic diversity and farm structure in the Leccese chicken using high-density SNP genotypes

Antonio Camarda, Pasquale De Palo, Vincenzo Landi, Giusy Rusco and MEDHAT SALEH

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Revealing the Footprints of Balancing Selection in the Sheep Genome

Adrián Halvonà­k, Radovan Kasarda, Nina Moravčà­ková, Karolà­na PáleÅ¡ová, Hana Vostrá-Vydrová and LuboÅ¡ Vostrà½

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Geographic characterization of Hereford cattle genetics in the United States

P. Bedwell, Harvey Blackburn, R. Enns, Miranda Giannini, Stacy Sanders and Scott Speidel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Embrapa Geneplus Program: consulting services in genetic improvement of beef cattle

Gilberto Menezes and Paulo Nobre

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Signatures of selection revealed by SNPs and structural variants in unselected and contemporary Holstein cattle

Clarissa Boschiero, John B. Cole, Brian A. Crooker, John D. Lippolis, George E. Liu, Ben Rosen, Anthony J. Seykora and Wanda J. Weber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Analysis of selection signatures reveals different adaptive strategies in five Italian beef cattle breeds

Daniele Colombi, Guido Gomez Proto, Emiliano Lasagna, Enrico Mancin, Roberto Mantovani, Francesco Perini, Andrea Quaglia, Cristina Sartori, Fiorella Sbarra and Francesco Tiezzi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic signatures of selection within ecotypes of the Indigenous Veld Goat Breeds of South Africa

Sithembisile Gcabashe, Khanyisile Hadebe and Moeketsi Segakoeng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Using a large commercial reference population to predict performance in a local pig breeding program

Annika Bunz, Eli Grindflek, Jo-Anne Harper, Marcos Lopes, Dianne van der Spek and Laura Vargovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Detection of Runs of Homozygosity and Heterozygosity-Rich Regions in Brahman Cattle

Sabrina Amorim, Milagros Arias, Fernando Baldi, Luis Camaripano, Rafael Espigolan and Elisa Peripolli

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Livestock Genomic Health During Domestication: A Palaeogenomic Perspective

Kevin Daly

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimated proportions of Bos taurus and Bos indicus admixture in Mashona and Tuli, ancient composites from Zimbabwe

Harvey Blackburn, Richard Browning, ElHamidi Hay, Emily Hayes and Ashley Ling

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic diversity and population structure in Nordic Red Dairy Cattle populations

Morten Kargo, Lars Peter Sørensen, Saija Tenhunen, Jørn Rind Thomasen and Pekka Uimari

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Conserving and reconstituting key Animal Genetic Resources in an era of epidemic

Harvey Blackburn, Paul Boettcher, Sipke Joost Hiemstra, Isidore Houaga, Samuel Paiva, Pradeepa Silva and Ewa Sosin

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessment and Maintenance of Genetic Purity in Indonesian Local Cattle Populations via Integrated Genomic Selection and SNP Parentage Analysis

Surya Rahmatullah

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Insights into the genetic diversity and population structure of Thuringian and other European goat breeds using SNP chip data

Danny Arends, Gudrun Brockmann, Sean Carolan, Joanne Conington, Paula Korkuć, Johannes A. Lenstra, Amparo Martà­nez, Guilherme B. Neumann, Amira Warda Omar, Siham Rahmatalla, Monika Reissmann and Eva Strucken

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Conservation strategies for local Dutch sheep breeds: combining (genomic) diversity indicators

J. Hoorneman, Jisca Huisman, Mira Schoon, Jan ten Napel and Jack Windig

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

On the horns of a dilemma: impact of selecting for polledness on genetic diversity in the Danish Holstein population

Alban BOUQUET and Zexi Cai

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Gir Cattle in Mexico Based on SNP Molecular Markers.

Joel Domà­nguez Viveros, Jorge Hidalgo, Ricardo Emmanuel Martà­nez Rocha, Rafael Núà±ez Domà­nguez, Perla Lucia Ordeà±ez Baquera, Rodolfo Ramà­rez Valverde and JONATHAN EMANUEL VALERIO HERNàNDEZ

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic diversity, population structure and admixture in native cattle breeds of Benin

Maximilien Azalou, Isidore Houaga, Christophe Iwaka, Tafara Kundai Mavunga, Kathiravan Periasamy, Rudolf Pichler, Stephane R. Tapsoba, Alassan S. Assani, Hilaire Sorébou Sanni Worogo, Ibrahim T. Alkoiret, Nassirou Taba, Amadou Traore and Loukaiya Zorobouragui

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Runs of Homozygosity and Selection Signatures in Indigenous Cattle Populations of Ethiopia Using SNP Markers

Genet Addisu, setegn worku alemu, Zewdu Edea and Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

High-Resolution Genomic Assessment of Diversity and Conservation Risks in Croatian Indigenous Cattle

Vlatka Cubric-Curik, Ino Curik, Maja Ferenčaković, Zvonimir Mijadžiković and LuboÅ¡ Vostrà½

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide Analysis of Runs of Homozygosity in six Indian Buffalo Breeds

Swapnil Gajjar, Rajesh Gupta, Akanksha Kesharwani, ATUL Mahajan, Nilesh Nayee, A Sudhakar and Kamlesh Trivedi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Whole genome sequencing of the Southern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum) genome in efforts to its conservation in South Africa.

Sibusiso Hadebe, Nompilo Hlongwane, Tshepo M Mafokwane, Ntanganedzeni Mapholi, Tracy Masebe, Sinebongo Mdyogolo, Annelin Molotsi, Lucky Nesengani, Rae Smith and Thendo Tshilate

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Advancing Bison (Bison bison) Genomics to Strengthen Herd and Metapopulation Health and Resiliency

Fred Boehm, Michael Gonda, Jose Gonzalez Hernandez, Jeff Martin and Philip Urso

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phenotypic and genetic exploration of first- and second-generation progeny sired by gene bank collection bulls

Harvey Blackburn, Chad Dechow and ElHamidi Hay

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Dairy cattle


Prediction of dry matter intake and residual feed intake of Holsteins in Japan from milk traits including fatty acids

Akiko Nishiura, Yuriko Saito, Osamu Sasaki, Tamako Tanigawa and Ryoki Tatebayashi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for residual feed intake and genotypic associations to other traits in Holstein calves

Isaac Haagen, Brad Heins and Isaac Rott

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Runs of Homozygosity, Conception Rate, and Calf Traits in Reconstituted Lost-Y Holstein Lineages

Harvey Blackburn, Chad Dechow, Hannah Kelley and Wansheng Liu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Breed-of-Origin Genetic Parameters and Genome-Wide Association Study for Milk Yield in Tanzanian Crossbred Dairy Cattle

setegn worku alemu, Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu, Gebregziabher Gebreyohanes, Raphael Mrode and Julie Ojango

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The effect of heat stress on daily milk yield in Holstein Nordic cattle

Patricia Ask-Gullstrand, Pablo Dominguez-Castaà±o, Martin Johnsson, Tomas Klingström, Ingemar Ohlsson, Gabriela Olmos Antillón, Joakim Svensson and Lena-Mari Tamminen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparative Evaluation of Wood, Wilmink, Guo-Swalve, and Random Regression Models for Describing Lactation Curves in Dairy Buffalo

Sibtain Ahmad, Asad Ullah Hyder and Kamran Ahmad Nasir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic and transcriptional characterisation of bovine digital dermatitis using long and short read whole genome sequencing and total bulk and single cell RNA-seq

Alkiviadis Anagnostopoulos, Elizabeth Attree, Georgios Banos, Kaixin Bao, Nicholas Evans, Amy Gillespie, Debbie Guest, Ankit Hinsu, Georgios Oikonomou, Androniki Psifidi, Ana Sato, Nektarios Siachos, Dirk Werling and Dong Xia

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for productive life and daughter pregnancy rate related to fly prevalence in grazing dairy cattle.

Chad Dechow, Samantha Fredin, Isaac Haagen and Brad Heins

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic evaluation of milk production using robotic milking data

Javier Chasco, Juan Nani and Francisco Peà±agaricano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Random regression and Bayesian approaches for longitudinal modelling of lactation performance in dairy buffaloes

Sibtain Ahmad, Asad Ullah Hyder and Kamran Ahmad Nasir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for traits derived from measures of electrical conductivity collected by automatic milking systems and their correlations with clinical mastitis in Holstein cattle

Luiz Brito, Shi-Yi Chen and Jacob Maskal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic regions associated with reproductive traits and uterine health in dairy cows under smallholder production systems in Mexico.

MARINA DURAN AGUILAR, Adriana Garcia-Ruiz, Felipe de Jesús Ruiz-López, HECTOR RAYMUNDO VERA AVILA, MIGUEL ANGEL VIDALS MEZA and FERNANDO VILLASEà‘OR GONZALEZ

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for lactation yields of milk and milksolids of New Zealand dairy cows undergoing standard and extended lactations

Sarah Bird, John Edwards and Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Ketosis in Dairy Cattle

Mohammed Abo-Ismail, Paul Anderson, Fernando Campos, George Gallagher, Julie Huzzey, Caroline Kargenian, Daniel Peterson, Siroj Pokharel, Mehdi Sargolzaei and Kim Sprayberry

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic analysis of body weight in smallholder crossbred dairy cows in India, based on using linear body measurements

Mohammad Al kalaldeh, Kaustubh Bhave, Roy Costilla, Velu Dhanikachalam, Yuvraj Gaundare, John Gibson, Ben Hayes, Santosh Kumar Jadhav, Akshay Joshi, Sachin Joshi, Vinod Potdar, Nikhil Punde, Shantanu Shinde, Tejashree Shirsath and Marimuthu Swaminathan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction in Dairy Systems: Modelling the Effect of Feeding Strategies on the Lifetime Productivity of Contrasting Cattle Breeds

Sibtain Ahmad, Asad Ullah Hyder, Muhammad Riaz and Muhammad Zubair

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Towards a single-step genomic evaluation of cheese-making traits predicted from MIR spectra in eight French dairy cattle breeds

Aurélia Baur, Didier Boichard, Olivier Bulot, Delphine Duclos, Sébastien Fritz, Nicolas Gaudillière, Marine Gelé, Anais Maupomé, Marie-Pierre Sanchez and Valérie Wolf

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Prediction of Age at First Calving in Ethiopian Crossbred Cattle

Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu, Gebregziabher Gebreyohanes, Besufekad Jufar, Seifemichael Mamo, Selam Meseret, Raphael Mrode, Julie Ojango and Asrat Tera

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic studies of host resistance to contagious and non-contagious foot lesions in dairy cattle

Alkiviadis Anagnostopoulos, Georgios Banos, Matthew Barden, Cherrill Bedford, Mike Coffey, Bethany Griffiths, Bingjie Li, Georgios Oikonomou, Androniki Psifidi and Eirini Tarsani

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetics of udder conformation traits derived from robotic milking systems data using genomic random regression models in American Holstein cattle

Luiz Brito, Shi-Yi Chen, Jacob Maskal, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante, Hinayah Oliveria, Gustavo Rodrigues and Joao Silva Neto

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomics of ultrasound-derived phenotypes and liver metabolic status during the transition period in Holstein cattle

Francesco Amodeo, Giovanni Bani, Marina Bertarello, Vittoria Bisutti, Alessio Cecchinato, Enrico Fiore, Gabriele Giannotta, Diana Giannuzzi, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Sara Pegolo, Marco Aurelio Ramirez Mauricio, Carlo Rovetta, Giulia Secchi, Alessandro Toscano and Erminio Trevisi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Associations Between Genomic Merit for Enteric Methane Emissions and Milk Quality and Cheese-Making Efficiency in Holstein cows

Stefano Biffani, Claudio Cipolat-Gotet, Martina Dorigo, Raffaella Finocchiaro, Allison Fleming, Francesca Fumagalli, Silvia Graziani, Francesca Malchiodi, Filippo Miglior, Giorgia Stocco, Irene Tedeschi and Francesco Tiezzi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic and non-genetic factors related to the conception rate at first service of dairy cows

Rebecca Hickson, Arjan Jonker, Ajmal Khan, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Lorna McNaughton, Juan Felipe Rocha and Chris Tidey

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating pregnancy diagnosis data into New Zealand's national dairy fertility evaluation

Peter Amer, Becky Curry, Freddy Fikse, Ee Cheng Ooi and Katarzyna Stachowicz

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Parameters and Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Lactation Traits in High-Altitude Dairy Cattle

Bin Li, Shanshan Li, Yachun Wang, Jingyi Xu and Hailiang Zhang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Exploring the Genetic Basis of Milking Ability in the Italian Mediterranean Buffalo

Stefano Biffani, Giuseppe Campanile, Roberta Cimmino, Gabriele Di Vuolo, Yuri Gombia, Mayra Gomez, Gianluca Neglia, Lorenzo Pascarella, Dario Rossi and Gianluigi Zullo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Aligning U.S. Reproductive Performance Evaluations with Contemporary Dairy Cattle

Jason Graham, Andres Legarra, Ashley Ling, Taylor McWhorter, Ezequiel Nicolazzi, Simone Savoia and Paul VanRaden

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters of body weight traits from a 3D camera system in Nordic Holstein and Red Dairy Cattle

Christian Bengtsson, Kasia Kupisiewicz, Jan Lassen and Rasmus Stephansen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of heritability of hoof and leg disorders and their genetic relationships with longevity and feet and leg conformation traits in Holstein Cows

Toshimi Baba, Yusaku Goto, Jumpei Kawakami and Taro Oka

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic regions associated with postpartum uterine health in dairy cows under smallholder production systems in Mexico.

MARINA DURAN AGUILAR, Adriana Garcia-Ruiz, Felipe de Jesús Ruiz-López, HECTOR RAYMUNDO VERA AVILA, MIGUEL ANGEL VIDALS MEZA and FERNANDO VILLASEà‘OR GONZALEZ

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluation of heat resilience genomic predictions for first service conception in US Holstein cows

Joslyn Beard, Brenda Fessenden and Dan Weigel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integration of external data into Uruguayan Holstein evaluation for fertility

Matias Bermann, Beatriz Carracelas, Andres Legarra, Rodrigo D. López-Correa, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Olga Ravagnolo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Milk fatty acids of Holstein cows compared with Holstein, Jersey, Montbéliarde, Normande, and Viking Red crossbred cows in an organic grazing and conventional dairy herd

Kathryn bosley, Leslie Hansen and Brad Heins

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic reliabilities for a prospective hoof health trait in US dairy cattle genetic evaluations

John B. Cole, Robert Fourdraine, Ashley Ling, Kristen Parker Gaddis and Chang Xu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effect of metabolic diseases on milk performance of Spanish dairy cattle

Daniel Garcà­a-Garcà­a, José Antonio Jiménez-Montero and M.Angeles Pérez-Cabal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Crossbreeding parameters for milk fatty acid composition in pasture-based dairy cows

Daniel Donaghy, Stephen E. Holroyd, Ignacio López, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Alastair MacGibbon and Yaliska Moreno-Gonzalez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association study of saturated, mono and polyunsaturated milk fatty acids in Canadian dairy cows using Bayesian models

Eveline Ibeagha-Awemu, Kadir Kizilkaya, Sunday Peters and Xin zhao

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Herd-level data quality control improves genetic evaluations for gestation length in dairy cattle

Donagh Berry, Frank Buckley, Ross Evans and samson Ithagu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic basis of blood beta-hydroxybutyrate predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra in dairy cows

Christa Egger-Danner, Birgit Fuerst-Waltl, Stefan Gruber, Phuong N Ho, Majid Khansefid, Astrid Köck, Hermann Schwarzenbacher, Johann Sölkner and Ruidong Xiang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Selection for Improved Milking Efficiency and Adaptability in Automatic Milking Systems

Ivan Campos, Mark Carson, Sikko Hidding, Michael Lohuis, Francesca Malchiodi, Fernando Mazeris, Roel Roelofs and Jay Shannon

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating Ensemble and Single-Model Methods for Reconstructing Incomplete Lactation Curves

Pablo Fonseca, Di Liang, Gerson Oliveira Jr. and Natascha Vukasinovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Disease & heat resistance


Genomic Characterization and Selection Signatures of a Cryptocaryon irritans-Resistant Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea)

yin li, Jiaying Wang, Peng Xu, Ji Zhao and Tao Zhou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Heritability of Pulmonary Arterial Pressure and Heart Score in Angus Cattle Adapted to High-Altitude Environments

Luana Alvares, R. Enns, Andre Garcia, Pedro Ramos, Kelli Retallick and Scott Speidel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Fine-Mapping Genomic Regions Contributing to Thermotolerance in Beef Cattle

Raluca Mateescu, Eduardo Rodriguez, Camila Santos Rojas and Gabriel Zayas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selection index including resilience measured in controlled environments improves performances in disturbed environments

Simona ANTONIOS and Ingrid David

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic relationship between disease resilience and selection index traits

Jenelle Dunkelberger, Claudia Sevillano, Laura Vargovic and Susan Wijga

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Runs of homozygosity in sheep selected for gastrointestinal nematode resistance

Veridiana Castro, Luara Freitas, Claudia C. P. Paz, Letà­cia Pereira, Elisa Peripolli, Julia Rodrigues and Nedenia Stafuzza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Selection for Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) under Challenge Conditions

Issabelle Ampofo, Arun Dhar, Breno Fragomeni, Daniel Grevers, Monique Luna, Hung Mai and Harris Wright

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetics of dairy cow resilience in US Holsteins

John B. Cole, Robert Fourdraine, Fiona Louise Guinan, Francisco Peà±agaricano and Kent Weigel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Impact of phenotypic pre-adjustments on genetic parameters for disease resilience traits in pigs

Luiz Brito, Jenelle Dunkelberger, Claudia Sevillano and Maria Victoria Souza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic regions associated with resilience indicators and medical treatments in Swiss Large White and Swiss Landrace pigs

Wim Gorssen, Naveen Kumar Kadri, Negar Khayatzadeh, Hubert Pausch and Carmen Winters

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare: Reinforcement of animal resilience (SOA16)

Maria Ballester, Hannes Bergmann, Alessandra Crisà , Esther Ellen, Nicolas Friggens, Pilar Frutos, Manuel Gesto, Tomas Klingström, Gianni Lo Iacono, Severine Parois, Sara Pegolo, Daniele Petrucci, Marie-Hélène Pinard-van Der Laan, Richard Piers Smith, Aroa Suárez-Vega, Piotr Topolski and Klaus Wimmers

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Realized gains in survival from divergent selection in Nile tilapia validated under laboratory and field conditions

Alejandro Tola Alvarez, Rajesh Joshi, Thea Pineda and Anders Skaarud

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Metabolic signatures after genetic selection of litter size homogeneity and resilience in a maternal rabbit line

Marà­a-José Argente, Maria-Luz Garcà­a-Pardo, Pilar Hernández, Marina Martà­nez‐Álvaro and Celus Shailaja

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Hair Shedding Scores in an Angus Beef Polulation at High Elevation

Paige Autry, R. Enns, Mackenzie Griffin and Scott Speidel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sequence-based GWAS of heat tolerance traits in Holstein and Montbeliard cattle

Anne Barbat, Christine Bertrand, Didier Boichard, Mekki Boussaha, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano, Chris Hozé, Sophie Mattalia, Marie-Pierre Sanchez, Roxane Vallee and Aurelie Vinet

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Assessment of Resilience Indicators Derived from Dry Matter Intake, and Feeding Behavior Using Random Regression Models in Beef Cattle

Sarah Bonilha, Roberta Canesin, Luà­s Fernando Carneiro Araujo, Joslaine Cyrillo, Fabieli Feitosa, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante, Gustavo Roberto Rodrigues and Julia Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigating the Genomic Architecture of Avian Influenza Resistance in Asian chickens

Damer Blake, Tairrie Bremner, Guillaume Fournie, Ankit Hinsu, Md Ahasanul Hoque, Androniki Psifidi, Hoa Thi Thanh Pham and Fiona Tomley

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Lactation Curve Responses to Heat Stress in Holstein Cows Stratified by Genomic Breeding Values for Heat Tolerance

Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Asmita Kulkarni, Gerson Oliveira Jr., Hendyel Pacheco, Miguel Sánchez-Castro, Giovana Vargas and Natascha Vukasinovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A stochastic simulation framework for evaluating genetic resistance to cattle ticks: an application to assess experimental designs for heritability estimation

Sebastián Munilla and Santiago Watson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

From success to strategy: Genetics for health and sustainability in aquaculture

Matt Baranski

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters and genome-wide association studies of disease in growing pigs under a polymicrobial natural disease challenge

Jack Dekkers, Michael Dyck, Frederic Fortin, John Harding, Usamah Kabuye, Graham Plastow and Tom Rathje

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selection for birth weight uniformity in the Iberian pig improves robustness and animal welfare

Francisco Calvente, Isabel Cervantes, Nora Formoso-Rafferty, Juan M Garcà­a-Casco, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, Marà­a Muà±oz, Candela Ojeda-Marà­n, Davinia Perdomo-González, M.Angeles Pérez-Cabal and Fernando Sánchez-Esquiliche

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Physiological patterns underlying behavioral traits in Avileà±a-Negra Ibérica calves under heat stress

Marà­a Carabaà±o, Clara Dà­az, Carmen González, Alba Hernández-Pumar, Jorge López-Martà­nez, Cristina Meneses, Manuel Ramón and Edgar Reinoso-Peláez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Challenging bovine fibroblasts from heifers with divergent genetic merit for digital dermatitis resistance reveals distinct transcriptional responses

Alkiviadis Anagnostopoulos, Georgios Banos, Kaixin Bao, Nicholas Evans, Amy Gillespie, Berna Kaya, Xuan Liu, Georgios Oikonomou, Androniki Psifidi, Ana Sato, Nektarios Siachos and Dirk Werling

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for humoral response to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in New Zealand dairy cattle

Venkata Sayoji Rao Dukkipati, Sandeep Gupta, Venkatesh K.M., Richard Laven, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos and Garry Udy

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Implementation of a national genetic evaluation for calf health traits in the U.S.

John B. Cole, Joà£o Dà¼rr, Jason Graham, Asha Miles, Mahesh Neupane, Jeff O'Connell, Kristen Parker Gaddis, Sajjad Toghiani, Paul VanRaden and Curt VanTassell

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic studies of growth resilience to weather change in indigenous free-ranging chickens in Ethiopia

Georgios Banos, Pourya Davoudi, Wondmeneh Esatu, Mekonnen Girma, Olivier Hanotte, Birhan Kassa, Fasil Kebede, Enrique Sanchez-Molano, Bersabhe Solomon, Eirini Tarsani and Kellie Watson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Validation of Genomic Prediction for Host Response to Multifactorial PRRS Challenge

Jenelle Dunkelberger, Eli Grindflek and Claudia Sevillano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Acute-phase response to horn fly infestation in Bos indicus beef cattle

Oshneil Baker, Edwin Burgess, Giovanni C. Ladeira, Maya Galandauer, Julia Rasia, Fernanda Rezende and Patricia Tayama

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Analysis of Conception Success under Heat Stress in Gir Dairy Cattle

Marcos Buzanskas, Pablo Castaà±o, Ana Gonà§alves, Rayssa Mota and Josineudson Silva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Metabolic indicators of heat-tolerant phenotypes in cattle: insights from blood metabolomics of Angus and Nellore under natural heat stress

Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Emanuele Capra, Guilherme De Paula Nogueira, Michela Errico, Josè Fernando Garcia, Luigi Lucini, Marco Milanesi, Ana Maria Perez O'Brien, Gabriele Rocchetti and Yuri Tani Utsunomiya

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Uncovering genetic variants compromising heifer survival at calving in Holstein cattle through HHED analysis

Anne Barbat, Florian Besnard, Didier Boichard, Mekki Boussaha, Aurélien Capitan, Clémentine Escouflaire, Sébastien Fritz, Cécile GROHS and Stéphanie Minéry

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Altered Thermogenic and Behavioral Responses to Cold Stress in Mice Carrying a Camel-Derived Nrap Mutation

Kwan-Suk Kim, Myoung Ok Kim, Sung-Yeon Lee and Nangwon Yee

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Identification of a suitable trait for phenotyping resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infection in Holstein cattle for genetic purposes.

Delphine Aubriot, Didier Boichard, Aurore Boishardy, Nadine Brisseau, Pascal Croiseau, Valentin Debelhoir, Arnaud Delafosse, Solène Fresco, Hélène Leclerc, Anne Lehebel, Pauline Martin and Nadine Ravinet

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlations between mid-infrared predicted methane production and heat tolerance in dairy cattle

Christine Baes, Gabriella Dodd, Francesca Malchiodi, Filippo Miglior, Caeli Richardson and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Plasticity of feed intake of crossbred cattle during the postweaning period

Michael MacNeil, Frederick Neser, Georgette Pyoos, Michiel Scholtz and Mokgadi Seshoka

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Resilience to heat stress in a commercial line and four autochthonous Spanish breeds of laying hens

Luis Gomez-Raya, Ramón Peiró-Pastor, Wendy Rauw, Julian Santiago-Moreno, Adolfo Toledano-Diaz, Olga Torres and Anna Wolc

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Fine-mapping reveals candidate causal variants controlling genetic and environmental sensitivity of heifer rebreeding in tropical beef systems

Lucia G. Albuquerque, Leonardo M. Arikawa, Luiz Brito, Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Henrique N. Oliveira and Daniel J. A. Santos

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selection for resistance to cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) in Atlantic salmon: experiences from four generations of selective breeding

Fabian Grammes, Sissel Kjøglum, Sven Arild Korsvoll and Thomas Moen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Naive sows show genetic variation in response to a Japanese Encephalitis outbreak

Kim Bunter, Jo-Anne Harper and Laura Vargovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Using Longitudinal Data of Somatic Cell Counts and Milk Yield to Identify Mastitis-Resilient Dairy Cows

Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, Masoud Ghaderi Zefreh, Martin Johnsson, Tomas Klingström, Tijesunimi Ojo, Ricardo Pong-Wong and Enrique Sanchez-Molano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of genetic parameters of resilience indicators from feeding behavior in the Iberian pig

Francisco Barceló Blasco, Joaquim Casellas, Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche, Sara Negro, Pedro Núà±ez, Manuel Sánchez-Dà­az and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Breeding for resistance to bovine tuberculosis in Irish cattle

Simon Lanigan and Siobhan Ring

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic evaluation of dairy cattle resilience using perturbations in daily milk yields

Mabel Agyiri, Angela Costa, Christa Egger-Danner, Birgit Fuerst-Waltl, Stefan Gruber, Judith Himmelbauer, Gábor Mészáros, Robert Onzima, Johann Sölkner and Franz Steininger

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Parameters and QTL Mapping of Within-Lactation Heat Stress Responses in Milk Traits of Sarda Dairy Ewes

Antonello Carta, Sabrina Miari, Sotero Salaris and Mario Graziano Usai

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic heterogeneity of residual variance of 305-day milk yield as a resilience indicator in Spanish Holstein dairy cows: a first approach

Isabel Cervantes, Daniel Garcà­a-Garcà­a, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, José Antonio Jiménez-Montero and M.Angeles Pérez-Cabal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The influence of infection/expression level on selection response for worm resistance in sheep

Daniel Brown, Sara de las Heras-Saldana, Phillip Gurman and Samuel Walkom

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

How may selection on statistical resilience indicators affect biological mechanisms and realised performance and health? A simulation study from a mechanistic model of parasite infections in sheep

Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, Masoud Ghaderi Zefreh and Ricardo Pong-Wong

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Overview of 20 years of selection for scrapie resistance in the Canadian sheep industry

Johanne Cameron, Isabelle Gilbert, Cathy Michaud, Ricardo Perecin-Nociti, William Poisson and Claude Robert

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating dairy cattle resilience through proxies and alternative approaches to lactation curve modeling

Alessandro Bagnato, Andrea Delledonne, Christian Maltecca, Chiara Punturiero, Maria Strillacci and Francesco Tiezzi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetics of calf resilience indicators derived from automated milk feeder data and their genetic relationship with respiratory and enteric diseases in American Holstein cattle

Md Shamim Aktar, Luiz Brito, Jacob Maskal and Masoomeh Taghipoor

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Are permanent environmental effects truly permanent? Estimating the genetic background of their temporal variability and genetic correlations with resilience traits in dairy cattle

Luiz Brito, Hinayah Oliveria and Hendyel Pacheco

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic differences in thermoregulatory ability between sheep reared in a hot humid environment

Carter Bright, Camila Cuellar, Brittany Diehl, Peter hansen, Raluca Mateescu, Sophia Obeso, Abigail Sproull and Gabriel Zayas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of genetic variances and breeding values for infectious disease transmission host traits

Piter Bijma, Mart de Jong, Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, Andries Hulst, Ricardo Pong-Wong, Christopher Pooley and Jamie Prentice

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Influence of genetic composition and thermal environment on thermophysiological traits of Girolando heifers

Mariana Amorim Medeiros, Mara Regina Bueno de Mattos Nascimento, Larissa Colli Mamede, Ana Carolina da Silva Tieppo, Gustavo Fernandes Messias, Ariadne Freitas Silva, Amanda Marchi Maiorano, Nariely Martins de Souza, Davi Mascagni Salandini and Miller Teodoro

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic mechanisms underlying climate resilience in Spanish sheep: Adaptation to heat and water stress

Silvia Adán, Marcel Amills, Juan Jose Arranz, Luis Alberto Bermejo, Juan Andrés Bravo, Carlos Calvete, Jorge Hugo Calvo, Joaquim Casellas, Andrés Domingo, Almudena Fernández, Anselmo Gracia, Jordi Jordana, Margalida Joy, Sandra Lobón, Amparo Martà­nez, Sara Pérez-Redondo, à€gueda Pons, Manuel Ramón, Magdalena Serrano, Eva Ugarte and Elia Vajana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic variation of resilience indicators and their associations with functional traits in Nordic Red dairy cattle

Arash Chegini, Alper Kavlak, Riitta Kempe, Martin Lidauer, Enyew Negussie, Matti Pastell, Timo Pitkänen and Jukka Pösö

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

From hidden transmission of MAP to heritable susceptibility: genetic parameter estimation using simulated data

Piter Bijma, Mart de Jong, Yuqi Gao and Nienke Hartemink

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Cross-environment genomic prediction of scale drop disease resistance using laboratory challenge and field survival data in barramundi Lates calcarifer

Jose Domingos, Dean R. Jerry, vu nguyen, Zhi Weng Josiah Poon and xueyan shen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Thermal Stress Slope: A Novel Heritable Trait for Genetic Selection of Heat-Tolerant Beef Cattle

Raluca Mateescu, Fernanda Rezende, Eduardo Rodriguez and Gabriel Zayas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating cortisol-related signal as a potential indicator of heat stress response in Iberian pig selection programs: a simulation study

Juan M Garcà­a-Casco, Juan Herrero, Craig Lewis, Marà­a Muà±oz, Marcin Pszczola, Natalia PyciÅ„ska and Ewa Sell-Kubiak

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Variation in Vitamin D Concentration and Vitamin D Receptor Expression in Holstein Dairy Heifers Classified Based on Their Estimated Breeding Values of Immune Responses

Natasha Gallo, Karolin Hanna, Bonnie Mallard and Lauraine (Lauri) Wagter-Lesperance

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Metabolomic pathways associated with thermal tolerance and susceptibility in Spanish Holstein cows

Marà­a Carabaà±o, Clara Dà­az, Carmen González, Alba Hernández-Pumar, Jorge López-Martà­nez, Cristina Meneses, Manuel Ramón and Edgar Reinoso-Peláez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Education & Young scientists


Innovations and sustainability in Animal Science: an undergraduate-student-driven initiative for scientific training and integration

Tamiris Aires da Silva, Esther Araújo de Souza, Lorena Araújo Morais, Isadora Borges Quadros, Evelyn Carollynne de Souza, Bianca da Silva Santiago, Gustavo Fernandes Messias, Letà­cia Loureiro da Silva, Nikolly Luize Silva Santos, Amanda Marchi Maiorano, Marcela Pereira dos Santos, Letà­cia Rafaela Mustafa Ribeiro, Gabriela Santos Chaves, Alessandra Santos Costa, Ludmilla Silva Mendes and Hellen Souto Costa

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

ChatABG: designing a Socratic AI chatbot to support undergraduate students of animal breeding

Henk Bovenhuis, Pascal Duenk and Dieuwertje Lont

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The NEW network: Young Researchers and the global science community.

Giuseppe Bee, Rossella Debernardis, Weronika Klecel, Krzysztof Kozłowski, Elżbieta Martyniuk, Marcin Pszczola, Maria Siwek, Anna Wolc, Servet Yalcin and Daniel Żarski

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Education to Address Emerging Needs in Animal Genomics

Antoin Alston and Mulumebet worku

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

ICAR Brian Wickham Young Persons Exchange (BWYPEX) Program: Supporting Excellence and Knowledge Exchange

Martin Burke, Ana Granados, Daniel Lefebvre, Joanna Newton and Silvia Orlandini

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

European Master in Animal Biodiversity and Genomics (EMABG): Empowering global talent through collaboration

Henk Bovenhuis, Anais Cazals, Gareth Difford, Anna Maria Johansson, Isabelle Laissy, Dieuwertje Lont, Gábor Mészáros, Elise Norberg, Marta Darta Repule, Gwendal Restoux, Erling Strandberg, Stine Telneset and Jens Tetens

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Epigenetics


Methylome sequencing reveals potential epigenetic effects in the development of White Striping in broiler chickens

Mônica Corràªa Ledur, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Jane de Oliveira Peixoto, Maurà­cio Egà­dio Cantà£o, Suelen Fernandes Padilha, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho, Rafaela Martins, Adriana Mércia Guaratini Ibelli, Fábio Pértille and Laila Talarico Dias

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Analysis of DNA Methylation Dynamics and Maternal Effects in Dairy Cattle Using the RUMIGEN Methylation Array

Oscar González-Recio, Mónica Gutiérrez-Rivas, Adrian Lopez Catalina, Pau Navarro and Ester Teran

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Tissue-Specific and Coordinated Allele-Specific Epigenomic Regulation in Chickens

Jennifer Bruscadin, L. Fang, Dailu Guan, Claire Prowse-Wilkins, Ying Wang, Anna Wolc, Wenjing Yang and Huaijun Zhou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Inter- and trans- generational effects of calving month on production traits in Italian Holstein cattle

Martino Cassandro, Alberto Cesarani, Corrado Dimauro, Raffaella Finocchiaro, Nicolo Macciotta and Fabio Pilla

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phantom additivity and the unknown heritability of epistatic interactions

Cedric Gondro and Kayvan Razi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Influence of Maternal Nutrition on Alternative Splicing and Isoform Regulation in Skeletal Muscle of Beef Cattle Progeny

Luiz Brito, àngela Cánovas, Felipe Carvalho, Aline Cesar, Wellison Diniz, José Bento Ferraz, Heidge Fukumasu, Guilherme Polizel, Germán Ramà­rez-Zamudio and Miguel Santana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

DNA Methylation Imputation in Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing

Mehdi Emam, Kyle freeborn, Gerson Oliveira Jr., Laura Simon and Mathias Vandenbogaert

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Testing SNP association methods with ‘open black box' simulated gene interaction network

Brian Kinghorn and Andrew Kinghorn

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Epigenetic Modifications in the Longissimus dorsi Muscle of Piglets Exposed to In Utero Heat Stress

Camila Braz, Luiz Brito, Mariah Castro Durval, Jay Johnson, Jacob Maskal and Jacob Musa

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic prediction with the additive value parameterization and directional dominance

Jeffrey Endelman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

DNA methylation related to age in cattle using Oxford Nanopore Technology and Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing

Yijie Guo, Loan Nguyen and Elizabeth Ross

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gestational Thermal Environment and Maternal Antioxidant Supplementation Interact to Shape the Hepatic DNA Methylome of Iberian Piglets

Paula Aranguren-Rivas, Rosa Escudero, Ana Garcà­a-Cabrero, Juan M Garcà­a-Casco, Gerardo Gómez-Mateos, Ana Heras-Molina, Marà­a Muà±oz, Eduard Murani, Yolanda Núà±ez, Cristina à“vilo, Fernando Sánchez-Esquiliche, Nares Trakooljul and Pedro Vázquez-Ortego

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Epigenetic landscape differences in Aseel and Layer chicken breeds

Samuel Aggrey, Oludayo Akinsola, Malarmathi Muthusamy, Sunday Peters, Romdhane Rekaya and Aranganoor Thiruvenkadan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effect of DNA methylation on de novo mutations in cattle

Florian Besnard, Didier Boichard, Mekki Boussaha, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Valentin Costes, Corentin Fouéré, Sébastien Fritz, Chris Hozé, Hélène Kiefer and Marie-Pierre Sanchez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Shared Heat Stress-Induced Epigenetic Signatures at Immune-Related Loci in Two Independent Dairy Cow Cohorts

Francesca Ali, Anne Boudon, Marion Boutinaud, Aurelie Chaulot-Talmon, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Valentin Costes, Catherine Hurtaud, Helene Jammes, Melodie Joigner, Melanie Jouin, Hélène Kiefer, Lucille Rey-Cadilhac, Daniel Rico and Alexis Ruiz-González

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating omics data to investigate molecular responses to diverging environmental conditions in livestock

Martino Cassandro, Marika Di Civita, Antonio Francioso, Christian Persichilli, Fabio Pilla, Gabriele Senczuk and Alessandra Stella

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Epigenome-wide association analysis of DNA methylation with phenotypic and environmental traits in French Holstein dairy cows using the RUMIGEN EpiChip

Alexandre Asset, Florian Besnard, Didier Boichard, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Valentin Costes, Alline De Paula Reis, Gilles Foucras, Corentin Fouéré, Sébastien Fritz, Valerie Gelin, Helene Jammes, Hélène Kiefer, Laurène Le Berre, Chrystelle Le Danvic, David Makowski, Clotilde Patry, Gwendoline Potier, Christophe Richard and Marie-Pierre Sanchez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Farm-specific DNA methylation patterns and associations to age in dairy cattle

Heather Huson, Sydney Jewell and Krishnamoorthy Srikanth

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Equine


Epigenetic and transcriptional characterisation of oxidative versus glycolytic muscles in horses

Elizabeth Attree, Emily Clark, Charlotte Amy Cuffe, Richard J Piercy and Androniki Psifidi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Distance and type of race: different traits for racing performance in Thoroughbred horses?

Guillaume Fortier, Suzanne Harari, Anne Ricard and Alberic Thery

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic diversity and population structure of the Polish Felin Pony breed

Agnieszka Bieniek, Szulowska Joanna and Agata Piestrzynska-Kajtoch

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Inbreeding depression in racing performance of Coldblooded Trotters

Peer Berg, Paulina Berglund and Susanne Eriksson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Peruvian Equine Genomics: Application of Third-Generation Sequencing (TGS) and High-Density SNP Genotyping in the Peruvian Paso Horse

Carlos Arbizu Berrocal, William Bardales, Jorge Maicelo, Luis Murga Valderrama, Carla Saldaà±a and Héctor Vásquez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

EQUIGENE 90K Array increases breeding values reliability in Purebred Spanish Horses genomic selecction.

Sebastián Demyda-Peyras, Ana Encina, Alejandro Gil-Gálvez, Ismael González, Pedro Javier Azor, Nora Laseca, Antonio Molina, Davinia Perdomo-González, Julia Poyato-Bonilla, Arancha Rodrà­guez Sainz de los Terreros, Houssemeddine Srihi, Mercedes Valera and Chiraz Ziadi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Population structure and runs of homozygosity in Irish horse breeds

Jennifer Doyle and Sonja Egan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation & Prediction


From High-Density SNP panel to High-Impact: Bridging Novel QTL Discovery and Genomic Prediction via FST Optimization

Samuel Aggrey, Romdhane Rekaya and Sajjad Toghiani

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters via predictivity in large scale multi-trait genomic selection models

Gopal Gowane, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Novel strategies to improve the computational efficiency of large-scale genomic evaluations

Renzo Bonifazi, Mario Calus, Sharif Islam, Natalia Leite, Matias Schrauf, Jan ten Napel, Dianne van der Spek and Jeremie Vandenplas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-trait threshold-linear models in ssGBLUP: testing Newton-Raphson and Expectation-Maximization algorithms

Matias Bermann, Fernando Bussiman, Jorge Hidalgo, Andres Legarra, Vivian Likness, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Jennifer Richter

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Breed, Heterosis, Recombination, and Genomic Information Effects on EPD-Based Ranking of Tropical Composite Beef Cattle

Fernando Baldi, Rafael Espigolan, José Bento Ferraz, Luà­s Gama, Gabriela Giacomini, Gabriel Medeiros, Elisangela Oliveira, Nuà±ez-Dominguez Rafael and Miguel Santana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Variance components estimation with Monte-Carlo single-step genomic REML

Alejandra àlvarez Múnera, Matias Bermann, Marina Cunha Bernardes, Andres Legarra, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modeling Asymmetrical Misclassification Errors for Genetic Evaluations of Binary Traits

John B. Cole, Joà£o Dà¼rr, Andres Legarra, Kristen Parker Gaddis and Xiao-Lin Wu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modelling non-genetic correlations between animal- and litter-recorded traits affect genetic covariances

Ole Christensen, Line B Jensen and Tage Ostersen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Bayesian variance component estimation for GBLUP using hybrid variational inference

Martin Lidauer, Ismo Strandén and Napoleón Vargas Jurado

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Systematic and transparent validation of a routine genetic evaluation in pigs using MiXValidate

Renzo Bonifazi, Matias Schrauf, Jan ten Napel, Dianne van der Spek and Jeremie Vandenplas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Replacing Unknown Parent Groups with Metafounders in traditional pedigree-based U.S. Dairy Genetic Evaluations

Andres Legarra, Ezequiel Nicolazzi and Simone Savoia

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Methods for joint genetic prediction of multiple ordinal categorical and continuous traits

Matias Bermann, Andres Legarra, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Derivation of the additive covariance between a continuous and a binary trait on the observed scale and the benefits of the correlated continuous trait on the genomic evaluation of the binary trait

Fernando Bussiman, Denyus de Oliveira Padilha, Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco, Maciej Misztal, Ignacy Misztal, Miguel Sánchez-Castro and Natascha Vukasinovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of a Bayesian Probit mixture model for multi-ancestry risk score prediction of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in dogs

Mehdi Momen and peter Muir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modeling missing parents in single-step test-day SNP-BLUP evaluation of dairy cattle

Monika Skarwecka, Dawid Słomian, Joanna Szyda, Jan ten Napel, Jeremie Vandenplas and Kacper Żukowski

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Validation of Indirect Predictions for Traits With Low to Moderate Heritabilities

Fernando Bussiman, Andre Garcia, Andre Lima, Daniela Lourenco, Sergio Sanchez, John Thomason and Zuleica Trujano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Towards an international genetic evaluation in dairy sheep: the ARDI2 project

Ignacio Aguilar, Jean Michel Astruc, Itsasne Granado-Tajada, Katrine Haugaard, Fernando Macedo, Carolina Pineda-Quiroga, Silvia Teresa Rodriguez-Ramilo, Toine Roozen, Eva Ugarte, Zulma Vitezica and Agostina Zubiri-Gaitán

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Bayesian estimation of the relationships across metafounders or base populations

Cristina Alvarez munera, Matias Bermann, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic prediction using prioritized SNP markers in closed inbred beef cattle populations

ElHamidi Hay

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A statistical test to compare the accuracy of genetic predictions

Jack Dekkers and Zhengqiang Ni

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Multi-trait Single-step GBLUP Framework Integrating Ultrasound, Carcass, Genomic, and Imaging Data for Precision Genetic Evaluation in Hanwoo

Jaebeom Go, Yeong Jun Koh, Dogyeong Lee, Junyoung lee, Dajeong Lim, Hongrip Min and Chanwoo No

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating Modelling Strategies and Genotype by Environment for Mortality in Crossbred Layers

ILIYASS BIADA, Cristina Casto Rebollo, David Cavero Pintado, Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche and Miriam Rodriguez Juan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Multi-Omics Data in Deep Learning Prediction of Pig Production Traits

Levi Ayres, Mario Calus, Peter Karlskov-Mortensen, Maria Luigi-Sierra, Miriam Piles, Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas and Ioanna-Theoni Vourlaki

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

GBLUP as an Attention Mechanism

Gustavo de los Campos and Miguel Perez-Enciso

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Temporal stability of indirect predictions in single-step genomic models

Matias Bermann, Andre Garcia, Daniela Lourenco, Kelli Retallick, Sergio Sanchez Sierra and Rafael Silva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Using deregressed proofs to estimate multivariate variance components for traits originating from heterogeneous data sources

Kevin Byskov, Riitta Kempe, Minna Koivula, Martin Lidauer, Timo Pitkänen, Jukka Pösö, Ayo Salaudeen, Matti Taskinen and Pekka Uimari

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Developing multi-breed multi-country beef cattle single-step genomic evaluations for feed efficiency

Stella Aivazidou, Renzo Bonifazi, Martin Burke, Martino Cassandro, Ross Evans, Fernando Macedo, Kim Matthews, Toine Roozen, Jeremie Vandenplas and Roel Veerkamp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic evaluations combining multiple data sources but without sharing genotypes

Dan Garrick and Dorian Garrick

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A road map to Females in MACE: Current status with Ayrshire data

Julius Mugambe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Single-step GBLUP breeding values for genotyped animals with unknown pedigree

Freddy Fikse, Magdalena Graczyk-Bogdanowicz, Sebastian Mucha, Marcin Pszczoła and Katarzyna Stachowicz

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Ancestral regression to parents for the genetic evaluation of beef cattle.

Rodolfo Cantet, Stewart Kambo and Diego Rodriguez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Improving genomic prediction in crossbred dairy cattle using local ancestry

Jón Eirà­ksson, Emre Karaman, Huiming Liu, Viktor Milkevych, Guosheng Su and Jørn Rind Thomasen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Fitting different nonlinear mixed models to the number of unlaid eggs

Cristina Casto Rebollo, David Cavero, Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche, David López-Carbonell, Manuel Sánchez-Dà­az and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Image embeddings for digital phenotyping and the construction of digital similarity matrices for genetic evaluations

Matias Bermann, Masum Billah, Fernando Bussiman, Ching-Yi Chen, Justin Holl, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal, Eric Psota and Bruno Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Validation of commercial genomic predictions for carcass traits in non-pedigreed and non-source-verified beef calves

Kent Andersen, Yeni Bernal Rubio, Fernando Di Croce, Lane Giess, Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Daniel Gordo, Tiago Luciano Passafaro, Leticia Sanglard and Thomas Short

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Causal Architecture of Functional Longevity in Limousine Cattle

Riccardo Bozzi, Simone Callegaro, Christian Maltecca, Enrico Mancin and Francesco Tiezzi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Use of Haplotypes for Genomic Prediction in Holstein Cattle from Mexico

Jose Cortes, Adriana Garcia-Ruiz, Hugo Horacio Montaldo Valdenegro, Francisco Peà±agaricano and Felipe de Jesús Ruiz-López

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Indirect Genomic Predictions for Calving Traits in Crossbred Holstein-Jersey dairy cattle

Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Gerson Oliveira Jr., Hendyel Pacheco, Tiago Luciano Passafaro, Miguel Sánchez-Castro, Giovana Vargas and Natascha Vukasinovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Contribution of X-chromosome to the genetic variance of average daily gain and backfat thickness in pigs

Matias Bermann, Ching-Yi Chen, Justin Holl, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Renata Veroneze

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Impact of genomic information on breeding value accuracy and ranking of Rideau sheep

àngela Cánovas, Sirlene Lazaro and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters via predictivity over time for growth traits in a large genotyped Angus cattle population

Andre Garcia, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal, Kelli Retallick and Zuleica Trujano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Alternative Genomic Relationship Matrices and ssGBLUP Models for Improving Multi-Breed Genomic Prediction Accuracy in South African Dairy Cattle

Errol Cason, Michael MacNeil, Kgaogelo Mafolo, Mahlako Makgahlela and Frederick Neser

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

CNV-assisted genetic parameters and genome-wide associations for low-heritability traits

Giovanni C. Ladeira, Pablo J. Pinedo, Fernanda Rezende, José Eduardo Santos and Willian W. Thatcher

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Approximating the theoretical accuracy for Functional Longevity in Angus Cattle

Matias Bermann, Andre Garcia, Daniela Lourenco, Pedro Ramos, Kelli Retallick and Andre Luis Romeiro de Lima

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating the Impact of Breed Proportion on Genetic Parameter Estimates and Sire Re-Ranking in an Open Herd Book Simmental Population

Henrique Mulim and Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Monte Carlo sampling to approximate prediction error variances and reliabilities in multiple-trait genomic models

Antero Heikkilä, Martin Lidauer, Klaus Nordhausen, Ismo Strandén and Sara Taskinen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Meat EPDs: Marker-Effect Adjusted Technology to Improve Accuracy of Multi-Breed Derived EPDs for Young Animals

Mahdi Saatchi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

25 years of multibreed – How a genetic evaluation has shaped the Australian Sheep Industry

Peta Bradley, Daniel Brown and Samuel Walkom

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Growth Curve Analysis and Genetic Architecture: Pathway to Improved Breeding Decisions for Sow Longevity

Sonja Allen, Marco Bink, Patrick Charagu, Brent DeVries, Michael Dyck, Abe Huisman, Jennifer Patterson and Graham Plastow

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Optimizing genetic group identification for genomic evaluation in an admixed population

Sara de las Heras-Saldana, Mohammad Ferdosi, Shweta Sahoo and Julius van der Werf

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

End-to-end Genomic Prediction: Predicting Images and Text from Genetic Markers

Hao Cheng, Mitchell Feldmann, Mark Watson and Haipeng Yu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Using Different Allele Frequencies for Estimating Genomic Relationships and Breeding Values Over Divergent Populations

Phillip Gurman, John Henshall and Francois Van der Berg

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Comprehensive GEBV Validation Framework Using Truncated MACE and New Traits in U.S. Dairy Cattle

Andres Legarra, Taylor McWhorter, Rodrigo Mota, Ezequiel Nicolazzi and Simone Savoia

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison of survival analysis and a linear mixed model for predicting genetic parameters of tail-biting incidence in pigs

Michael Aldridge, Phillip Gurman, Jo Harper, Susanne Hermesch and Abadi Reda

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of a multi-breed genomic prediction of a fertility index for tropically adapted beef bulls

Pamela Alexandre, Laercio Porto-Neto and Antonio Reverter

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

On the nature of EBV accuracies and reliabilities under multi breed analyses

Panoraia Alexandri, Phillip Gurman, John Henshall and Francois van der Berg

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Relationship between (co)variance components on the liability and observed scales for binary traits

Fernando Bussiman, Denyus de Oliveira Padilha, Daniel Gianola, Jorge Hidalgo, Diego Jarquin, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Paulino Pérez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effects of Various Factors on Reproductive Efficiency in Dairy Cattle

Rameez Ali, Ambreen Hamadani, Henna Hamadani, Hilal Khan and Rohitashw Kumar

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Spatial modelling in genomic evaluation of Tanzanian smallholder crossbred dairy cattle

Appolinaire Djikeng, Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu, Gregor Gorjanc, Isidore Houaga, Eva Lavrenˇciˇc, Finn Lindgren, Raphael Mrode, Okeyo Mwai, Athumani Nguluma, Zabron Nziku, Julie Ojango and Ivan Pocrnic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrative SNP weighting and machine learning approach enhance GEBV prediction accuracy for flavor compounds in chickens

Eunjin Cho, Hyojun Choo, Minjun Kim and Jun Heon Lee

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Deriving parameter reduced covariance functions for genomic prediction test-day models

Kevin Byskov, Minna Koivula, Andrei Kudinov, Martin Lidauer, Ulrik Nielsen, Timo Pitkänen, Jukka Pösö and Matti Taskinen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Not a Sum: Modelling Nonlinear Probabilistic Interactions in the Genetic Prediction of Fertility

Paul Debes, Martin Johnsson, Christos Palaiokostas and Fotis Pappas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Enhancing Genomic Prediction Accuracy for Breeds with Numerically Small Reference Population Using Multi-Breed Evaluation Strategies

RANI ALEX, Kashif Dawood Khan, Gopal Gowane, Nilesh Nayee, Rinki Paul, Sahana V.N., VIKAS VOHRA and Ashish Yadav

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Residual effects of genotype call rate on genomic breeding values in a commercial Atlantic salmon population

Matt Baranski, Solomon Boison, Werner Brand and Panya Sae-Lim

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Pruning outdated phenotypic and genomic data to optimize Single-Step genomic evaluation

Ross Evans, Saeid Naderi, Victor Olori and Thierry Pabiou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Strategies for genomic prediction of a sow retention trait in a multibreed pig population using single-step GBLUP

Vishesh Bhatia, Randy Borg, Amanda Cross, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco, Tom Rathje, Iara Solar Diaz and Muhammed Walugembe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Optimizing genomic reliability calculation for single-step evaluation of fertility traits in UK dairy cattle

Mike Coffey, Samir Id-Lahoucine, Raphael Mrode and Marco Winters

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

SNP weighting improves accuracy of single-step genomic predictions for calving difficulty traits

Ross Evans, Saeid Naderi and Ismo Strandén

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating the use of metafounders in an industry multibreed genetic evaluation in beef cattle

Issabelle Ampofo, Kent Andersen, Yeni Bernal Rubio, Fernando Di Croce, Breno Fragomeni, Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Daniel Gordo, Tiago Luciano Passafaro and Leticia Sanglard

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Dynamic Lactation Traits, Resilience Indicators, and Genomic Data to Predict Later-Lactation Milk Yield

Alessandro Bagnato, Francesca Bernini, àngela Cánovas, Carlotta Ferrari, Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca and Maria Strillacci

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Augmented Monte Carlo Average Information REML: An algorithm to scale up (co)variance component estimation

Hongding Gao, Martin Lidauer, Esa Mäntysaari, Ismo Strandén and Robin Thompson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of heritabilities and genetic correlations by time predictivity in large genomic models

Hafedh Ben Zaabza, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Shogo Tsuruta

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Delivering Machine Learning Approaches to predict Methane Emission Production via Microbial Features

Kayley Barnes, Nicholas Dimonaco, Sarunas Dzinkevicius, Sharon Huws, Masoud Shirali and Tianhai Yan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Impact of temporal and kinship-based data truncation strategies on variance component estimates in genomics evaluation

Caroline Almeida, Fernando Baldi, Flávia Bis, Luiz Brito, Gabriel Campos, Felipe Carvalho, José Bento Ferraz, Gabriel Gubiani, Murilo Lima Leà£o, Elisangela Oliveira, Guilherme Polizel, Artur O. Rocha, Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira and Miguel Santana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

DNA pooling and group birth weight phenotypes for genetic prediction

John Keele, Larry Kuehn, Chad Russell, Warren Snelling and Matthew Spangler

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Variation in genomic prediction accuracy according to trait definition and validation strategy in Nellore cattle

Ivan Carvalho Filho, Daniel Dantas Pereira, Claudiana de Fátima Miranda, Breno Fragomeni, Idalmo Garcia Pereira, Fábio L. B. Toral, Fernando Magaà§o and Gilberto Menezes

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

National Across-Region Evaluation of Milk Yield in Indian Dairy Cattle and Buffaloes

Swapnil Gajjar, Rajesh Gupta, Akanksha Kesharwani, ATUL Mahajan, Nilesh Nayee, A Sudhakar and Kamlesh Trivedi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-breed genomic prediction for feed efficiency using Nellore functional variants in Guzerat beef cattle

Fernando Baldi, àngela Cánovas, Gabriel Gubiani, Marisol Londoà±o-Gil, Amanda Marchi Maiorano, Lucio Flavio Mota and Miller Teodoro

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Calving traits in Norwegian Red x Beef crosses: First genetic analysis

Siri Furre, ida Hamfjord, Bjorg Heringstad and Hooman K. Moghadam

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Fitting linear mixed models to millions of whole genomes using the ancestral recombination graph

Gregor Gorjanc, Jerome Kelleher, Hanbin Lee, Nathaniel S. Pope and Peter L. Ralph

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison between single lactation models and ensemble models for the estimation of variance components and genomic breeding values for resilience indicators in dairy sheep

Juan Jose Arranz, Ruth Arribas Gonzalo, Pablo Fonseca, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil, Rocà­o Pelayo and Aroa Suárez-Vega

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic prediction through transfer learning: algorithms, software, and benchmarks

Matias Bermann, Ching-Yi Chen, Hao Cheng, Gustavo de los Campos, Jack Dekkers, Justin Holl, Daniela Lourenco, Paulino Pérez-Rodrà­guez, Juan Steibel, Hugo Toledo-Alvarado, Bruno Valente and Hao Wu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison of Mixed Effect Random Forest (MERF) and GBLUP approaches to Feed Efficiency Prediction in Holstein Dairy Cattle

Mark Mooney, Edwin Jun Kiat Ong, Faisal Rezwan, Masoud Shirali and Hui Wang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigating the Impact of Genetic Linkage Between Sheep Flocks on the Accuracy and Outcomes of Progeny Tests

Neville Jopson, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Natalia Martin, Jessica Smith, Nicholas Sneddon and Danitsja van der Linden

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A new approach to scale breeding values from linear models to the liability scale: An application to binary traits in pigs

Fernando Bussiman, Denyus Augusto de Oliveira Padilha, Egiel Hanenberg, Jorge Hidalgo, Natalia Leite, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal, Tomas Stevens and Dianne van der Spek

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gene editing in breeding


Hyper-recombination as a strategy to extend genomic prediction accuracy across generations

Eric Dinglasan, Ben Hayes, Lee Hickey, Karen Massel, Victor Papin, William Shaffer and Kira Villiers

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Simulation analysis of breeding strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa dairy cattle production

Samrawit Gebeyehu, Brad Heins and Tad Sonstegard

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Organoid immune-cell co-culture platform to advance animal breeding research

Enes Aydin, Agnes de Wit, Esther Ellen, Coen Govers, Soumya Kar, Leo Kruijt, Jenny Söllner, Elianne G.T. van der Valk, Neri van Laar, Stefanie Verstringe and Edoardo Zaccaria

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gene editing of Porcine Intestinal Organoids: A Next-Generation in vitro Model for Phenotyping

Agnes de Wit, Esther Ellen, Soumya Kar, Leo Kruijt, Jenny Söllner, Elianne G.T. van der Valk and Stefanie Verstringe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modelling the Influence of Juvenile Embryo Transfer Techniques on Genetic Gain in a New Zealand Dairy Breeding Programme

Esther Donkersloot, Bevin Harris, Ric Sherlock, Richard Spelman and Anne Winkelman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leveraging advanced reproductive technologies to advance maternal and terminal breeding objectives in commercial beef cattle herds

Troy Rowan, James Ulmer, Kenny Wells and Saulo Zoca

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Overview of China's Agricultural Animal Gene Editing: Current R&D Status and Industrialization Outlook

Ning Li, Zhongshan Li, Xiayi Liu and Bo Tang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Genome Editing into Aquaculture Breeding Programs: Achieving Commercial Scale

John Buchanan, Alejandro Gutierrez, Yehwa Jin, Matthew Josephson, Christina Kriaridou, Ashutosh Pudasaini, Stefan Samu, Brandon Tsai and Klara Verbyla

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of genetic parameters and molecular markers for in-vivo embryo production traits in dairy cattle

Yuechuan Huang, Zhanpeng Liu, Wei Sun, Yachun Wang, Hailiang Zhang, Shanjiang Zhao and Huabin Zhu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gene function & annotation


An in silico-in vitro workflow to validate useful genomic variants against intestinal infectious diseases in pigs

Arnaud Boulling, Célia Carbonne, Mathieu Charles, Jean-Luc Coville, Bernard Delmas, Julie Demars, Giorgia Egidy, Stéphane Ferchaud, Elisabetta Giuffra, Doryan Grivault, Nathalie Léjal, Marie-José Mercat, Nicolas Meunier, Quentin Nevers, Gwendal Restoux, Bertrand Servin and Thierry Tribout

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic information from long read sequencing in DSN cattle and its impact on genomic features

Gudrun Brockmann, Paula Korkuć, Guilherme B. Neumann and Eva Strucken

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Functional and Mechanistic Validation of L-LCORL Truncation Variants Driving Increased Growth Across Species

Jonathan Beever, Trevor Freeman and Leif Majeres

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Updated genome scan for homozygous haplotype depletion identifies a POMT2 nonsense mutation causing stillbirth and embryonic loss in Normande cattle

Anne Barbat, Florian Besnard, Didier Boichard, Mekki Boussaha, Aurélien Capitan, Clémentine Escouflaire, Sébastien Fritz, Cécile GROHS, Chris Hozé, Stéphanie Minéry, Charlie Roy and Aurelie Vinet

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Uncovering recessive fertility disorders in dairy cattle populations using large-scale genomic and phenotypic data

Anne Barbat, Florian Besnard, Didier Boichard, Mekki Boussaha, Aurélien Capitan, Matthieu Chambrial, Lucie Dutheil, Guillaume Fayolle, Gilles Foucras, Sébastien Fritz, Giselle Gamarra Lacaze, Jeanlin Jourdain, Serge Lacaze and Laurent Schibler

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrative Cis-Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Mediation Analysis Reveals Regulatory Genes Influencing Feed Intake and Growth in Lambs.

Aurélie Aubry, Steffimol Rose Chacko Kaitholil, Mark Mooney, Vahid Razban, Faisal Rezwan and Masoud Shirali

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Identification of causal variants and genes for quantitative traits

Amanda Chamberlain, Mohammad Ghoreishifar, Michael Goddard and Jennie E. Pryce

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of a Sheep Knockout Model to Study the Role of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone in Gametogenesis

Maria Florencia Casale, Anna Denicol, Amelia Fletes, Brett McNabb, Elizabeth O'Grady, Fauna Smith, Josephine Trott, Alison Van Eenennaam, Hannah Wayne and Nicholas Werry

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Construction of a Gene?Perturbation Atlas Model in Chicken via the CRISPR–Cas9 System

Xiaomeng Guo, Xiaoxiang Hu, Guo Li, Yuzhe Wang and Hanyu Wu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) gene typing of four commercial pig breeds using long-read whole genome sequencing

Anne Boshove, Scott Callison, Martijn Derks, Jenelle Dunkelberger, Christine Jansen, Thomas Lewiner and Claudia Sevillano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Census of Chromosomal Error: SNP Data Reveal Viable Aneuploid Livestock

Donagh Berry, Jennifer Doyle, Nóirà­n McHugh and Cliona Ryan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigation of the Swine Leukocyte Antigen Complex in PCV2 susceptibility

Daniel Ciobanu, Stephen Kachman and Hiruni Wijesena

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-edited primordial germ cell-mediated RAG1-deficient chicken reveals RAG1-indepndent B cell development and functionally conserved natural killer cell subsets

Jae Yong Han, Tae Hyun Kim, Minseok Seo and Seung Je Woo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Case-control GWAS identifies variants affecting stillbirths in Icelandic Dairy Cattle

Egill Gautason, Guà°mundur Jóhannesson and Goutam Sahana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Insertion–deletion variation in candidate fitness genes of a local cattle breed

Guido Gomez Proto, Enrico Mancin, Roberto Mantovani, Angelica Oian, Eugenio Rulli and Cristina Sartori

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrative analysis of splice-site variants and transcript isoforms expression underlying resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep

Victoria Asselstine, àngela Cánovas, Niel Karrow, Flavio Schenkel and Krishani Sinhalage

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Structural variants are associated with changes in gene expression in blood of Holstein cows

Amanda Chamberlain, Iona MacLeod, Tuan Nguyen, Thakur Preeti, Coralie Reich, Muhammad Tahir, Hong Quan Tran and Jianghui Wang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leveraging a genome-wide structural variant catalogue to fine-map QTL in Braunvieh cattle

Qiongyu He, Naveen Kumar Kadri, Alexander Leonard, Xena Mapel, Hubert Pausch, Franz R. Seefreid and Natasha Watson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Functional Validation and Predictive Modeling of Chicken Enhancers and Regulatory Variants Using Massively Parallel Reporter Assays

Liqi An, Ying Wang and Huaijun Zhou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Confirmation and fine-mapping of a lethal recessive haplotype in Norwegian Red cattle

Arne Gjuvsland and Janez Jenko

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Cross-Species Chromatin Marker Prediction: Linking Regulatory Activities and Complex Evolutionary Traits

Hao Cheng, Irene Kaplow and Daniel Novoa

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Identification of coding and splicing-related variants in A1A1 and A2A2 Holstein dairy cows

àngela Cánovas, Lucà­a Jiménez Montenegro and Olaia Urrutia Vera

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigation of the expression of candidate genes associated with a twinning rate QTL located on bovine chromosome 11

maryam bakherad, Jackson Gille, Brian Kirkpatrick, Sadrollah Molaei Moghbeli, Joà£o Paulo Nascimento Andrade and Milo Wiltbank

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gene-Edited BMPR2 Heterozygous Sheep: A Novel Large Animal Model for Heritable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Elena Amin, Eric Austin, Austin Brown, Sanjeev Datar, Oluwafemi Falade, Jeffery Fineman, Devon Fitzpatrick, Omar Gonzales Viera, Rachel Hutchings, Eric Johnson, Brett McNabb, Jessica Morgan, Hythem Nawaytou, Josephine Trott, Tara Urbano and Alison Van Eenennaam

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Report of a bovine form of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in Holstein cattle due to a de novo COL5A1 nonsense variant

Florian Besnard, Mekki Boussaha, Aurélien Capitan, Adèle Clément, Coralie Danchin-Burge, Camille Eche, Christophe Eon, Gilles Foucras, Cécile GROHS, Marthe Hudrisier, Hélène Leclerc, Ninon MARIE, Yves Millemann and Bérengère Ravary-Plumioà«n

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Exploring the influence of genomic variation on CRISPR/Cas9 guide RNA design in cattle

Rebecca Finchum, Maci Mueller and William Muir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Differential chromatin accessibility between pre- and post-natal stages highlights putative causal regulatory variants in pig skeletal muscle

Emily Clark, Mariasilvia D'Andrea, Sarah Djebali, Jordi Fabrellas, Elisabetta Giuffra, Valentino Palombo, Andrea Rau and Ervin Shishmani

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Targeted deep sequencing of GOT1, TNNI2, and RPL27A identifies candidate causal variants associated with Wooden Breast

Behnam Abasht, Audrey Belotte, Shamdeed Kabir and Madelyn Winzig

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Trend-Level GWAS SNPs Gain Functional Support Through Epigenomic Prioritization Using CRISPRa in Chicken

Eunjin Cho, Jeong Hoon Han, Tae Hyun Kim, Jaewon Kim and Jun Heon Lee

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Architecture of Growth-Related Traits and Transcript Isoform Diversity in an F34 Advanced Intercross Chicken Line

Hao Cheng, L. Fang, Shenwen Gu, Dailu Guan, Susan Lamont, Dingzhen Liang, Claire Prowse-Wilkins, Angelica Van Goor, Ying Wang, Yijun Wei and Huaijun Zhou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Functional landscape of repetitive elements in the Nguni sheep genome

Sibusiso Hadebe, Nompilo Hlongwane, Ntanganedzeni Mapholi, Tracy Masebe, Sinebongo Mdyogolo, Annelin Molotsi, Lucky Nesengani, Rae Smith and Thendo Tshilate

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Population-wide screening of large Copy Number Variations in 150,000 Holstein cattle reveals novel genetic defects

Jeanlin Jourdain, Saskia Meier, Loup Piedfer and Christin Schmidtmann

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Application of trio-based whole-genome sequencing for investigating genetic conditions in Holstein cattle

Christine Baes, John B. Cole, Gabriella Condello, Cord Drögemà¼ller, Jessica Gearing, Joana Jacinto, Anna Letko, Christian Maltecca, Filippo Miglior and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Identification of Potential Recessive Lethal Haplotypes in Five Irish Sheep Breeds

Donagh Berry, Tara Carthy, Rory McAuley, Nóirà­n McHugh, Thierry Pabiou and Deirdre Purfield

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Unlocking the Bovine Y Chromosome Using a Hybrid Sequencing Approach

Joanna Grzegorczyk, Monika Skarwecka, Dawid Słomian, Tomasz Strzała and Kacper Żukowski

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Ensembl in a new era: providing annotation resources for the many breeds and populations of domestic animals

Jamie Allen, Alan Archibald, Paulo Branco-Lins, Lucy Brooks, Timothee Cezard, Jitender Cheema, Emily Clark, Lel Eory, Leanne Haggerty, Holly Hall, Peter Harrison, Sarah Hunt, Garth Ilsley, Simarpreet Kaur-Bhurji, Jane Loveland, Fergal Martin, Gabriela Merino, Jose Perez-Silva, James Prendergast, Botond Sipos, Jacqueline Smith, Alexey Sokolov, Francesa Tricomi, David Urbina-Gomez and Thomas Walsh

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Global breeding programs


Potential of the indigenous goat value chain and genetic resource in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Plaxedis Ivy Chimboza, Khanyisile Hadebe, Tinyiko Edward Halimani, Keneilwe Kgosikoma, Pertunia Mailula, Sinalo Mani, Molebeledi Mareko, Whitney Matli, Kgantjie moloto, Phetogo Ineeleng Monau, Edward Mutandwa, Light Ngobeni, Rumbidzai Blessing Nhara, Shalaulani Nsoso, Kethusegile Raphaka and Frans Seolwana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Optimizing Shrimp Breeding Programs Using Simulation-Based Strategies for Enhanced Genetic Gain

Marco Bink, Britt de Klerk, Naomi Duijvesteijn, Elena Facchini, David Jamieson and Bruno Perez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

An integrated pedigree-genomic simulation approach for assessing the robustness of genetic evaluations in Alpine cattle breeds

Alessandro Bagnato, Francesca Bernini, Guido Gomez Proto, Enrico Mancin, Roberto Mantovani, Angelica Oian, Eugenio Rulli, Cristina Sartori and Maria Strillacci

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Ten Years of Local Sire Line Selection and Five Years of Recurrent Testing in Burkina Faso: A Sustainable Model for Poultry Breeding and Knowledge Transfer

Raoul Atikpakpe, Naomi Duijvesteijn, Louis Perrault, Esther Toussaint, Léo-Paul Trabarel and Addie Vereijken

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Community based breeding programs for local cattle in Burkina Faso: Design and eight years of implementation

Badjibassa Akounda, Pamela Burger, Kahsa T. Gebre, Gábor Mészáros, Okeyo Mwai, Dominique Ouédraogo, Salifou Ouédraogo-Koné, Johann Sölkner, Albert Soudré, Amadou Traore, Maria Wurzinger, Bernadette Yougbaré and Pierre Zongo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

European Network on Livestock Phenomics (EU-LI-PHE): an international initiative to enhance genome and phenome integration for new developments in animal breeding

Luca Fontanesi and Tomas Norton

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A three-tier breeding structure for genomic selection in Sarda dairy sheep: concept and initial evidence

Antonello Carta, Silverio Grande, Alessio Negro, Sotero Salaris, Tiziana Sechi and Mario Graziano Usai

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Aligning Dairy and Beef breeding objectives and decision support tools. The Irish experience

Donagh Berry, Paul Crosson, Ross Evans, Margaret Kelleher and Laurence Shalloo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Experiences from National Genotyping Program - Empowering Data-Driven Decisions in the Irish Beef and Dairy Industry

Ross Evans, John McCarthy, Ava Moynihan, Katie Quigley and James Suter

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Simulated genetic and economic gains from a designed closed nucleus breeding program for Eritrean Barka cattle

Alexander Kahi, Kiplangat Ngeno, tobias okeno and Abraham Tesfamichael

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Network Analysis of llama exchange in the Peruvian Andes

gustavo Gutierrez, Laurens Van der Giessen and Maria Wurzinger

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrated behavioral and machine learning approaches to predict farmer adoption of improved semen technologies and breed improvement program in cattle

Sibtain Ahmad, Sohaib Khan and Kamran Ahmad Nasir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Impact of data availability and genetic connectedness on heritability estimates: a case study

Zdravko Barac, Dora Ceranac, Ante Kasap, Ivan Pocrnic, Jelena Ramljak, Christina Rochus and Marija Spehar

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Community-based breeding and SmaRT pack enhances environmental health and productivity in smallholder sheep flocks: the case of Ethiopia

Berhanu Belay, Tesfaye Getachew, Aynalem Haile, Joram Mwacharo and Barbara Rischkowsky

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effect of field test size on response to selection for egg production in layer chickens

Jack Dekkers, Petek Settar, Sijne Van der Beek and Anna Wolc

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Milk production recording: Challenges and opportunities for Indonesian smallholder dairy farming

Sofiyanti Indriasari, Jakaria Jakaria, Yuni Resti and Maria Wurzinger

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Approach to Climate-Smart Community-Based Genetic Improvement of Small Ruminants in Pastoral Systems

Irene Mukalo, Belphine Nyanja, Julie Ojango, Joshua Okoth, Edwin Oyieng, James Rao and Winfred Sila

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Participatory assesment of Challenges and Constraints in the implementation of Community-Based Local Goat Breeding Programs in developing countries : Insights from Burkina Faso

Pamela Burger, Gábor Mészáros, Okeyo Mwai, Dominique Ouédraogo, Salifou Ouédraogo-Koné, Johann Sölkner, Albert Soudré, Maria Wurzinger, Bernadette Yougbaré and Pierre Zongo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sustainability & efficiency


Genetic Evaluation of Methane Emissions in U.S. Holstein Cattle

Nader Deeb, Jocelyn Johnson, Piush Khanal, Isabella Kukor and Pablo Ross

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Feed efficiency in Fleckvieh dairy cows: First insights into genetic relationships

Sarah-Joe Burn, Christa Egger-Danner, Thomas Ettle, Christian Fuerst, Birgit Fuerst-Waltl, Elisabeth Gerster, Thomas Guggenberger, Veronika Huber, Kristina Linke, Andreas Steinwidder, Georg Terler and Werner Zollitsch

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Parameters for Dry Matter Intake, Methane Emissions, Nitrogen Excretion, and Carcass Traits in Hereford Cattle

P. Bedwell, R. Enns, MacKenzie Griffin, Stacy Sanders and Scott Speidel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Novel feed station behavioral traits as predictors for feed intake and efficiency in chickens

Marco Bink, Salome Chaumont, anatolii Savchuk and Esther Toussaint

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Derivation of energy allocation coefficients to growth and exploration of its genetic background in American Angus cattle

Luiz Brito, Nicolas Friggens, Andre Garcia, Qianqian Huang, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Hinayah Oliveria, Kelli Retallick, Miguel Santana and Allan Schinckel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Potential for Genetic Selection of Feed Efficiency Traits in Holstein Dairy Calves

Christine Baes, Isis Hermisdorff, Ricarda Jahnel, Bayode Makanjuola, Filippo Miglior, Avalon Phillips, Flavio Schenkel and Michael Steele

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The genetic relationship between liveweight in dairy youngstock and lactating cows in New Zealand dairy cattle.

Bevin Harris, Ahmed Ismael, Lorna McNaughton, Ric Sherlock and Richard Spelman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlations between measured methane and production traits improved prediction accuracy for methane in Australian Merino sheep

Michael Aldridge, Daniel Brown, Bronwyn Clarke, Edward Clayton, Alistair Donaldson, Peter Fitzgerald, Suzanne Mortimer, Victor Oddy, Beth Paganoni, Andrew Thompson and Julius van der Werf

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Greenhouse gas emissions of Holstein cows compared with Holstein, Jersey, Montbéliarde, Normande, and Viking Red crossbred cows

Isaac Haagen, Brad Heins and Isaac Salfer

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlations between residual feed intake and growth in Hereford beef cattle

Ignacio Aguilar, Elly Ana Navajas, Marà­a Pravia and Olga Ravagnolo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Is eating less better? Relationship of feed efficiency with production traits in New Zealand sheep

Timothy Bilton, Rebecca Clarke, Patricia Johnson, Kevin Knowler and Suzanne Rowe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Dissection of Residual Feed Intake and Methane Production in Dairy Cattle Using a Large-Scale Single-Step GWAS

Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Gerson Oliveira Jr., Hendyel Pacheco, Giovana Vargas and Natascha Vukasinovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Analysis of environmental factors influencing methane to carbon dioxide ratio and predicted methane emissions of Holstein cows in Japan by the sniffer method

Fumiaki Ito, Junko Kobayashi, Takuya Kodama, Yuma Kotaki, Akiko Nishiura, Taketo Obitsu, Kohei Oikawa, Yuriko Saito, Osamu Sasaki, Takanori Sasano, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Tomoki Tanabe, Ryoki Tatebayashi, Tomohisa Tomaru, Megumi Yamada and Mai Yamashita

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Challenges and opportunities for including methane into national breeding goals

Gerben de Jong, Rayner Gonzales-Prendes, Lotte van Kempen, Christopher Orrett and Larissa Zetouni

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Metabolomic Perspective on the Interaction between Feed Efficiency and Parasite Resistance in Lambs

Shima Borzouie, Hamza Jawad, Ghader Manafiazar, Younes Miar and Olufemi Osonowo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The genetic background of fiber digestibility and nitrogen use efficiency in dairy cattle

Henk Bovenhuis, Jan Dijkstra, Margreet Edens, Myrthe Gilbert and Eugenie Guennoc

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Correlations and repeatability of feed efficiency and emission traits between growing and finishing phases in beef cattle

Gabriel Ciappesoni, Elly Ana Navajas, Pablo Peraza and Marà­a Pravia

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-breed genomic prediction for methane production in Australian Angus beef cattle.

Sam Clark, Mette Madsen, Nahid Parna and Julius van der Werf

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Residual heat production: a novel trait for dairy cow efficiency?

RL Baldwin, Mariana Carriquiry, EA French, KF Kalscheur, James Koltes, Federica Marin, Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Kristen Parker Gaddis, Francisco Peà±agaricano, José Eduardo Santos, Robert Tempelman, Michael VandeHaar, Kent Weigel and Heather White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlations of daily feed intake measured in feedlot with methane and carbon dioxide on pasture and in the feedlot in Australian temperate beef cattle.

Sam Clark, Tom Granleese, Rachelle Hergenhan and Mette Madsen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide runs of homozygosity islands reveal genes linked with feed efficiency in South African Holstein cows

Cuthbert Banga, Simon Lashmar, Matome Madilindi, Michiel Scholtz and Oliver Zishiri

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

How does use of the methane mitigating feed additive Bovaer affect animal variance and ranking of methane and yield traits in dairy cattle?

Martin Bjerring, Jan Lassen, Peter Løvendahl, Mogens Lund, Rasmus Stephansen and Trine Villumsen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic insights from sniffer methane data: contrasting approaches to background definitions

Yvette de Haas, Birgit Gredler-Grandl, Coralia Manzanilla-Pech, Md. Sharif-Islam, Anouk van Breukelen and Roel Veerkamp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Relevance of ‘Genetics of environmental sustainability‘ in pig breeding

Robert A. Kemp, Pieter W Knap and Egbert Knol

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetics of resilience and feed efficiency in livestock: their genetic relationship and potential trade-offs

Luiz Brito

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic variation for methane emissions and meat fatty acid composition in a New Zealand sheep population implicates rumen microbiome metabolism

Michael Agnew, Wendy Bain, Timothy Bilton, Fern Booker, Kenneth Dodds, Ian Hampton, Patricia Johnson, Simon Kelly, John McEwan, Kathryn McRae, Jacqueline Peers-Adams, Suzanne Rowe and Anna Shortall

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Predicting methane production in dairy cows using milk spectra and genomic data

Ranga Appuhamy, RL Baldwin, EA French, Leonora James, KF Kalscheur, James Koltes, Hilario Mantonavi, Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Kristen Parker Gaddis, Francisco Peà±agaricano, José Eduardo Santos, Efstathios Sarmikasoglou, Robert Tempelman, Michael VandeHaar, Kent Weigel and Heather White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Factors influencing methane concentration, production and intensity, and genetic parameters estimates in two Spanish dairy sheep breeds.

Hanen Benhissi, Guillermo Caà±adas, Aser Garcà­a-Rodrà­guez, Idoia Goiri, Itsasne Granado-Tajada, Mounir Medjadbi, Carolina Pineda-Quiroga, Manuel Ramón, Alejandro Rubio de Juan and Jesús Valdés-Hernández

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameter estimation for dry matter intake and residual feed intake of springing heifers and first lactation cows

E.A. Abdalla, Christine Baes, A.M. Butty, Samla Cunha, Oscar González-Recio, Ricarda Jahnel, Filippo Miglior, Jennie E. Pryce, Flavio Schenkel and Rasmus Stephansen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Correlations Between Sniffer and GreenFeed Methane Measurements Enable Genomic Selection in Dairy Cattle

Hanen Benhissi, Aser Garcà­a-Rodrà­guez, Idoia Goiri, Oscar González-Recio, José Antonio Jiménez-Montero, Marina Martà­nez‐Álvaro, Santiago Saez-Torillo and Athanasia Varsaki

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessing the Potential to Enhance Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Holstein Dairy Cows

Lucas Alcantara, Christine Baes, Allison Fleming, Ricarda Jahnel, Bayode Makanjuola, Filippo Miglior, Lawrence Schaeffer and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameter estimates of indigestible feed markers in Holsteins and correlations with production

Yusuf Adeniji, Chad Dechow, Kevin Harvatine and Wasim Yousaf

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association study reveals shared genetic architecture of feed efficiency between calves and first parity Holstein cows

Bruno Ambrozio Galindo, Christine Baes, Isis Hermisdorff, Ricarda Jahnel, Filippo Miglior, Avalon Phillips and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Feed Intake Phenotypes of Growing Dairy Heifers that are the Progeny of Bulls with High or Low Breeding Values.

Lorna McNaughton, Olivia Spaans, Richard Spelman and Peter van Elzakker

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimating heritability of deep phenotypes for feed efficiency in dairy cows

Niran Adhikari, Birgit Gredler-Grandl, Aart Van der Linden and Roel Veerkamp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Diurnal patterns of methane and carbon dioxide emissions associated with breeding sheep for divergent methane yield

Timothy Bilton, Fern Booker, Brenna Dobson-Hill, Sharon Hickey, Arjan Jonker, John McEwan and Suzanne Rowe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic scans for dry matter intake, consistency of dry matter intake, and residual feed intake in lactating dairy cows using imputed whole-genome sequence data

Brian Kirkpatrick, James Koltes, Bárbara Nascimento, Kristen Parker Gaddis, Francisco Peà±agaricano, José Eduardo Santos, Robert Tempelman, Michael VandeHaar, Kent Weigel and Heather White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Augmenting saved feed index with carbon dioxide breeding values

Ali Bayat, Pekka Huhtanen, Riitta Kempe, Martin Lidauer, Enyew Negussie, Ayo Salaudeen and Tomasz Stefanski

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The association between genetic merit for live-weight and energy intake and efficiency in grazing dairy cows

Donagh Berry and Maeve Williams

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters of feed intake, eating behaviour, efficiency and body weight recorded using 3D cameras in three dairy cattle breeds

Christian Bengtson, Kasia Kupisiewicz, Jan Lassen and Rasmus Stephansen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic relationship between methane emissions and rumen volume in sheep

Emma Dods, Karolina Kaseja, Nicola Lambe, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Ann McLaren and Janet Roden

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Heritability and genetic correlation of methane production measured using GreenFeed and portable accumulation chambers in dairy heifers

Timothy Bilton, Jessica Douie, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Lorna McNaughton, Suzanne Rowe, Olivia Spaans, Richard Spelman and Kathryn Tiplady

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters of methane emissions traits in US Holstein cows

Ranga Appuhamy, RL Baldwin, Umit Bilginer, EA French, Leonora James, KF Kalscheur, Ermias Kebreab, James Koltes, Hilario Mantonavi, Federica Marin, Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Kristen Parker Gaddis, Francisco Peà±agaricano, José Eduardo Santos, Efstathios Sarmikasoglou, Robert Tempelman, Michael VandeHaar, Kent Weigel and Heather White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic gain & Inbreeding


Genomic and pedigree inbreeding estimates and their impact on sheep production traits

Nóirà­n McHugh, Thierry Pabiou, Deirdre Purfield and Mujibur Rahman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic trends for maternal traits in UK beef cattle: The impact of lack of selection in sires

Harriet Bunning, Mike Coffey, Pourya Davoudi and Kim Matthews

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selection on polygenic traits reduce the genetic variance considerably more due to the Bulmer effect than typically assumed

Piter Bijma, Mario Calus and Yvonne Wientjes

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Targeted Allele Frequency Tuning (TAFT) in Friesian horses by exploiting features of the genomic relationship matrix

Mario Calus, Harmen Doekes, Bart Ducro, Tobias Niehoff, Matias Schrauf and Marije Steensma

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selecting functional alleles in purebred and composite beef cattle

Gary Bennett, Larry Kuehn, Tara McDaneld and Warren Snelling

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic architecture of inbreeding load for survival and body weight traits in divergently selected mouse lines

Isabel Cervantes, Laila El-Ouazizi El-Kahia, Nora Formoso-Rafferty, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, Candela Ojeda-Marà­n, Davinia Perdomo-González and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison of genetic gain predicted in swine population using stochastic and determinist simulation with real gain observed

Denis Cudrey, Loà¯c Flatres-Grall, Kambiz Kashefifard and Guillaume Lenoir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessing inbreeding levels in two pilot community-based breeding program sites with common breeding objectives in South Africa

Khanyisile Hadebe, Takalani Mpofu, Bohani Mtileni, Khathutshelo Nephawe and Moeketsi Segakoeng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Within herd genetic relationships between bulls and active females in Canadian dairy breeds as a metric for controlling inbreeding

Christine Baes, John B. Cole, Bayode Makanjuola, Christian Maltecca, Filippo Miglior and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effective Population Size and Inbreeding Dynamics in the Peruvian Paso Horse: A Long-Term Pedigree Analysis

Jose Dextre, Paola Quintana, Camila Rivadeneyra, Maria Lourdes Velarde and jorge vilela

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Predicted genetic gain under multiple-sire mating compared to single-sire mating

Frank Archer, Hanlie Jansen, Brian Kinghorn and Alexander Kinghorn

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Theory vs Simulation vs Reality: Predicting the outcomes of breeding programs

Egiel Hanenberg, David Jamieson, Marisol Londono Gil, Christopher Orrett, Bruno Perez and Torsten Pook

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Predicting Average Progeny Inbreeding in Canadian Holstein Cattle Using Expected Runs of Homozygosity

LIUHONG CHEN, Allison Fleming, Cindy Jaton, Filippo Miglior, Peter Sullivan and Brian Van Doormaal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Impact of using different coancestry matrices in optimal contribution management on effective population size

Armando Caballero, Almudena Fernández, Jesús Fernández, Silvia Garcà­a-Ballesteros, Raúl López de la Torre, Theo Meuwissen, Elisabet Morales-González, Miguel àngel Toro and Beatriz Villanueva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparing genetic trends across models and implementations

Andres Legarra, Ezequiel Nicolazzi and Simone Savoia

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Accelerating Genetic Progress: Impact of Multiplier-Level Program Implementation on Commercial Swine Systems

Cecilia Esquivelzeta Rabell

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparing inbreeding parameters in pigs: Drift, homozygosity, and IBD

Peer Berg, Eli Grindflek, Kelvin Kelles, Natalia Leite, Theo Meuwissen, Maren van Son and Yvonne Wientjes

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leveraging Price equation to generalise breeding value definition and predicting response to selection on additive and non-additive genetic variation

R. Chris Gaynor, Gregor Gorjanc, David López-Carbonell and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Runs of homozygosity detects inbreeding coefficients in South African beef cattle

Mamokoma Modiba, Bohani Mtileni and Khathutshelo Nephawe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessment of reliabilities of estimated breeding values in pigs

Marco Bink, Abe Huisman, Jan ten Napel and Jeremie Vanderplas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Impacts of effective population size and genomic selection on genetic gain and between replicate variance using a simulated swine breeding program

Marco Bink, Abe Huisman, David Jamieson and Austin Putz

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Validation of predicted Mendelian sampling variance for optimizing selection: An application in pigs

Eli Grindflek, Egiel Hanenberg, Natalia Leite, Marisol Londono Gil and Tobias Niehoff

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Genomics into Reintroduction and Supplementation Strategies

Mirte Bosse

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Quantifying genetic load through joint modeling of inbreeding depression and inbreeding load for litter size in rabbits

àrpád Bokor, Ino Curik, Carlos Hervás-Rivero, György Kövér, István Nagy, Anh Thi Nguyen and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic selection accelerates sustainable long-term genetic gain in the Barentu indigenous egg-laying chicken: A MoBPS simulation study in Eritrea

Hortuma Asefaw Habteslasie, Alexander Kahi and Kiplangat Ngeno

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

How to manage potential negative effects of genomic selection?

Matias Bermann, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating a multi-sire joining approach as a practical alternative to full mate allocation for balancing genetic gain and inbreeding in a simulated chicken breeding program

Marco Bink, David Jamieson, Bruno Perez, Torsten Pook and Gosse Veninga

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating the Influence of Sample Size and SNP Density on Genomic Estimates of Effective Population Size in Livestock

Vlatka Cubric-Curik, Ino Curik, Adrián Halvonà­k, Radovan Kasarda, Nina Moravcikova, Mario Shihabi, Hana Vostrá-Vydrová and LuboÅ¡ Vostrà½

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A method to accommodate variable male reproductive success when managing diversity under mixed mating scenarios

Alexander Kinghorn and Brian Kinghorn

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Use of Genomic Relationship Matrices to manage Genetic Diversity

Peer Berg, Theo Meuwissen, Oda Wà¦ge and Xijiang Yu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Inbreeding trends from 1991 to 2025 in > 1.1 million genotyped purebred beef and dairy cattle.

Ross Evans, Pierce Rafter and Clodagh Ryan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Incorporating Prediction Error Variance-Covariance into Selection Processes to Enhance the Probability of Identifying Elite Products

Kristen Branston, Jian Cheng, Selma Davis, Chris Gaynor, Mary Kate Hollifield, Oscar Iheshiulor, Christina Lehermeier and Meng-Chun Tseng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Extending the application of empirical methods for predicting the accuracy of genomic predictions

Phillip Gurman, David Johnston and Kirsty Moore

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

GWAS & Selection signatures


Genome-wide fine-mapping improves identification of causal variants

Yang Wu and Jian Zeng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Method to Compute Genomic Window Variances for a Multiple-Regression Model Using Posterior Samples of Effects from an Equivalent Dimension-Reduced Model

Jack Dekkers, Rohan Fernando, Rodrigo M. Godinho and Haipeng Yu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic variation of quantitative traits modelled with full multilocus interaction

Asko Maki-Tanila

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Regions Associated with Heterosis in Holstein-Jersey Crossbred Dairy Cattle

Hafedh Ben Zaabza, John B. Cole, Mahesh Neupane, H.D. Norman, Sajjad Toghiani and Curt VanTassell

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Quantifying annotation-stratified pleiotropy and co-polygenicity between complex traits

Hao Cheng, Dingzhen Liang, Jiayi Qu, Jian Zeng and Tianjing Zhao

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

TRACE: A novel approach to detect genomic regions under selection in populations

Markus Neudit

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Approximating GWAS with single-step SNPBLUP

Aniek Bouwman, Jisca Huisman, Tomas Stevens and Jeremie Vandenplas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison of SNP marker effect estimates of single-step and multi-step genomic models using millions of genotyped animals of German Holstein

Hatem Alkhoder, Johannes Heise, Zengting Liu, Leen Polman and Reinhard Reents

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic prediction of components of heterosis for crosses of cattle breeds and advanced intercross lines of chicken

Ino Curik, Kahsa T. Gebre, Tesfay Gebreselama, Negar Khayatzadeh, Susan Lamont, Selam Meseret, Raphael Mrode and Johann Sölkner

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Shared Genetic Architecture of Height Across Species: Leveraging Human GWAS to Enhance Cattle Trait Prediction

Mehrnush Forutan and Ben Hayes

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic scans for selection signatures in Local Spanish chicken breeds

AMADO CANALES, Vincenzo Landi, Amparo Martà­nez, à€gueda Pons, MEDHAT SALEH and ALEXANDR Torres Krupij

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Footprints of Selection and Adaptation in 40 breeds of Indian Zebu Cattle

Sayta Pal Arya, Sarwar Azam, Avnish Kumar Bhatia, Raju BMK, Mahesh Dige, Ravi Kumar Gandham, Neelima Hosamani, Amod Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Shakti Kumar, Subeer Majumdar, Manish Mukesh, Himanshu Patil, Kathiravan Periasamy, Manas Ranjan Praharaj, Dhirendra Suthar, Neelam Topno and VIKAS VOHRA

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Single-step GWAS with APY and its application to a large pig population

Matias Bermann, Fernando Bussiman, Ching-Yi Chen, Jorge Hidalgo, Justin Holl, Fazhir Kayondo and Daniela Lourenco

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Non-additive GWAS identifies a recessive region on pig chromosome 1 associated with backfat and mortality

Martijn Derks, Eli Grindflek, Dianne van der Spek and Maren van Son

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Disentangling Mature Cow Weight and Body Condition Score: Comparative GWAS of Different Modeling Strategies

Andre Garcia, Henrique Mulim, Ayooluwa Ojo, Hinayah Oliveria and Kelli Retallick

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Dissection of genomic regions mediating correlation between complex and reproduction traits in German Holstein cattle

Jörn Bennewitz, Johannes Heise, Leopold Schwarz, Jens Tetens and Georg Thaller

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leveraging Embryos to Uncover the Molecular Basis of Heterosis in Beef Cattle

Jonathan Beever, Janice Edwards, Garrett Franklin, Ruwaa Mohamed, Rebecca Payton, Ella Pollock, Troy Rowan and Taylor Seay

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Triangulation of Feature Selection Methods Could Increase Confidence in QTL Detection: A Simulation Study in Dairy Cattle

Matthew Barden, Cherrill Bedford, Martin Green, Robert Hyde, Caelinn James and Bingjie Li

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Temporal dynamics of major SNPs in large broiler chicken populations

Matias Bermann, Fernando Bussiman, Vivian Likness, Daniela Lourenco and Brenda Monis Moreno

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Runs of Heterozygosity and their Association with Productive Traits in Mexican Holstein Cattle

Adriana Garcà­a Ruà­z, Felipe de Jesús Ruà­z López, Hugo Toledo-Alvarado and Luis Trejo Dà­az

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Identifying the drivers of new genetic variation in chickens

Andreas Kranis, Eugenio López-Cortegano and Bolà­var Sosa-Madrid

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Allelic properties of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in Australian dairy cattle

Ed Breen, Michael Goddard, Kathryn Kemper and Ruidong Xiang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Novel Monte Carlo Method for Approximating the Null Hypothesis in Genomic-Window–Based Genome-Wide Association Analyses

Francisco Barceló-Blasco, David López-Carbonell, Manuel Sánchez-Dà­az and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Insights from large-scale GWAS analysis of simple and complex variations in cattle

Jiarui Cai, John B. Cole, Jicai Jiang, George E. Liu, Li Ma, Junjian Wang and Liu Yang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

GxE


Genotype-by-environment interaction and genomic basis of adaptation to altitude in local cattle breeds

Guido Gomez Proto, David López-Carbonell, Enrico Mancin, Roberto Mantovani, Angelica Oian, Eugenio Rulli, Cristina Sartori and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessing genotype-by-environment interactions across climatic conditions for feeding behavior traits and dry matter intake in tropical beef cattle

Fernando Baldi, Luiz Brito, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Egleu Mendes, Gustavo Rodrigues, Roberto Sainz, Joao Silva Neto and Julia Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modeling genotype-by-environment interaction effects for reproductive performance in sows across a disease challenge gradient

Saranya Arirangan, Luiz Brito, Jenelle Dunkelberger, Egbert Knol, Leticia Oliveira, Claudia Sevillano, Matthew Tegtmeyer, Mitchell Tuinstra and Robbee Wedow

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimating genotype-by-THI interactions in laying hens using factor analytic models and egg production data

Lisa Bà¼ttgen, Pascal Duenk, Esther Ellen, Malou van der Sluis, Roel Veerkamp and Jeroen Visscher

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The Impact of the Genotype x Feed Interaction on Feeding Behavior, Efficiency, and Carcass Traits in Pigs

Marie Bellersen, Ines Brinke, Christine Grosse-Brinkhaus, Elisabeth Jonas, Annika Kiefer and Ernst Tholen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Exploring farm-environment descriptors to assess their potential for GxE interactions on milk production in Holstein dairy cattle

Sophie Aguerre, Silja Beerling, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano, Pascal Croiseau, Sandra Dominique, Sophie Mattalia, Yves Plantard and Aurelie Vinet

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Enviromics-based modeling of genotype-by-environment-by-management interactions applied to pasture-raised beef cattle

Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Gilberto Menezes, Renata Veroneze and Talita E. Z. Santana

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Account for genotype - temperature-humidity index interactions to refine mortality traits in young calves

Hélène Leclerc, Armelle Venot and Aurelie Vinet

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic connectedness and genotype-by-environment interaction across countries in a maternal pig line

Ignacio Aguilar, Carolina Garcia-Baccino, Catherine Larzul, Andres Legarra, Bruno Ligonesche, Tomasi Tusingwiire and Zulma Vitezica

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction for Weaning Weight in Angus Cattle Using Principal Component and Multi-dimensional Reaction Norm Analysis

Luiz Brito, Andre Garcia, Cedric Gondro, Seonyeong Heo, Jingyi Huang, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Daniela Lourenco, Kelli Retallick, Troy Rowan, Anil Sigdel and Simone Valle de Souza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetics of feeding behaviour to improve feed efficiency, meat quality and carcass traits in slow-growing broilers

Salomé Chaumont, Julie Collet, Anne Collin, Frédéric Fagnoul, Elodie Guettier, Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval and Sandrine Mignon

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Climate and management jointly influence the expression of weaning weight in Katahdin sheep

Luiz Brito, Joan M. Burke, Bradley A. Freking, Reka Howard, Ronald M. Lewis, Thomas W. Murphy, J. Bret Taylor, Carrie Wilson and Hilal Yazar Gunes

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modelling Heat-Stress Genotype-by-Environment Interactions for Milk Yield in Texas and Wisconsin Holsteins

Gaurav Dutta, Breno Fragomeni, Taylor McWhorter, Henry Schober and Francesco Tiezzi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Accounting for genotype by environment interaction on the genetic evaluation of semen production traits in Duroc boars

Fernando Bussiman, Youping Gu, Jorge Hidalgo, Yijian Huang, Diego Jarquin and Heegun Lee

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genotype x Environment Analysis of Lamb Survival in Indoor and Outdoor Lambing Flocks

Cathy Dwyer, Kim Hay, Susan Jarvis, Nicola Lambe and Janet Roden

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Incorporating multiple meteorological variables into genetic evaluation models for growth traits in American Angus cattle

Luiz Brito, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano, Andre Garcia, Cedric Gondro, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Daniela Lourenco, Gabriel Rovere, Troy Rowan and Simone Valle de Souza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genotype-by-environment interaction for methane emissions in Holstein cows under heat stress conditions

Dianelys Gonzalez-Peà±a, Asmita Kulkarni, Gerson Oliveira Jr., Hendyel Pacheco, Miguel Sánchez-Castro, Giovana Vargas and Natascha Vukasinovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Quantifying Environmental Drivers of Weaning Weight in American Angus Cattle

Luiz Brito, Andre Garcia, Cedric Gondro, Seonyeong Heo, Jingyi Huang, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Daniela Lourenco, Kelli Retallick, Troy Rowan, Anil Sigdel and Simone Valle de Souza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association analysis accounting for genotype by diet interaction for feed efficiency in Holstein cows

Vrinda Ambike, RL Baldwin, James Koltes, Kristen Parker Gaddis, Francisco Peà±agaricano, José Eduardo Santos, Robert Tempelman, Michael VandeHaar, Kent Weigel and Heather White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The importance of trait stability in crossbreeding: uncovering the impacts of genotype-by-environment interaction

Gregor Gorjanc, Gabriela Mafra Fortuna, Daniel Tolhurst and Dominic Waters

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction for Heat Tolerance in Korean Dairy Cattle: A Reaction-Norm Analysis of Milk Yield Across THI Gradients

Seokjoo Ha, Taejoon Jeong, Suyeon Kim, Seokhyun Lee, Dajeong Lim, Kyu-Sang Lim, Seongwon Seo and Donghyun Shin

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Bayesian evaluation of genotype-by-nutrition interactions affecting reproductive success in grazing beef cows

Ana Carolina Espasandin, Raquel Pérez Clariget and Rodrigo Vivián

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Microbiome


Decoding the milk microbiome-host interaction in mastitis susceptible and resistant Holstein cows with subclinical intramammary infection

Antonio Barberio, Vittoria Bisutti, Martino Cassandro, Alessio Cecchinato, Raffaella Finocchiaro, Gabriele Giannotta, Diana Giannuzzi, Maurizio Marusi, Sara Pegolo, Giulia Secchi, Alice Vanzin and Martina Zappaterra

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Deep Learning Architectures for Exploring High-Dimensional, Small-Sample Data in Microbiome Data

Marek Sztuka and Joanna Szyda

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The DeepMicroCore project: Machine Learning algorithms for the identification of the core microbiome from integrated data on multiple species

Karlo Bala, Filippo Biscarini, Tania Bobbo, Bianca Castiglioni, Paolo Cozzi, Mladen Senicar, Milica Å kipina and Alessandra Stella

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Linking sow ABO genotype to milk glycome and piglets' gut microbiome

Evy Beckers, Nadine Buys, Carole Charlie, Jaro De Kort, Sébastien Dupont, Michel Georges, Katrijn Hooyberghs, Caroline Hupperts, Steven Janssens, Yefang Li, Roel Meyermans, Inne Patteet and Lijing Tang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Microbial genomes as genetic mediators: a comparative 16S rRNA and shotgun metagenomic study in Iberian pigs

LAMIAE AZOUGGAGH, Joaquim Casellas, Cristina Casto Rebollo, Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche, Sara Negro and Luis Varona

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Associations between fecal microbiome and methane emissions in lactating dairy cows

Bruno D'Ambrosio Zeballos, Hilario Mantonavi, Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Francisco Peà±agaricano, Alice Peres Assumpcao, Derick Rosler, Negin Sheybani, Kent Weigel and Heather White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Rumen microbiome mediates genetic effects on feed efficiency in beef cattle

Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Elly Ana Navajas, Hugo Naya, Pablo Peraza and José Sotelo-Silveira

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Beyond the hypervariable regions: Full-length 16S Oxford Nanopore sequencing of rumen microbiome samples to get the most out of a metagenomic sample

Rocio Amorin De Hegedus, Jessica Beskid, Margaret Costello, Jennifer McClure, Kevin Panke-Buisse and Juliana Young

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Prediction of enteric methane emissions from faecal metagenome of dairy cattle

Amanda Chamberlain, Joe L. Jacobs, Leah Marett, Jennie E. Pryce, Ren M. Retegan, Boris J. Sepulveda, Christy J. Vander Jagt, Jianghui Wang, S. Richard O. Williams and Ruidong Xiang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic selection of livestock leveraging gut microbial information

Francesco Tiezzi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Rumen fluid metagenomics revealed parity-driven changes in microbiome diversity, activity, and abundance in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows

Surinder Chauhan, Frank Dunshea, Richard Eckard, Muhammed Elayadeth-Meethal, Matthew Flavel, Naseema Kolathingal-Thodika and Bereket Tunkala

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Do host genetics and the rumen microbiome shape adaptive immunity in beef cattle?

Andres Alvarado-Vargas, Luana Alvares, Paola Boscollo, Giovanni C. Ladeira, Castle Cavender, Kwangcheol Jeong, Corwin Nelson, Milerky Perdomo and Fernanda Rezende

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Establishing an across-country breeding metagenome for methane mitigation in cattle

Aniek Bouwman, Yvette de Haas, David Flossdorf, Oscar González-Recio, Birgit Gredler-Grandl, Ben Hayes, Coralia Manzanilla-Pech, Chian Teng Ong and Elizabeth Ross

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Isolation and genome characterization of a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-producing Brevibacillus sp. from rumen fluid of dairy cows

Ki Beom Jang, Min-Geun Kang, Arthur Junghun Kim, Min-gyeong kim and Younghoon Kim

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Deep Learning and feature selection in the bioinformatic modelling of functionally annotated microbial communities in aquaculture

Michalina Jakimowicz, Łukasz Napora-Rutkowski, Katarzyna Sidorczuk, Dawid Słomian, Marek Sztuka and Joanna Szyda

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Advanced Microbiome Analysis Reveals Dual Pathways Linking Agro-Industrial By-Products to Methane Reduction in Dairy Cows

Omar Cristobal Carballo, Xianjiang Chen, ABDOLVAHAB EBRAHIMPOUR GORJI, Tomasz Sadkowski, Masoud Shirali, Sokratis Stergiadis, Katerina Theodoridou, Benchu Xue and Tianhai Yan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Microbial Community Restructuring Underlies Thermotolerance in Heat-Stressed Lactating Sows: An Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis

Luiz Brito, MaryKate Byrd, Chiara Gini, Jicai Jiang, Jay Johnson, Christian Maltecca, Francesco Tiezzi and Stephan van Vliet

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Linking the milk microbiome to metabolic and immune dynamics associated with subclinical inflammation during the transition period in Holstein cows

Giovanni Bani, Vittoria Bisutti, Luca Cattaneo, Alessio Cecchinato, Gabriele Giannotta, Diana Giannuzzi, Sara Pegolo, Carlo Rovetta, Giulia Secchi, Erminio Trevisi and Alice Vanzin

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effects of stress tolerance and feeding strategy on the rumen microbial communities of Rasa Aragonesa ewes

Claudia Baila, Carlos Calvete, Jorge Hugo Calvo, Margalida Joy, Sandra Lobón, Sara Pérez-Redondo, Edgar Reinoso-Peláez and Magdalena Serrano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigation of Relationship Between Milk Somatic Cell Associated Microbiota and Feed Efficiency in Dairy Cattle

Victoria Asselstine, Christine Baes, àngela Cánovas, Guilherme Henrique Gebim Polizel, Leluo Guan, Ricarda Jahnel, Filippo Miglior, Miguel Santana and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Host genomic sequence recovery from metagenomic sequence data generated from rumen fluid collected by esophageal tubing

Reid Anema, Samodha Fernando, Michael Gonda, Andrew Lakamp, Warren Snelling and Matthew Spangler

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Longitudinal Analyses Reveal the Dynamic Interplay of Host Genetics and the Gut Microbiome in Shaping Heat Resilience in Sows

Luiz Brito, Yijian Huang, Jicai Jiang, Jay Johnson, Christian Maltecca, Francesco Tiezzi and Hui Wen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of microbiability of production traits in Duroc pigs under different gut microbial classification and heritabilities

Kensuke Hirose, Tetsuya Ito, Shuji Iwata, Mai Kamikawa, Haruki Kitazawa, Toyoto Maruyama, Rintaro Nagai, Maiko Ogawa, Genki Tanaka and Yoshinobu Uemoto

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

eQTL-based genomic regulation of Leyella and Xylanibacter in pigs identifies candidate targets for breeding

Luiz Brito, Izally Carvalho Gervásio, Mariah Castro Durval, Aline Cesar, Lucas Echevarria Nascimento, Simara Fanalli, Andrezza Maria Felà­cio Ament, Fernanda Nery Ciconello, Felipe André Oliveira Freitas, Camila Sabino de Oliveira, Bárbara Silva-Vignato and Thiago Sugizaki dos Santos

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-omics analysis


Genomic prediction of methane production and dry matter intake using models combining genomic and mid-infrared spectral effects in dairy cattle

Christine Baes, Coralie Machefert, Filippo Miglior and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic and Metagenomic Parameters for Economically Important Traits in Angus Cattle

Fernando Bussiman, Andre Garcia, Jeferson Lourenco, Daniela Lourenco, Rebeka Magalhaes da Costa and Kelli Retallick

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Impact of metagenomic sequencing depth on prediction accuracy

Nirosh Aluthge, Samodha Fernando, Kristin Hales, Larry Kuehn, Andrew Lakamp, Bryan Neville, Warren Snelling, Matthew Spangler and James Wells

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The RUMIGEN EpiChip: a new tool for integrating epigenetics into dairy cow selection

Alexandre Asset, Florian Besnard, Didier Boichard, Mekki Boussaha, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Valentin Costes, Corentin Fouéré, Sébastien Fritz, Helene Jammes, Hélène Kiefer, Chrystelle Le Danvic, Clotilde Patry and Marie-Pierre Sanchez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating biological annotations to improve genomic prediction in pigs

Eula Regina Carrara, Ching-Yi Chen, Hao Cheng, Justin Holl, Dingzhen Liang, Daniela Lourenco, Jiayi Qu, Quazi Abir Hassan Roddur and Bruno Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimating many variance components simultaneously using factor analytical models; using the rumen microbiome to predict the breeding value for methane

Aniek Bouwman, David Flossdorf, Hanne Honerlagen, Coralia Manzanilla-Pech, Anouk van Breukelen and Roel Veerkamp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Joint analysis of extensive functional annotations and multi-omics of cattle improves genomic prediction and mapping

Ruidong Xiang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Can microbiome improve genetic evaluations? Comparison between GBLUP and GO-BLUP in commercial beef populations

Matthew Cleveland, Joana Lima, Marina Martà­nez‐Álvaro, Tuan Nguyen, Rainer Roehe and Santiago Saez-Torillo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Microbiome prediction of longitudinal phenotypes across time space and host

Stefano campanaro, Lucia Giagnoni, Guido Gomez Proto, Enrico Mancin, Roberto Mantovani, Angelica Oian, Eugenio Rulli, Cristina Sartori, Andrea Squartini and Laura Treu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integration of microbiome information to improve the prediction of phenotypes and breeding values in pig breeding

Rob Bergsma, Claudia Kamphuis, Natalia Leite, Toyoto Maruyama, Torsten Pook, Lisanne Verschuren and Oliver Zemb

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide fine-mapping of transcriptome-wide association studies applicable across species

Hao Cheng, Donna Li, Jiayi Qu and Jian Zeng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Using CADD scores to improve genomic prediction accuracy for production and reproduction traits in Piétrain pigs using whole genome sequence data

Marco Bink, Mario Calus, Pascal Duenk and Chuanke Fu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparison of strategies for incorporating functional annotation in genomic prediction

Jack Dekkers, Blessing Olabosoye and Juan Steibel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-omics identification of blood biomarkers for transition cow disease and associated quantitative trait loci

Amanda Chamberlain, Aaron Elkins, Joanne Hemsworth, Anastasiia Kudriashova, Zhiqian Liu, Brett Mason, Doris Ram, Coralie Reich, Simone Rochfort and Muhammad Tahir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Variant selection strategies to enhance genomic prediction of enteric methane emission and feed efficiency-related traits in Nellore cattle

Lucia G. Albuquerque, Leonardo Arikawa, Gerardo Fernandes Júnior, Larissa Fonseca, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A biologically motivated nonlinear latent variable model for genetic evaluation using genomic sequence

J. Elyse Borgert, Bailey Engle, John Keele, Larry Kuehn, Warren Snelling and R. Mark Thallman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Longitudinal Metabolite Profiles Improves Trait Prediction in Pigs in a Trait- and Timepoint-Dependent Manner

Eula Regina Carrara, Ching-Yi Chen, Hao Cheng, Justin Holl, Dingzhen Liang, Daniela Lourenco, Jiayi Qu, Quazi Abir Hassan Roddur and Bruno Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Enhancing prediction accuracy for pig production traits with multi-omic mixed models

Levi Ayres, Henk Bovenhuis, Mario Calus, Peter Karlskov-Mortensen, Maria Luigi-Sierra, Miriam Piles and Ioanna-Theoni Vourlaki

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating the contribution of microbiome information to genetic and genomic evaluations for methane emissions in growing cattle

Stephen Conroy, Ross Evans, David Kelly, Stuart Kirwan, Paul Smith and Sinéad Waters

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-Omics Data Integration and Transcriptome Imputation for Improved Genetic Evaluation in Hanwoo cattle

Inchul Choi, Ki Young Chung, Yoonji Chung, Phuong Thanh N. Dinh, Juhyeok Kim, Seunghwan Ko, Seung Hwan Lee and Hayeong Oh

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

GALLO 2.0: A toolkit for functional prioritization of positional candidate genes

àngela Cánovas, Pablo Fonseca and Aroa Suárez-Vega

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Improving genomic prediction for feed efficiency traits in beef cattle using microbiome as an intermediate omics

Samodha Fernando, Kristin Hales, Larry Kuehn, Bryan Neville, Bhagya Samarakoon, Warren Snelling, Matthew Spangler, James Wells and Tianjing Zhao

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leveraging Deep Learning Foundational Models for Genomic Prediction

Hao Cheng and Austin Weber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-omic analysis to differentiate between negative and positive energy balance in lactating Holstein cows.

Monique Berkhart, Amanda Chamberlain, Michael Goddard, Joanne Hemsworth, Zhiqian Liu, Iona MacLeod, Leah Marett, Brett Mason, Tuan Nguyen, Thakur Preeti, Coralie Reich, Simone Rochfort and Muhammad Tahir

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Omics data are compositional but transformations are optional: the analysis in relative abundances permits zeros and it is almost subcompositionally coherent

Agustin Blasco, Michael Greenacre and Marina Martà­nez‐Álvaro

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Meta-data Analysis of Ruminant Microbial Communities for Methane Prediction

Timothy Bilton, Michael Black, Jordan Clarke, Shannon Clarke, Hannah Henry, John McEwan, Lorna McNaughton, Ben Perry, Suzanne Rowe and Bryan Thompson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Metabolomics adds only marginal increases to prediction accuracy when genomic and pedigree information are available

Ole Christensen, Thinh Chu, Xiangyu Guo, Mark Henryon, Just Jensen, Tage Ostersen, Pernille Sarup and Anders Christian Sørensen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Omics & gene networks


Integrated Transcriptomic Analysis of miRNA-Mediated Regulation: Aflatoxin Toxicity and Dietary Herbal Supplementation in the Porcine Liver

Varun Asediya, Avon Augustin, Frieder Hadlich, Garima Kalra, Michael Oster, Chandra Pareek, Nihal Purohit, Henry Reyer, Sharmin Sultana, Nares Trakooljul, Siriluck Wimmers and Klaus Wimmers

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Comparative milk somatic cell transcriptome profiling of indigenous Indian goat breeds Jakhrana and Jamunapari during early lactation

Mahesh Dige, Ankita Gurao, Ranjit Singh Kataria, Lalit Singh and manoj Singh

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gene co-expression network analysis of liver transcriptomic data of cattle fed contrasting diets and interaction with production traits

David Kenny, Kate Keogh, Mark McGee and Antonio Reverter

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effect of creep-feeding supplementation during the suckling phase on the muscle proteome of Nellore males at finishing phase

Mateus Abreu, Rafael Assunà§à£o, Gabriel David, Bianca Domingos, Daniela Lourenco, Claudia C. P. Paz, Letà­cia Pereira, Flávio Resende, Gustavo Siqueira and Nedenia Stafuzza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Network Preservation Analysis Reveals Intergenerational Effects of Prepubertal Protein Restriction in Replacement Ewes on Offspring Metabolic Tissues

Juan Jose Arranz, Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil, Rocà­o Pelayo, Aroa Suárez-Vega and Marko Vrcan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Proteomic analysis of the effect of weaning age on the skeletal muscle in beef cattle

Mateus Abreu, Rafael Assunà§à£o, Gabriel David, Bianca Domingos, Daniela Lourenco, Claudia C. P. Paz, Letà­cia Pereira, Flávio Resende, Gustavo Siqueira and Nedenia Stafuzza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating genomics, transcriptomics, and mid-infrared spectra to decipher the genetic basis of nitrogen use efficiency in dairy cattle

H. Atashi, Y. Chen, L. Fang, Nicolas Gengler, C. Grelet and Bingjie Li

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A pig Model for Androgenetic Alopecia: Development and Efficacy Assessment

Renchen Li, Shiyuan Li, Shujuan Li, Chuan Lin, Keyao wang and Yangxun Zheng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Functional dissection of Junb in Ucp1-independent thermogenic regulation in porcine adipose tissue

Xiaoxiang Hu, Jiaping Li, Sa Li and Jan Nedergaard

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Decoding the Genetic Regulation landscape of chicken single cells using foundational models

Yucheng Guo, Xiaoxiang Hu, Chong Li, Yuzhe Wang, Qirong Yang and Chenghao Zhai

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Profiling of Stage-Specific Cell Heterogeneity Based on Blood Transcriptome Data in Pigs

Jeong-Woo Han, Ga-Hyeon Jeong, Jun-Mo Kim, Chiwoong Lim, Dajeong Lim, Kyu-Sang Lim and Young-Jun Seo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Interspecies Single-Cell RNA-Seq-Based Deconvolution of Bulk Transcriptomic Data to Characterize Mammary Cell Composition Dynamics in LPS-Challenged Dairy Ewes

Maria Alonso-Garcà­a, Juan Jose Arranz, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil, Rocà­o Pelayo and Aroa Suárez-Vega

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Unveiling region-specific gut transcriptomic responses in pigs fed increasing levels of Arthrospira platensis using RNAseq

Alessio Cecchinato, Gregorio Don, Luigi Gallo, Diana Giannuzzi, Sara Pegolo, Stefano Schiavon, Veronica Tono and Alessandro Toscano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Metabolomic profiles of divergent pigs for feed intake: towards the genetic dissection of a complex trait using molecular phenotypes

Francesca Bertolini, Matteo Bolner, Samuele Bovo, Luca Fontanesi, Justin Holl, Craig Lewis, Giuseppina Schiavo and Bruno Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Gene Co-Expression Networks Reveal Diet-Dependent Cytokine Interactions in Pig Brain Tissue

Aline Cesar, Julia Dezen Gomes, Simara Fanalli, Fernanda Nery Ciconello and Bruna Pereira Martins da silva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Filling the gaps: From genomic predictions to functional understanding of immune competence in livestock

Pamela Alexandre, Amy Bell, Ryan Farr, Brad Hine, Aaron Ingham, Thibault Legrand, Laercio Porto-Neto, Antonio Reverter and Annaleise Wilson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Transcriptomic characterisation of recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis using bulk and single nuclei RNA Seq in muscle and blood of Thoroughbred horses

Elizabeth Attree, Emily Clark, Charlotte Amy Cuffe, Harold Hodges, Molly McCue, Richard J Piercy and Androniki Psifidi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Long non-coding RNA dynamics in the liver transcriptome of dairy cattle with divergent feed efficiencies under defined dietary regimes

Victoria Asselstine, Christine Baes, àngela Cánovas, Filippo Miglior, Fatimatzahra Muhammad and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Exploring Genetic Factors and Potential Pathways Involved in Regulatory Networks of Monocyte Inflammatory Responses to Bovine Mastitis Caused by Streptococcus uberis

Vahid Dehghanian Reyhan, Farzad Ghafouri, Seyed Reza Miraei-Ashtiani, John P. Kastelic, Seyed Midia Pirkhezranian, Vahid Razban, Mostafa Sadeghi, Masoud Shirali and Herman W. Barkema

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Unveiling the Functional Landscape of RNA Editing Associated with Chicken Marek's Disease

Yi Ding, John Dunn, Qunhao Niu, Jiuzhou Song and Huanmin Zhang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Transcriptomic profiling of high and low feed efficiency in lactating Holstein dairy cows from whole blood

Leonora James, James Koltes, Kyu-Sang Lim, Mary Mayes and Cori Siberski-Cooper

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Intramammary challenge with mastitis pathogens elicits specific blood transcriptome profile indicating targeted systemic response

Doreen becker, Susanne Engelmann, Annika Heimes, Martina Hoedemaker, Christa Kuehn, Marie Meyerholz-Wohllebe, Wolfram Petzl, Joachim Schuberth and Holm Zerbe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Module eigengenes from weighted gene co-expression network analysis of blood of healthy pigs as potential genetic indicators of disease resilience

Jack Dekkers, Michael Dyck, Frederic Fortin, John Harding, Fazhir Kayondo, Kyu-Sang Lim, Huy Pham, Graham Plastow, Tom Rathje and Christopher Tuggle

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A systems genomics view of fescue toxicosis: Integrating immune, reproductive, microbial, and physiological responses in beef heifers

Camila Braz, Ahmed Sallam, Breven Stark and Joao Vitor G. Takashe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Competing RNA endogenous network shows potential miRNA-lncRNA pairs regulating inflammation during mastitis and a major role for bta-miR-15a

Samuel Genier, Eveline Ibeagha-Awemu, Faith Omonijo and Xin Zhao

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Single-step genome-wide association study for fecal metabolites in Nellore Cattle

Bruna David, Fabieli Feitosa, Jessica Malheiros, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante and Karine Daenquele Pinto

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Long-read sequencing reveals extracellular vesicles-induced transcriptional changes in bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes

Juliano Coelho da Silveira, Anna Carolina Fernandes and Luca Angi Souza

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Blood transcriptome pathway analysis of methane production for beef-on-dairy cattle

Omar Cristobal Carballo, Steven Morrison, Vahid Razban and Masoud Shirali

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Outreach, society, policy


Assessing the need for a new Global of Action for Animal Genetic Resources

Roswitha Baumung, Badi Besbes, Paul Boettcher and Gregoire Leroy

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Global Regulatory Frameworks for Gene Edited Food Animals

Alison Van Eenennaam

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The changing dynamics of the breeding sector engagement in policy – Building effectiveness

Barbara Barbosa, Ana Granados Chapatte and Craig Lewis

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Beef-on-dairy: Farmers' views on breeding strategies and management in Sweden

Christian Bengtsson, Victoria Ekenberg, Susanne Eriksson, Freddy Fikse, Mikaela Jardstedt, Lotta Rydhmer and Erling Strandberg

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessing Beef Producer Bull Selection Practices in the US to Inform Educational Programming

Darrh Bullock, Jamie Courter, Miranda Culbertson, Jared Decker, Megan Rolf, Troy Rowan, Matthew Spangler, Alison Van Eenennaam and Robert Weaber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Understanding Stakeholder Awareness and Willingness to Adopt Genetic Solutions for Methane-Mitigation in Sheep Breeding

Jaynell Anderson, Bente Aspeholen, Gabriel Ciappesoni, Ignacio De Barbieri, Jette Jakobsen, Nicola Lambe, Christel Marie-Etancelin, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Ann McLaren, Elly Ana Navajas, Edel O' Connor, Ed Smith and Flavie Tortereau

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

iGENDEC: A web-based decision support platform for delivering economic selection index theory to industry and students

Darrh Bullock, Bruce Golden, Scott Newman, Matthew Spangler and Robert Weaber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare: Development of a EU Knowledge Platform to monitor animal welfare

Sean Ashe, Lucrezia Baldacchini, Eleonora Caro, Océane Girardie, Luigi Iannetti, Francesca Johansen, Mogens Agerbo Krogh, Boyle Laura, Pol Llonch Obiols, Cinzia Marchitelli, Gerard Eduard Martin Valls, Virginie Michel, Marika Milazzo, Carme Reverte, Laura Salazar, Yves Van de Stede, Antonio Velarde and Jihed Zemzmi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leadership in an Austrian cattle breeders' association: Why is female representation so low?

Michael Braito, Jil Diescher, Lisa Rienesl and Maria Wurzinger

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Co-designing poultry for integrated crop-poultry systems: Genetic and organizational needs for agroecological transition

Sophie Allais, Nicolas Bedère, Philippine Coeugnet, Isabelle Goldringer, Julie Labatut, Gwendal Restoux, Xavier Rognon and Michèle Tixier-Boichard

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Preparation of the Third Report on the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Philip Ajayi, Roswitha Baumung, Paul Boettcher, Gregoire Leroy, Giosue Vaccari and Laurens Van der giessen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A preliminary network development of experts with key skills in livestock resilience traits

Anna Arczewska-WÅ‚osek, Maria Ballester, Alessandra Crisà , Marie-Hélène Pinard-van Der Laan, Raquel Quintanilla, Malgorzata Swiatkiewicz, Piotr Topolski, Llibertat Tusell and Kacper Å»ukowski

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sheep Genetics after 20 years: Driving Innovation in Genetic Evaluation for the Australian Sheep Industry and Beyond

Clara Bradford, Peta Bradley, Daniel Brown, Andrew Byrne, Marnie Hodge and Samuel Walkom

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

How well is animal breeding connected to the western society? A European multi-actor initiative

Gerbrich Bonekamp, Karel de Greef, Jan Erik Doornweerd and Malou van der Sluis

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Pangenomes


Identification and characterization of structural variants using long reads sequencing in the Windsnyer and Kolbroek indigenous pigs

Nompilo Hlongwane, Rae Smith, Sinebongo Mdyogolo, Lucky Nesengani, Annelin Molotsi, Thendo Tshilate, Sibusiso Hadebe, Tracy Masebe and Ntanganedzeni Mapholi

2026-07-10 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phenomics


Learning 3D Features from Dual-View Point Cloud for Estimation of Swine Subcutaneous Biological Traits

xiangdong ding, qianjun li, yang mi and zipeng zhang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for sensor-based behavior traits and their relationship with milk production in Holstein- Friesian dairy cattle

Adriana Garcia-Ruiz, Areli Gonzalez-Sandoval, José Roman-Muà±oz, Felipe de Jesús Ruiz-López and Hugo Toledo-Alvarado

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Architecture of MIR-Predicted Metabolic Traits during Early Lactation in Hokkaido Holsteins: Effects of Housing Systems

Hayato Abe, Koichi Hagiya, Che Hsuan Huang, Jumpei Kawakami, Yuka Nakahori, Satoshi Yamaguchi and Takeshi Yamazaki

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Bayesian imputation of egg number using behavioral information derived from automated nest systems in local laying hens

Johannes geibel, Nina Goetzke, Christian Reimer, Chi Mei Sun, Annett Weigend and Steffen Weigend

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Parameters Estimation and Relationships Between Image-Derived Morphometric and Sensor-Based Behavioral Traits in Holstein Cows

Taofeek Abdulrahman, Anderson A.C. Alves, Bruno Batista de Medeiros, Fernando Bussiman, Jordan Hooker, Rebeka Magalhaes da Costa and Chamak Saha

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Artificial intelligence and machine learning for phenotyping – examples with spectral and time series data

Maria Frizzarin

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Automated Egg Grading through AI and Computer Vision-Driven Morphometric Analysis

Pakcha Hannah Boje, Maliha Gulzar, Ambreen Hamadani, Henna Hamadani, Azmat Khan, Rohitashw Kumar and W Amelia Moyon

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessing the genetic basis of digital phenotype for genetic selection in beef cattle

Hasnat Abdullah, Tiago Bresolin and Erin Hanson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Exploring the Potential of Quantum Enhanced Multi-Object Tracking and Re-Identification

Esteban Aguilera, Juan Boschero, Simon Cramer, Jan Erik Doornweerd, Koen Leijnse, Torsten Pook, Lara Scavuzzo Montana, Marc van Vliet and Jeremie Vandenplas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leveraging automatic milking system data to identify resilience indicators

Alberto Cesarani, Lorenzo Degano, Corrado Dimauro, Carolina Ferrari, Giustino Gaspa, Nicolo Macciotta, Riccardo Negrini and Daniele Vicario

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Temporal Stability of Novel Social Network Phenotypes in Pigs from AI-assisted Monitoring Systems

Saif Agha, Ching-Yi Chen, Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, Craig Lewis, Eric Psota, Juan Steibel, Simon Turner and Masoud Ghaderi Zefreh

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluation of a novel technique for measuring enteric methane and carbon dioxide emissions from dairy cows on-farm

Ligia Cavani, Ermias Kebreab, Alfonso Lago, Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Francisco Peà±agaricano and Scott Zimmerman

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Computer Vision–Based Approach for Facial Temperature Monitoring and Non-Invasive Rectal Temperature Prediction in Dairy Cows

Taofeek Abdulrahman, Anderson A.C. Alves, Bruno Batista de Medeiros, Rebeka Magalhaes Da Costa, Chamak Saha and Sha Tao

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Raman-based prediction of fillet fatty acid composition and genetic architecture in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Nils Kristian Afseth, Aqeel Ahmad, Peer Berg, Gareth Difford, Hanne Dvergedal, Nicholas Jacob, Gunnar Klemetsdal, Tiril Aurora Lintvedt, Jørgen à˜degà¥rd, Jisoo Park and Jens Petter Wold

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Data structure to facilitate behavior phenotyping of pigs using foundation vision-language models

Bimala Acharya, Ye Bi, David Rosero, Mina Shumaly and Juan Steibel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of wearable device-derived phenotypes to investigate genetic variation in heat tolerance in sheep

Fern Booker, Sam Hitchman, Patricia Johnson and Natalie Pickering

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Parameters of Uncertainty in Morphometric Traits Collected by an Autonomous Vision System in Holstein Cows

Anderson A.C. Alves

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for greenhouse gas emissions in Texel sheep measured using portable accumulation chambers

Nicola Lambe, Ann McLaren and Ed Smith

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Does Drying Matter? Evaluating NIR Accuracy for Protein Digestibility in Pig Feces

Rob Bergsma, Victor Lei and Argenis Rodas-Gonzalez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Scaling methane phenotyping in beef cattle: integrating high-throughput methane sensors into feed intake nodes for simultaneous measurement of methane and feed intake

Jason Gillespie, Jason Osterstock, Troy Powell and Dinesh Thekkoot

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlation of methane intensity with milk Fourier-transform infrared spectra

Gustavo de los Campos, Aser Garcà­a-Rodrà­guez, Oscar González-Recio, José Antonio Jiménez-Montero, Hugo Horacio Montaldo Valdenegro, José Roman-Muà±oz, Felipe de jesús Ruà­z López, Alma Delia Servà­n Tome and Hugo Toledo-Alvarado

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Repeatability and resolution robustness of GPS-derived movement traits in Merino ewes across irrigated valley and summer rangeland environments

John Bergeron, Fabrizio Cartagena, Andrew Hess and Scott Huber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

BDporc – SmartPorc: Smart decision tools to heighten sow longevity and piglet survival in Spaniard breeding farms

Núria Alà²s, Aitor Arrazola, Mariam Pascual, Miriam Piles, Raquel Quintanilla, Swati Rani, Joaquim Tarres Font, Llibertat Tusell and Marc Visa

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The impacts of some factors related to model development using milk infrared spectral data on prediction accuracy for immunoglobulin concentrations in mature milk

Hisashi Aso, Toshimi Baba, Satoshi Haga, Teppei Katsura, Haruki Kitazawa, Yugo Mineshima, Takehiko Nakamura, Tomonori Nochi, Yoshifumi Sakai, Yuri Satake, Masahiro Satoh, Hitoshi Shirakawa, Yoshinobu Uemoto, Megumi Urakawa, Gaku Yoshida and Tao Zhuang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A new test facility for validation of sniffer devices measuring methane output of dairy cows

Lisa Bà¼ttgen, Yvette de Haas, Birgit Gredler-Grandl, Johan Snijder, Chantal Van Gemert and Roel Veerkamp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Prediction of nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen losses from milk mid-infrared spectra, and their genetic parameter estimates in Norwegian Red cows

Tesfaye Belay, Bjorg Heringstad, Linda Karlsson, Alemayehu Kidane, Theodorus Meuwissen, Egil Prestløkken and Jon Kristian Sommerseth

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating milk mid-infrared spectral and genomic information to predict methane emission in dairy cows

Ignacio Aguilar, Juan Marco Cabrera, Beatriz Carracelas, Andrea Cartaya, Verónica Ciganda, Nathalia Ferraz, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Olga Ravagnolo and Gabriela Silva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Parameters for Methane Mass (g/day) and Methane Concentration (ppm) in Dairy Cattle

Christine Baes, Isis Hermisdorff, Filippo Miglior, Flavio Schenkel and Emanueli Silva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Automated Tracking of Broiler Chicken Activity with Deep Learning and Object Tracking Algorithms

Miriam Piles, Daniel Robledillo and Joaquim Tarres Font

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrative analysis of leg health in turkeys using meta-analysis and deep learning approaches

Baran Amini, Christine Baes, Xuechun Bai, Shai Barbut, Jennifer Ellis, Alexandra Harlander, Ricarda Jahnel, Emily Leishman, Bayode Makanjuola, Filippo Miglior, Dan Tulpan and Ryley Vanderhout

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Conducting grazing performance testing using technology to determine individual dry matter and water intake.

E. K. ArunKumar, Jason Gillespie, Jason Osterstock, Dinesh Thekkoot, Matthew Wilson and Tylor Yost

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estrus Detection from Ear Tag Accelorometry in Grazing Cattle

Greg Campbell and Shane White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Parameters for Image-based, Growth and Carcass Traits in Fattening Pigs

Taofeek Abdulrahman, Anderson A.C. Alves, Bruno Batista de Medeiros, Mauricio Botero, Yijian Huang, Richard Leach, Rebeka Magalhaes da Costa and Chamak Saha

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

NIRS Prediction of Pork Intramuscular Fat for Future Use in Genetic Evaluation of Local Breeds

Andreia Amaral, Meta ÄŒandek-Potokar, Sophie Dare, Gwladys Flého, Philippe Ganier, Danijel Karolyi, Bénédicte Lebret, Herveline Lenoir, Guillaume Lenoir, Bruno Ligonesche, Juliette Magadray, Marie-José Mercat, Klavdija Poklukar, Dubravko Å korput, Martin Å krlep and Antoine Vautier

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Automated detection of lambing phases in ewes using sensor-based phenotypes and behavioral modeling

Russell Burgett, Anna Johnson, Santosh Pandey, Yunsoo Park, Caitlin Sliger and Juan Steibel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Utility of multi-modal integration for predicting postpartum diseases in dairy cattle with imbalanced data

Ricardo Chebel, Angelo De Castro and Haipeng Yu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Continuous computer vision monitoring of sow posture linked to litter size in free-farrowing pens

Eli Grindflek, Victor Lei and Lisette van der Zande

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Analysis of visual features extracted from farrowing sows

Isaac Berg, Ye Bi, Jeremy Perez, David Rosero, Gustavo Silva and Juan Steibel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Can wearable technology improve selection for fertility in New Zealand dairy cows?

Vinzent Boerner, Jasper Friedeman, Bevin Harris, Ahmed Ismeal, Lorna McNaughton, Ric Sherlock, Richard Spelman, Kathryn Tiplady and ZhenZhong Xu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Defining dairy cow temperament traits using farmer interviews and behavioral testing

Freddy Fikse, Clotilde Fruscini, Teresa Johansson, Thomas Klingström, Katja Nilsson and Lotta Rydhmer

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modeling Behavioral Patterns in Group-Housed Pigs Using Continuous Trajectories

Bimala Acharya, Ye Bi, Anna Johnson, David Rosero, Mina Shumaly and Juan Steibel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phenotypic and genetic prediction of methane emissions from milk mid-infrared spectra in Norwegian Red dairy cattle

Karoline Bakke, Gareth Difford, Arne Gjuvsland, Gregor Gorjanc, Bjorg Heringstad and Janez Jenko

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

On the promises and pitfalls of prediction: how vision-based phenotyping affects breeding value estimation

John Bastiaansen, Grum Gebreyesus and Yuuko Xue

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Automated Camera-Based Phenotyping for Individual Identification and Feeding Behavior Classification in Dairy Cows Using Deep Learning

Joao Dorea, Luara Freitas, Guilherme J. M. Rosa and Kent Weigel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integration of near-infrared spectra in the genetic evaluation of meat quality traits in Duroc pigs

Joan Estany, Sofia Gol, Josep Reixach and Roger Ros-Freixedes

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Automated osteochondrosis detection from CT scanned pigs; genetic parameters and comparison with manual scoring

Torunn Aasmundstad, Muhammad Umair Hassan, à˜yvind Nordbø and Kristin Olstad

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Phenomics of feed intake data: deriving new phenotypes for genetic selection from volumetric automatic feeders in grow-finish pigs

Andre Araujo, Johnna Baller-Granville, Clint Schwab and Garrett See

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of a User-Friendly Image Analysis Pipeline for Extraction of Meat Quality Phenotypes

Sabrina Amorim, Lais Grigoletto and Ziqing Weng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating Heterogeneous Sensor Data for Dairy Cattle Research: The SLU Gigacow Infrastructure

Dirk-Jan de Koning, Andreas E Lundberg, Anna Edvardsson Rasmussen, Tomas Klingström, Markos Managos, Ingemar Ohlsson and Renaud van Damme

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Plenaries


Survival of the fittest – selecting for sustainable ruminant livestock

Timothy Bilton, Fern Booker, Shannon Clarke, Kenneth Dodds, Sharon Hickey, Patricia Johnson, Arjan Jonker, John McEwan, Kathryn McRae, Ben Perry and Suzanne Rowe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Navigating the Bumpy Road from Data to Health: A Worthwhile Journey?

Umberto Tachinardi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Selection – the next 25 years

Mike Goddard, Ben Hayes, Theo Meuwissen and Kira Villiers

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Are black-boxed methods the future for genomic prediction in animal breeding?

Oscar González-Recio

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Reproduction


Inter-Tissue Gene Network Analyses of HPG, Muscle and Liver Transcriptome in IVP-Derived Bovine Calves Reveal Molecular Perturbations

Haja Kadarmideen, Pratik Pathade, Maria Rabaglino and Jan Secher

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic control of canalization for twinning and triplet rates in Polypay sheep using double hierarchical generalized linear models

Luiz Brito, J. Bret Taylor and Carrie Wilson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic evaluation of gestation length in Holstein cattle: comparison between fetal and dam genetic effects.

Caroline Abreu, Delvan Alves Silva, Daniele Botelho Diniz Marques, Julio Carvalheira, Paulo Sávio Lopes, Cláudio Nápolis Costa and Renata Veroneze

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Evaluating service sire effects on genetic parameter estimation for reproductive and maternal traits in Duroc, Landrace and Yorkshire pig populations

Shi-Yi Chen, Henrique Mulim, Hinayah Oliveria, dingjie Qiu, Allan Schinckel, Huangyi Tang, Hongfeng Xue and Liuyi Zhang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigation of genomic regions associated with embryonic loss in biopsied Holstein Friesian embryos from elite matings

Mike Diederich, Christine Grosse-Brinkhaus, Hanna Grothmann, Eva Held-Hoelker, Michael Hoelker, Linda Hoffmann, Saskia Meier, Lisa Rienesl and Ernst Tholen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic analysis of XX-male bovine reveals tetragametic chimera

Mitchell Angove, Rebecca Bellone, Alan Conley, Brett McNabb, Stefanie Oppenheim, Nathan Tatar, Josephine Trott, Zachary Turner, Alison Van Eenennaam and Nicholas Werry

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Metabolomic Analysis of Fertility Traits in Transitioning Dairy Cows

Mohammed Abo-Ismail, Paul Anderson, Fernando Campos, George Gallagher, Kaileen Grace, Daniel Peterson, Siroj Pokharel, Desiree Seto and Kim Sprayberry

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Signatures of Fetal Loss in Holstein Cattle

Allison Herrick, Ousseini Issaka Salia, Victoria Kelson, Jennifer Kiser, Brenda Murdoch, Holly Neibergs, Morgan Stegemiller and Emaly Suarez

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for semen traits in five commercial pig lines

Ina Andersen-Ranberg, Rodrigo M. Godinho, Eli Grindflek, Bjorg Heringstad, Maja Iversen and Anne Guro Larsgard

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Rapid, Cost-Effective and Reliable semen DNA Extraction Method for quantification of X and Y chromosome-bearing spermatozoa

NUTTIYA SAENGRUANG

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic variability in sperm quality traits for Norwegian Red bulls

Ina Andersen-Ranberg, Arne Gjuvsland, Bjorg Heringstad and Anne Guro Larsgard

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic analysis of fetal loss in Jersey Cattle

Javier Chasco, Francisco Peà±agaricano and Kent Weigel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic relationships between feed efficiency and semen quality traits in Nellore cattle

Fernando Baldi, Eduardo Eifert, Cláudio Magnabosco, Júlia Martins, Tatiane Oliveira, Marcos Oliveira e Costa, Letà­cia Pereira and Larissa Temp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Screening for novel causative mutation candidates for the Trio allele.

Alvaro Garcia-Guerra, Brian Kirkpatrick, Beth Lett, Rick Monson, Dean Sanders, Yoomin Shin and Milo Wiltbank

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameter estimation for bull fertility traits by combining stud collection and breeding soundness exam records

Jennifer Bormann, Danielle Ellinghuysen, David Grieger, Ashley Hartman, Megan Rolf, Michael Semler, Audrey Tarochione and Robert Weaber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Heritable cryptic chromosomal translocations in Holstein bulls detected by sperm sorting technology

Haniel Cedraz, Nader Deeb, Clara Gonzales-Marin, Gabriela Gouveia, Vinicius Henrique da Silva, Mayra Mendoza Cerna, Terje Raudsepp, Pablo Ross, Adam Utsunomiya and Yuri Utsunomiya

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Detection of novel and known recessive haplotypes and their association with reproductive performance in South African Afrikaner and Brahman beef cattle

Kennedy Dzama, Ramadimetje Kgari and Mahlako Makgahlela

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sequencing & Pangenomes


Genome wide identification of runs of homozygosity in Nguni and F2 Nguni (Nguni x Angus) cattle of South Africa

Ntanganedzeni Mapholi, Sinebongo Mdyogolo and Lucky Tendani Nesengani

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Low-Pass Whole-Genome Sequencing and Imputation Pipeline for Cobia (Rachycentron canadum): Bridging Laboratory Innovation and Bioinformatics Development

Melissa Allen, Dev Mashruwala, Sabrina Sauri, Jason Stannard and Klara Verbyla

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association for fertility traits in Holstein cattle using whole-genome sequence data

Luis Fernando Batista Pinto, Luiz Brito, Taiana Cortez de Souza, Tatiana Cortez de Souza, Maiara Lima, Filippo Miglior and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Assessing the diversity and functional consequences of multiallelic VNTRs in cattle with long-read sequencing

Naveen Kumar Kadri, Alexander Leonard, Xena Mapel, Victor Mason and Hubert Pausch

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genotyping using High-Resolution Melting (HRM) analysis of buffaloes in Bangladesh

HM Iftekhar Alam, Md. Ashadul Alam, Gautam Deb, SM Hossain, Md. Kamrul Hasan Majumder, Manik Miah, Mst. Parvin Mostari, Ovirup Bhushan Paul and Khadija Tahira

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Performance evaluation of a chicken-duck pooled 60K SNP chip

Jung-Woo Choi, Hyojun Choo, Won-Hyong Chung, Yeongkuk Kim, Jinhyeong Kim, Jun Heon Lee and Dongwon Seo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Viability of Low-Coverage Nanopore Sequencing for Genomic Characterisation and Imputation Accuracy in an Endangered Pig Breed

Johannes geibel, Dirk Hinrichs, Liisa Kistner, Matthias Petig, Christian Reimer, Lea Vollmer, Annett Weigend, Steffen Weigend, Ramona Weishaar and Christine Worat

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The Bovine Long Read Consortium: developing a long-read sequence population to enable accurate imputation of structural variants.

Amanda Chamberlain, Jigme Dorji, Michael Goddard, Ben Hayes, Iona MacLeod, Tuan Nguyen, Jennie E. Pryce, Coralie Reich, Hong Quan Tran, Christy J. Vander Jagt, Jianghui Wang and Ruidong Xiang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Improving structural variant discovery in low-depth Illumina sequencing using caller intersections

Renato Araújo, Vinicius Henrique da Silva, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho and Luciana Regitano

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

High-quality genome assemblies of three Nguni cattle ecotypes using PacBio HiFi and Omni-C sequencing

Nompilo Hlongwane, Ntanganedzeni Mapholi, Annelin Molotsi, Lucky Nesengani, Rae Smith and Thendo Tshilate

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Optimizing whole-genome amplification and genotyping methods for low-input cells: Towards efficient preimplantation embryo genomic selection in cattle

Jingfang Si, Shihui Yan, Shenming Zeng and Yi Zhang

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effects of sequencing depth on the reliability of heterozygosity estimation in pigs

Johannes geibel, Dirk Hinrichs, Liisa Kistner, Matthias Petig, Christian Reimer, Lea Vollmer, Annett Weigend, Steffen Weigend, Ramona Weishaar and Christine Worat

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating structural variants into sequence-based association studies in dairy cattle using a pangenome and imputation framework

Didier Boichard, Mekki Boussaha, Thomas Faraut, Sébastien Fritz, Cécile GROHS, Christophe Klopp, Maulana Mughitz Naji, Marie-Pierre Sanchez and Valentin Sorin

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Novel algorithm to determine breed composition based on haplotypes

Donagh Berry, Isis Hermisdorff, Julia Lisboa Rodrigues, Stephen Miller, Mehdi Sargolzaei and Flavio Schenkel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Towards robustness and resiliency: developing a high-quality genome assembly for thermotolerance breeding of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in New Zealand

July Arià±ez, Shannon Clarke, Nathan James Kenny, Megan Scholtens and Jane Symonds

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Amp-Seq One, a Single Reaction Targeted Genotyping Chemistry for High Throughput Applications

Svetlana Jasinovica, Adam Payton and Jason Walker

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Improving representation of global cattle diversity with pangenomes built by the Bovine Pangenome Consortium

Alexander Leonard, Lloyd Low, Hubert Pausch, Ben Rosen, Tim Smith and Tobias van Elst

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Leveraging low-depth whole genome sequencing and imputation to identify semen cross-contamination

Darina Arendt, Haniel Cedraz, Nader Deeb, Sarah Hanson, Vinicius Henrique da Silva, Alan Mileham, Pablo Ross and Hailin Su

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

T2T Genomes for the Pig

Leland Ackerson, Alan Archibald, Emily Clark, Arthur Durante, Lel Eory, Wen Huang, Mehak Kapoor, Stephanie McKay, Brenda Murdoch, Temitayo Olagunju, Timothy P. L. Smith and Christopher Tuggle

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Multi-task Genomic Representation Learning Based on DNA Large Language Models

Xiaoxiang Hu, Yuzhe Wang, Lei Wei and Chenghao Zhai

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Inferring Missing Genotypes from Partially Observed Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data Using Machine Learning-Based Models

Magdalena FrÄ…szczak, Joanna Szyda and Weronika Zawadzka

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Uncovering Copy Number Variation in Native Alpine Cattle Breeds Using a Multi-Caller Consensus Approach

Alessandro Bagnato, Francesca Bernini, Carlotta Ferrari, Guido Gomez Proto, Enrico Mancin, Roberto Mantovani, Cristina Sartori, Luca Sioli and Maria Strillacci

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A Chicken Graph Pangenome Integrating T2T Assemblies Illuminates Causal Structural Variants for Growth Traits

Xiaoxiang Hu, Chenglong Luo, Hao Qu, Yuzhe Wang and Daxin Yu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The use of Linkage Disequilibrium for the Construction of a Knotty Reference Genome Map of Gallus domesticus

Ana Garcà­a-Cabrero, Fabián Garcà­a-Ruiz, Luis Gomez-Raya, Ramón Peiró-Pastor, Wendy M. Rauw and Olga Torres

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of the Boer goat using PacBio HiFi and Omni-C sequencing

Mahlatse Malemela, Ntanganedzeni Mapholi, Sinebongo Mdyogolo, Lucky Nesengani, Rae Smith and Thendo Tshilate

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Application of an indicine cattle multi-assembly graph to discover structural variants associated with adaptability to harsh environments

Júlio Cesar Balieiro, Roberto Carvalheiro, Alexander Leonard, Sotiria Milia, Haroldo Neves, Hubert Pausch, Thales Silva, Tobias van Elst and Ricardo Ventura

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Optimization of a custom ThermoFisher Applied Biosystemsâ„¢ Axiomâ„¢ genotyping array for Irish beef and dairy cattle

Thomas Browne, Ross Evans, Michael P. Mullen, Karl O'Connell and Katie Quigley

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The diversity and evolutionary history of structural variation in European cattle genomes

Alexander Leonard, Lloyd Low, Hubert Pausch, Ben Rosen, Timothy P. L. Smith and Tobias van Elst

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The effect of haplotype diversity on genotype imputation accuracy of Australian Hereford cattle

Yaser Fazel, Mohammad Ferdosi, Stephen Miller and Kirsty Moore

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Development of pangenome for indigenous cattle using Next Generation Sequencing

Sarwar Azam, Ravi Kumar Gandham, Mohammad Kadivella, Subeer Majumdar, Subha Rath and Abhisek Sahu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Huaxi cattle reference genome: Integrating structural variation to enhance association mapping and genomic prediction for economic trait

Fei Ge, Guilherme J. M. Rosa and Junya Li

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrating DNA Pooling into Aquaculture Breeding Programs: A Practical and Cost-Efficient Approach

Roberto Carvalheiro, Greg Coman, Brad Evans, Andrew Foote, Hooi Ling Khaw, James Kijas, Curtis Lind, Tim Luke, Wagdy Mekkawy, Can Nguyen and Thoai Van

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The First Telomere-to-Telomere Gap-Free Genome Assembly of Najdi Sheep: A Foundation for Desert-Adapted Livestock Genomics

Suliman Alajel, Mohammed Alarwi, Hussien Alawwad, Abdulrhman Alghamdi, Aroob Alhumaidy, Areej Almuhayya, Hatim Almutairi, Osama Alsherhi, Mohammed BaAbdullah, Robert Hoehndorf and Maxat Kulmanov

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Accurate structural variation imputation using low-pass sequencing data in a turkey population

Derek Bickhart, Marco Bink, Aniek Bouwman, Martijn Derks and Torsten Pook

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Optimal SNP selection for parentage discovery in large genotyped populations

Andre Garcia, Larissa Novo, Pedro Ramos, Kelli Retallick and Rafael Silva

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Extending ICAR parentage verification certification to whole-genome SNP comparisons

Gerald Jansen, Matthew McClure, Ezequiel Nicolazzi and George Wiggans

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Identification and Characterization of Copy Number Variations Regions in African and South Asian zebu cattle

Brenda Chileshe, Lokugalappatti LGS, Tafara MAVUNGA, Gábor Mészáros, Farai Muchadeyi, Kathiravan Periasamy, Rudolf Pichler, Norbertin Ralambomanana, Saravanan Ramasamy, Yosra Ressaissi, Johann Sölkner, Ei Thandar and Loukaiya Zorobouragui

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Pool-Seq Framework for Robust SNP Panel Design

Melissa Allen, Dev Mashruwala, Jason Stannard, Klara Verbyla and Honggang Zhao

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sheep & Goats


Genetic and non-genetic factors associated with growth curve parameters in lowland sheep

Donagh Berry, Tommy Boland, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Thierry Pabiou and Numan Sharif

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Rams Matter: the ram effect on ewe fertility

Donagh Berry, Anne Donovan, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh and Thierry Pabiou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimates of variance components and genetic parameters for ewe longevity traits in Santa Inàªs hair-type sheep

Luis Fernando Batista Pinto, Luiz Brito, Victor Pedrosa, Artur O. Rocha and Jackeline Santos Alves

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Immune competence at weaning is associated with growth performance in Merino sheep

Graham Acton, Amy Bell, Sara de las Heras-Saldana, Emma Doyle, Dan Driscoll and Brad Hine

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Exploring the genetic architecture of fleece shedding in sheep

Daniel Brown, John Keiller, Matt Kelly, Erin Smith and Samuel Walkom

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Are we breeding more efficient sheep? The role of maternal genetics in feed intake and methane emissions

Anne Biggins, Tommy Boland, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Edel O' Connor and Henry Walsh

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters surrounding organoleptic properties of lamb loin and associations with slaughter traits

Eoin Dunne, Dermot Kelly, patrick McCarron, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Craig Murphy and Sarah Woodmartin

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Refining U.S. Suffolk genetic evaluations using updated models and genomics for weight, carcass, and reproductive traits

Luiz Brito, Joan M. Burke, Felipe Carvalho, Bradley A. Freking, Hilal Yazar Gunes, Ronald M. Lewis, Thomas W. Murphy, Artur O. Rocha, Ali Haider Saleem and Carrie Wilson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Exploring the extent of resistance to gastrointestinal parasites in sheep

Andres Alvarado-Vargas, Luana Alvares, Paola Boscollo, Giovanni C. Ladeira, Castle Cavender, Brittany Diehl and Fernanda Rezende

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Uncovering genetic diversity and inbreeding in the Saudi Shami goat through genome-wide SNP analysis

Muhayla Alanazi, Mohammed Alarwi, Hussien Alawwad, Mashael Alghuraybi, Norah Alharbi, Nouf Alharbi, Abdulrahman Alharthi, Samer Alharthi, Alanoud Alharthy, Ibrahim Alhidary, Aroob Alhumaidy, Othman aljurayyad, Areej Almuhayya, Hatim Almutairi, Hend Alotaibi, Saidan alotaibi, Shahad Alsalman, Faisal Alsubaie, Afrah Alsulami, Rahaf Alzaidi, Nuha Bin Tyyash, Arianna Bionda, Paola Crepaldi, Ahmad Farag and Muruj Tukruni

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic evaluation of cashmere fiber traits in goats from the United States and New Zealand

Jennifer Bormann, Elizabeth Dressler, Roger Merkel, Megan Rolf and Robert Weaber

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic and non-genetic factors associated with ewe culling

Aoife Mahony, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Thierry Pabiou, Deirdre Purfield and Henry Walsh

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Putting flocks on the scales: evaluating flock performance for lamb liveweight using random regression models

Donagh Berry, Adam Dunne, Nóirà­n McHugh, Thierry Pabiou and Deirdre Purfield

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Extended lactations in Alpine goats farmed in Lombardy: production patterns and modelling.

Alessandro Bagnato, Francesca Bernini, Carlotta Ferrari and Maria Strillacci

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sire variation in dry matter intake: the potential for selection to refine intake traits

Eoin Dunne, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Clare Monahan and Edel O' Connor

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The U.S. National Sheep Improvement Program: historical insights and emerging frontiers

Luiz Brito, Andrew Hess, Ronald M. Lewis, Thomas W. Murphy and David Notter

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Fifty years of selection in French goats: achievements and perspectives

Mathieu Arnal, Apolline Bailly-Salins, Marjorie Chassier, Virginie Clément, Hélène Larroque, Pierre Martin, Isabelle Palhière, Agnès Piacère, Christèle Robert-Granié, Rachel Rupp and Gwenola Tosser-Klopp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selection for scrapie resistance in Icelandic sheep: very intensive selection for a very rare allele

Jón Eirà­ksson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of variance components for fiber traits in alpacas from smallholder herds in Peru

Milagros Aguilar, Moises Mamani, Yony Wilson Mamani, Gerardo Cornelio Mamani and Denis Quispe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Analysis of methane emissions in UK maternal sheep

Emma Dods, Karolina Kaseja, Nicola Lambe and Janet Roden

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

PRNP gene polymorphism in goats from Poland

Aldona Kawęcka, Bogumiła Kmita, Agata Piestrzynska-Kajtoch and Jacek Sikora

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic architecture of somatic cell count in Sarda dairy sheep inferred from genomic information

Antonello Carta, Giuliana Mulas, Sotero Salaris and Mario Graziano Usai

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic analyses of growth, body composition, parasite resistance, and reproductive traits in U.S. Polypay sheep

Luiz Brito, Joan M. Burke, Bradley A. Freking, Hilal Yazar Gunes, Ronald M. Lewis, Thomas W. Murphy, Artur O. Rocha, Ali Haider Saleem and Carrie Wilson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide association study for general resilience indicators in dairy sheep

Juan Jose Arranz, Ruth Arribas Gonzalo, Adriana Cristina de Faria, Pablo A S Fonseca, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil, Rocà­o Pelayo and Aroa Suárez-Vega

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Discovering genomic regions associated with parasite resistance in Australian sheep breeds

Daniel Brown, Sara de las Heras-Saldana and Samuel Walkom

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Single-step GWAS identifies candidate genes associated with feed efficiency in Corriedale sheep

Ignacio Aguilar, Beatriz Carracelas, Gabriel Ciappesoni, Ignacio De Barbieri, Ana Guillenea and Elly Ana Navajas

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Regions Associated with Entropion in Domestic Sheep

Chungwon Chung, Michelle Mousel, J. Bret Taylor and Stephen White

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Ewe Mature Weight Across Five Sheep Breeds

Tara Carthy, Nóirà­n McHugh, Thierry Pabiou and Deirdre Purfield

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Software


geno2ped: A fast and accurate R package for reconstructing pedigrees directly from SNP genotypes

Issabelle AMPOFO, Breno Fragomeni, Francesca Malchiodi and Filippo Miglior

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Parallel computing for efficient inbreeding coefficient calculation

Ross Evans, Ismo Strandén and Matti Taskinen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

NNMM: Software for Mixed-Effects Neural Networks Incorporating Intermediate Omics Data in Genome-to-Phenome Analysis

Hao Cheng and Tianjing Zhao

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Systematic High-Throughput Genomic Data Processing and Quality Control in Large-Scale Bovine Genetic Evaluation

Haniel Cedraz, Nader Deeb, Pablo Ross, Hailin Su, Adam Utsunomiya and Yuri Utsunomiya

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

GRainSX: Software for classical, ancestral, and sex-linked inbreeding analysis

Ino Curik, Janos Farkas, Dalibor Hrsaak, György Kövér, István Nagy, Anh Thi Nguyen, Johann Sölkner and LuboÅ¡ Vostrà½

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

DHGLMF90: Software for estimating genetic heterogeneity of residual variance using double hierarchical generalized linear models

Alejandra àlvarez Múnera, Matias Bermann, Cristina Casto-Rebollo, Ching-Yi Chen, Justin Holl, Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Estimation of variance components in single-step models using MiX99

Hongding Gao, Martin Lidauer, Timo Pitkänen, Ismo Strandén, Matti Taskinen, Napoleón Vargas Jurado and Anna-Kaisa Ylitalo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

epiqG – A flexible software tool for quantitative genetic analysis and prediction in infectious disease

Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, Grant Henderson, Glenn Marion, Christopher Pooley and Jamie Prentice

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

NIFAB: A genome-to-phenome biobank enabling precision animal breeding for sustainable livestock production

Masoud Shirali

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

SEEKPARENTF90 A tool from the BLUPF90 family programs for parentage validation and discovery using genomic information

Ignacio Aguilar, Matias Bermann, Andres Legarra, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Shogo Tsuruta

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Managing multi-stage selection within and across cohorts of animals in multi-unit breeding programs

Vishesh Bhatia, Randy Borg, Amanda Cross, Alexander Kinghorn, Brian Kinghorn, Tom Rathje, Iara Solar Diaz and Muhammed Walugembe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

New features and developments in the BLUPF90 software suite

Ignacio Aguilar, Matias Bermann, Andres Legarra, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Shogo Tsuruta

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genotype and Phenotype Encryption Optimised for Federated Quantitative Genetics

Hao Cheng, Jack Dekkers, Arun Isaac, Donna Li and Richard Mott

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

MARTin: Automating Data Preparation and Parameter Specification for BLUPF90 Analyses

Stefano Biffani, Paolo Cozzi, Johanna Ramirez Diaz, Matheus Rocha Silva and Alessandra Stella

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

SNP-GWAS: a flexible genome-wide association study software adapted for very large designs

Didier Boichard and Thierry Tribout

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

UD approach and its application in variance component estimation

Kristen Branston, Mark Cheng, Claas Heuer, Mary Kate Hollifield, Esa Mäntysaari, Ismo Strandén and Meng-Chun Tseng

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

SRGen, a web-based total herd data recording system for beef cattle in Uruguay

Ignacio Aguilar, Oscar Lema, Marà­a Pravia and Olga Ravagnolo

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

G2P Datasets: A Repository of Genomic Datasets for Predictive Modeling in Plants and Animals

Andre Aguate, Hao Cheng, Jack C. M. Dekkers, Garrett Deng, Renato Neelam, Juan Steibel and Mark Watson

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

APEX: high performance computing solution for commercial genetic evalution and R&D

Vinzent Boerner

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Sustainability & efficiency


Emission reductions and economic ramifications of methane selection within Irish ruminant breeding indexes

Peter Amer, Ross Evans, Fiona Hely, David Kenny and Jude Sise

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Validation study for methane breeding values with GreenFeed methane recordings on commercial Dutch dairy farms

Yvette de Haas, Birgit Gredler-Grandl, Lisanne Koning, Johan Snijder, Chantal Van Gemert and Roel Veerkamp

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Measuring methane emissions in young bulls: a feasible shortcut to implementing more accurate genetic evaluations?

Afees Ajasa, Tatiane Chud, Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Matthew McClure, Juan Nani, Francisco Peà±agaricano and Bob Welper

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic responses of heat tolerance based on milk β-hydroxybutyrate, milk yield and somatic cell score in Holsteins

Hayato Abe, Koichi Hagiya, Satoka Ishida, Jumpei Kawakami, Yuka Nakahori, Takefumi Osawa, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Satoshi Yamaguchi and Takeshi Yamazaki

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Incorporating Alternative Methane Metrics into Sheep Breeding Objectives: Implications for Genetic Gain and Emission Efficiency

Dermot Kelly, Fiona McGovern, Nóirà­n McHugh, Thierry Pabiou and Deirdre Purfield

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Reducing carbon footprint while maintaining flock profitability: the finishing touch for the Irish sheep industry

Jaynell Anderson, Sean Godfrey, Jonathan Herron, Nóirà­n McHugh, Edel O' Connor and Thierry Pabiou

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Documentation of Genetic Gain for Growth in Atlantic Salmon Breeding Program

Rama Bangera, Sissel Kjøglum, Sven Arild Korsvoll and Jørgen à˜degà¥rd

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effect of differences in modelling ewe weight on methane intensity

Emma Dods, Nicola Lambe and Janet Roden

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Methane Trait Inclusion in Beef Terminal Indices under Increasing Carbon Pricing

Peter Amer, Donagh Berry, Stephen Conroy, Sean Crowley, Fiona Hely and David Kelly

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A life cycle assessment for male-skew genetics: Harnessing sex determination as an environmental mitigation strategy in beef-on-dairy production

Matthew Cleveland and Ellen Lai

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Prediction accuracy of methane production traits from tropically adapted mixed-breed and purebred grazing beef cattle

Ben Hayes, Kieren McCosker, Christie Warburton and Cameron Whistler

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Modelling the industry effects of incorporating direct methane traits into New Zealand national breeding objectives

Peter Amer, Fiona Hely, Natalie Howes and David Kenny

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Logistics and value of recording field data for an international genomic reference population to improve beef cow resource use efficiency

Michael Aldridge, Jason Archer, Donagh Berry, Timothy Bilton, Harriet Bunning, Sam Clark, Mike Coffey, Ross Evans, Andre Garcia, David Kelly, Andrew Lakamp, Kim Matthews, Stephen Miller, Pedro Ramos, Kelli Retallick, Troy Rowan and Suzanne Rowe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic analysis of methane and its relationship with milk yield and heat tolerance in smallholder dairy systems

Alireza Ehsani, Chinyere Ekine-Dzivenu, Selam Meseret and Raphael Mrode

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Balancing Methane Reduction and Genetic Gain: Insights from Methane Efficiency Evaluations in Canadian Holsteins

Allison Fleming, Cindy Jaton, Michael Lohuis, Francesca Malchiodi, Filippo Miglior, Drew Sloan, Hannah Sweett and Brian Van Doormaal

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Towards Sustainable Dairy: Establishing an Italian Consortium for Methane Mitigation Through Breeding

Lorenzo Benzoni, Greta Bonacina, Alessandro Bracchi, Martino Cassandro, Martina Dorigo, Raffaella Finocchiaro, Francesca Fumagalli, Giulia Gislon, Silvia Graziani, Giampiero Grossi, Nicola Lacetera, Jonathan Layton, Vincenzo Lopreiato, Chiara Rossi, Francesco Tiezzi, Marco Tolone, Giulio Visentin, Andrea Vitali and Maddalena Zucali

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Net-Zero Dairy Genome Project (NDGP): Leveraging genomics to achieve dairy net-zero by 2050

Christine Baes, Beat Bapst, Donagh Berry, A.M. Butty, àngela Cánovas, Sam Clark, Samla Cunha, Jennifer Ellis, Liliana Fadul, Raffaella Finocchiaro, Rachel Gervais, Oscar Gonzales-Recio, Timothy Houghton, Ricarda Jahnel, Ermias Kebreab, Jan Lassen, Francesca Malchiodi, Michael Massow, Filippo Miglior, Francisco Peà±agaricano, Caeli Richardson, Flavio Schenkel, Rasmus Stephansen, Paul Stothard, Hannah Sweett, Katherine Wood and Tom Wright

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Novel microbiome-driven breeding strategies to reduce methane production while avoiding adverse effects on growth

Matthew Cleveland, Joana Lima, Marina Martà­nez‐Álvaro, Tuan Nguyen and Rainer Roehe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Effects of selection weight and phenotyping intensity of enteric methane emission in national sheep breeding objectives

Bente Aspeholen, Peer Berg, Lu Cao, Gareth Difford, Jette Jakobsen and Xijiang Yu

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

New approaches for environment-customized genetic selection

Nicolas Bedère, Donagh Berry, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano, Nicolas Friggens, Jan Lassen, Pauline Martin, Filippo Miglior and Rasmus Stephansen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

International collaboration for mitigation of methane in Red Dairy Cattle through genetic selection

Patricia Ask-Gullstrand, Karoline Bakke, Martin Bjerring, Mike Coffey, Bjorg Heringstad, Tomas Klingström, Filippo Miglior, Enyew Negussie, Sofia Nyman, Ingemar Ohlsson, Elisenda Rius-Vilarrasa and Trine Villumsen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Accelerating Methane Phenotyping Worldwide for the Jersey Breed through the Global Methane Genetics Initiative

Christine Baes, Olivier Bulot, Coralie Machefert, Filippo Miglior, Helen Schneider, Rasmus Stephansen, Victoria Storing and Trine Villumsen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

From Productivity to Climate Action: Harnessing Community-Based Breeding to Lower Methane Emissions in Ethiopian Smallholder Sheep Systems

Tesfaye Getachew, Aynalem Haile, Emna Rekik, Barbara Rischkowsky, Johann Sölkner, Dawit Solomon and Maria Wurzinger

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Animal Breeding Policies and Strategies in South Asia for Sustainable Genetic Improvement

Md. Younus Ali and Ashis Kumar Samanta

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Experiences with joint modeling of feed efficiency and methane emission, using large-scale commercial data in Nordic Holstein.

Martin Bjerring, Just Jensen, Jan Lassen, Peter Løvendahl, Mogens Lund, Bjarke Poulsen, Rasmus Stephansen and Trine Villumsen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic Selection for Reduced Enteric Methane Emissions in Irish Beef Cattle: Measurable Gains with Minimal Trade-offs

Paul Crosson, Ross Evans, David Kenny, Deirdre Purfield and Clodagh Ryan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Empowering livestock productivity for sustainable food security through genetic improvement

Peter Amer, Doug Bjelland, Tesfaye Getachew, Aynalem Haile, Joram Mwacharo, Chanda Nimbkar, Thiago Oliveira, Mourad Rekik, Barbara Rischkowsky, Bruno Santos, Anouk Schurink and Jolene van Tonder

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Africa GENetic Evaluation Service (AGENES): A pipeline for routine genetic and genomic evaluations

Mizeck Chagunda, Mike Coffey, Massimiliano Cosso, Appolinaire Djikeng, Raphael Mrode, Okeyo Mwai, Mazdak Salavati, Getinet Tarekegn, Jennifer Volk, Eileen wall and Abbygail Wells

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Alternative approaches for the incorporation of a methane trait into genetic evaluations

Shalini Abeykoon, Peter Amer, Nóirà­n McHugh, Craig Murphy and Roy Sleator

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Rebalancing Breeding objectives Towards the Dairy Cow of 2050: Economic Impacts of Including Methane and Feed Intake in Selection Indices

Oscar González-Recio, José Antonio Jiménez-Montero, Javier López-Paredes, Ana Mohedano and Ester Teran

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Lifetime Net Merit Index ($NM) and the correlated response on methane emissions

John B. Cole, Guillermo Martinez-Boggio, Francisco Peà±agaricano, Juan Tricarico and Kent Weigel

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selection response for reduced methane emissions through microbiome-driven breeding in a divergent selection experiment

Matthew Cleveland, Carol-Anne Duthie, Joana Lima, Marina Martà­nez‐Álvaro, Gemma Miller, Tuan Nguyen and Rainer Roehe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Swine


Interpretation of Genetic Values on the Probability Scale for Umbilical Hernia in a Swine Pure Line: Challenges in Defining Thresholds, Accuracy, and the Resistance Phenotype

Vishesh Bhatia, Randy Borg, Amanda Cross, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal, Tom Rathje, Iara Solar Diaz and Muhammed Walugembe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Consistent litters or a genetic lottery? The genomic drivers of litter size variability in Landrace pigs

Anne Boshove, Gabriela Cieleń, Martijn Derks and Ewa Sell-Kubiak

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genome-wide Association Studies of Feeding Behaviour Traits in Canadian Duroc Pigs

Deborah Adewole, Duy Ngoc Do, Justin Holl, Mohsen Jafarikia, Belle Kim, Ghader Manafiazar, Younes Miar, Graham Plastow, Brian Sullivan and Dan Tulpan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

The impact of a nitrogen- and phosphorus-reduced feeding strategy on bone-related traits in Landrace boars

Dagmar Brà¼ggemann, Christine Grosse-Brinkhaus, Mehrnaz Hoffmann, Elisabeth Jonas, Regina Lohmayer and Ernst Tholen

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic evaluation of caliper-based body condition measured across multiple reproductive stages and their relationships with maternal traits in Large-White sows

Lorena Benfica, Adria Bhatnagar, Luiz Brito, Ching-Yi Chen, Justin Holl, Allan Schinckel and Leonardo Siqueira Gloria

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic parameters for resilience-related feed intake and feeding behaviors in Canadian Duroc pigs

Deborah Adewole, Duy Ngoc Do, Justin Holl, Mohsen Jafarikia, Belle Kim, Younes Miar, Graham Plastow, Brian Sullivan and Dan Tulpan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Association of Natural Variation in the CD163 and CD169 Genes With Disease Resilience of Grow-Finish Pigs

Vishesh Bhatia, Jack Dekkers, Michael Dyck, Frederic Fortin, John Harding, Graham Plastow and Tom Rathje

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Managing Genetic Risk of Umbilical Hernia in Swine Using Probability-Scaled Genetic Values in Different Management Environments.

Vishesh Bhatia, Randy Borg, Amanda Cross, Jorge Hidalgo, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal, Tom Rathje, Iara Solar Diaz and Muhammed Walugembe

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic and non-genetic evaluation of perineal score and other factors associated with susceptibility to vaginal/uterine prolapse in commercial sows.

Jack Dekkers, Jenelle Dunkelberger, Chris Opschoor, Huy Pham and Tricia Veldhuizen-Haefner

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

GWAS on imputed wgsSNP reveals novel SNP affecting feed efficiency and body composition in a crossbred swine population

Heather Bradford, Brittney Keel, Amanda Lindholm-Perry, William Oliver and Gary Rohrer

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Pre-farrowing Gene Expression Differences in Blood of Sows with High and Low Colostrum Brix Values

Simon Collier, Catherine Ernst, Andrea Luttman and Nancy Raney

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Integrative metabolomic-genomic analyses uncover key regulators of metabolism in growing Duroc male pigs

Francesca Bertolini, Matteo Bolner, Samuele Bovo, Luca Fontanesi, Justin Holl, Craig Lewis, Giuseppina Schiavo and Bruno Valente

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genomic Evaluation of Sow Stayability Traits from Second to Fifth Parities in Purebred and Crossbred Pig Populations

Adria Bhatnagar, Luiz Brito, Ching-Yi Chen, Justin Holl, Hinayah Oliveria, Maria Rita Silva and Renata Veroneze

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Repeatability estimates and genome-wide association studies accounted for additive and non-additive genetic effects in semen production traits in Duroc pig

Youngjae Choi, Yoshii Ikufumi, Keiichi Suzuki, Shigetoshi Terui, Yoshinobu Uemoto and Akira Yobuko

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Defining traits to improve energy balance of sows through breeding

Rob Bergsma, Lisa Bà¼ttgen, Claudia Kamphuis and Laura Vargovic

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

A decade of untangling the genetic background of litter size phenotypic variability in pigs

Ewa Sell-Kubiak

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Investigating Genetic Parameters for Primal Lean and Fat Content using Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in Crossbred Pigs

Kerry Houlahan, Manuel Juárez, Robert A. Kemp, Erin Massender and Graham Plastow

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetics of heat tolerance in purebred maternal pig lines based on reaction norm models for reproductive performance traits

Lorena Benfica, Adria Bhatnagar, Luiz Brito, Aline Cesar, Ching-Yi Chen, Felipe Freitas, Justin Holl, Jay Johnson, Leticia Oliveira, Shezira Rojas-Medina and Joà£o Silva Neto

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlations between sow uterine prolapse and reproductive traits using first- and multiple-parity performance data

Jenelle Dunkelberger, Eli Grindflek, Natalia Leite, Gonzalo Martinez, Isa Priem and Joe Menwer Tabet

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Thermal Imaging as an Indicator of Pig Growth Efficiency

Patrick Charagu, Abe Huisman and Fernanda Raidan

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Selection for decreasing androstenone in the French Landrace pig breed

Maxime Banville, Catherine Larzul, Guillaume Lenoir, Bruno Ligonesche, Marie-José Mercat, Armelle Prunier and Sébastien Taussat

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Rethinking longevity: The boar perspective

Ching-Yi Chen, Justin Holl, Daniela Lourenco, Ignacy Misztal and Arielly Oliveira Garcia

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Five generations of selection for functional teat number enhances reproductive throughput and sustainability

Mark Knauer and Jeffrey Wiegert

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026

Genetic correlations between growth traits measured in a nucleus purebred Duroc population and the survival of their progeny in commercial herds.

Simone Callegaro, Clint Schwab, Garrett See and Francesco Tiezzi

2026-02-26 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026