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Animal Science and Veterinary
Finland
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
40
Citations
3971
World Ranking
1233
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Antti Kause is affiliated with the Natural Resources Institute Finland in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with focused subfields in Genetics, Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Immunology, and Physiology.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kause are:

  • Heikki Koskinen
  • Ross D. Houston
  • Clémence Fraslin
  • Antti Nousiainen
  • Terhi Iso-Touru

Publication venues where their work appears most frequently include:

  • Aquaculture
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Genetics Selection Evolution
  • PLoS ONE

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Antti Kause include:

  • "Improvement in feed efficiency and reduction in nutrient loading from rainbow trout farms: the role of selective breeding" (2022, Journal of Animal Science)
  • "Genome-wide association and genomic prediction of resistance to Flavobacterium columnare in a farmed rainbow trout population" (2022, Aquaculture)
  • "Potential of low-density genotype imputation for cost-efficient genomic selection for resistance to Flavobacterium columnare in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)" (2023, Genetics Selection Evolution)
  • "Restored river habitat provides a natural spawning area for a critically endangered landlocked Atlantic salmon population" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Predicted genetic gain for carcass yield in rainbow trout from indirect and genomic selection" (2022, Aquaculture)

Best Publications

  • Genetic trends in growth, sexual maturity and skeletal deformations, and rate of inbreeding in a breeding programme for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Antti Kause;Ossi Ritola;Tuija Paananen;Heli Wahlroos

  • Coupling body weight and its composition: a quantitative genetic analysis in rainbow trout

    Antti Kause;Ossi Ritola;Tuija Paananen;Esa Mäntysaari

  • A review of genotype-by-environment interaction and micro-environmental sensitivity in aquaculture species

    Panya Sae-Lim;Bjarne Gjerde;Hanne Marie Nielsen;Han Mulder

  • Selection against early maturity in large rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: the quantitative genetics of sexual dimorphism and genotype-by-environment interactions

    Antti Kause;Ossi Ritola;Tuija Paananen;Esa Mäntysaari

  • Feed efficiency of rainbow trout can be improved through selection: Different genetic potential on alternative diets

    A Kause;Declan Tobin;D F Houlihan;S A M Martin

  • Estimation of breeding values for uniformity of growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using pedigree relationships or single-step genomic evaluation.

    Panya Sae-Lim;Antti Kause;Marie Lillehammer;Herman Mulder

  • Genetic relationships of body composition and feed utilization traits in European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.) and implications for selective breeding in fishmeal- and soybean meal-based diet environments.

    Cheryl Quinton;Antti Kause;K. Ruohonen;J. Koskela

  • Big and beautiful? Quantitative genetic parameters for appearance of large rainbow trout

    A. Kause;O. Ritola;T. Paananen;U. Eskelinen

  • Breeding salmonids for feed efficiency in current fishmeal and future plant-based diet environments.

    Cheryl D. Quinton;Antti Kause;Juha Koskela;Ossi Ritola

  • Direct and indirect selection of visceral lipid weight, fillet weight, and fillet percentage in a rainbow trout breeding program.

    A. Kause;T. Paananen;O. Ritola;H. Koskinen

  • Fat or lean? The quantitative genetic basis for selection strategies of muscle and body composition traits in breeding schemes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Declan Tobin;Antti Kause;Esa A. Mäntysaari;Samuel A.M. Martin

  • Survival of the Currently Fittest: Genetics of Rainbow Trout Survival Across Time and Space

    Harri Vehviläinen;Antti Kause;Cheryl Quinton;Heikki Koskinen

  • Seasonally varying diet quality and the quantitative genetics of development time and body size in birch feeding insects.

    Antti Kause;Irma Saloniemi;Jean-Philippe Morin;Erkki Haukioja

  • Selection potential of different prolificacy traits in the finnish landrace and large white populations

    Timo Serenius;Marja-Liisa Sevón-Aimonen;Antti Kause;Esa Mäntysaari

  • Genetic improvement of feed conversion ratio via indirect selection against lipid deposition in farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum).

    Antti Kause;Anders Kiessling;Samuel A. M. Martin;Dominic Houlihan

  • Genotype-by-environment interaction of growth traits in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): a continental scale study.

    P. Sae-Lim;Antti Kause;H. A. Mulder;K. E. Martin

  • Genetics of microenvironmental sensitivity of body weight in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) selected for improved growth.

    Matti Janhunen;Antti Kause;Harri Vehviläinen;Otso Järvisalo

  • What role for genomics in fisheries management and aquaculture

    Roman Wenne;Pierre Boudry;Jakob Hemmer-Hansen;Krzysztof P. Lubieniecki

  • The genetic analysis of tolerance to infections: a review

    Antti Kause;Jørgen Ødegård

  • Genetic (co)variance of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) body weight and its uniformity across production environments

    Panya Sae-Lim;Antti Kause;Matti Janhunen;Harri Vehviläinen

  • Bias and precision of estimates of genotype-by-environment interaction: A simulation study

    Panya Sae-Lim;Hans Komen;Antti Kause

  • Genetic associations of prolificacy with performance, carcass, meat quality, and leg conformation traits in the Finnish Landrace and Large White pig populations.

    T. Serenius;M.-L. Sevon-Aimónen;A. Kause;E. A. Mäntysaari

  • PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF SAWFLY LARVAE

    Antti Kause;Erkki Haukioja;Sinikka Hanhimäki

  • Defining desired genetic gains for rainbow trout breeding objective using analytic hierarchy process

    P. Sae-Lim;H. Komen;A. Kause;J. A. M. van Arendonk

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari Ruohonen
Kari Ruohonen University of Turku
Esa Mäntysaari
Esa Mäntysaari Natural Resources Institute Finland
Juha Koskela
Juha Koskela Natural Resources Institute Finland
Dominic F. Houlihan
Dominic F. Houlihan University of Aberdeen
Marc Vandeputte
Marc Vandeputte University of Paris-Saclay
Samuel A.M. Martin
Samuel A.M. Martin University of Aberdeen
Hans Komen
Hans Komen Wageningen University & Research
J.A.M. van Arendonk
J.A.M. van Arendonk Wageningen University & Research
Anders Kiessling
Anders Kiessling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson Murdoch University

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