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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - The Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding and Genetics, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Gary L. Bennett is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, microbial infections and disease research, spacecraft and cryogenic technologies, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, and particle accelerators and beam dynamics.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications across diverse fields, with a concentration in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. The prominent subfields in their work include genetics, agronomy and crop science, aerospace engineering, microbiology, and animal science and zoology.

Frequent publication venues for Gary L. Bennett include:

  • Translational Animal Science
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Theriogenology
  • Frontiers in Microbiomes
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Gary L. Bennett are:

  • Genetic changes in beef cow traits following selection for calving ease, 2021, Translational Animal Science
  • Detection of Mycoplasma bovirhinis and bovine coronavirus in an outbreak of bovine respiratory disease in nursing beef calves, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiomes
  • Production performance of cows raised with different postweaning growth patterns, 2021, Translational Animal Science
  • Cytokine and Haptoglobin Profiles From Shipping Through Sickness and Recovery in Metaphylaxis- or Un-Treated Cattle, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Detection of bovine inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α with a multiplex electrochemiluminescent assay platform, 2021, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gary L. Bennett include:

  • L. A. Kuehn
  • Robert A. Cushman
  • J. W. Keele
  • H. C. Freetly
  • W. M. Snelling

Gary L. Bennett received the Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the American Society of Animal Science in 2001.

Best Publications

  • The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

    Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Ross L. Tellam;Kim C. Worley;Kim C. Worley;Richard A. Gibbs

  • Bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle: environmental, genetic, and economic factors.

    G. D. Snowder;L. D. Van Vleck;L. V. Cundiff;G. L. Bennett

  • A Comprehensive Genetic Map of the Cattle Genome Based on 3802 Microsatellites

    Naoya Ihara;Akiko Takasuga;Kazunori Mizoshita;Haruko Takeda

  • Assessment of single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes residing on chromosomes 14 and 29 for association with carcass composition traits in Bos indicus cattle

    E. Casas;S. N. White;D. G. Riley;T. P. L. Smith

  • Selection and use of SNP markers for animal identification and paternity analysis in U.S. beef cattle.

    Michael P. Heaton;Gregory P. Harhay;Gary L. Bennett;Roger T. Stone

  • Association of markers in the bovine CAPN1 gene with meat tenderness in large crossbred populations that sample influential industry sires.

    B. T. Page;E. Casas;R. L. Quaas;R. M. Thallman

  • Genome-wide association study of growth in crossbred beef cattle.

    W. M. Snelling;M. F. Allan;J. W. Keele;L. A. Kuehn

  • Integration of ovulation rate, potential embryonic viability and uterine capacity into a model of litter size in swine.

    G L Bennett;K A Leymaster

  • Genetic relationships between scrotal circumference and female reproductive traits

    G. Martínez-Velázquez;K. E. Gregory;G. L. Bennett;L. D. Van Vleck

  • Influence of breed, heterozygosity, and disease incidence on estimates of variance components of respiratory disease in preweaned beef calves

    G. D. Snowder;L. D. Van Vleck;L. V. Cundiff;G. L. Bennett

  • Sequence Evaluation of Four Pooled-Tissue Normalized Bovine cDNA Libraries and Construction of a Gene Index for Cattle

    Timothy P.L. Smith;William M. Grosse;Brad A. Freking;Andrew J. Roberts

  • Bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle: phenotypic, environmental, and genetic correlations with growth, carcass, and longissimus muscle palatability traits.

    G. D. Snowder;L. D. Van Vleck;L. V. Cundiff;G. L. Bennett

  • Predicting breed composition using breed frequencies of 50,000 markers from the US Meat Animal Research Center 2,000 Bull Project.

    L. A. Kuehn;J. W. Keele;G. L. Bennett;T. G. McDaneld

  • Genetic (co)variances among birth weight, 200-day weight, and postweaning gain in composites and parental breeds of beef cattle.

    Gary L. Bennett;Keith E. Gregory

  • Genetic parameters for growth, puberty, and beef cow reproductive traits in a puberty selection experiment

    C. A. Morris;J. A. Wilson;G. L. Bennett;N. G. Cullen

  • Genetic and environmental factors associated with incidence of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in preweaned beef calves

    G. D. Snowder;L. D. Van Vleck;L. V. Cundiff;G. L. Bennett

  • Simulation of Genetic Changes in Life Cycle Efficiency of Pork Production. I. A Bioeconomic Model

    M. W. Tess;G. L. Bennett;G. E. Dickerson

  • A physical map of the bovine genome.

    Warren M Snelling;Readman Chiu;Jacqueline E Schein;Matthew Hobbs

  • Simulation of Genetic Changes in Life Cycle Efficiency of Pork Production, II. Effects of Components on Efficiency

    M. W. Tess;G. L. Bennett;G. E. Dickerson

  • Genetic and environmental parameters for ovulation rate, twinning rate, and weight traits in a cattle population selected for twinning.

    K. E. Gregory;G. L. Bennett;L. D. Van Vleck;S. E. Echternkamp

  • Linkage mapping bovine EST-based SNP

    Warren M Snelling;Eduardo Casas;Roger T Stone;John W Keele

  • Comparison of molecular breeding values based on within- and across-breed training in beef cattle

    Stephen D Kachman;Matthew L Spangler;Gary L Bennett;Kathryn J Hanford

  • Association of bovine neonatal Fc receptor alpha-chain gene (FCGRT) haplotypes with serum IgG concentration in newborn calves.

    William W Laegreid;Michael P Heaton;James E Keen;William M Grosse

  • A computer model to predict the effects of level of nutrition on composition of empty body gain in beef cattle: I. Theory and development.

    J. W. Keele;C. B. Williams;G. L. Bennett

  • Accuracy of genomic breeding values in multibreed beef cattle populations derived from deregressed breeding values and phenotypes

    K. L. Weber;R. M. Thallman;J. W. Keele;W. M. Snelling

  • Genetic (co)variances for calving difficulty score in composite and parental populations of beef cattle: I. Calving difficulty score, birth weight, weaning weight, and postweaning gain.

    G L Bennett;K E Gregory

  • Assessing the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms at the thyroglobulin gene with carcass traits in beef cattle.

    E. Casas;S. N. White;S. D. Shackelford;T. L. Wheeler

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Keele
John W. Keele Agricultural Research Service
Timothy P. L. Smith
Timothy P. L. Smith Agricultural Research Service
Eduardo Casas
Eduardo Casas Agricultural Research Service
Larry A. Kuehn
Larry A. Kuehn Agricultural Research Service
R. M. Thallman
R. M. Thallman US Department of Agriculture
Steven D. Shackelford
Steven D. Shackelford Agricultural Research Service
Tad S. Sonstegard
Tad S. Sonstegard Recombinetics (United States)
Harvey C. Freetly
Harvey C. Freetly Agricultural Research Service
Larry V. Cundiff
Larry V. Cundiff Agricultural Research Service
Mohammad Koohmaraie
Mohammad Koohmaraie IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group

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