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Animal Science and Veterinary
Norway
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
37
Citations
5408
World Ranking
1501
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Gunnar Klemetsdal is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research spans multiple domains within agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus on genetics and aquaculture.

The main fields of study for Klemetsdal include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Klemetsdal's work extends into several subfields, notably:

  • Genetics
  • Aquatic Science
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology

The scientist's research topics cover a range of biological and ecological themes, including:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Recent publications exemplify Klemetsdal's diverse scholarly contributions:

  • Cultivar Development of Kelps for Commercial Cultivation-Past Lessons and Future Prospects (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Association of gut microbiota with metabolism in juvenile Atlantic salmon (2020), Microbiome
  • Sustainable development in circular agriculture: An illustrative bee↺legume↺poultry example (2022), Sustainable Development
  • Precision and additivity of organic matter digestibility obtained via in vitro multi-enzymatic method (2020), Journal of Dairy Science
  • Genomic regions and signaling pathways associated with indicator traits for feed efficiency in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (2020), Genetics Selection Evolution

Klemetsdal frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Jørgen Ødegård
  • Hanne Dvergedal
  • Hanne Fjerdingby Olsen
  • Åshild Ergon
  • Franz Goecke

The scientist's work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Aquaculture
  • Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A - Animal Science
  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Selection for mastitis resistance in dairy cattle: a review with focus on the situation in the Nordic countries

    Bjørg Heringstad;Gunnar Klemetsdal;John Ruane

  • Estimates of autozygosity derived from runs of homozygosity: empirical evidence from selected cattle populations

    Maja Ferenčaković;E. Hamzić;E. Hamzić;B. Gredler;T.R. Solberg

  • A missense mutation in growth differentiation factor 9 ( GDF9 ) is strongly associated with litter size in sheep

    Dag Inge Våge;Maren Husdal;Matthew Peter Kent;Gunnar Klemetsdal

  • A frameshift mutation in the coding region of the myostatin gene (MSTN) affects carcass conformation and fatness in Norwegian White Sheep (Ovis aries)

    I. A. Boman;G. Klemetsdal;T. Blichfeldt;O. Nafstad

  • Quantitative trait loci affecting clinical mastitis and somatic cell count in dairy cattle.

    Helge Klungland;Ayman Sabry;Bjørg Heringstad;Hanne Gro Olsen

  • Heritabilities, genetic correlations, and genetic change for female fertility and protein yield in Norwegian Dairy Cattle.

    I.M. Andersen-Ranberg;G. Klemetsdal;B. Heringstad;T. Steine

  • Genetic analysis of clinical mastitis, milk fever, ketosis, and retained placenta in three lactations of Norwegian red cows.

    B. Heringstad;Y.M. Chang;D. Gianola;D. Gianola;G. Klemetsdal

  • Genetic Change for Clinical Mastitis in Norwegian Cattle: a Threshold Model Analysis

    B. Heringstad;R. Rekaya;D. Gianola;G. Klemetsdal

  • A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting milk production in Norwegian dairy cattle.

    H.G. Olsen;L. Gomez-Raya;D.I. Våge;I. Olsaker

  • Selection responses for disease resistance in two selection experiments with Norwegian red cows.

    B. Heringstad;G. Klemetsdal;T. Steine

  • Genetic Associations Between Clinical Mastitis and Somatic Cell Score in Early First-Lactation Cows

    B. Heringstad;D. Gianola;D. Gianola;Y.M. Chang;J. Ødegård

  • Clinical Mastitis in Norwegian Cattle: Frequency, Variance Components, and Genetic Correlation with Protein Yield

    B. Heringstad;G. Klemetsdal;J. Ruane

  • A primary screen of the bovine genome for quantitative trait loci affecting twinning rate

    Sigbjørn Lien;Astrid Karlsen;Gunnar Klemetsdal;Dag Inge Våge

  • Impact of two myostatin (MSTN) mutations on weight gain and lamb carcass classification in Norwegian White Sheep (Ovis aries).

    Inger A Boman;Gunnar Klemetsdal;Ola Nafstad;Thor Blichfeldt

  • Genetic Analysis of Longitudinal Trajectory of Clinical Mastitis in First-Lactation Norwegian Cattle

    B. Heringstad;Y.M. Chang;D. Gianola;G. Klemetsdal

  • Selection Responses for Clinical Mastitis and Protein Yield in Two Norwegian Dairy Cattle Selection Experiments

    B. Heringstad;G. Klemetsdal;T. Steine

  • Evaluation of statistical models for genetic analysis of challenge test data on furunculosis resistance in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Prediction of field survival

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Bjarne Gjerde;Gunnar Klemetsdal

  • Evaluation of statistical models for genetic analysis of challenge-test data on ISA resistance in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Prediction of progeny survival

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Bjarne Gjerde;Gunnar Klemetsdal

  • Genetic correlations between reproduction and production traits in swine1

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  • Cultivar development of kelps for commercial cultivation - Past lessons and future prospects

    Franz Ronald Saavedra Goecke;Gunnar Klemetsdal;Åshild Ergon

  • Positive genetic correlation between resistance to bacterial (furunculosis) and viral (infectious salmon anaemia) diseases in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Bjarne Gjerde;Gunnar Klemetsdal

  • Heifer Fertility in Norwegian Dairy Cattle: Variance Components and Genetic Change

    I.M. A.-Ranberg;B. Heringstad;G. Klemetsdal;M. Svendsen

  • Genetic Association Between Susceptibility to Clinical Mastitis and Protein Yield in Norwegian Dairy Cattle

    B. Heringstad;Y.M. Chang;D. Gianola;G. Klemetsdal

  • Twinning rate in Norwegian cattle: frequency, (co)variance components, and genetic trends.

    A. Karlsen;J. Ruane;G. Klemetsdal;B. Heringstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Bjørg Heringstad
Bjørg Heringstad Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jørgen Ødegård
Jørgen Ødegård Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Daniel Gianola
Daniel Gianola University of Wisconsin–Madison
Per Madsen
Per Madsen Aarhus University
Liv Torunn Mydland
Liv Torunn Mydland Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Margareth Øverland
Margareth Øverland Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Anna K. Sonesson
Anna K. Sonesson Marin Software
Kent A. Weigel
Kent A. Weigel University of Wisconsin–Madison

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