L.D. Van Vleck

Research.com Recognitions

• 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
• 2013 - American Dairy Science Association Fellowship Award
• 2005 - The Morrison Award, American Society of Animal Science
• 1983 - J. L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding, American Dairy Science Association
• 1972 - The Rockefeller Prentice Memorial Award in Animal Breeding and Genetics, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Best Publications

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

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

  608
  Citations

• Genetic Groups in an Animal Model

  R.A. Westell;R.L. Quaas;L.D. Van Vleck

  433
  Citations

• Multiple-trait Gibbs sampler for animal models: flexible programs for Bayesian and likelihood-based (co)variance component inference.

  C P Van Tassell;L D Van Vleck

  303
  Citations

• GROWTH RATE OF THOROUGHBREDS. EFFECT OF AGE OF DAM, YEAR AND MONTH OF BIRTH, AND SEX OF FOAL

  H. F. Hintz;R. L. Hintz;L. D. Van Vleck

  277
  Citations

• Estimates of variances due to direct and maternal effects for growth traits of Romanov sheep.

  G. A. María;K. G. Boldman;K. G. Boldman;L. D. Van Vleck;L. D. Van Vleck

  261
  Citations

• Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting reproduction in pigs.

  J. P. Cassady;R. K. Johnson;D. Pomp;G. A. Rohrer

  247
  Citations

• Estimation of Variances Due to Direct and Maternal Effects for Growth Traits of Nelore Cattle

  J. P. Eler;L. D. Van Vleck;J. B. S. Ferraz;R. B. Lobo

  239
  Citations

• Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic change for reproduction, weight, and wool characteristics of Targhee sheep.

  K. J. Hanford;L. D. Van Vleck;G. D. Snowder

  220
  Citations

• Bayesian analysis of twinning and ovulation rates using a multiple-trait threshold model and Gibbs sampling.

  C P Van Tassell;L D Van Vleck;K E Gregory

  178
  Citations

• Genetic relationships between scrotal circumference and female reproductive traits

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

  177
  Citations

• Implementation of an Animal Model for Genetic Evaluation of Dairy Cattle in the United States

  G.R. Wiggans;G.R. Wiggans;G.R. Wiggans;I. Misztal;I. Misztal;I. Misztal;L.D. Van Vleck;L.D. Van Vleck;L.D. Van Vleck

  177
  Citations

• Estimation of genetic parameters for milk, fat, protein and mozzarella cheese production for the Italian river buffalo Bubalus bubalis population

  A. Rosati;L.D. Van Vleck;L.D. Van Vleck

  171
  Citations

• Variance heterogeneity in direct and maternal weight traits by sex and percent purebred for Simmental-sired calves.

  D. J. Garrick;E. J. Pollak;R. L. Quaas;L. D. Van Vleck

  169
  Citations

• Parameter estimates for direct, maternal, and grandmaternal genetic effects for birth weight and weaning weight in Hereford cattle.

  J Dodenhoff;L D Van Vleck;S D Kachman;R M Koch

  161
  Citations

• Relationship Between Production and Stayability in Holstein Cattle

  G.F.S. Hudson;L.D. Van Vleck

  159
  Citations

• 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

  148
  Citations

• Factors Affecting Twinning and Effects of Twinning in Holstein Dairy Cattle

  R. A. Cady;L. D. Van Vleck

  140
  Citations

• Genetic parameters of reproductive traits in sheep

  A Rosati;E Mousa;L.D Van Vleck;L.D Young

  137
  Citations

• GENETIC PARAMETERS AMONG WEIGHT, PROLIFICACY AND WOOL TRAITS OF COLUMBIA, POLYPAY, RAMBOUILLET AND TARGHEE SHEEP

  C M Bromley;G D Snowder;L D Van Vleck

  135
  Citations

• 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

  133
  Citations

• Derivative-free restricted maximum likelihood estimation in animal models with a sparse matrix solver.

  K.G. Boldman;L.D. Van Vleck

  130
  Citations

• Genetic parameters for first lactation milk yields at three levels of herd production.

  J.C. De Veer;L.D. Van Vleck

  128
  Citations

• Genetic Parameters and Responses of Linear Type, Yield Traits, and Somatic Cell Scores to Divergent Selection for Predicted Transmitting Ability for Type in Holsteins

  B.J. DeGroot;J.F. Keown;L.D. Van Vleck;E.L. Marotz

  127
  Citations

• Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Influencing Traits Related to Energy Balance in Selection and Inbred Lines of Mice

  D. E. Moody;D. Pomp;M. K. Nielsen;L. D. Van Vleck

  122
  Citations

• Estimates of genetic parameters and selection strategies to improve the economic efficiency of postweaning growth in lambs.

  G. D. Snowder;L. D. Van Vleck

  120
  Citations

• Twinning in cattle: I. Foundation animals and genetic and environmental effects on twinning rate.

  K E Gregory;S E Echternkamp;G E Dickerson;L V Cundiff

  120
  Citations

• Estimation of direct, maternal, and grandmaternal genetic effects for weaning weight in several breeds of beef cattle.

  J Dodenhoff;L D Van Vleck;K E Gregory

  116
  Citations

• Genetic parameters for growth traits for a composite terminal sire breed of sheep.

  E Mousa;L D Van Vleck;K A Leymaster

  109
  Citations

• 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

  108
  Citations

• Contemporary groups for genetic evaluations.

  L.D. Van Vleck

  106
  Citations

• Genetic correlations for litter weight weaned with growth, prolificacy, and wool traits in Columbia, Polypay, Rambouillet, and Targhee sheep.

  C M Bromley;L D Van Vleck;G D Snowder

  100
  Citations