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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
32
Citations
3573
World Ranking
2163
National Ranking
179

Best Publications

  • Genome wide association and genomic prediction for growth traits in juvenile farmed Atlantic salmon using a high density SNP array

    Hsin-Yuan Tsai;Alastair Hamilton;Alan E. Tinch;Derrick R. Guy

  • Genomic prediction of host resistance to sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon populations

    Hsin-Yuan Tsai;Alastair Hamilton;Alan E. Tinch;Derrick R. Guy

  • GENETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATES IN SABI SHEEP

    Oswald Matika;JB van Wyk;GJ Erasmus;RL Baker

  • Genome-Wide Association and Genomic Selection for Resistance to Amoebic Gill Disease in Atlantic Salmon

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  • Prevalence and risk factors of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in goats in low-input low-output farming systems in Zimbabwe.

    P.I. Zvinorova;P.I. Zvinorova;T.E. Halimani;F.C. Muchadeyi;O. Matika

  • Genome-wide association and regional heritability mapping to identify loci underlying variation in nematode resistance and body weight in Scottish Blackface lambs

    Valentina Riggio;Oswald Matika;Ricardo Pong-Wong;M J Stear

  • Traits associated with innate and adaptive immunity in pigs: heritability and associations with performance under different health status conditions

    Mary Clapperton;Abigail B Diack;Oswald Matika;Elizabeth J Glass

  • Genotype Imputation To Improve the Cost-Efficiency of Genomic Selection in Farmed Atlantic Salmon

    Hsin-Yuan Tsai;Oswald Matika;Stefan McKinnon Edwards;Roberto Antolín-Sánchez

  • Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the myostatin (GDF8) gene have significant association with muscle depth of commercial Charollais sheep.

    G. Hadjipavlou;O. Matika;Alex Clop;S. C. Bishop

  • Genome-wide association reveals QTL for growth, bone and in vivo carcass traits as assessed by computed tomography in Scottish Blackface lambs

    Oswald Matika;Valentina Riggio;Marie Anselme-Moizan;Andrew S. Law

  • Genomic Selection for Growth Traits in Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas): Potential of Low-Density Marker Panels for Breeding Value Prediction.

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  • Genetic parameter estimates for pre-weaning performance and reproduction traits in Markhoz goats

    A. Rashidi;S.C. Bishop;O. Matika

  • Breeding for resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes – the potential in low-input/output small ruminant production systems

    P.I. Zvinorova;P.I. Zvinorova;T.E. Halimani;F.C. Muchadeyi;O. Matika

  • Genetic analysis of reproductive traits and antibody response in a PRRS outbreak herd

    N. V. L. Serão;Oswald Matika;R.A Kemp;J. C. S. Harding

  • Genome-wide association study of tick resistance in South African Nguni cattle.

    Ntanganedzeni O. Mapholi;Azwihangwisi Maiwashe;Oswald Matika;Valentina Riggio

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study for Host Resistance to Ostreid Herpesvirus in Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas).

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  • Genome-wide association studies of immune, disease and production traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes

    Androniki Psifidi;Georgios Banos;Georgios Banos;Oswald Matika;Takele T. Desta

  • Dissecting the Genomic Architecture of Resistance to Eimeria maxima Parasitism in the Chicken

    Kay Boulton;Matthew J. Nolan;Zhiguang Wu;Valentina Riggio

  • Multiple Country and Breed Genomic Prediction of Tick Resistance in Beef Cattle.

    Fernando Flores Cardoso;Oswald Matika;Appolinaire Djikeng;Ntanganedzeni Mapholi

  • Genomic prediction for tuberculosis resistance in dairy cattle

    Smaragda Tsairidou;John A. Woolliams;Adrian R. Allen;Robin A. Skuce

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