Peer Berg

Best Publications

• The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig I: biological factors

  K. M D Rutherford;E. M. Baxter;R. B. D'Eath;S. P. Turner

  319
  Citations

• Genetic contributions and their optimization.

  John Woolliams;P. Berg;B. S. Dagnachew;T. H E Meuwissen

  277
  Citations

• Inbreeding in Danish Dairy Cattle Breeds

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  233
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• Selective breeding provides an approach to increase resistance of rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss) to the diseases, enteric redmouth disease, rainbow trout fry syndrome, and viral haemorrhagic septicaemia

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  189
  Citations

• Neonatal piglet traits of importance for survival in crates and indoor pens

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  168
  Citations

• Genetic variation and heritability of the antibody response to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in Danish Holstein cows.

  H. Mortensen;S.S. Nielsen;P. Berg

  148
  Citations

• Genetic resources and genomics for adaptation of livestock to climate change

  Paul J. Boettcher;Irene Hoffmann;Roswitha Baumung;Adam G. Drucker

  103
  Citations

• ADAM: A computer program to simulate selective breeding schemes for animals

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  90
  Citations

• Genetic variation for resistance to clinical and subclinical diseases exists in growing pigs

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  87
  Citations

• Hygiene-related and feed-related hoof diseases show different patterns of genetic correlations to clinical mastitis and female fertility

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  81
  Citations

• Hsp72 is present in plasma from Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle, and the concentration level is repeatable across days and age classes

  Torsten Nygaard Kristensen;Peter Løvendahl;Peer Berg;Volker Loeschcke

  77
  Citations

• Animal-breeding schemes using genomic information need breeding plans designed to maximise long-term genetic gains

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  60
  Citations

• Immunological traits have the potential to improve selection of pigs for resistance to clinical and subclinical disease

  M. Henryon;Peter M. H. Heegaard;Jens Nielsen;P. Berg

  54
  Citations

• Genomic selection strategies in dairy cattle: Strong positive interaction between use of genotypic information and intensive use of young bulls on genetic gain

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  54
  Citations

• Indirect genetic effects contribute substantially to heritable variation in aggression-related traits in group-housed mink (Neovison vison)

  Setegn Worku Alemu;Setegn Worku Alemu;Piter Bijma;Steen Henrik Møller;Luc Janss

  54
  Citations

• Evolving gene banks: improving diverse populations of crop and exotic germplasm with optimal contribution selection

  Wallace Cowling;L. Li;Kadambot H.M. Siddique;Mark Henryon

  53
  Citations

• Utilization of farm animal genetic resources in a changing agro-ecological environment in the Nordic countries

  Juha Kantanen;Peter Løvendahl;Erling Strandberg;Emma Eythorsdottir

  52
  Citations

• The value of cows in reference populations for genomic selection of new functional traits

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  51
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• Domesticated Animal Biobanking: Land of Opportunity.

  Linn F. Groeneveld;Sigbjørn Gregusson;Bernt Guldbrandtsen;Sipke J. Hiemstra

  47
  Citations

• Allele frequency changes due to hitch-hiking in genomic selection programs.

  Huiming Liu;Anders C Sørensen;Theo H E Meuwissen;Peer Berg

  39
  Citations