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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
71
Citations
24638
World Ranking
148
National Ranking
46

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Zinpro Award for Excellence in Dairy Science, American Dairy Science Association
  • 2016 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association
  • 2012 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association
  • 2011 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association
  • 2000 - J. L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding, American Dairy Science Association

Best Publications

  • Efficient Methods to Compute Genomic Predictions

    Paul M. VanRaden

  • Invited review: reliability of genomic predictions for North American Holstein bulls.

    P.M. VanRaden;C.P. Van Tassell;G.R. Wiggans;T.S. Sonstegard

  • Changes in genetic selection differentials and generation intervals in US Holstein dairy cattle as a result of genomic selection

    Adriana García-Ruiz;John B. Cole;Paul M. VanRaden;George R. Wiggans

  • Derivation, calculation, and use of national animal model information.

    P.M. VanRaden;G.R. Wiggans

  • Development of a National Genetic Evaluation for Cow Fertility

    P.M. VanRaden;A.H. Sanders;M.E. Tooker;R.H. Miller

  • Harmful recessive effects on fertility detected by absence of homozygous haplotypes

    P.M. VanRaden;K.M. Olson;D.J. Null;J.L. Hutchison

  • Detection of quantitative trait loci affecting milk production, health, and reproductive traits in Holstein cattle.

    M.S. Ashwell;D.W. Heyen;T.S. Sonstegard;C.P. Van Tassell

  • A multi-tissue atlas of regulatory variants in cattle

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  • Genomic evaluations with many more genotypes

    Paul M VanRaden;Jeffrey R O'Connell;George R Wiggans;Kent A Weigel

  • A genome scan for QTL influencing milk production and health traits in dairy cattle.

    D. W. Heyen;J. I. Weller;M. Ron;Mark Robert Band

  • Distribution and location of genetic effects for dairy traits

    J.B. Cole;P.M. VanRaden;J.R. O’Connell;C.P. Van Tassell

  • The genomic evaluation system in the United States: Past, present, future

    G.R. Wiggans;P.M. VanRaden;T.A. Cooper

  • Accounting for Inbreeding and Crossbreeding in Genetic Evaluation of Large Populations

    P.M. VanRaden

  • A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Association Study in U.S. Holstein Cattle.

    Jicai Jiang;Li Ma;Dzianis Prakapenka;Paul M. VanRaden

  • Genomic imputation and evaluation using high-density Holstein genotypes.

    P.M. VanRaden;D.J. Null;M. Sargolzaei;G.R. Wiggans

  • Design of a Bovine Low-Density SNP Array Optimized for Imputation

    Didier Boichard;Hoyoung Chung;Romain Dassonneville;Xavier David

  • Cattle sex-specific recombination and genetic control from a large pedigree analysis.

    Li Ma;Jeffrey R. O'Connell;Paul M. VanRaden;Botong Shen

  • Selection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms and quality of genotypes used in genomic evaluation of dairy cattle in the United States and Canada.

    G.R. Wiggans;T.S. Sonstegard;P.M. VanRaden;L.K. Matukumalli;L.K. Matukumalli

  • Economic Merit of Crossbred and Purebred US Dairy Cattle

    P.M. VanRaden;A.H. Sanders

  • Multiple-Trait Estimation of Variance Components of Yield and Type Traits Using an Animal Model

    I. Misztal;T.J. Lawlor;T.H. Short;P.M. VanRaden

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