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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
38
Citations
4765
World Ranking
1426
National Ranking
48

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Animal science

His main research concerns Animal science, Lactation, Fertility, Heritability and Dairy cattle. His studies in Animal science integrate themes in fields like Ice calving, Pasture, Germplasm, Agronomy and Genetic variation. As a member of one scientific family, Ross D Evans mostly works in the field of Ice calving, focusing on Herd and, on occasion, Sire.

His Lactation research includes elements of Pasture based, Milk quota and Milk production. The concepts of his Fertility study are interwoven with issues in Regression analysis and Genetic gain. Ross D Evans has researched Heritability in several fields, including Genetic correlation and Beef cattle.

His most cited work include:

  • Relationships among milk yield, body condition, cow weight, and reproduction in spring-calved holstein-friesians (282 citations)
  • Genetic Relationships among Body Condition Score, Body Weight, Milk Yield, and Fertility in Dairy Cows (259 citations)
  • Phenotypic and genetic parameters for different measures of feed efficiency in different breeds of Irish performance-tested beef bulls. (153 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Animal science, Ice calving, Herd, Beef cattle and Heritability. His work on Animal science is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Lactation. His study on Ice calving also encompasses disciplines like

  • Fertility which is related to area like Pregnancy rate,
  • Reproduction which is related to area like Endocrinology.

His work deals with themes such as Logistic regression and Weaning, which intersect with Herd. The various areas that he examines in his Beef cattle study include Feed conversion ratio, Statistics and Genome-wide association study. He has included themes like Weanling, Genetic variability, Genetic correlation and Generalized linear mixed model in his Heritability study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Animal science (57.14%)
  • Ice calving (35.16%)
  • Herd (29.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Animal science (57.14%)
  • Breed (19.78%)
  • Herd (29.67%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Animal science, Breed, Herd, Single-nucleotide polymorphism and Heritability. His research integrates issues of Ice calving and Generalized linear mixed model in his study of Animal science. Ross D Evans combines subjects such as Dairy cattle and Artificial insemination with his study of Ice calving.

His study in Dairy cattle is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Fertility, Gene, Animal breeding and Reproduction. His Single-nucleotide polymorphism study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Quantitative trait locus and Allele. His work is dedicated to discovering how Heritability, Genetic variability are connected with Tenderness and other disciplines.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • A breeding index to rank beef bulls for use on dairy females to maximize profit. (21 citations)
  • Genome-wide association study of endo-parasite phenotypes using imputed whole-genome sequence data in dairy and beef cattle (17 citations)
  • Dressing percentage and the differential between live weight and carcass weight in cattle are influenced by both genetic and non-genetic factors1. (13 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Statistics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Animal science, Breed, Quantitative trait locus, Heritability and Herd. As part of his studies on Animal science, he frequently links adjacent subjects like Ice calving. As part of the same scientific family, Ross D Evans usually focuses on Ice calving, concentrating on Artificial insemination and intersecting with Insemination, Dairy cattle, Crossbreed, Sire and Pregnancy early.

His Quantitative trait locus study also includes

  • Genome-wide association study that intertwine with fields like Whole genome sequencing, Allele and Computational biology,
  • Genome which intersects with area such as Beef cattle. His research in Heritability intersects with topics in Belgian Blue, Genetic variability, Genetic correlation and Live weight. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Lactation and Weaning.

Best Publications

  • Relationships among milk yield, body condition, cow weight, and reproduction in spring-calved holstein-friesians

    F. Buckley;K. O'Sullivan;J.F. Mee;R.D. Evans

  • Genetic Relationships among Body Condition Score, Body Weight, Milk Yield, and Fertility in Dairy Cows

    D.P. Berry;D.P. Berry;F. Buckley;P. Dillon;R.D. Evans

  • Phenotypic and genetic parameters for different measures of feed efficiency in different breeds of Irish performance-tested beef bulls.

    J. J. Crowley;J. J. Crowley;M. McGee;D. A. Kenny;D. H. Crews

  • Consequences of genetic selection for increased milk production in European seasonal pasture based systems of milk production

    P. Dillon;D.P. Berry;R.D. Evans;F. Buckley

  • Genetic relationships among linear type traits, milk yield, body weight, fertility and somatic cell count in primiparous dairy cows

    Donagh P. Berry;Frank Buckley;Pat Dillon;Ross D Evans

  • Genetic parameters for level and change of body condition score and body weight in dairy cows.

    D.P. Berry;D.P. Berry;F. Buckley;P. Dillon;R.D. Evans

  • Genetics of reproductive performance in seasonal calving beef cows and its association with performance traits.

    Donagh P. Berry;R.D. Evans

  • Genetics of reproductive performance in seasonal calving dairy cattle production systems

    Donagh Berry;J.F. Kearney;K. Twomey;R. D. Evans

  • Milk production and fertility performance of Holstein, Friesian, and Jersey purebred cows and their respective crosses in seasonal-calving commercial farms.

    E.L. Coffey;B. Horan;R.D. Evans;D.P. Berry

  • Evaluation of bull fertility in dairy and beef cattle using cow field data

    D.P. Berry;R.D. Evans;S. Mc Parland

  • Genetic merit for fertility traits in Holstein cows: I. Production characteristics and reproductive efficiency in a pasture-based system

    S.B. Cummins;P. Lonergan;A.C.O. Evans;Donagh P. Berry

  • Genetic relationships between feed efficiency in growing males and beef cow performance

    J. J. Crowley;R. D. Evans;N. Mc Hugh;N. Mc Hugh;D. A. Kenny

  • Financial implications of recent declines in reproduction and survival of Holstein-Friesian cows in spring-calving Irish dairy herds

    R.D. Evans;R.D. Evans;M. Wallace;L. Shalloo;D.J. Garrick

  • A breeding index to rank beef bulls for use on dairy females to maximize profit.

    D.P. Berry;P.R. Amer;R.D. Evans;T. Byrne

  • Genetic analysis of carcass traits in beef cattle using random regression models

    T M Englishby;Georgios Banos;K L Moore;Mike P Coffey

  • DNA sequence polymorphisms in a panel of eight candidate bovine imprinted genes and their association with performance traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle

    David A Magee;Klaudia M Sikora;Klaudia M Sikora;Erik W Berkowicz;Donagh P. Berry

  • Genome-wide association study for calving performance using high-density genotypes in dairy and beef cattle

    Deirdre C Purfield;Deirdre C Purfield;Daniel G Bradley;Ross D Evans;Francis J Kearney

  • Factors associated with selling price of cattle at livestock marts.

    N. Mc Hugh;A. G. Fahey;R. D. Evans;D. P. Berry

  • Trends in milk production, calving rate and survival of cows in 14 Irish dairy herds as a result of the introgression of Holstein-Friesian genes

    R. D. Evans;Pat Dillon;Frank Buckley;Donagh Berry

  • Reaffirmation of known major genes and the identification of novel candidate genes associated with carcass-related metrics based on whole genome sequence within a large multi-breed cattle population

    D. C. Purfield;R. D. Evans;D. P. Berry

  • Intake, live animal scores/measurements and carcass composition and value of late-maturing beef and dairy breeds

    A.M. Clarke;A.M. Clarke;M.J. Drennan;M. McGee;D.A. Kenny

  • Relationship between body measurements, metabolic hormones, metabolites and residual feed intake in performancetested pedigree beef bulls

    A.K. Kelly;M. McGee;D.H. Crews;C.O. Lynch

  • Dressing percentage and the differential between live weight and carcass weight in cattle are influenced by both genetic and non-genetic factors1.

    Jessica M Coyne;Ross D Evans;Donagh P Berry

  • Validation of national genetic evaluations for maternal beef cattle traits using Irish field data.

    Noirin McHugh;A.R. Cromie;R.D. Evans;Donagh P. Berry

  • Genomic regions associated with muscularity in beef cattle differ in five contrasting cattle breeds

    Jennifer L. Doyle;Jennifer L. Doyle;Donagh P. Berry;Roel F. Veerkamp;Tara R. Carthy

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms at the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) locus are associated with dairy performance in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle.

    Erik W Berkowicz;David A Magee;Klaudia M. Sikora;Donagh P. Berry

  • Genome-wide association study of endo-parasite phenotypes using imputed whole-genome sequence data in dairy and beef cattle

    Alan J. Twomey;Alan J. Twomey;Donagh P. Berry;Ross D. Evans;Michael L. Doherty

  • Genomic Regions Associated With Skeletal Type Traits in Beef and Dairy Cattle Are Common to Regions Associated With Carcass Traits, Feed Intake and Calving Difficulty

    Jennifer L. Doyle;Donagh P. Berry;Roel F. Veerkamp;Tara R. Carthy

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the bovine DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain are associated with economically important production traits in cattle.

    David A. Magee;Donagh P. Berry;Erik W. Berkowicz;Klaudia M. Sikora

  • DNA sequence polymorphisms within the bovine guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gs subunit alpha (Gsα)-encoding ( GNAS ) genomic imprinting domain are associated with performance traits

    Klaudia M Sikora;Klaudia M Sikora;David A Magee;Erik W Berkowicz;Donagh P Berry

  • Carcass characteristics of cattle differing in Jersey proportion.

    D.P. Berry;M.J. Judge;R.D. Evans;F. Buckley

Frequent Co-Authors

Donagh P. Berry
Donagh P. Berry Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Frank Buckley
Frank Buckley University College Cork
Roel F. Veerkamp
Roel F. Veerkamp Wageningen University & Research
Pat Dillon
Pat Dillon Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Charles Spillane
Charles Spillane University of Galway
David E. MacHugh
David E. MacHugh University College Dublin
Mark McGee
Mark McGee Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
D. H. Crews
D. H. Crews Colorado State University
Myles Rath
Myles Rath University College Dublin
Daniel G. Bradley
Daniel G. Bradley Trinity College Dublin

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