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Invited review: Phenotypes to genetically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in dairying by de Haas, Y, Pszczola, M, Soyeurt, H, Wall, E, Lassen, J

“…Phenotypes have been reviewed to select for lower-emitting animals in order to decrease the environmental footprint of dairy cattle products. This includes…”
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Selective breeding as a mitigation tool for methane emissions from dairy cattle by de Haas, Y., Veerkamp, R.F., de Jong, G., Aldridge, M.N.

“…The global livestock sector, particularly ruminants, contributes substantially to the total anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Management and dietary solutions to…”
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Genetic parameters for predicted methane production and potential for reducing enteric emissions through genomic selection by Haas, Y de, Windig, J J, Calus, M P L, Dijkstra, J, Haan, M de, Bannink, A, Veerkamp, R F

“…Mitigation of enteric methane (CH₄) emission in ruminants has become an important area of research because accumulation of CH₄ is linked to global warming…”
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Invited review: Large-scale indirect measurements for enteric methane emissions in dairy cattle: A review of proxies and their potential for use in management and breeding decisions by Negussie, E, de Haas, Y, Dehareng, F, Dewhurst, R J, Dijkstra, J, Gengler, N, Morgavi, D P, Soyeurt, H, van Gastelen, S, Yan, T, Biscarini, F

“…Efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production through selection and management of low-emitting cows require accurate and large-scale measurements…”
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Heritability and genetic correlations between enteric methane production and concentration recorded by GreenFeed and sniffers on dairy cows by van Breukelen, A.E., Aldridge, M.N., Veerkamp, R.F., Koning, L., Sebek, L.B., de Haas, Y.

“…To reduce methane (CH4) emissions of dairy cows by animal breeding, CH4 measurements have to be recorded on thousands of individual cows. Currently, several…”
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Symposium review: Development of a funding program to support research on enteric methane mitigation from ruminants by Tricarico, J.M., de Haas, Y., Hristov, A.N., Kebreab, E., Kurt, T., Mitloehner, F., Pitta, D.

“…Enteric methane is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions from milk production systems. Two organizations based in the United States, the Foundation for…”
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Genetic parameters for repeatedly recorded enteric methane concentrations of dairy cows by van Breukelen, A.E., Aldridge, M.A., Veerkamp, R.F., de Haas, Y.

“…Animal breeding techniques offer potential to reduce enteric emissions of ruminants to lower the environmental impact of dairy farming. The aim of this study…”
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Animal board invited review: genetic possibilities to reduce enteric methane emissions from ruminants by Pickering, N. K., Oddy, V. H., Basarab, J., Cammack, K., Hayes, B., Hegarty, R. S., Lassen, J., McEwan, J. C., Miller, S., Pinares-Patiño, C. S., de Haas, Y.

“…Measuring and mitigating methane (CH4) emissions from livestock is of increasing importance for the environment and for policy making. Potentially, the most…”
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The genetic and biological basis of feed efficiency in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows by Hardie, L C, VandeHaar, M J, Tempelman, R J, Weigel, K A, Armentano, L E, Wiggans, G R, Veerkamp, R F, de Haas, Y, Coffey, M P, Connor, E E, Hanigan, M D, Staples, C, Wang, Z, Dekkers, J C M, Spurlock, D M

“…The objective of this study was to identify genomic regions and candidate genes associated with feed efficiency in lactating Holstein cows. In total, 4,916…”
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Animal Board Invited Review: Comparing conventional and organic livestock production systems on different aspects of sustainability by van Wagenberg, C. P. A., de Haas, Y., Hogeveen, H., van Krimpen, M. M., Meuwissen, M. P. M., van Middelaar, C. E., Rodenburg, T. B.

“…To sustainably contribute to food security of a growing and richer world population, livestock production systems are challenged to increase production levels…”
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International genetic evaluations for feed intake in dairy cattle through the collation of data from multiple sources by Berry, D P, Coffey, M P, Pryce, J E, de Haas, Y, Løvendahl, P, Krattenmacher, N, Crowley, J J, Wang, Z, Spurlock, D, Weigel, K, Macdonald, K, Veerkamp, R F

“…Feed represents a large proportion of the variable costs in dairy production systems. The omission of feed intake measures explicitly from national dairy cow…”
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Genomic selection for feed efficiency in dairy cattle by Pryce, J. E., Wales, W. J., de Haas, Y., Veerkamp, R. F., Hayes, B. J.

“…Feed is a major component of variable costs associated with dairy systems and is therefore an important consideration for breeding objectives. As a result,…”
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Genomic prediction of dry matter intake in dairy cattle from an international data set consisting of research herds in Europe, North America, and Australasia by de Haas, Y, Pryce, J E, Calus, M P L, Wall, E, Berry, D P, Løvendahl, P, Krattenmacher, N, Miglior, F, Weigel, K, Spurlock, D, Macdonald, K A, Hulsegge, B, Veerkamp, R F

“…With the aim of increasing the accuracy of genomic estimated breeding values for dry matter intake (DMI) in Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle, data from 10…”
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Genomewide association study of methane emissions in Angus beef cattle with validation in dairy cattle by Manzanilla-Pech, C I V, De Haas, Y, Hayes, B J, Veerkamp, R F, Khansefid, M, Donoghue, K A, Arthur, P F, Pryce, J E

“…Methane (CH) is a product of enteric fermentation in ruminants, and it represents around 17% of global CH emissions. There has been substantial effort from the…”
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Genome-wide association analyses based on a multiple-trait approach for modeling feed efficiency by Lu, Y, Vandehaar, M J, Spurlock, D M, Weigel, K A, Armentano, L E, Connor, E E, Coffey, M, Veerkamp, R F, de Haas, Y, Staples, C R, Wang, Z, Hanigan, M D, Tempelman, R J

“…Genome-wide association (GWA) of feed efficiency (FE) could help target important genomic regions influencing FE. Data provided by an international dairy FE…”
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Alternative somatic cell count traits as mastitis indicators for genetic selection by de Haas, Y, Ouweltjes, W, ten Napel, J, Windig, J J, de Jong, G

“…The aim of this study was to define alternative traits of somatic cell count (SCC) that can be used to decrease genetic susceptibility to clinical and…”
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Combining cow and bull reference populations to increase accuracy of genomic prediction and genome-wide association studies by Calus, M P L, de Haas, Y, Veerkamp, R F

“…Genomic selection holds the promise to be particularly beneficial for traits that are difficult or expensive to measure, such that access to phenotypes on…”
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Genetic parameters between feed-intake-related traits and conformation in 2 separate dairy populations--the Netherlands and United States by Manzanilla-Pech, C I V, Veerkamp, R F, Tempelman, R J, van Pelt, M L, Weigel, K A, VandeHaar, M, Lawlor, T J, Spurlock, D M, Armentano, L E, Staples, C R, Hanigan, M, De Haas, Y

“…To include feed-intake-related traits in the breeding goal, accurate estimates of genetic parameters of feed intake, and its correlations with other related…”
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Applicability of day-to-day variation in behavior for the automated detection of lameness in dairy cows by de Mol, R M, André, G, Bleumer, E J B, van der Werf, J T N, de Haas, Y, van Reenen, C G

“…Lameness is a major problem in modern dairy husbandry and has welfare implications and other negative consequences. The behavior of dairy cows is influenced by…”
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Effect of predictor traits on accuracy of genomic breeding values for feed intake based on a limited cow reference population by Pszczola, M., Veerkamp, R. F., de Haas, Y., Wall, E., Strabel, T., Calus, M. P. L.

“…The genomic breeding value accuracy of scarcely recorded traits is low because of the limited number of phenotypic observations. One solution to increase the…”
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