Conference proceedings

2019

• Nicolazzi, E.L., Bacheller, L.R., Fok, G.C., Parker Gaddis, K.L., Jensen, L., Megonigal, Jr., J.H., Norman, H.D., Null, D.J., Walton, L.M., Wiggans, G.R., Cole, J.B., Durr, J.W., and VanRaden, P.M. Enhancements to U.S. genetic and genomic evaluations in 2018 and 2019. Interbull Bull. 55:26–29. 2019.

• Null, D.J., VanRaden, P.M., Rosen, B.D., O'Connell, J.R., and Bickhart, D.M. Using the ARS-UCD1.2 reference genome in U.S. evaluations. Interbull Bull. 55:30–34. 2019.

• Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., Nicolazzi, E.L., Tooker, M.E., Megonigal, Jr., J.H., and Walton, L.M. Extending genomic evaluations to crossbred dairy cattle – US implementation. Interbull Bull. 55:46–49. 2019.

2018

• Cole, J.B., Parker Gaddis, K.L., Null, D.J., Maltecca, C., and Clay, J.S. Genome-wide association study and gene network analysis of fertility, retained placenta, and metritis in US Holstein cattle. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Biol.–Disease Resist. 1, p. 610. 2018.

• Fragomeni, B.O., Lourenco, D.A.L., Legarra, A., Tooker, M.E., VanRaden, P.M., and Misztal, I. Use of causative variants and SNP weighting in a single-step GBLUP context. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Methods and Tools–Prediction 1, p. 140. 2018.

• Jiang, J., Ma, L., Prakapenka, D., Tooker, M.E., VanRaden, P.M., Cole, J.B., and Da, Y. Extreme antagonistic pleiotropy effects of DGAT1 on fat, milk and protein yields. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Electron. Poster Sess.–Mol. Genet. 3, p. 142. 2018.

• Masuda, Y., Misztal, I., VanRaden, P., and Lawlor, T. Pre-selection bias and validation method in single-step GBLUP for production traits in US Holstein. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Biol. & Species–Bovine (dairy) 1, p. 540. 2018.

• Mueller, M.L., Cole, J.B., Sonstegard, T.S., and Van Eenennaam, A.L. Simulation of introgression of the polled allele into the Holstein breed via conventional breeding versus gene editing. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Gene Editing, p. 755. 2018.

• Mueller, M.L., Cole, J.B., Sonstegard, T.S., and Van Eenennaam, A.L. Simulation of introgression of the POLLED allele into the Jersey breed via conventional breeding vs. gene editing. Transl. Anim. Sci. 2(Suppl. 1):S57–S60. 2018.

• Parker Gaddis, K.L., Tooker, M.E., Wright, J.R., Megonigal Jr., J.H., Clay, J.S., Cole, J.B., and VanRaden, P.M. Development of national genomic evaluations for health traits in U.S. Holsteins. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Genet. Gain–Breed. Obj. and Econ. of Select. Schemes 1, p. 594. 2018.

• Ruiz-López, F.J., García-Ruiz, A., Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., and Van Tassell, C.P. Impact of genomic selection on genetic gain of net merit of US dairy cattle. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Electron. Poster Sess.–Biol. & Species–Bovine (dairy) 2, p. 710. 2018.

• Santos, D.J.A., Cole, J.B., VanRaden, P.M., Lawlor, T.J., Tonhati, H., and Ma, L. Obtaining variance of gametic diversity with genomic models. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Methods and Tools–Prediction 2, p. 176. 2018.

• VanRaden, P.M., and O’Connell, J.R. Validating genomic reliabilities and gains from phenotypic updates. Interbull Bull. 53:22–26. 2018.

• VanRaden, P.M., Spangler, G.L., Van Tassell, C.P.,Jiang, J., Ma, L., DeNise, S.K., and O'Connell, J.R. Predicting which variants genotype well with array vs. sequence data. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, 4 pp. 2018.

• VanRaden, P.M., O’Connell, J.R., Connor, E.E., VandeHaar, M.J., Tempelman, R.J., and Weigel, K.A. Including feed intake data from U.S. Holsteins in genomic prediction. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Biol.–Feed Intake and Efficiency 1, p. 125. 2018.

• Verardo, L.L., Stafuzza, N.B., Munari, D.P., Zerlotini, A., Chud, T.C.S., Garrick, D.J., Cole, J.B., Panetto, J.C.C., Machado, M.A., Martins, M.F., and Silva, M.V.G.B. A gene-transcription factor network associated with residual feed intake based on SNVs/InDels identified in Gir, Girolando and Holstein cattle breeds. Proc. 11th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 11–16, Vol. Electron. Poster Sess.–Biol. & Species–Bovine (dairy) 1, p. 193. 2018.

• Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Bacheller, L.R. Methods for discovering and validating relationships among genotyped animals. Interbull Bull. 53:27–30. 2018.

2017

• Liu, Z., VanRaden, P.M., Lidauer, M.H., Calus, M.P., Benhajali, H., Jorjani, H., and Ducrocq, V. Approximating genomic reliabilities for national genomic evaluation. Interbull Bull. 51:75–85. 2017.

2016

• Dalton, J., Moore, D., Spencer, T.E., Hansen, P.J., Cole, J.B., and Neibergs, H. Genetics, genomics and fertility. Clinical Theriogenology 8(3):165–170. 2016.

• O’Connell, J.R., Tooker, M.E., Bickhart, D.M. and VanRaden, P.M. Selection of sequence variants to improve genomic predictions. Interbull Bull. 50:58–66. 2016.

• VanRaden, P.M., J.R. Wright, M.E. Tooker, and H.D. Norman. Value of selecting for cow and calf livability. Interbull Bull. 50:30–33. 2016.

2015

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Durr, J. Re-examination of service-sire conception rates in the United States. Interbull Bull. 49:90–92. 2015.

• Tooker, M.E., Cooper, T.A., Durr, J., and VanRaden, P.M. Comparison of domestic and foreign genotypes by country and continent. Interbull Bull. 49:14–18. 2015.

• VanRaden, P.M. and Cooper, T.A. Genomic evaluations and breed composition for crossbred U.S. dairy cattle. Interbull Bull. 49:19–23. 2015.

• VanRaden, P.M. and O’Connell, J.R. Strategies to choose from millions of imputed sequence variants. Interbull Bull. 49:10–13. 2015.

• VanRaden, P.M. Impact of genomic collaboration and the need to continually improve methods. Proc. Herd '15 Biannual Meeting, Bendigo, Australia, Mar. 11–12, 3 pp. 2015.

• Wiggans, G.R. and Weller, J.I. Revisiting the "a posteriori" granddaughter design. Interbull Bull. 49:36–42. 2015.

2014

• Bickhart, D.M., Cole, J.B., Hutchison, J.L., Xu, L., and Liu, G.E. Using the whole read: Structural variant detection using NGS data. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 164. 2014.

• Cole, J.B., Hutchison, J.L., Null, D.J., VanRaden, P.M., Liu, G.E., Schroeder, S.G., Smith, T.P., Sonstegard, T.S., Van Tassell, C.P., and Bickhart, D.M. The hunt for a functional mutation affecting conformation and calving traits on chromosome 18 in Holstein cattle. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 304. 2014.

• Cooper, T.A., Wiggans, G.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Including cow information in genomic prediction of Holstein dairy cattle in the US. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 803. 2014.

• García-Ruiz, A., Ruiz-Lopez, F.J., Wiggans, G.R., Van Tassell, C.P., and Montaldo, H.H. Impact of adding foreign genomic information on Mexican Holstein imputation. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 479. 2014.

• Lawlor, T.J., VanRaden, P.M., Null, D., Levisee, J., and Dorhorst, B. Using haplotypes to unravel the inheritance of Holstein coat color. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 289. 2014.

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Hutchison, J.L., and Mattison, J.M. Selection changes in the United States due to genomics. Interbull Bull. 48:37–39. 2014.

• Ortega, M.S., Denicol, A.C., Null, D.J., Cole, J.B., and Hansen, P.J. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes related to daughter pregnancy rate in Holstein cows. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 639. 2014.

• Sargolzaei, M., Schaeffer, L.R., Chesnais, J.P., Kistemaker, G., Wiggans, G.R., and Schenkel, F.S. Approximation of reliability of direct genomic breeding values. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 485. 2014.

• Spurlock, D.M., 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., and VandeHaar, M.J. Genetic architecture and biological basis of feed efficiency in dairy cattle. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 287. 2014.

• Su, G., Nielsen, U.S., Wiggans, G., Aamand, G.P., Guldbrandtsen, B., and Lund, M.S. Improving genomic prediction for Danish Jersey using a joint Danish-US reference population. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 060. 2014.

• Sun, C., VanRaden, P.M., Cole, J.B., and O’Connell, J.R. Increasing predictive ability using dominance in genomic selection. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 291. 2014.

• VanRaden, P.M., and Sun, C. Fast imputation using medium- or low-coverage sequence data. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 179. 2014.

• VanRaden, P.M., Sun, C., Cooper, T.A., Null, D.J., and Cole, J.B. Keynote presentation III: Genotypes are useful for more than genomic evaluation. Proc. 39th Int. Commun. Anim. Recording Sess., Berlin, Germany, May 19–23, 4 pp. 2014.
  

• Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., Null, D.J., and VanRaden, P.M. Increasing the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms used in genomic evaluations of dairy cattle. Proc. 10th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Vancouver, BC, Canada, Aug. 17–22, Commun. 301. 2014.

2013

• Cole, J.B., Parker Gaddis, K.L., Clay, J.S., and Maltecca C. Genomic evaluation of health traits in dairy cattle. ICAR Tech. Ser. 17:167–175. 2013.

• Maltecca, C., Parker Gaddis, K.L., Clay, J.S., and Cole, J.B. Challenges and opportunities for farmer-recorded data in health and welfare selection. ICAR Tech. Ser. 17:87–96. 2013.

• Stock, K.F., Cole, J., Pryce, J., Gengler. N., Bradley, A., Andrews, L., Heringstad, B., and Egger-Danner, C. Standardization of health data. ICAR guidelines including health key. ICAR Tech. Ser. 17:75–81. 2013.

• Sun, C., and VanRaden, P.M. Increasing long term response by selecting for favorable minor alleles. Interbull Bull. 47:151–155. 2013.

• VanRaden, P.M., and Wright, J.R. Measuring genomic pre-selection in theory and in practice. Interbull Bull. 47:147–150. 2013.

2012

• Ehrlich, J.L., Cole, J.B., and Null, D. Measuring a milk response – lactation models add power. Proc. Amer. Assoc. Bovine Practitioners, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 20–22, Res. Summ. 4, AABP483. 2012.

• Stock, K.F., Cole, J.B., Pryce, J., Gengler, N., Bradley, A., Andrew, L., and Egger-Danner, C. Survey on the recording and use of functional traits in dairy management and breeding. Proc. Intl. Committee Anim. Recording, Cork, Ireland, May 28–June 1, 7 pp. 2012.

• VanRaden, P.M., Olson, K.M., Null, D.J., Sargolzaei, M., Winters, M., and van Kaam, J.B.C.H.M. Reliability increases from combining 50,000- and 777,000- marker genotypes from four countries. Interbull Bull. 46:75–79. 2012.

• VanRaden, P.M. Avoiding bias from genomic pre-selection in converting daughter information across countries. Interbull Bull. 45, 5 pp. 2012.

2011

• Lombard, J.E., Norman, H.D., Kopral, C.A, Rodriquez, J.M., and Wright, J.R. European Union bulk tank SCC standards and proposed US standards: Compliance based on data from four Federal Milk Marketing Orders. Proc. Intl. Symposium Mastitis and Milk Quality, St. Louis, MO, Sept. 22–24, pp. 5–9. 2011.

• Norman, H. D., Wright, J.R., and Miller, R.H. Consequence for dairy herds in the United States of imposing different standards for somatic cell count. Proc. Natl. Mastitis Counc. Annu. Mtg., Arlington, VA, Jan. 23–26, pp. 119–120. 2011.

• Norman, H. D. National Dairy Genetic Evaluation Program. Proc. Agric., Food, Nutr., and Natural Resources R&D Round Table, Washington, DC, Mar. 15, p. 20. 2011.

• VanRaden, P.M., Null, D.J., Olson, K.M., and Hutchison, J.L. Reporting of haplotypes with recessive effects on fertility. Interbull Bull. 44:117–121. 2011.

• VanRaden, P.M. and Van Doormaal, B. Genomic validation of national systems. Interbull Bull. 43, 4 pp. 2011.

• Wiggans, G.R., and Miller, S.P. SNP Panels/Imputation. Interbull Bull. 43, 4 pp. 2011.

• Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Cooper, T.A. Dairy cattle genomics evaluation program update. Proc. Natl. Breeders Roundtable, St. Louis, MO, May 5–6, pp. 31–41. 2011.

• Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Cooper, T.A. Dairy genomics in application. Proc. Minnesota Dairy Health Conf., St. Paul, MN, May 17–19, pp. 29–38. 2011.

2010

• Cole, J.B. and VanRaden, P.M. Use of haplotypes to estimate Mendelian sampling effects and selection limits. Proc. 9th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 1–6. Commun. 498, 4 pp. 2010.

• Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., Ma, L., Sonstegard, T.A., Crooker, B.A., Van Tassell, C.P., Yang, J., Matukumalli, L.K., and Da, Y. High resolution QTL maps of 31 traits in contemporary U.S. Holstein cows. Proc. 9th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 1–6. Commun. 464, 4 pp. 2010.

• Daetwyler, H.D., Wiggans, G.R., Hayes, B.J., Wolliams, J.A., and Goddard, M.E. Imputation of missising genotypes from sparse to high density using long-range phasing. Proc. 9th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 1–6. Commun. 539, 4 pp. 2010.

• Mantysaari, E., Liu, Z., and VanRaden, P.M. Interbull validation test for genomic evaluations. Interbull Bull. 41:17–22. 2010.

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Miller, R.H. Potential consequences of selection on gestation length on Holstein performance. Proc. 9th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 1–6. Commun. 527, 4 pp. 2010.

• Sullivan, P.G. and VanRaden, P.M. GMACE implementation. Interbull Bull. 41:3–7. 2010.

• VanRaden, P.M., O’Connell, J.R., Wiggans, G.R., and Weigel, K.A. Combining different marker densities in genomic evaluation. Interbull Bull. 42:113–118. 2010.

• VanRaden, P.M. Genomic evaluations with many more genotypes and phenotypes. Proc. 9th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 1–6. Commun. 27, 8 pp. 2010.

• Weigel, K.A., de los Campos, G., Vazquez, A.I., Van Tassell, C.P., Rosa, G.J.M., Gianola, D., O’Connell, J.R., VanRaden, P.M., and Wiggans, G.R. Genomic selection and its effects on dairy cattle breeding programs. Proc. 9th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 1–6. Commun. 119, 8 pp. 2010.

• Wiggans, G.R., Cooper, T.A., VanRaden, P.M., and Silva, M.V. Increased reliability of genetic evaluations for dairy cattle in the United States from use of genomic information. Proc. 9th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Leipzig, Germany, Aug. 1–6. Commun. 476, 4 pp. 2010.

• Wiggans, G.R. and Cooper, T.A. Genomic evaluations: Past, present, future. Proc. Dairy Cattle Reproduction Conf., St. Paul, MN, Nov. 11–12, pp. 45-52. 2010.

2009

• Banos, G., Calus, M., Ducrocq, V., Dürr, J., Jorjani, H., Liu, Z., Mäntysaari, E., Sullivan, P., and VanRaden, P. Preliminary report from Interbull Task Force on the role of genomic information in genetic evaluations. Interbull Bull. 39:61–66. 2009.

• Cole, J.B. Data collection ratings and best prediction of lactation yields. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:403–406. 2009.

• Cole, J.B., VanRaden, P.M., O’Connell, J.R., Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., and Wiggans, G.R. Distribution and location of genetic effects for dairy traits. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:355–360. 2009.

• Miglior, F., Wiggans, G.R., Faust, M.A., and Van Doormaal, B.J. Impact of new on-farm technologies in dairy cattle breeding. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:213–214. 2009.

• Miglior, F., de Jong, G., Liu, Z., Mattalia, S., Schaeffer, L.R., Tondo, A., and VanRaden, P. Report of the ICAR Working Group on lactation calculation methods. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:271–273. 2009.

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Miller, R.H. Retrofitting genetic-economic indexes to demonstrate responses to selection across two generations of Holsteinss. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:181–185. 2009.

• Schenkel, F.S., Sargolzaei, M., Kistemaker, G., Jansen, G.B., Sullivan, P., Van Doormaal, B.J., VanRaden, P.M., and Wiggans, G.R. Reliability of genomic evaluation of Holstein cattle in Canada. Interbull Bull. 39:51–58. 2009.

• Sullivan, P.G., and VanRaden, P.M. Development of Genomic GMACE. Interbull Bull. 40:157–161. 2009.

• VanRaden, P.M., Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., Sonstegard, T.S., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., and Schenkel, F. Genomic data and cooperation result in faster progress. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:341–346. 2009.

• VanRaden, P.M. Future animal improvement programs applied to global populations. Interbull Bull. 40:247–251. 2009.

• VanRaden, P.M., Wiggans, G.R., Van Tassell, C.P., Sonstegard, T.S., and Schenkel, F. Benefits from cooperation in genomics. Interbull Bull. 39:67–72. 2009.

• Wiggans, G.R., Sonstegard, T.S., VanRaden, P.M., Matukumalli, L.K., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., Chesnais, J.P., Schenkel, F.S., and Van Tassell, C.P. Genomic evaluations in the United States and Canada: A collaboration. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:347–353. 2009.

• Wiggans, G.R., and Thornton, L.L.M. Processing of data discrepancies for U.S. dairy cattle and effect on genetic evaluations. ICAR Tech Ser. 13:393–398. 2009.

2008

• Norman, H.D., Hutchison, J.L., Wright, J.R., and Hubbard, S.M. A national sire fertility index. Proc. Dairy Cattle Reproductive Council Conf., Omaha, NE, Nov. 7–8, pp. 45–52. 2008.

• VanRaden, P.M., Wiggans, G.R., Sonstegard, T.S., and Van Tassell, C.P. Using genomic data to improve dairy cattle genetic evaluations. Proc. Natl. Swine Improvement Federation Symposium, Dec. 2–3, 5 pp. 2008.

2007

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., Hubbard, S.M., Kuhn, M.T., and Miller, R.H. Genetic selection for reproduction: Current reproductive status of the national herd; Application of selection indexes for dairy producers. Proc. Dairy Cattle Reproductive Council Conf., Denver, CO, Nov. 2–3, pp. 69–78. 2007.

• Thornton, L.L.M. Differences in ODS formatting for HTML with Proc Print and Proc Report. Proc. NorthEast SAS Users Group 20th Annu. Conf., CC40, 5 pp. 2007.

• VanRaden, P.M. Genomic measures of relationship and inbreeding. Interbull Bull. 37:33–36. 2007.

• VanRaden, P.M. Improving animals each generation by selecting from the best gene sources. Animals and Bioengeering – A Consideration of Law, Ethics, and Science, Durham, NC, Nov. 9–10, 4 pp. 2007.

• VanRaden, P.M., and Tooker, M.E. Genetic evaluations using combined data from all breeds and crossbred cows. W.E. Petersen Symp., St. Paul, MN, Apr. 2–3, 6 pp. 2007.

2006

• Cole, J.B., Wiggans, G.R., and VanRaden, P.M. Genetic evaluation of stillbirth in United States Holsteins using a sire-maternal grandsire threshold model. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Commun. 01-28. 2006.

• Mark, T., Fikse, W.F., Sullivan, P.G., and VanRaden, P.M. Prediction of international breeding values for non-measured traits: Application of clinical mastitis. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Commun. 01-31. 2006.

• Mark, T., Sullivan, P.G., Fikse, W.F., and VanRaden, P.M. Prior genetic correlations and non-measured traits. Interbull Bull. 35:72–75. 2006.

• Misztal, I., Bohmanova, J., Freitas, S., Norman, H.D., and Lawlor, T.J. Issues in genetic evalation of dairy cattle for heat tolerance. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Commun. 01-12. 2006.

• Norman, H.D., Hutchison, J.L., Wright, J.R., and Kuhn, M.T. Trait selection when culling U.S. Holsteins. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Commun. 01-43. 2006.

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Powell, R.L. Is there a need for different genetics in dairy grazing systems? Proc. 6th Mid-Atlantic Dairy Grazing Conf., Goldsboro, NC, Oct. 31–Nov. 1, pp. 1–5. 2006.

• VanRaden, P.M. Fertility trait economics and correlations with other traits. Interbull Bull. 34:53–56. 2006.

• VanRaden, P.M. Normality and skewness of genetic evaluations. Interbull Bull. 35:164–167. 2006.

• VanRaden, P.M. Predicting genetic interactions within and across breeds. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Commun. 01-39. 2006.

• Van Tassell, C.P., and Wiggans, G.R. Impact on calving ease evaluations of modifying or excluding data from herd-years with abnormal distributions of scores. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Commun. 01-88. 2006.

• Wiggans, G.R., Van Tassell, C.P., Cole, J.B., and Thornton, L.L.M. Genetic correlations between first and later parity calving ease in a sire-maternal grandsire model. Proc. 8th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Commun. 01-92. 2006.

2005

• Bohmanova, J., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Norman, H.D., and Lawlor, T.J. National genetic evaluation of milk yield for heat tolerance of United States Holsteins. Interbull Bull. 33:160–162. 2005.

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Powell, R.L. Genetic alternatives for dairy producers who practise grazing. Proc. Satellite Workshop 20th Inter. Grassland Congr., Cork, Ireland, July 3–6, p. 176. 2005.

• Sanders, A.H. Database ACCESS basics: SQL and data interface to relational databases. Proc. 18th Annu. NESUG Conf., Portland, ME, Sept. 11–14, 8 pp. 2005.

• Thornton, L.L.M. Simple methods to pull the diagonal out of a correlation matrix. Proc. 18^th Annual NESUG Conf., Portland, ME, Sept. 11-14, 2 pp. 2005.

• Tooker, M.E. How to recognize and use calendar dates. Proc. 18th Annu. NESUG Conf., Portland, ME, Sept. 11–14, 2 pp. 2005.

• VanRaden, P.M. An example from the dairy industry: The net merit index. Proc. 37th Beef Impr. Fed. Res. Symp. and Annu. Mtg., Billings, MT, July 6–9, pp. 96–100. 2005.

• VanRaden, P.M. Inbreeding adjustments and effect on genetic trend estimates. Interbull Bull. 33:81–84. 2005.

2004

• Jakobsen, J.H., Fikse, W.F., and VanRaden, P.M. Feasibility of MACE for longevity for colored breeds. Interbull Bull. 32:59–63. 2004.

• Norman, H.D., Van Tassell, C.P., and VanRaden, P.M. Optimum genetic choices for dairy producers using grazing practices. Proc. Amer. Forage and Grasslands Counc. 13:219. 2004.

• Powell, R.L. Programas geneticos para el ganado lechero en Estados Unidos. Proc. Inter. Conf. on Dairy Cattle, Guadalajara, Mexico, July 14–16, pp. 123–132. 2004.

• VanRaden, P.M. Choice of scales for delivery of genetic evaluations to the public. Interbull Bull. 32:118–121. 2004.

2003

• Powell, R.L., Sanders, A.H., and Norman, H.D. Accuracy of foreign dairy bull evaluations in predicting US evaluations for yield. Interbull Bull. 31:171–174. 2003.

• Powell, R.L., and VanRaden, P.M. Correlation of longevity evaluation with other trait evaluations from 14 countries. Interbull Bull. 30:15–19. 2003.

• Sanders, A.H. Routine web reporting with simple SAS ODS. Proc. 16th Annu. NESUG Conf., Washington, DC, Sept. 7–10, 6 pp. 2003.

• VanRaden, P.M. Genetic evaluations for fitness and fertility in the United States and other nations. Proc. Natl. Dairy Genetics Workshop, Raleigh, NC, Oct. 20–21, pp. 103–106. 2003.

• VanRaden, P.M. Longevity and fertility trait definitions compared in theory and simulation. Interbull Bull. 30:43–46. 2003.

2002

• Ashwell, M.S., Schnabel, R.D., Sonstegard, T., and Van Tassell, C.P. Fine-mapping of QTL affecting protein percent and fat percent on BTA6 in a popular U.S. Holstein family. Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 31:123–126. 2002.

• Gasbarre, L.C., Sonstegard, T., Van Tassell, C.P., and Padilha, T. Detection of QTL affecting parasite resistance in a selected herd of Angus cattle. Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 31:627–630. 2002.

• Gengler, N., and Wiggans, G.R. Adjustment for heterogeneous genetic and non-genetic (co)variance structures in test-day models using a transformation on random regression effect regressors. Interbull Bull. 29:79–83. 2002.

• Norman, H.D., Lawlor, T.J., and Wright, J.R. Performance of Holstein clones in the United States. Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 33:699–702. 2002.

• VanRaden, P.M. Selection of dairy cattle for lifetime profit. Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 29:127–130. 2002.

• VanRaden, P.M., and Powell, R.L. Properties of international longevity evaluations and correlations with other traits. Interbull Bull. 29:61–65. 2002.

• Van Tassell, C.P., and Wiggans, G.R. Enhancing quality of dystocia data by integration into a national dairy cattle production database. Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 32:557–560. 2002.

• Wiggans, G.R., Van Tassell, C.P., Philpot, J.C., and Misztal, I. Comparison of dystocia evaluations from sire and sire-maternal grandsire threshold models. Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 32:561–564. 2002.

• Wiggans, G.R., and Van Tassell, C.P. Genetic resources for current and future development of Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle. Proc. 2000 Anim. Breed. and Anim. Genet. Resources, Sustainable Anim. Prod. Workshop 7, pp. 33–38. Groeneveld, E., and Glodek, P. ed.). Fed. Agric. Res. Ctr., Mariensee, Germany. 2002.

2001

• Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G.R., Wright, J.R., and Druet, T. Joint estimation of variances and effects in the US Jersey type evaluation system. Interbull Bull. 26:34–40. 2001.

• Gengler, N., and Wiggans, G.R. Heterogeneity in (co)variance structures of test-day yields. Interbull Bull. 27:179–183. 2001.

• Powell, R.L., and VanRaden, P.M. Possible global scale for ranking dairy bulls by combining international evaluations expressed on national scales. Interbull Bull. 27:89–93. 2001.

• Wiggans, G.R. Issues in defining a genetic evaluation model. Interbull Bull. 26:8–12. 2001.

2000

• Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G.R., Wright, J.R., and Druet, T. Multitrait genetic evaluation of Jersey type with integrated accounting for heterogeneous (co)variances. Interbull Bull. 25:108–122. 2000.

• Gengler, N., Tijani, A., Wiggans, G.R., and Philpot, J.C. Estimation of (co)variance functions of test day yields in first and later lactations of United States Holstein cows. Interbull Bull. 22:69–73. 2000.

• VanRaden, P.M., Powell, R.L., and Emanuelson, U. Investigation of an alternative approach to international evaluations. Interbull Bull. 25:18–21. 2000.

1999

• Gengler, N., Tijani, A., and Wiggans, G.R. Iterative solution of random regression models by sequential estimation of regressions and effects on regressions. Interbull Bull. 20:93–102. 1999.

• Miller, R.H., Norman, H.D., Wiggans, G.R., and Wright, J.R. National survey of herd average somatic cell counts on DHI test days. Proc. Natl. Mastitis Counc. Annu. Mtg., Arlington, VA, Feb. 14–17, pp. 161–162. 1999.

1998

• Bertrand, J.K., and Wiggans, G.R. Validation of data and review of results from genetic evaluation systems for US beef and dairy cattle. Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 27:425–432. 1998.

• Keown, J.F., Montaldo, H., Van Vleck, L.D., and Van Tassell, C.P. Economic responses and risk from use of selected Holstein sires in Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, and USA. Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 23:327–330. 1998.

• Misztal, I., Varona, L., Culbertson, M., Gengler, N., Bertrand, J.K., Mabry, J., Lawlor, T.J., and Van Tassell, C.P. Studies on the value of incorporating effect of dominance in genetic evaluations of dairy cattle, beef cattle, and swine. Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 25:513–516. 1998.

• Norman, H.D., and Powell, R.L. Dairy cows of high genetic merit for yields of milk, fat, and protein. Proc. 8th World Congr. Anim. Prod. 2:167–176. 1998.

• Norman, H.D., Wright, J.R., and Clay, J.S. Comparison of the test interval method with best prediction for estimating lactation yield. Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 23:343–346. 1998.

• Powell, R.L. Improved prediction of national genetic evaluations by including information from INTERBULL evaluations. Interbull Bull. 17:37–39. 1998.

• Ron, M., Heyen, D.W., Weller, J.I., Band, M., Feldmesser, E., Pasternak, H., Da, Y., Wiggans, G.R., VanRaden, P.M., Ezra, E., and Lewin, H.A. Detection and analysis of a locus affecting milk concentration in the US and Israeli dairy cattle populations. Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 26:422–425. 1998.

• Schutz, M.M., and Wiggans, G.R. Current status of genetic evaluation of somatic cell scores for US dairy cattle. Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 25:15–18. 1998.

• VanRaden, P.M. Best prediction of lactation yield and persistency. Proc. 6th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod. 23:347–350. 1998.

1997

• Da, Y., VanRaden, P.M., Li, N., and Wu, C. Construction of linkage maps for dominant genetic markers. Proc. Inter. Conf. Anim. Biotech., pp. 10–16. Li, N., and Chen, Y. (ed.). Inter. Acad. Publ., Beijing, China. 1997.

• Gengler, N., Tijani, A., Wiggans, G.R., and Philpot, J.C. Estimation of (co)variance components of test day yields for U.S. Holsteins. Interbull Bull. 16:53–58. 1997.

• Powell, R.L. International genetic evaluations. Proc. 1997 Inter. Red Cow Conf., Oct. 1, 1997, Tech. Sem., 5 pp. 1997.

• Van Tassell, C.P., Wiggans, G.R., Norman, H.D., and Powell, R.L. Estimation of heritability of yield of U.S. dairy cattle. Interbull Bull. 16:104–107. 1997.

• Wiggans, G.R. Genetic evaluations in the United States: present method and proposed changes. Proc. 32nd Inter. Symp. Anim. Prod.: Advances in Technology, Accuracy and Management, Milan, Italy, Sept. 29–Oct. 1, pp. 19–31. 1997.