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Roel F. Veerkamp
Researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre
Publications - 374
Citations - 14026
Roel F. Veerkamp is an academic researcher from Wageningen University and Research Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dairy cattle & Population. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 345 publications receiving 12341 citations. Previous affiliations of Roel F. Veerkamp include Norwegian University of Life Sciences & Scottish Agricultural College.
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Whole-genome sequencing of 234 bulls facilitates mapping of monogenic and complex traits in cattle
Hans D. Daetwyler,Aurélien Capitan,Hubert Pausch,Paul Stothard,Rianne van Binsbergen,R.F. Brøndum,Xiaoping Liao,Anis Djari,Sabrina Rodriguez,Cécile Grohs,Diane Esquerre,Olivier Bouchez,Marie-Noelle Rossignol,Christophe Klopp,Dominique Rocha,Sébastien Fritz,André Eggen,Phil J. Bowman,David Coote,Amanda J. Chamberlain,Charlotte Anderson,Curt P VanTassell,Ina Hulsegge,Michael E. Goddard,Bernt Guldbrandtsen,M.S. Lund,Roel F. Veerkamp,Didier Boichard,Ruedi Fries,Ben J. Hayes +29 more
TL;DR: The 1000 bull genomes project supports the goal of accelerating the rates of genetic gain in domestic cattle while at the same time considering animal health and welfare by providing the annotated sequence variants and genotypes of key ancestor bulls.
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Accuracy of Genomic Selection Using Different Methods to Define Haplotypes
TL;DR: It was concluded that genomic selection is considerably more accurate than traditional selection, especially for a low-heritability trait.
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Energy balance of dairy cattle in relation to milk production variables and fertility.
M.J. de Vries,Roel F. Veerkamp +1 more
TL;DR: Large decreases in milk fat percentage were related to high initial fat percentages at the start of lactation and slightly lower fat percentages later during lactation, which concluded that a decrease in fat percentage during early lactation might serve as an indicator of energy balance.
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Genetic Relationships among Body Condition Score, Body Weight, Milk Yield, and Fertility in Dairy Cows
Donagh P. Berry,Donagh P. Berry,Frank Buckley,Pat Dillon,R.D. Evans,M. Rath,Roel F. Veerkamp +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, genetic correlations between level of BCS at different stages of lactation and total lactation milk production were negative (-0.51 to -0.14) but became positive (0.01 to 0.39) after adjusting BW for differences in BCS.
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Genetic Correlations Among Body Condition Score, Yield, and Fertility in First-Parity Cows Estimated by Random Regression Models
TL;DR: A parsimonious random regression model gave more realistic estimates for the (co)variances than a series of bivariate analysis on subsets of the data for BCS, which suggests that BCS (at some stages of lactation) might help to alleviate the unfavorable effect of selection for higher yield on fertility.