The world demand for animal-based food products is anticipated to increase by 70% by
2050. Meeting this demand in a way that has a minimal impact on the environment will …

Fatty acids (FAs) of milk fat are considered to be important nutritional components of the
diets of a significant portion of the human population and substantially affect human health …

Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were performed at the sequence
level to identify candidate mutations that affect the expression of six major milk proteins in …

The mammary gland is a prolific lipogenic organ, synthesising copious amounts of
triglycerides for secretion into milk. The fat content of milk varies widely both between and …

Background Over the last years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on
imputed whole-genome sequences (WGS) have been used to detect quantitative trait loci …

Clinical mastitis (CM) is an inflammatory disease occurring in the mammary glands of
lactating cows. CM is under genetic control, and a prominent CM resistance QTL located on …

Abstract Background Copy number variations (CNVs) are important and widely distributed in
the genome. CNV detection opens a new avenue for exploring genes associated with …

Fourier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy is a high-throughput and inexpensive
methodology used to evaluate concentrations of fat and protein in dairy cattle milk samples …

Female fertility in Holstein cattle can decline when intense genetic selection is placed on
milk production. One approach to improving fertility is to identify the genomic regions and …

Increasing milk production is one of the key concerns in animal production. Traditional
breeding has gotten limited achievement in the improvement of milk production because of …