Christian Maltecca

A first characterization of the microbiota-resilience link in swine

Microbiome, 12(1).

Capturing resilience from phenotypic deviations: a case study using feed consumption and whole genome data in pigs

BMC GENOMICS, 25(1).

Effects of germplasm exchange strategies on genetic gain, homozygosity, and genetic diversity in dairy stud populations: A simulation study

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 107(12), 11149–11163.

Estimating the impact of genomic selection for thermotolerance and in utero heat stress on piglet body weight from birth to bacon

Sullivan, C. R., Brito, L. F., Schinckel, A. P., Byrd, M. K. H., Hernandez, R. O., Diggs, S. L., … Johnson, J. S. (2024, September 13). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 102, pp. 199–200.

Evaluating the interaction between divergent genomic selection for heat stress tolerance in the F1 generation and in utero heat stress on piglet growth performance following weaning and transport

Hernandez, R. O., Brito, L. F., Byrd, M. K. H., Musa, J., Tiezzi, F., Maltecca, C., & Johnson, J. S. (2024, September 13). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 102, pp. 316–317.

Genetic parameters for novel climatic resilience indicators derived from automatically-recorded vaginal temperature in lactating sows under heat stress conditions

Genetics Selection Evolution, 56(1).

Genetic parameters of functional longevity and associated traits in Italian Charolais and Limousine breeds

Journal of Animal Science, 102.

Genomic regions and biological mechanisms underlying climatic resilience traits derived from automatically-recorded vaginal temperature in lactating sows under heat stress conditions

Frontiers in Genetics, 15.

Influence of early gestational heat stress on biomarkers of mammary gland development in replacement gilts genomically selected for thermotolerance or thermosensitivity

Musa, J., Byrd, M. K., Casey, T. M., Brito, L. F. F., Suarez-Trujillo, A., Schinckel, A. P., … Johnson, J. S. (2024, May 5). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 102, pp. 331–332.

Investigation of cosmopolitan and local Italian beef cattle breeds uncover common patterns of heterozygosity

Animal, 3, 101142.

Multiple-trait genomic prediction for swine meat quality traits using gut microbiome features as a correlated trait

Tiezzi, F., Schwab, C., Shull, C., & Maltecca, C. (2024, July 10). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS, Vol. 7.

Optimizing genetic diversity in Australian Holsteins and Jerseys: A comparative analysis of whole-genome and regional inbreeding depression effects

Journal of Dairy Science.

The potential of microbiota information to better predict efficiency traits in growing pigs fed a conventional and a high-fiber diet

Genetics Selection Evolution, 56(1).

Trio-binning Assemblies of the Duroc and Landrace swine breeds

Ackerson, L. K., Kuhn, K., Gondro, C., Jiang, J., Maltecca, C., Rohrer, G. A., … Huang, W. (2024, September 14). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 102, pp. 523–523.

Trio-binning Assemblies of the Duroc and Landrace swine breeds

Ackerson, L. K., Kuhn, K., Gondro, C., Jiang, J., Maltecca, C., Rohrer, G. A., … Huang, W. (2024, September). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 102, pp. 523–523.

121 Quantifying Genetic Relationships to Maintain Genetic Diversity in the Canadian Dairy Population

Journal of Animal Science, 101(Supplement_3), 15–16.

123 Benchmarking of Artificial Neural Network Models for Genomic Prediction of Quantitative Traits in Pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 101(Supplement_3), 17–18.

3 A comparison of the equine fecal microbiome within different horse populations

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 124, 104305.

381 Evaluating Indirect Measures of Milk Production in Heat-Stressed Lactating Sows Genomically Selected for Improved Thermotolerance

Journal of Animal Science, 101(Supplement_3), 311–312.

A first characterization of the Microbiota-Resilience Link in Swine

Dietary Prebiotic Oligosaccharides and Arachidonate Alter the Fecal Microbiota and Mucosal Lipid Composition of Suckling Pigs

JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 153(8), 2249–2262.

Domestication shapes the pig gut microbiome and immune traits from the scale of lineage to population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36(12), 1695–1711.

Evaluating phenotypes associated with heat tolerance and identifying moderate and severe heat stress thresholds in lactating sows housed in mechanically or naturally ventilated barns during the summer under commercial conditions

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 101.

Genetic parameters for automatically-measured vaginal temperature, respiration efficiency, and other thermotolerance indicators measured on lactating sows under heat stress conditions

Genetics Selection Evolution, 55(1).

Imputation accuracy from low- to medium-density SNP chips for US crossbred dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science, 107(1), 398–411.

Inbreeding becomes a serious issue

Interbull Bulletin, (59), 101–104.

Inbreeding depression for producer-recorded udder, metabolic, and reproductive diseases in US dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science, 107(5), 3032–3046.

Invited review: Novel methods and perspectives for modulating the rumen microbiome through selective breeding as a means to improve complex traits: Implications for methane emissions in cattle

LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 269.

Longitudinal genomic analyses of automatically-recorded vaginal temperature in lactating sows under heat stress conditions based on random regression models

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 55(1).

MicroRNA and mRNA sequencing analyses reveal key hepatic metabolic and signaling pathways responsive to maternal undernutrition in full-term fetal pigs

JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 116.

SLEMM: million-scale genomic predictions with window-based SNP weighting

BIOINFORMATICS, 39(3).

188. Patterns of inbreeding and selection using runs of homozygosity in North American dairy cattle

Presented at the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

354. A variational Bayes method for genomic prediction increases accuracy and computing speed

Presented at the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

400 Improving Heat Stress Resilience to Reduce the Negative Effects of pre- and Postnatal Heat Stress in Swine

Journal of Animal Science, 100(Supplement_3), 47–48.

406. Compressing microbiota information using an autoencoder to predict growth traits in swine

Presented at the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

506. Can microbial data improve prediction of breeding values of efficiency traits in pigs fed conventional or fiber diets?

Presented at the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

A network modeling approach provides insights into the environment-specific yield architecture of wheat

DeWitt, N., Guedira, M., Murphy, J. P., Marshall, D., Mergoum, M., Maltecca, C., & Brown-Guedira, G. (2022, May 10). (T. Juenger, Ed.). GENETICS, Vol. 5.

Comparing methods to summarize gut microbiota composition in estimating microbiability of host phenotypes in swine

In R. F. Veerkamp & Y. de Haas (Eds.), Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and Species Orientated Innovations in Animal Breeding, and Contribution of Genetics to Solving Societal Challenges (pp. 2081–2084).

Current state of inbreeding, genetic diversity, and selection history in all major breeds of US dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science, 105(Supplement 1), 188–188.

Effect of Temperature and Maternal Age on Recombination Rate in Cattle

Proceedings of the Plant and Animal Genome XXIX Conference. Presented at the Plant and Animal Genome XXIX Conference, San Diego, CA.

Exploring methods to summarize gut microbiota composition for microbiability estimation and phenotypic prediction in swine

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 100(9).

Exploring the role of gut microbiota in host feeding behavior among breeds in swine

BMC MICROBIOLOGY, 22(1).

Genomic characterization of autozygosity and recent inbreeding trends in all major breeds of US dairy cattle

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 105(11), 8956–8971.

Genotype by Environment Interactions in Livestock Farming

Genotyping and phenotyping strategies for genetic improvement of meat quality and carcass composition in swine

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 54(1).

Gut Microbiota Associated with Host Feeding Behavior and Microbial Prediction of Growth and Carcass Traits in Swine

Proceedings of the Plant and Animal Genome XXIX Conference. Presented at the Plant and Animal Genome XXIX Conference, San Diego, CA.

Gut microbiota and host genetics contribute to the phenotypic variation of digestive and feed efficiency traits in growing pigs fed a conventional and a high fiber diet

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 54(1).

Mixed-model GWAS on milk production traits of 1.16 M genotyped Holstein cattle

Journal of Dairy Science, 105(Supplement 1), 19–19.

SLEMM: Million-scale genomic best linear unbiased predictions with window-based SNP weighting

Journal of Dairy Science, 105(Supplement 1), 19–19.

The Addition of Epistatic Genetic Effects Increases Genomic Prediction Accuracy for Reproduction and Production Traits in Duroc Pigs Using Genomic Models

ResearchSquare.

Use of Host Feeding Behavior and Gut Microbiome Data in Estimating Variance Components and Predicting Growth and Body Composition Traits in Swine

GENES, 13(5).

25 Gut Microbiome Information Enables Additional Discovery in Genome-wide Association Studies in Swine

Journal of Animal Science, 99(Supplement_3), 10–10.

29 Effects of Recent and Ancient Inbreeding on Growth in American Angus Cattle

Journal of Animal Science, 99(Supplement_3), 14–14.

53 Awardee Talk: Implications of the Gut Microbiome for Genetic Improvement of Swine

Journal of Animal Science, 99(Supplement_3), 29–29.

Effect of Temperature and Maternal Age on Recombination Rate in Cattle

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 12.

Genetic Parameters for Tolerance to Heat Stress in Crossbred Swine Carcass Traits

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 11.

Genetic diversity and population history of eight Italian beef cattle breeds using measures of autozygosity

PLOS ONE, 16(10).

Identification of unique ROH regions with unfavorable effects on production and fertility traits in Canadian Holsteins

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 53(1).

MicroRNA and mRNA Sequencing Analyses Reveal Key Hepatic Metabolic Pathways Responsive to Maternal Malnutrition in Full-Term Fetal Pigs

Current Developments in Nutrition, 5(Supplement_2), 829.

Microbial composition differs between production systems and is associated with growth performance and carcass quality in pigs

ANIMAL MICROBIOME, 3(1).

Microbiome and genetic contribution to the phenotypic variation of digestive efficiency in pig. 72

Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), 27, 571. Wageningen Academic Publishers.

PSXII-12 Partitioning direct and maternal genetic effects into additive and non-additive components for growth and maternal traits in Yorkshire pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 99(Supplement_3), 251–252.

Potential Use of Gut Microbiota Composition as a Biomarker of Heat Stress in Monogastric Species: A Review

[Review of ]. ANIMALS, 11(6).

Predicting body weight in growing pigs from feeding behavior data using machine learning algorithms

COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, 184.

Trends in genetic diversity and the effect of inbreeding in American Angus cattle under genomic selection

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 53(1).

Unpacking the Yield Effects of Major Heading Date Alleles in Wheat through Joint Analysis of Historic Breeding Panels and Their Climates

ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. Presented at the ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

16 Opportunities and challenges from deep-phenotyping of dairy cattle

Journal of Animal Science, 98(Supplement_4), 5–6.

249 Predicting body weight of finishing pigs using machine and deep learning algorithms

Journal of Animal Science, 98(Supplement_4), 176–176.

30 Inbreeding in American Angus cattle before and after the implementation of genomic selection

Journal of Animal Science, 98(Supplement_4), 14–14.

43 Feed efficiency and behavior are associated with gut microbiome in three breeds of pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 98(Supplement_4), 24–24.

Effect of genomic selection on rate of inbreeding and coancestry and effective population size of Holstein and Jersey cattle populations

Journal of Dairy Science, 103(6), 5183–5199.

Effect of recent and ancient inbreeding on production and fertility traits in Canadian Holsteins

BMC GENOMICS, 21(1).

Evidence for recombination variability in purebred swine populations

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 138(2), 259–273.

GWAS and fine-mapping of livability and six disease traits in Holstein cattle

BMC GENOMICS, 21(1).

Genomics of Heat Tolerance in Reproductive Performance Investigated in Four Independent Maternal Lines of Pigs

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 11.

Gut microbiome and feed efficiency of pigs

[Research Square Preprint].

Gut microbiome composition differences among breeds impact feed efficiency in swine

Microbiome, 8(1).

Gut microbiome mediates host genomic effects on phenotypes: a case study with fat deposition in pigs

COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, 19, 530–544.

Heritability and genome-wide association of swine gut microbiome features with growth and fatness parameters

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1).

Inbreeding depression due to different age classes of inbreeding on production and fertility traits in Canadian Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science, 103(Supplement 1), 115–115.

Integration of Wet-Lab Measures, Milk Infrared Spectra, and Genomics to Improve Difficult-to-Measure Traits in Dairy Cattle Populations

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 11.

Leveraging Multiple Layers of Data To Predict Drosophila Complex Traits

G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 10(12), 4599–4613.

Microbiability of meat quality and carcass composition traits in swine

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 138(2), 223–236.

Microbiome composition differences among breeds impact feed efficiency in swine

ResearchSquare.

Modeling host-microbiome interactions for the prediction of meat quality and carcass composition traits in swine

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 52(1).

Symposium review: Exploiting homozygosity in the era of genomics—Selection, inbreeding, and mating programs

Journal of Dairy Science, 103(6), 5302–5313.

The future of phenomics in dairy cattle breeding

ANIMAL FRONTIERS, 10(2), 37–44.

Transcriptome analysis identifies genes and co-expression networks underlying heat tolerance in pigs

BMC GENETICS, 21(1).

212 Genomic prediction of carcass average daily gain, fat and loin depth in three-way crossbred pigs including information collected on purebreds

Journal of Animal Science, 97(Supplement_3), 40–40.

213 Genomic selection of carcass quality traits in crossbred pigs using a reference population

Journal of Animal Science, 97(Supplement_3), 41–41.