Christian Maltecca

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

[Review of ]. LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 269.

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).

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.

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.

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

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 54(1).

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).

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).

Effect of Temperature and Maternal Age on Recombination Rate in Cattle

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 12.

Evidence for recombination variability in purebred swine populations

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

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).

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

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

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

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 53(1).

Microbiability of meat quality and carcass composition traits in swine

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 9(2), 223–236.

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

ANIMAL MICROBIOME, 3(1).

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).

Analysis of milk leukocyte differential measures for use in management practices for decreased mastitis incidence

Journal of Dairy Science, 103(1), 572–582.

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).

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

Tiezzi, F., Bergamaschi, M., Howard, J., & Maltecca, C. (2020, November). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 98, pp. 24–24.

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

BMC GENOMICS, 21(1).

Genome-wide association study for carcass quality traits and growth in purebred and crossbred pigs

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 98(1).

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

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 11.

Gut microbiome composition differences among breeds impact feed efficiency in swine

Microbiome, 8(1).

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

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1).

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

Lozada-Soto, E. A., Tiezzi, F., Lu, D., Miller, S. P., Cole, J. B., & Maltecca, C. (2020, November). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 98, pp. 14–14.

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.

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).

Opportunities and challenges from deepphenotyping of dairy cattle

Cole, J. B., Eaglen, S. A. E., Maltecca, C., Mulder, H. A., & Pryce, J. (2020, November). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 98, pp. 5–5.

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

He, Y., Tiezzi, F., & Maltecca, C. (2020, November). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 98, pp. 176–176.

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.

The interaction between microbiome and pig efficiency: A review

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 137(1), 4–13.

The use of genomic information to improve selection response while controlling inbreeding in dairy cattle breeding programs

ADVANCES IN BREEDING OF DAIRY CATTLE, Vol. 72, pp. 71–96.

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

BMC GENETICS, 21(1).

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

BioRxiv.

Genetic parameters of meat quality, carcass composition, and growth traits in commercial swine

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 97(9), 3669–3683.

Leveraging multiple layers of data to predict Drosophila complex traits

BioRxiv.

Microbiability of meat quality and carcass composition traits in swine

BioRxiv.

Predicting Growth and Carcass Traits in Swine Using Microbiome Data and Machine Learning Algorithms

Scientific Reports, 9(1).

Symposium review: The genomic architecture of inbreeding: How homozygosity affects health and performance

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 102(3), 2807–2817.

A comparison of accuracy validation methods for genomic and pedigree-based predictions of swine litter size traits using Large White and simulated data

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS, 135(1), 5–13.

Effect of genetic architecture on the prediction accuracy of quantitative traits in samples of unrelated individuals

HEREDITY, 120(6), 500–514.

Genetic Parameter Estimates for Metabolizing Two Common Pharmaceuticals in Swine

Frontiers in Genetics, 9(FEB).

Host contributes to longitudinal diversity of fecal microbiota in swine selected for lean growth

MICROBIOME, 6(1).

Including gene networks to predict calving difficulty in Holstein, Brown Swiss and Jersey cattle

BMC GENETICS, 19(1).

Invited review: Reproductive and genomic technologies to optimize breeding strategies for genetic progress in dairy cattle

[Review of ]. ARCHIVES ANIMAL BREEDING, 61(1), 43–57.

Predicting growth and carcass traits in swine using metagenomic data and machine learning algorithms

BioRxiv.

A heuristic method to identify runs of homozygosity associated with reduced performance in livestock

BioRxiv.

A heuristic method to identify runs of homozygosity associated with reduced performance in livestock

Journal of Animal Science, 95(10), 4318–4332.

BREEDING AND GENETICS SYMPOSIUM: Resilience of livestock to changing environments

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 95(4), 1777–1779.

Breeding and genetics symposium: Resilience of livestock to changing environments

Journal of Animal Science, 95(4), 1777–1779.

Dietary prebiotics and arachidonic acid alter intestinal phospholipid composition and time-dependently change fecal microbiome in formula-fed piglets

FASEB Journal, 31.

Gene co-expression network analysis identifies porcine genes associated with variation in metabolizing fenbendazole and flunixin meglumine in the liver

Scientific Reports, 7(1).

Genetic Data Analysis for Plant and Animal Breeding

Geno-Diver: A combined coalescence and forward-in-time simulator for populations undergoing selection for complex traits

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS, 134(6), 553–563.

Genotype by environment (climate) interaction improves genomic prediction for production traits in US Holstein cattle

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 100(3), 2042–2056.

Invited review: Inbreeding in the genomics era: Inbreeding, inbreeding depression, and management of genomic variability

[Review of ]. JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 100(8), 6009–6024.

Rumination time as a potential predictor of common diseases in high-productive Holstein dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Research, 84(4), 385–390.

The relationship between different measures of feed efficiency and feeding behavior traits in Duroc pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 95(8), 3370–3380.

The relationship between different measures of feed efficiency and feeding behavior traits in Duroc pigs

Journal of Animal Science, 95(8), 3370–3380.

A method for the identification of unfavorable haplotypes contained within runs of homozygosity that impact fitness traits and its application to different swine nucleus lines.

Howard, J. T., Tiezzi, F., Huang, Y., Gray, K. A., & Maltecca, C. (2016, September). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 94, pp. 26–27.

Benchmarking dairy herd health status using routinely recorded herd summary data

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 99(2), 1298–1314.

Causal relationships between clinical mastitis events, milk yields and lactation persistency in US Holsteins

LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 189, 8–16.

Characterization and management of long runs of homozygosity in parental nucleus lines and their associated crossbred progeny

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 48(1).

The use of multiple imputation for the accurate measurements of individual feed intake by electronic feeders

Journal of Animal Science, 94(2), 824–832.

A Genome-Wide Association Study for Clinical Mastitis in First Parity US Holstein Cows Using Single-Step Approach and Genomic Matrix Re-Weighting Procedure

PLOS ONE, 10(2).

Accounting for trait architecture in genomic predictions of US Holstein cattle using a weighted realized relationship matrix

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 47(1).

Causal relationships between milk quality and coagulation properties in Italian Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 47(1).

Characterizing homozygosity across United States, New Zealand and Australian Jersey cow and bull populations

BMC GENOMICS, 16(1).

Comparison between different statistical models for the prediction of direct genetic component on embryo establishment and survival in Italian Brown Swiss dairy cattle

LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 180, 6–13.

Differential Gene Expression across Breed and Sex in Commercial Pigs Administered Fenbendazole and Flunixin Meglumine

PLOS ONE, 10(9), e0137830.

Genetic Architecture of Micro-Environmental Plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5.

Genome-wide association study on legendre random regression coefficients for the growth and feed intake trajectory on Duroc Boars

BMC GENETICS, 16(1).

Genomic prediction of disease occurrence using producer-recorded health data: a comparison of methods

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 47(1).

Identification and validation of copy number variants in Italian Brown Swiss dairy cattle using Illumina Bovine SNP50 Beadchip (R)

ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 14(3), 552-+.

Inferring causal relationships between reproductive and metabolic health disorders and production traits in first-lactation US Holsteins using recursive models

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 98(4), 2713–2726.

Investigation of regions impacting inbreeding depression and their association with the additive genetic effect for United States and Australia Jersey dairy cattle

BMC GENOMICS, 16(1).

Short communication: Genomic selection for hoof lesions in first-parity US Holsteins

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 98(5), 3502–3507.

Variance component estimates for alternative litter size traits in swine

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 93(11), 5153–5163.

Feed intake, average daily gain, feed efficiency, and real-time ultrasound traits in Duroc pigs: I. Genetic parameter estimation and accuracy of genomic prediction

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 92(6), 2377–2386.

Feed intake, average daily gain, feed efficiency, and real-time ultrasound traits in Duroc pigs: II. Genomewide association

Journal of Animal Science, 92(7), 2846–2860.

Genetic Analysis of Diallel Progeny Test Data Using Factor Analytic Linear Mixed Models

FOREST SCIENCE, 60(1), 119–127.

Genetic parameters for milk yield and persistency in Carora dairy cattle breed using random regression model

ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 13(4).

Genomic selection for producer-recorded health event data in US dairy cattle

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 97(5), 3190–3199.

The effect of breed and sex on sulfamethazine, enrofloxacin, fenbendazole and flunixin meglumine pharmacokinetic parameters in swine

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS, 37(6), 531–541.

BREEDING AND GENETICS SYMPOSIUM: Networks and pathways to guide genomic selection

Snelling, W. M., Cushman, R. A., Keele, J. W., Maltecca, C., Thomas, M. G., Fortes, M. R. S., & Reverter, A. (2013, February). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 91, pp. 537–552.

BREEDING AND GENETICS SYMPOSIUM: Systems biology in animal breeding: Identifying relationships among markers, genes, and phenotypes

Cole, J. B., Lewis, R. M., Maltecca, C., Newman, S., Olson, K. M., & Tait, R. G., Jr. (2013, February). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Vol. 91, pp. 521–522.

Calf birth weight, gestation length, calving ease, and neonatal calf mortality in Holstein, Jersey, and crossbred cows in a pasture system

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 96(1), 690–698.

Changes in chondrocyte gene expression following in vitro impaction of porcine articular cartilage in an impact injury model

JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH, 31(3), 385–391.

Fitter happier: the never-ending quest for a better cow

Maltecca, C. (2013, April). JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS, Vol. 130, pp. 87–88.

Genotype imputation to increase sample size in pedigreed populations

In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1019, pp. 395–410).

Short communication: Genetic analysis of dairy bull fertility from field data of Brown Swiss cattle

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 96(11), 7325–7328.

Thin and fat cows, and the nonlinear genetic relationship between body condition score and fertility

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 96(10), 6730–6741.

Application of multiple shrinkage methods to genomic predictions

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 90(6), 1777–1787.

Assessment of alternative genotyping strategies to maximize imputation accuracy at minimal cost

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION, 44(1).

Effectiveness of genomic prediction on milk flow traits in dairy cattle.

Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 44, 24.

Effects of reduced panel, reference origin, and genetic relationship on imputation of genotypes in Hereford cattle

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 90(12), 4203–4208.

Estimates of marker effects for measures of milk flow in the Italian brown Swiss dairy cattle population

BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH, 8.

Genetic parameters for fertility of dairy heifers and cows at different parities and relationships with production traits in first lactation

Journal of Dairy Science, 95(12), 7355–7362.

Incidence validation and relationship analysis of producer-recorded health event data from on-farm computer systems in the United States

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 95(9), 5422–5435.

Measuring bovine viral diarrhea virus vaccine response: Using a commercially available ELISA as a surrogate for serum neutralization assays

VACCINE, 30(46), 6559–6563.

SNP markers trace familial linkages in a cloned population of Pinus taeda-prospects for genomic selection

TREE GENETICS & GENOMES, 8(6), 1307–1318.

Using 50 K single nucleotide polymorphisms to elucidate genomic architecture of line 1 Hereford cattle

Frontiers in Genetics, 3(DEC).

A genome-wide association study of direct gestation length in US Holstein and Italian Brown populations

ANIMAL GENETICS, 42(6), 585–591.

Bimodality and the genetics of milk flow traits in the Italian Holstein-Friesian breed

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 94(8), 4081–4089.

Breed differences in pig temperament scores during a performance test and their phenotypic relationship with performance

LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 136(2-3), 93–101.

Differences in hair coat shedding, and effects on calf weaning weight and BCS among Angus dams

LIVESTOCK SCIENCE, 140(1-3), 68–71.

Exploring different model structures for the genetic evaluation of dairy bull fertility

Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, 76(3), 239–243. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80053913763&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Genetic analysis of fertility in the Italian Brown Swiss population using different models and trait definitions

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 94(12), 6162–6172.

Genetic evaluations for measures of the milk-flow curve in the Italian Brown Swiss population

JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE, 94(2), 960–970.

Investigation of breed and sex effects on cytochrome P450 gene expression in cattle liver

RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 90(2), 235–237.

Accomplishments and new challenges in dairy genetic evaluations

[Review of ]. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 9(4), 360–368.

Genetic relationships among pig behavior, growth, backfat, and loin muscle area

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 87(9), 2767–2773.

Monoallelic maternal expression of STAT5A affects embryonic survival in cattle

BMC GENETICS, 10.

Whole-genome scan for quantitative trait loci associated with birth weight, gestation length and passive immune transfer in a Holstein x Jersey crossbred population

ANIMAL GENETICS, 40(1), 27–34.

A proline-to-histidine mutation in POU1F1 is associated with production traits in dairy cattle

Animal Genetics, 39(5), 554–557.

Association of bovine fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) gene with milk fat and productive life: An example of the ability of the candidate pathway strategy to identify quantitative trait genes

Journal of Dairy Science, 91(6), 2475–2480.