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Dairy cow breeding continues to face several monumental challenges, namely the need to balance production and non-production traits with consumer expectations surrounding animal health, welfare, resilience and sustainability. At the same time, there is a growing body of phenotypic and genetic data which, when combined with state-of-the-art analytical techniques, can improve the precision and applicability of dairy cow breeding and contribute to achieving a greater level of sustainability for the sector.
Optimising breeding of dairy cows: Leveraging genetics for more sustainable production provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in dairy cow breeding, focussing on recent advances in the use of genomics, phenomics and other ‘omics’ technologies. The book also considers how particular technologies can be applied to achieve desired breeding goals, such as improvements in feed efficiency, thermotolerance, reproductive efficiency and longevity.
This book builds on a successful earlier volume published by Burleigh Dodds Science: Advances in breeding of dairy cattle (2019).
Professor Donagh Berry is a Senior Principal Research Officer in quantitative genetics at Teagasc, Ireland as well as holding several (inter)national professorship appointments. He is strongly engaged in third-level education and extension to a wide range of different stakeholders. He was awarded a higher Doctorate in Science based on published works which included >400 peer reviewed scientific journal articles mostly relating to dairy cow breeding. Working across species, his research interests are in phenotyping strategies, breeding goal development and deployment, genetic evaluations and genomic predictions.
Part 1 Within and across-breed genetic diversity
- 1.Advances in understanding and improving genetic diversity in dairy cattle: Bayode O. Makanjuola and Christine F. Baes, University of Guelph, Canada; and Filippo Miglior, University of Guelph and Lactanet, Canada
- 2.Advances in strategies to promote selection whilst controlling inbreeding in dairy cattle breeding programmes: Christian Maltecca, North Carolina State University, USA and University of Florence, Italy; Jicai Jiang, North Carolina State University, USA; and Francesco Tiezzi, University of Florence, Italy;
- 3.Advances in crossbreeding in dairy cattle in temperate production systems: Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos and Venkatesh K.M., Massey University, New Zealand;
- 4.Advances in beef-on-dairy crossbreeding: Dylan Dragon Metzel, Rieko Simone Wilford and Henrique Alberto Mulim, Purdue University, USA; Jorge Hidalgo, University of Georgia, USA; and Luiz F. Brito and Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira, Purdue University, USA;
- 5.Opportunities and challenges in developing dual- and multipurpose cattle breeds: Lisa Rienesl, BOKU University, Austria and University of Göttingen, Germany; and Stefan Hörtenhuber and Johann Sölkner, BOKU University, Austria;
Part 2 Advances in genomics and phenomics
- 6.Advances in phenomic technologies in dairy cattle: Grum Gebreyesus, Centre for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics – Aarhus University, Denmark; and Gareth Frank Difford, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway;
- 7.Using mid-infrared spectroscopy to quantify phenotypes in dairy cattle: Maria Frizzarin, Agroscope, Switzerland; and Clement Grelet, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Belgium;
- 8.Single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) for analysing large genomic data in dairy breeding: Daniela Lourenco and Matias Bermann, University of Georgia, USA; Andres Legarra, University of Georgia and Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, USA; and Ignacy Misztal, University of Georgia, USA;
- 9.Advances in genomic functional annotation techniques to improve genomic prediction in dairy cattle: Yansen Chen, Hunan Agricultural University, China and University of Liège, Belgium; Hadi Atashi, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech – University of Liège, Belgium and Shiraz University, Iran; and Nicolas Gengler, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech – University of Liège, Belgium;
- 10.Advances in understanding, detection and management of genetic defects in dairy cattle: Didier Boichard and Aurélien Capitan, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, Jouy-en-Josas, France;
- 11.Advances in gene editing techniques for dairy cattle: Alison L. Van Eenennaam and Nicholas Werry, University of California, USA;
Part 3 Leveraging 'omics' technologies
- 12.Advances in microbiome-driven approaches in dairy cattle: Óscar González-Recio, The Roslin Institute – The University of Edinburgh, UK; and Marina Martínez-Álvaro, Institute of Animal Science and Technology – Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain;
- 13.Advances in metabolomics in dairy cattle genetics: Matteo Bolner, Samuele Bovo and Luca Fontanesi, University of Bologna, Italy;
- 14.Single-cell and bulk RNA-seq transcriptomics methods and applications in dairy cattle: Haja N. Kadarmideen, Aarhus University, Denmark;
- 15.Advances in nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics in dairy cattle: Massimo Bionaz, Oregon State University, USA; and Juan J. Loor, University of Illinois, USA;
Part 4 Applications
- 16.Advances in breeding indices for dairy cattle: John B. Cole, Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, North Carolina State University and University of Florida–Gainesville, USA and University of Guelph, Canada; and Peter Amer and Tim Byrne, AbacusBio Limited, New Zealand;
- 17.Advances in breeding for improved feed efficiency in dairy cattle: Mike Coffey, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), UK;
- 18.Advances in breeding for improved milk production and quality traits in dairy cattle: Giulio Visentin, Emanuele Dolfi, Simona Belperio, Giorgia Antenucci and Roberta Petti, University of Bologna, Italy; and Giovanni Niero, University of Padova, Italy;
- 19.Advances in breeding for improved thermotolerance in dairy cattle: Peter J. Hansen, University of Florida, USA;
- 20.Advances in breeding for improved health in dairy cattle: Matthew Barden and Georgios Oikonomou, University of Liverpool, UK;
- 21.Advances in breeding for reproductive efficiency in dairy cattle: Matthew C. Lucy, University of Missouri, USA;
- 22.Advances in breeding for calving performance in dairy cattle: Chad Dechow and Hannah Kelley, The Pennsylvania State University, USA; and Harvey Blackburn, USDA-ARS National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP), USA;
- 23.Advances in breeding for improved longevity in dairy cattle: John B. Cole, Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, USA; and Albert De Vries, University of Florida, USA;