2021

Asselstine, V., Lam, S., Miglior, F., Brito, L.F., Sweett, H., Guan, L., Waters, S.M., Plastow, G., Cánovas, A. (2021) The potential for mitigation of methane emissions in ruminants through the application of metagenomics, metabolomics, and other -OMICS technologies. J. Anim. Sci accepted for publication. IF 2.092 Citations 0.

Bai, X., Yang, T., Putz, A., Wang, Z., Li, C., Fortin, F., Harding, J., Dyck, M., PigGen Canada, Dekkers, J., Field, C., Plastow, G. (2021) Investigating the genetic architecture of disease resilience in pigs by genome-wide association studies of complete blood count traits collected from a natural disease challenge model. BMC Genomics accepted for publication. IF 3.594 Citations 0.

Butty, A.M., Chud, T.C.S., Cardoso, D., Lopes, L., Miglior, F., Schenkel, F.S., Cánovas, A., Häfliger, I.M., Drögemüller, C., Stothard, P., Malchiodi, F., Baes, C.F. (2021) Genome-wide association study between copy number variants and hoof health traits in Holstein dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci. in press. IF 3.333 Citations 0.

Cheng, J., Putz, A.M., Harding, J.C.S., Dyck, M.K., Fortin, F., Plastow, G.S., PigGen Canada, Dekkers, J.C.M. (2021) Genetic parameters of water and feed intake and behavior traits of wean-to finish pigs under a polymicrobial natural disease challenge. J. Anim. Sci. accepted for publication https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab084. IF 2.092 Citations 0.

Dervishi, E., Plastow, G., Hoff, B., Colazo, M. (2021) Common and specific mineral and metabolic features in dairy cows with clinical metritis, hypocalcaemia and ketosis. Research in Veterinary Science 135:335-342. IF 1.892 Citations 0.

Dervishi, E., Reimert, I., van der Zande, L.E., Mathur, P., Knol, E.F., Plastow, G.S. (2021) Investigating the relationship between indirect genetic effects for growth, environmental enrichment, coping style and sex with the serum metabolome profile of pigs. Scientific Reports accepted for publication

Dervishi, E., Yang, T., Dyck, M.K., Harding, J.C.S., Fortin, F., PigGen Canada, Cheng, J., Dekkers, J.C.M., Plastow, G. (2021) Heritability and genetic correlations of plasma metabolite levels of healthy nursery pigs with production, resilience, and carcass traits under a natural polymicrobial disease challenge. Scientific Reports 11:20628.

Devani, K., Crowley, J.J., Plastow, G., Orsel, K., Valente, T.S. (2021) Genetic parameter estimations and genomic insights for teat and udder structure in young and mature Canadian Angus cows. J. Anim. Sci. 99:(5) skab087, https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab087. IF 2.092 Citations 0.

Devos, J., Behrouzi, A., Paradis, F., Straathof, C., Li, C., Colazo, M., Block, H., Fitzsimmons, C. (2021) Genetic potential for residual feed intake and diet fed during early- to mid-gestation influences post-natal DNA methylation of imprinted genes in muscle and liver tissues in beef cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 99:skab140 https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab140. IF 2.092 Citations 0.

Foroutan, A., Devos, J., Wishart, D.S., Li, C., Colazo, M., Kastelic, J., Thundathil, J., Fitzsimmons, C. (2021) Impact of prenatal maternal nutrition and parental residual feed intake (RFI) on mRNA abundance of metabolic drivers of growth and development in young Angus bulls. Livestock Science 243:104365. IF 1.700 Citations 1.

Hailemariam, D., Manafiazar, G., Basarab, J., Stothard, P., Miglior, F., Plastow, G., Wang, Z. (2021) Comparative analyses of enteric methane emissions, dry matter intake and milk somatic cell count in different feed efficiency categories of dairy cows. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 101:177–190 dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2019-0085. IF 0.834 Citations 0.

Jeon, R.L., Cheng, J., Putz, A.M., Dong, Q., Harding, J.C.S., Dyck, M.K., Plastow, G.S., Fortin, F., Lunney, J., Rowland, F., PigGen Canada, Dekkers, J.C.M. (2021) Effect of a genetic marker for the GBP5 gene on resilience to a polymicrobial natural disease challenge in pigs. Livestock Sci. 244:104399 doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104399. IF 1.700 Citations 0.

Jeon, R.L., Gilbert, C., Cheng, J., Putz, A.M., Dyck, M.K., Plastow, G.S., Fortin, F., PigGen Canada, Dekkers, J.C.M., Harding, J.C.S. (2021) Proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy piglets after mitogen stimulation as indicators of disease resilience. J. Anim. Sci. 99(8):1-14 doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab084 . IF 2.092 Citations 0.

Jiminez, J.A., Timsit, E.F., Orsel, K., van der Meer, F., Guan, L.L., Plastow, G. (2021) Whole-blood transcriptome analysis of feedlot cattle with and without bovine respiratory disease. Front. Genet. 12:627623. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.627623. IF 4.599 Citations 0.

Kramer, L.M., Wolc, A., Esfandyari, H., Thekkoot, D.M., Zhang, C., Kemp, R.A., Plastow, G.S., Dekkers, J.C.M. (2021) Purebred-crossbred genetic parameters for reproductive traits in swine. J. Anim. Sci. accepted for publication

Lei, H., Yang, T., Mahmood, S., Abo-Ismail, M.K., Roy, B., Li, C., Plastow, G., Bruce, H.L. (2021) A genome-wide case-control association study of dark cutting in beef cattle. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 101:158–167 dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2019-0039. IF 0.834 Citations 0.

Li, J., Mukiibi, R., Wang, Y., Plastow, G.S., Li, C. (2021) Identification of candidate genes and enriched biological functions for feed efficiency traits by integrating plasma metabolites and imputed whole genome sequence variants in beef cattle. BMC Genomics 22:823 doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-08064-5.

Lim, K-S., Cheng, J., Putz, A., Dong, Q., Bai, X., Beiki, H., Tuggle, C.K., Dyck, M.K., PigGen Canada, Fortin, F., Harding, J.C.S., Plastow, G.S., Dekkers, J.C.M. (2021) Quantitative analysis of the blood transcriptome of young healthy pigs and its relationship with subsequent disease resilience. BMC Genomics 22:614. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07912-8

Macmillan, K., Boyda, A., Gobikrushanth, M., Plastow, G., Colazo, M.G. (2021) Economic comparison of an ear tag automated activity monitor for estrus detection with timed-AI in Holstein heifers. Theriogenology 175:155-162. doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2021.09.009

Macmillan, K., Gobikrushanth, M., Plastow, G., Colazo, M.G. (2021) Natural versus induced estrus indicators of Holstein heifers determined by an automated monitoring activity system. Livestock Sci. 249:104514 doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104514. IF 1.700 Citations 0.

Manafiazar, G., Fitzsimmons, C., Zhou, M., Basarab, J.A., Baron, V.S., McKeown, L., Guan, L.L. (2021) Association between fecal methanogen species with methane production and grazed forage intake of beef heifers classified for residual feed intake under drylot conditions. Animal 15:100304. IF 3.240 Citations 0,

Manafiazar, G., Flesch, T.K., Baron, V.S., McKeown, L., Byron, B., Block, H., Ominski, K., Plastow, G., Basarab, J.A. (2021) Methane and carbon dioxide emissions and grazed forage intake from pregnant beef heifers previously classified for residual feed intake under drylot conditions. Can. J. Anim. Sci. Can. 101:71–84 dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2019-0182. IF 0.834 Citations 1.

McCubbin, K., Anholt, M., De Jong, E., Ida, J.A., Nobrega, D., Conly, J.M., Götte, M., McAllister, T.A., Orsel, K., Lewis, I., Jackson, L., Plastow, G., Wieden, H-J., McCoy, K., Leslie, M., Robinson, J.L., Hardcastle, L., Goddard, E., Otto, S.J.G., Geransar, R., Barkema, H.W. (2021) Knowledge gaps in the understanding of antimicrobial resistance in Canada. Front. Public Health 9:726484. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.726484

Manzanilla-Pech, C.I.V., Lovendahl, P., Mansan Gordo, D., Difford, G.F., Pryce, J.E., Schenkel, F., Wegmann, S., Miglior, F., Chud, T.C., Moate, P.J., Williams, S.R.O., Richardson, C.M., Stothard, P., Lassen, J. (2021) Breeding for reduced methane emission and feed-efficient Holstein cows: An international response. J Dairy Sci. S0022-0302(21)00597-X. doi: 10.3168/jds.2020-19889. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34001361. IF 3.333 Citations 0.

Meale, S.J., Ruiz-Sanchez, A.L., Dervishi, E., Roya, B.C., Paradis, F., Juárez, M., Aalhus, J., López-Campos, O., Dasa, C., Li, C., Block, H., Colazo , M.G., Straathof, C., Bruce, H.L., Fitzsimmons, C. (2021) Impact of genetic potential for residual feed intake and diet fed during early- to mid-gestation in beef heifers on carcass characteristics and meat quality attributes of their castrated male offspring. Meat Sci. accepted for publication. IF 3.644 Citations 0.

Nothaft, H., Perez-Munoz, M.-E., Yang, T., Murugan, A., Miller, M., Kolarich, D., Plastow, G., Walter, J., Szymanski, C.M. (2021) Improving chicken responses to glycoconjugate vaccination against Campylobacter jejuni. Front. Microbiol. 12:734526. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.734526

Pan, Z., Chen, Y., McAllister, T.A., Gänzle, M., Plastow, G., Guan, L.L. (2021) Abundance and expression of Shiga toxin genes in Escherichia coli at the recto-anal junction relates to host immune genes. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 11:633573. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.633573. IF 5.293 Citations 0.

Pathak, A., Stothard, P., Chauhan, A. (2021) Comparative Genomic Analysis of Three Pseudomonas Species Isolated from the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Tissues, Mantle Fluid, and the Overlying Estuarine Water Column. Microorganisms 27;9(3):490. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9030490. IF – Citations 2.

Sun, H.Z., Zhu, Z., Zhou, M., Wang, J., Dugan, M.E.R., Guan, L.L. (2021) Gene co-expression and alternative splicing analysis of key metabolic tissues to unravel the regulatory signatures of fatty acid composition in cattle. RNA Biology 18(6):854-862 https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2020.1824060. IF 5.350 Citations 1.

Tedde, A., Grelet, C., Ho, P.N., Pryce, J.E., Hailemariam, D., Wang, Z., Plastow, G., Gengler, N., Brostaux, Y., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., Crowe, M.A., Dufrasne, I., Soyeurt, H., GplusE Consortium Group (2021) Validation of dairy cow bodyweight prediction using traits easily recorded by dairy herd improvement organizations and its potential improvement using feature selection algorithms. Animals 11:1288. doi.org/10.3390/ani11051288. IF 2.323 Citations 0.

Tedde, A., Grelet, C., Ho, P.N., Pryce, J.E., Hailemariam, D., Wang, Z., Plastow, G., Gengler, N., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., Crowe, M.A., Soyeurt, H., GplusE Consortium Group (2021) Multiple country approach to improve the test-day prediction of dairy cows’ dry matter intake. Animals 11:1316. doi.org/10.3390/ani11051316. IF 2.323 Citations 0.

Wang, O., Zhou, M., Chen, Y., McAllister, T.A., Plastow, G., Stanford, K., Selinger, B., Guan, L.L. (2021) MicroRNAomes of Cattle Intestinal Tissues Revealed Possible miRNA Regulated Mechanisms Involved in Escherichia coli O157 Fecal Shedding. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 11:634505. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.634505. IF 5.293 Citations 0.