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List of works by Mike Coffey

A Theoretical Framework for Deriving Direct Economic Values for Body Tissue Mobilization Traits in Dairy Cattle

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Breeding and Genetics Symposium: really big data: processing and analysis of very large data sets

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Changes in feeding behavior as possible indicators for the automatic monitoring of health disorders in dairy cows.

scientific article published in March 2008

Comparison of two methods of assessing dairy cow body condition score.

scientific article published in February 2010

Differences between primiparous and multiparous dairy cows in the inter-relationships between metabolic traits, milk yield and body condition score in the periparturient period.

scientific article published on 8 June 2006

Direct and maternal genetic relationships between calving ease, gestation length, milk production, fertility, type, and lifespan of Holstein-Friesian primiparous cows

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Estimation of genetic parameters for milk yield across lactations in mixed-breed dairy goats

scientific article published on 15 February 2014

Estimation of genomic breeding values for milk yield in UK dairy goats

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Evaluating alternate models to estimate genetic parameters of calving traits in United Kingdom Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle.

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Evidence of genetic resistance of cattle to infection with Mycobacterium bovis.

scientific article published in March 2010

Genetic association between body energy measured throughout lactation and fertility in dairy cattle

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Genetic parameters for production, health, fertility and longevity traits in dairy cows

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Genetic parameters of linear conformation type traits and their relationship with milk yield throughout lactation in mixed-breed dairy goats

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

Genome-wide associations for feed utilisation complex in primiparous Holstein–Friesian dairy cows from experimental research herds in four European countries

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Heterogeneity in genetic and nongenetic variation and energy sink relationships for residual feed intake across research stations and countries

scientific article published on 9 January 2015

Hot topic: Definition and implementation of a breeding value for feed efficiency in dairy cows.

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

Identification of immune traits correlated with dairy cow health, reproduction and productivity

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Impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms in leptin, leptin receptor, growth hormone receptor, and diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) gene loci on milk production, feed, and body energy traits of UK dairy cows.

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Improved accuracy of genomic prediction for dry matter intake of dairy cattle from combined European and Australian data sets.

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Imputation of microsatellite alleles from dense SNP genotypes for parentage verification across multiple Bos taurus and Bos indicus breeds.

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

International genetic evaluations for feed intake in dairy cattle through the collation of data from multiple sources.

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Joint estimation of genetic parameters for test-day somatic cell count and mastitis in the United Kingdom.

scientific article published in August 2012

Merging and characterising phenotypic data on conventional and rare traits from dairy cattle experimental resources in three countries

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Mid-infrared prediction of bovine milk fatty acids across multiple breeds, production systems, and countries.

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Mid-infrared prediction of lactoferrin content in bovine milk: potential indicator of mastitis.

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On the value of the phenotypes in the genomic era.

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Phenotypic effects of calving ease on the subsequent fertility and milk production of dam and calf in UK Holstein-Friesian heifers

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Potential for estimation of body condition scores in dairy cattle from digital images.

scientific article published on September 2008

Prenatal maternal effects on body condition score, female fertility, and milk yield of dairy cows.

scientific article published in July 2007

Short communication: Characterization of the genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in 2 divergent selection lines of dairy cows.

scientific article published in June 2010

Short communication: Genetic relationships between the Holstein cow populations of three European dairy countries

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Short communication: Validation of genomic breeding value predictions for feed intake and feed efficiency traits.

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Technical note: Prediction of liveweight from linear conformation traits in dairy cattle

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

The effect of genetic merit and production system on dairy cow fertility, measured using progesterone profiles and on-farm recording.

scientific article published in September 2008

The effect of lactation length on greenhouse gas emissions from the national dairy herd.

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The sensitivity of predicted financial and genetic gains in Holsteins to changes in the economic value of traits

scientific article published on 12 May 2012

The use of mid-infrared spectrometry to predict body energy status of Holstein cows.

scientific article published in July 2011

Understanding Cow Evaluations in Univariate and Multivariate Animal and Random Regression Models

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Understanding the genetics of survival in dairy cows.

scientific article published on 8 March 2013