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List of works by Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos

A descriptive analysis of the antimicrobial susceptibility of mastitis-causing bacteria isolated from samples submitted to commercial diagnostic laboratories in New Zealand (2003-2006)

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

A prototype national cattle evaluation for feed intake and efficiency of Angus cattle

scientific article published on 15 July 2011

A survey detailing the calving performance of primiparous 2-year-old beef heifers and outcomes of assisted calving

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

A survey of beef cattle farmers in New Zealand, examining management practices of primiparous breeding heifers

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Accounting for scale effects in genetic evaluation of New Zealand dairy cattle

1994 master's thesis by Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos at Massey University

Advantage of including Genomic Information to Predict Breeding Values for Lactation Yields of Milk, Fat, and Protein or Somatic Cell Score in a New Zealand Dairy Goat Herd

scientific article published on 25 December 2020

Ammonium Chloride Ingestion Attenuates Exercise-Induced mRNA Levels in Human Muscle

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

Association between gestational age and bovine fetal characteristics measured by transcutaneous ultrasound over the right flank of the dairy cow

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Association of microsatellite polymorphisms with immune responses to a killedMycobacterium aviumsubsp.paratuberculosisvaccine in Merino sheep

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Association of polymorphisms in growth hormone and leptin candidate genes with live weight traits of Brahman cattle

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Automatic recording of daily walkover liveweight of dairy cattle at pasture in the first 100 days in milk

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Biofilm-Forming Potential of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Mastitis Cases in New Zealand

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Biological Variability in Serum Cortisol Concentration Post-adrenocorticotropic Hormone Stimulation in Healthy Dogs

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Body weight of dairy heifers is positively associated with reproduction and stayability

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Carcass characteristics and meat quality of Hereford sired steers born to beef-cross-dairy and Angus breeding cows.

scientific article published on 16 July 2016

Characteristics of feed efficiency within and across lactation in dairy cows and the effect of genetic selection.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Characterization of hatch-size and growth rates of captive and wild-reared brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) chicks.

scientific article published on 09 September 2013

Comparison of transcutaneous ultrasound over the right flank with transrectal ultrasound for pregnancy diagnosis in the dairy cow

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Cow and environmental factors associated with protein fractions and free amino acids predicted using mid-infrared spectroscopy in bovine milk.

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Crossbreeding effects on milk yield traits and calving interval in spring-calving dairy cows.

scientific article published in August 2010

Crossbreeding: implications for dairy cow fertility and survival

scientific article (publication date: May 2014)

Culture results from milk samples submitted to veterinary diagnostic laboratories from August 2003 to December 2006 in New Zealand

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Development and application of a processing model for the Irish dairy industry

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Direct and maternal genetic effects for body weight and price of calves sold for veal production.

scientific article published on 14 May 2012

Does blood contamination of urine compromise interpretation of the urine protein to creatinine ratio in dogs?

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Dystocia in beef heifers: a review of genetic and nutritional influences.

scientific article published on December 2006

Effect of dam weight and pregnancy nutrition on average lactation performance of ewe offspring over 5 years

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Effect of feeding strategies on weaning weight and milk production of Holstein × Zebu calves in dual purpose milk production systems.

scientific article published on 26 April 2015

Effects of application in spring of urea fertiliser on aspects of reproductive performance of pasture-fed dairy cows

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Effects of crossbreeding and selection on the productivity and profitability of the New Zealand Dairy Industry

1998 doctoral thesis by Nicolás López-Villalobos at Massey University

Effects of ewe size and nutrition on fetal mammary gland development and lactational performance of offspring at their first lactation.

scientific article published on 14 August 2009

Effects of exogenous enzymes and application method on nutrient intake, digestibility and growth performance of Pelibuey lambs

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Effects of feeding strategy on milk production, reproduction, pasture utilization, and economics of autumn-calving dairy cows in eastern North Carolina.

scientific article published in February 2012

Effects of grazing undrenched weaner deer on chicory or perennial ryegrass/white clover pasture on the viability of gastrointestinal nematodes and lungworms

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Efficacy of a novel internal dry period teat sealant containing 0.5% chlorhexidine against experimental challenge with Streptococcus uberis in dairy cattle

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Efficacy of anthelmintic treatment in captive-reared black stilts (Himantopus novaezelandiae) released to the wild.

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Efficacy, distribution and faecal excretion of copper oxide wire particles in a novel bolus in red deer (Cervus elaphus).

scientific article published in April 2007

Efficiency of Crude Protein Utilisation in Grazing Dairy Cows: A Case Study Comparing Two Production Systems Differing in Intensification Level in New Zealand

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Environmental sensitivity in New Zealand dairy cattle

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Epidemiology of hookworm (Uncinaria spp.) infection in New Zealand (Hooker's) sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) pups on Enderby Island, Auckland Islands (New Zealand) during the breeding seasons from 1999/2000 to 2004/2005

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Establishment rate of sheep gastrointestinal nematodes in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus).

scientific article published on 8 January 2015

Estimating the effect of mastitis on the profitability of Irish dairy farms.

scientific article published in July 2012

Estimating the impact of somatic cell count on the value of milk utilising parameters obtained from the published literature

scientific article published on 26 March 2014

Estimation of economic values for milk coagulation properties in Italian Holstein-Friesian cattle.

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Estimation of genetic and crossbreeding parameters of fatty acid concentrations in milk fat predicted by mid-infrared spectroscopy in New Zealand dairy cattle.

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Genetic and crossbreeding parameters for incidence of recorded clinical lameness in New Zealand dairy cattle.

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Genetic evaluation of the total hip score of four populous breeds of dog, as recorded by the New Zealand Veterinary Association Hip Dysplasia Scheme (1991-2011).

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

Genetic parameters across milking frequency for first lactation milk production traits in New Zealand

scientific article published in 2020

Genetic parameters for efficiency of crude protein utilisation and its relationship with production traits across lactations in grazing dairy cows

scientific article published in 2020

Genetic trends for live weight traits reflect breeding strategies in registered Charolais Farms in Mexico.

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Genetics of alternative definitions of feed efficiency in grazing lactating dairy cows.

scientific article published on 03 May 2017

Genotype by climate interaction in the genetic evaluation for growing traits of Braunvieh cattle in Mexico.

scientific article published on 8 March 2013

Heritabilities and genetic trends for elbow score as recorded by the New Zealand Veterinary Association Elbow Dysplasia Scheme (1992-2013) in four breeds of dog.

scientific article published on 18 February 2018

Heritability and repeatability of milk lactose and its relationships with traditional milk traits, somatic cell score and freezing point in Holstein cows

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Host-shaped segregation of the Cryptosporidium parvum multilocus genotype repertoire

scientific article published on 30 March 2007

Hot topic: Selecting cattle for low residual feed intake did not affect daily methane production but increased methane yield

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

Humoral and cellular immune responses in sheep immunized with a 22 kilodalton exported protein of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis.

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In vitro gas production of foliage from three browse tree species treated with different dose levels of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes.

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Increased yearling weight as a proportion of 21-month weight was associated with increased milk production in dairy heifers

scientific article published on 05 April 2020

Inter-relationships among alternative definitions of feed efficiency in grazing lactating dairy cows.

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Interactions between Social Hierarchy and Some Udder Morphometric Traits upon Colostrum and Milk Physicochemical Characteristics in Crossbred Dairy Goats

scientific article published in 2022

Kinetics of Plasma Cell-Free DNA and Creatine Kinase in a Canine Model of Tissue Injury.

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Lactation Biology Symposium: maternal nutrition during early and mid-to-late pregnancy: Comparative effects on milk production of twin-born ewe progeny during their first lactation

scientific article published on 10 December 2012

Large intestinal mast cell count and proteinase expression is associated with larval burden in cyathostomin-infected horses.

scientific article published on October 2010

Live weight and growth of Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and crossbred dairy heifers in New Zealand

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Liver copper, selenium and vitamin B12 concentrations in farmed and feral red deer (Cervus elaphus).

scientific article published in June 2002

Maternal plasma oestrone sulphate concentration prior to parturition in relation to birth weight of the calf in primiparous, 2-year-old, Angus heifers.

scientific article published on 11 October 2008

Meta-analysis of lamb birth weight as influenced by pregnancy nutrition of multiparous ewes

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

Milking efficiency for grazing dairy cows can be improved by increasing automatic cluster remover thresholds without applying premilking stimulation.

scientific article published on 5 April 2013

Milking efficiency of swingover herringbone parlours in pasture-based dairy systems

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Milking parlour size, pre-milking routine and stage of lactation affect efficiency of milking in single-operator herringbone parlours.

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Neonatal mortality in New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri) at Sandy Bay, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands from 1998 to 2005.

scientific article published in July 2007

Positive relationships between body weight of dairy heifers and their first-lactation and accumulated three-parity lactation production

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Possible effects of 25 years of selection and crossbreeding on the genetic merit and productivity of New Zealand dairy cattle

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Prediction of penicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from dairy cows with mastitis, based on prior test results

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Pressure Algometry Validation and Determination of Efficacy of Articaine Hydrochloride Ring Block in Antler Removal in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Prevalence of and risk factors for coccidiosis in kiwi between 1977 and 2011.

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Productive, economic and risk assessment of grazing dairy systems with supplemented cows milked once a day.

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Profitabilities of some mating systems for dairy herds in New Zealand

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Provisional heritability estimates of four distraction index traits in a breeding population of German Shepherd dogs

scientific article published on 02 September 2018

Relationship between estimated breeding value for somatic cell count and prevalence of intramammary infection in dairy goats.

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Relationships between early postnatal growth and metabolic function of 16-month-old female offspring born to ewes exposed to different environments during pregnancy.

scientific article published in February 2010

Response to letter to editor regarding Variability of symmetric dimethylarginine in apparently healthy dogs

scientific article published on 30 November 2018

Risk Factors for Culling, Sales and Deaths in New Zealand Dairy Goat Herds, 2000-2009.

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Serum Fructosamine Concentration in Uncontrolled Hyperthyroid Diabetic Cats Is within the Population Reference Interval

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Short communication: Effect of environment on the expression of breed and heterosis effects for production traits

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Short-term application of prestimulation and increased automatic cluster remover threshold affect milking characteristics of grazing dairy cows in late lactation.

scientific article published on 16 January 2013

Single and composite influence of growth-related candidate gene polymorphisms on additive genetic variation of birth weight in Charolais beef cattle.

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Sire Effects on Post-Weaning Growth of Beef-Cross-Dairy Cattle: A Case Study in New Zealand

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Sire selection and genetic improvement of dairy cattle assuming pure market competition

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Susceptibility to antimicrobials of mastitis-causing Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis and Str. dysgalactiae from New Zealand and the USA as assessed by the disk diffusion test.

scientific article published on July 2015

The Effect of Compositional Changes Due to Seasonal Variation on Milk Density and the Determination of Season-Based Density Conversion Factors for Use in the Dairy Industry

scientific article published on 27 July 2020

The Effect of Urine Concentration and pH on the Growth of Escherichia Coli in Canine Urine In Vitro.

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The Use of Liveweight Change as an Indicator of Oestrus in a Seasonally Calving, Pasture-Fed Dairy Herd

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

The ability of four strains of Streptococcus uberis to induce clinical mastitis after intramammary inoculation in lactating cows.

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The circadian variation of oocyst shedding of Eimeria spp. affecting brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

The effect of clinical lameness on liveweight in a seasonally calving, pasture-fed dairy herd.

scientific article published on February 2012

The effect of level of feeding, genetic merit, body condition score and age on biological parameters of a mammary gland model.

scientific article published in March 2007

The effect on creatinine kinase activity of freezing plasma from healthy foals

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

The effects of liveweight loss and milk production on the risk of lameness in a seasonally calving, pasture fed dairy herd in New Zealand

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The efficacy and safety of a novel lipophilic formulation of methimazole for the once daily transdermal treatment of cats with hyperthyroidism

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

Tick burden in Bos taurus cattle and its relationship with heat stress in three agroecological zones in the tropics of Colombia

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Use of a urease inhibitor to mitigate ammonia emissions from urine patches

scientific article published on 09 June 2019

Use of crossbreeding with beef bulls in dairy herds: effect on age, body weight, price, and market value of calves sold at livestock auctions.

scientific article published on 19 June 2009

Utility of halofuginone lactate for the prevention of natural cryptosporidiosis of calves, in the presence of co-infection with rotavirus and Salmonella Typhimurium.

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Variability of Symmetric Dimethylarginine in Apparently Healthy Dogs.

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Variable selection procedures before partial least squares regression enhance the accuracy of milk fatty acid composition predicted by mid-infrared spectroscopy

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Yields and persistency of lactation in Friesian and Jersey cows milked once daily

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

e-Cow: an animal model that predicts herbage intake, milk yield and live weight change in dairy cows grazing temperate pastures, with and without supplementary feeding.

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e-Dairy: a dynamic and stochastic whole-farm model that predicts biophysical and economic performance of grazing dairy systems.

scientific article published on 20 December 2012