Publications

Publications regarding genetic evaluation 2025

Adekale, D., Liu, Z., Evans, R., Pabiou, T., Reents, R., Segelke, D., Tetens, J.
The impact of deregressed foreign breeding values on national beef cattle single-step genomic evaluation
Genetics Selection Evolution 57:37
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-025-00982-2
Hüneke, L., Schmidtmann, C., Alkhoder, H., Liu, Z., Segelke, D., Rensing, S., Heise, J., Thaller, G.
Genetics of twin birth rate in German Holstein and options for breeding
Journal of Dairy Science 108:6161-6173
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25972
Hüneke, L., Schmidtmann, C., Rensing, S., Thaller, G., Heise, J.
Does the use of Beef-on-Dairy lead to increased longevity in dairy herds?
Animal 19: 101571
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2025.101571
Hüneke, L., Alkhoder, H., Segelke, D., Thaller, G., Schmidtmann, C.
Unravelling twin births in German Holstein Cows: Phenotypic associations, genetic analysis and potential underlying genes and hormones
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 0:1-10
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.70012

Publications regarding genetic evaluation 2024

Abdalla, E., Heise, J., Rensing, R., Liu, Z., Alkhoder, H., Polman, L., Reents, R.
Genetic evaluation for feed efficiency in German Holsteins
Poster, EAAP 2024 Florence
Adekale, D., Liu, Z. Evans, R., Pabiou, T., Reents, R., Segelke, D., Tetens, J.
The impact of deregressed foreign breeding values on national beef cattle single-step genomic evaluation.
Poster, EAAP 2024 Florence
Adekale, D., Evans, R., Blom, A., Segelke, D., Tetens, J.
Characterising the genetic diversity of German and Irish Beef cattle breeds
Poster, EAAP 2024 Florence
Alkhoder, H., Liu, Z., Reents, R.
The marker effects of a single-step random regression model for 4 test-day traits in German Holstein
Journal of Dairy Science 107:410-424
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2023-23793
Alkhoder, H., Liu, Z., Reents, R.
A weekly genomic evaluation of newly genotyped selection candidates based on a single-step genomic model
Interbull Meeting in Bled, Slovenia, May 2024
Interbull Bulletin 60:121-126
Hüneke, L., Schmidtmann, C., Rensing, S., Thaller, G., Heise, J.
Beef-on-Dairy leads to increased longevity of Holstein cows
Vortrag, EAAP 2024 Florence
Hüneke, L., Schmidtmann, C., Alkhoder, H., Segelke, D., Heise, J., Rensing, S., Thaller, G.
Twin birth rate in German Holsteins: related to increased milk yield and fertility level?
Poster, EAAP 2024 Florence
Liu, Z., Standén, I., Vandenplas, J., Eding, H., Lidauer, M., Haugaard, K., VanRaden, P.M.
Guidelines for Approximating Genomic Reliabilities of the Single-Step Genomic Model
Interbull Meeting in Bled, Slovenia, May 2024
Interbull Bulletin 60: 148-160
Polman, L., Wabbersen, J., Braunleder, J., Schierenbeck, S., Reents, R.
Optimize the individual insemination strategy in extended lactations of dairy cattle using a neural net to predict phenotypic lactation curves
Presentation, EAAP 2024, Florence
Reents, R., Hüneke, L., Schmidtmann, C., Rensing, S.
Zucht verbessert Gesundheit und Funktionalität beim Milchrind
Züchtungskunde, 96, (1), S. 27-33.

Publications regarding genetic evaluation 2023

Adekale, D., Alkhoder, H., Liu, Z., Segelke, D., Tetens, J.
Single-step SNPBLUP evaluation in six German beef cattle breeds
Journal of Animal Brreding and Genetics 140: 496-507
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12774
Alkhoder, H., Liu, Z., Reents, R.
Deregressed genomic breeding values from single-step evaluations of test-day traits using all genotype data
Interbull Meeting in Lyon, France, August 2023
Interbull Bulletin 59:143-149
Hüneke, L., Heise, J., Segelke, D., Rensing, S., Thaller, G.
Aktuelle genetische und phänotypische Trends in der deutschen Milchrinderzucht
Züchtungskunde, 95, (4), S. 209-220.
Hüneke, L., Schmidtmann, C., Alkhoder, H., Rensing, S., Segelke, D., Thaller, G.
Genetische Untersuchungen zu Mehrlingsgeburten bei Deutschen Holsteins
Presentation, DGfZ Tagung 2023, Halle
Liu, Z., Alkhoder, H., Reents, R.
Application of the Interbull genomic reliability method for single-step evaluations of test-day and conformation traits in German Holstein
Interbull Meeting in Lyon, France, August 2023
Interbull Bulletin 59:150-157
Liu, Z., Alkhoder, H., Reents, R.
Validating German Holstein single-step evaluations for test-day traits using Interbull's new GEBVtest software
Interbull Technical Workshop, Rome, Italy, February 2023
Interbull Bulletin 58: 17-26
Polman, L., Rensing, S., Liu, Z., Tholen, E., Heise, J.
Genetic evaluation of persistency in extended lactations
Interbull Bulletin No. 59: 177-181
Polman, L., Rensing, S., Heise, J.
RZPersistenz - Genetic evaluation of persistency in extended lactations
Presentation, Interbull Annual Meeting 2023
Rensing, S.
Beef on Dairy
Presentation, 9. Uelzener Rinder-Workshop, Bad Bevensen