Genetic evaluation and development of selection criteria for reproductive, feed efficiency, and meat quality traits in beef cattle

Genetic evaluation and development of selection criteria for disease resistance traits in dairy cattle

Genetic evaluation for methane-related traits in beef and dairy cattle

Doctoral St. Rintaro Nagai

Doctoral St. Yuri Satake

Doctoral St. Youngjae Choi

Graduate St. Yuji Takita

Graduate St. Toyoto Maruyama

Graduate St. Yugo Mineshima

Graduate St. Yuto Ara

Graduate St. Maiko Ogawa

Graduate St. Mei Sato

Undergraduate Yushin Kasai

Undergraduate Kota Kawada

Undergraduate Karen Hasunuma

Undergraduate Yuto Fukushi

Satake Y, Katsura T, Zhuang T, Urakawa M, Mineshima Y, Baba T, Yoshida G, Kitazawa H, Shirakawa H, Nakamura T, Nochi T, Sakai Y, Satoh M, Haga S, Aso H, Uemoto Y. (2025) Development of prediction equations for immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin G, and immunoglobulin M concentrations in mature milk from Holstein cows using milk infrared spectral data. Journal of Dairy Science, 108(7), 7354-7369. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-25991

Takanashi S, Yoshimura K, Endo Y, Urakawa M, Sato H, Zhuang T, Hayashi T, Kiku Y, Nagasawa Y, Kitazawa H, Rose MT, Uemoto Y, Watanabe K, Nochi T, Aso H. (2025) Elevated levels of cyclophilin A secreted in milk during bovine mastitis. Journal of Dairy Science, 108(1), 835-844. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-24715

Ogawa S, Okamura T, Fukuzawa Y, Nishio M, Ishii K, Kimata M, Tomiyama M, Satoh M. (2024) Plateau-linear reaction norm model analysis of number born alive in purebred Landrace pigs using meteorological data in Japan. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 141, 656-667. https:///doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12871

Takai S, Lee H, Kim M, Torii S, Masaki T, Ikuta K, Iwamoto E, Uemoto Y, Terada F, Haga S, Roh S. (2024) Dynamics of Blood Taurine Concentration and its Correlation with Nutritional and Physiological Status during the Fattening Period of Japanese Black Cattle. Journal of Animal Science, skae347. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skae347

Kemmotsu N, Takeda M, Ogino A, Watanabe T, Kurogi K, Satoh M, Uemoto Y. (2024) Incorporating body measurement traits to increase genetic gain of feed efficiency and carcass traits in Japanese Black steers. Journal of Animal Science, skae176. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skae176

Kim M, Oikawa K, Masaki T, Terada F, Ashihara A, Ikuta K, Iwamoto E, Lee H, Haga S, Uemoto Y, Roh S, Nonaka I. (2024) Effect of residual methane emission on physiological characteristics and carcass performance in Japanese Black cattle. Animal Science Journal, 95:e13954. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13954

Uemoto Y, Nagai R, Kinukawa M, Watanabe T, Ogino A, Kurogi K, Satoh M. (2024) Estimation of genetic parameters for bull conception rate and its genetic correlations with semen production traits in Japanese Black bulls. Animal, 18: 101137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101137

Lee H, Kim M, Masaki T, Ikuta K, Iwamoto E, Nishihara K, Nonaka I, Ashihara A, Baek Y, Lee S, Uemoto Y, Haga S, Terada F, Roh S. (2024) Assessing the impact of three feeding stages on rumen bacterial community and physiological characteristics of Japanese Black cattle. Scientific Reports, 14: 4923. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55539-y

Satoh M. (2024) Characteristics of restricted selection index and their estimates and geometrical interpretation of restricted breeding values. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 141(3): 353-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12845

Satoh M. (2024) A method of calculating weighted values for BLUP of breeding values to achieve relative desired changes. Animal Science Journal 95: e13933. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13933

Satoh M. (2024) Prediction of response to truncated selection based on BLUP of breeding values and its prediction accuracy. Animal Science Journal 95: e13928. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13928

Satoh M, Fukuzawa Y, Ogawa S, Okamura T. (2023) Estimation of off-farm temperatures and temperature-humidity index from meteorological observation records. Animal Science Journal 94: e13902. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13902

Uemoto Y, Katsura T, Endo Y, Tanaka K, Zhuang T, Urakawa M, Baba T, Yoshida G, Wang H, Kitazawa H, Shirakawa H, Nakamura T, Nochi T, Aso H. (2024) Genetic aspects of immunoglobulins and cyclophilin A in milk as potential indicators of mastitis resistance in Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 107(3): 1577-1591. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-23075

Uemoto Y, Tomaru T, Masuda M, Uchisawa K, Hashiba K, Nishikawa Y, Suzuki K, Kojima T, Suzuki T, Terada F. (2024) Exploring indicators of genetic selection using the sniffer method to reduce methane emissions from Holstein cows. Animal Bioscience, 37(2): 173-183. https://doi.org/10.5713/ab.23.0120

Hui P, Zheng X, Dong J, Lu F, Xu C, Qu H, Zhu X, Uemoto Y, yang X, Yin LZ, Sun W, Bao W, Wang H. (2024) Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Analyses of Curcumin Alleviation of Ochratoxin A-Induced Hepatotoxicity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(1): 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25010168

Ogawa S, Takahashi H, Satoh M. (2023) Genetic parameter estimation for pork production and litter performance traits of Landrace, Large White, and Duroc pigs in Japan. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 140: 607-623 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12814

Shikida R, Kim M, Futohashi M, Nishihara K, Lee H, Suzuki Y, Baek Y, Masaki T, Ikuta K, Iwamoto E, Uemoto Y, Haga S, Terada F, Roh S. (2023) Physiological roles and regulation of hepatic angiopoietin-like protein 3 in Japanese Black cattle (Bos taurus) during the fattening period. Journal of Animal Science, skad198. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skad198

Kinukawa M, Ito M, Uemoto Y, Ogino A, Haruta S, Kurogi K, Yasumori T, Watanabe T, Sasaki S, Naniwa Y, Uchiyama K, Togashi K. (2023) A potent allele marker related to low bull conception rate in Japanese Black bulls. Animal, 17(5): 100804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2023.100804

Uemoto Y, Ichinoseki K, Matsumoto T, Oka N, Takamori H, Kadowaki H, Kojima-Shibata C, Suzuki E, Okamura T, Aso H, Kitazawa H, Satoh M, Uenishi H, Suzuki K. (2023) Genome-wide detection of changes in allelic frequency in Landrace pigs selected for resistance to mycoplasma pneumonia of swine. Animal Science Journal, 94: e13827. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13827

Wang H, Hui P, Uemoto Y, Ding Y, Yin Z, Bao W. (2023) Metabolomic and proteomic profiling of porcine intestinal epithelial cells infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24: 5071. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065071

Arakawa S, Kim M, Aonuma T, Takagi M, Watanabe S, Lee H, Nishihara K, Haga S, Uemoto Y, Roh S. (2023) Characteristics of physiological parameters of Japanese Black calves relate to carcass weight. Animals, 13(3): 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030487

Ogawa S, Ohnishi C, Satoh M. (2022) Effect of ambient temperature on average daily gain of pigs evaluated using public weather data and a plateau-linear regression model. Animal Science Journal 93: e13762. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13762

Komatsu T, Komatsu M, Nakajima H, Uemoto Y. (2022) Ultra-rapid real-time PCR assay for genotyping of the NT5E gene in Japanese black beef using a mobile PCR device, PCR 1100. Animal Science Journal, 93: e13763. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13763

Nagai R, Kinukawa M, Watanabe T, Ogino A, Kurogi K, Adachi K, Satoh M, Uemoto Y. (2022) Genomic dissection of repeatability considering additive and non-additive genetic effects for semen production traits in beef and dairy bulls. Journal of Animal Science, 100(9): skac241. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac241

Kim M, Masaki T, Ikuta K, Iwamoto E, Nishihara K, Hirai M, Uemoto Y, Terada F, Roh S. (2022) Physiological responses and adaptations to high methane production in Japanese Black cattle. Scientific Reports, 12: 11154. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15146-1

Komatsu T, Toita T, Uemoto Y. (2022) Estimates of genetic parameters for adenosine triphosphate-related compounds (ATPRCs) at different aging period and NT5E genotypes in Japanese black beef. Animal Science Journal, 93: e13748. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13748

Hara H, Ogawa S, Ohnishi C, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2022) An attempt of using public ambient temperature data in swine genetic evaluation for litter size traits at birth in Japan. Animal Production Science, AN21463. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.09.479814

Zoda A, Kagawa R, Obinata R, Urakawa M, Oono Y, Ogawa S, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2022) Genetic relationship between superovulatory response traits and carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle. Animal Science Journal, 93: e13731. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13731

Wang H, Zhou Y, Xu C, Cao Y, Xiao Y, Cai D, Uemoto Y, Wu S, Bao W. (2022) Genome-wide transcriptional profiling and functional analysis reveal miR-330-MAPK15 axis involving in cellular responses to deoxynivalenol exposure. Chemosphere, 298: 134199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134199

Kim M, Masaki T, Ikuta K, Iwamoto E, Uemoto Y, Terada F, Roh S. (2022) Changes in the liver transcriptome and physiological parameters of Japanese Black steers during the fattening period. Scientific Reports, 12: 4029. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-882318/v1

Ogawa S, Kimata M, Tomiyama M, Satoh M. (2022) Heritability and genetic correlation estimates of semen production traits with litter traits and pork production traits in purebred Duroc pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 100: skac055. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac055

Ogawa S, Satoh M. (2022) Genetic contributions of genes on sex chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA in a pedigreed population. Diversity, 14:142. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14020142

Zoda A, Ogawa S, Matsuda H, Taniguchi Y, Watanabe T, Sugimoto Y, Iwaisaki H. (2022) Inferring genetic characteristics of Japanese Black cattle populations using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism markers. The Journal of Animal Genetics, 50(1): 3-9. https://doi.org/10.5924/abgri.50.3

Nagai R, Kinukawa M, Watanabe T, Ogino A, Kurogi K, Adachi K, Satoh M, Uemoto Y. (2022) Genome-wide detection of non-additive quantitative trait loci for semen production traits in beef and dairy bulls. Animal, 16(3): 100472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2022.100472

Shinoda C, Yasuda J, Yamagata K, Suzuki K, Satoh M, Roh S, Uemoto Y. (2022) Genetic relationships of feed efficiency and growth traits with carcass traits in Japanese Shorthorn cattle. Animal Science Journal, 93: e13691. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13691

Komiya R, Ogawa S, Aonuma T, Satoh M. (2022) Performance of using opposing homozygotes for paternity testing in Japanese Black cattle. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 139(1): 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12649

Takeda M, Inoue I, Oyama H, Uchiyama K, Yoshinari K, Sasago N, Kojima T, Kashima M, Suzuki H, Kamata T, Kumagai M, Takasugi W, Aonuma T, Soma Y, Konno S, Saito T, Ishida M, Muraki E, Inoue Y, Takayama M, Nariai S, Hideshima R, Nakamura R, Nishikawa S, Kobayashi H, Shibata E, Yamamoto K, Yoshimura K, Matsuda H, Inoue T, Fujita A, Terayama S, Inoue K, Morita S, Nakashima R, Suezawa R, Hanamure T, Zoda A, Uemoto Y. (2021) Exploring the size of reference population for expected accuracy of genomic prediction using simulated and real data in Japanese Black cattle. BMC Genomics, 22: 799. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-08121-z

Ogawa S, Kitajima S, Saito H, Satoh M. (2021) Deriving economic values for female reproductive traits in lifetime carcass production of Japanese Black cows using deterministic profit function. Agriculture, 11: 1055. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11111055

Uemoto Y, Suzuki K, Yasuda J, Roh S, Satoh M. (2021) Evaluation of inbreeding and genetic diversity in Japanese Shorthorn cattle by pedigree analysis. Animal Science Journal, 92: e13643. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13643

Homma C, Hirose K, Ito T, Kamikawa M, Toma S, Nikaido S, Satoh M, Uemoto Y. (2021) Estimation of genetic parameter for feed efficiency and resilience traits in three pig breeds. Animal, 15(11): 100384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2021.100384

Zoda A, Urakawa M, Oono Y, Ogawa S, Satoh M. (2021) Estimation of genetic parameters for superovulatory response traits in Japanese Black cows. Journal of Animal Science, 99(10): skab265. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab265

Uemoto Y, Ichinoseki K, Matsumoto T, Oka N, Takamori H, Kadowaki H, Kojima-Shibata C, Suzuki E, Okamura T, Aso H, Kitazawa H, Satoh M, Uenishi H, Suzuki K. (2021) Genome-wide association studies for production, respiratory disease, and immune-related traits in Landrace pigs. Scientific Reports, 11: 15823. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95339-2

Ogawa S. (2021) Genomic prediction in Japanese Black beef cattle: some topics. Journal of Integrated Field Science, 18: 20-25.

Ogawa S, Kimata M, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2021) Genetic analysis for sow stayability at different parities in purebred Landrace and Large White pigs. Animal Science Journal, 92: e13599. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13599

Ogawa S, Yazaki N, Ohnishi C, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2021) Maternal effect on body measurement and meat production traits in purebred Duroc pigs. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 138(2): 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12505

Ogawa S, Satoh M. (2021) Random regression analysis of calving interval of Japanese Black cows. Animals, 11(1): 202. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010202

Ogawa S, Satoh M. (2020) Relationship between litter size at birth and within-litter birth weight characteristics in laboratory mice as pilot animal for pig. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13488. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13488

Ogawa S, Ohnishi C, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2020) Genetic relationship between litter size traits at birth and body measurement and production traits in purebred Duroc pigs. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13497. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13497

Takeda M, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2020) Effect of the genotyped bulls with different numbers of phenotyped progenies on the quantitative trait loci detection and genomic evaluation in a simulated cattle population. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13432. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13432

Konta A, Ogawa S, Kimata M, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2020) Comparison of two models to estimate genetic parameters for number of born alive in pigs. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13417. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13417

Uemoto Y, Takeda M, Ogino A, Kurogi K, Ogawa S, Satoh M, Terada F. (2020) Genetic and genomic analyses for predicted methane-related traits in Japanese Black steers. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13383. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13383

Okamura T, Ishii K, Nishio M, Rosa GJM, Satoh M, Sasaki O. (2020) Inferring phenotypic causal structure among farrowing and weaning traits in pigs. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13369. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13369

Uemoto Y, Ogawa S, Satoh M, Abe H, Terada F. (2020) Development of prediction equation for methane-related traits in beef cattle under high concentrate diets. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13341. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13341

Takeda M, Uemoto Y, Inoue K, Ogino A, Nozaki T, Kurogi K, Yasumori T, Satoh M. (2019) Genome-wide association study and genomic evaluation of feed efficiency traits in Japanese Black cattle using single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction method. Animal Science Journal, 91: e13316. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13316

Komatsu T, Komatsu M, Uemoto Y. (2019) The NT5E gene variant strongly affects the degradation rate of inosine 5'-monophosphate under postmortem conditions in Japanese Black beef. Meat Science, 158: 107893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107893

Ogawa S, Konta A, Kimata M, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2019) Genetic relationship of litter traits between farrowing and weaning in Landrace and Large White pigs. Animal Science Journal, 90(12): 1510-1516. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13304

Shimazu T, Borjigin L, Katoh K, Roh S, Kitazawa H, Abe K, Suda Y, Saito H, Kunii H, Nihei K, Uemoto Y, Aso H, Suzuki K. (2019) Addition of Wakame seaweed (Undaria pinnatifida) stalk to animal feed enhances immune response and improves intestinal microflora in pigs. Animal Science Journal, 90(9): 1248-1260. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13274

Ogawa S, Konta A, Kimata M, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2019) Genetic parameter estimation for number born alive at different parities in Landrace and Large White pigs. Animal Science Journal, 90(9): 1111-1119. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13252

Darhan H, Zoda A, Kikusato M, Toyomizu M, Katoh K, Roh S, Ogawa S, Uemoto Y, Satoh M, Suzuki K. (2019) Correlations between mitochondrial respiration activity and residual feed intake after divergent genetic selection for high and low oxygen consumption in mice. Animal Science Journal, 90(7): 818-826. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13210

Satoh M. (2019) Evaluation criterion for response to selection with constraint. Animal Science Journal, 90(4): 462-466. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13174

Ogawa S, Konta A, Kimata M, Ishii K, Uemoto Y, Satoh M. (2019) Estimation of genetic parameters for farrowing traits in purebred Landrace and Large White pigs. Animal Science Journal, 90(1): 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13120

Kawaguchi F, Kigoshi H, Nakajima A, Matsumoto Y, Uemoto Y, Fukushima M, Yoshida E, Iwamoto E, Akiyama T, Kohama N, Kobayashi E, Honda T, Oyama K, Mannen H, Sasazaki S. (2018) Pool-based genome-wide association study identified novel candidate regions on BTA9 and 14 for oleic acid percentage in Japanese Black cattle. Animal Science Journal, 89(8): 1060-1066. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13035

Sasago N, Takeda M, Ohtake T, Abe T, Sakuma H, Kojima T, Sasaki S, Uemoto Y. (2018) Genome-wide association studies identified variants for a concentration of taurine in Japanese Black beef. Animal Science Journal, 89(8): 1051-1059. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13030

Okada D, Endo S, Matsuda H, Ogawa S, Taniguchi Y, Katsuta T, Watanabe T, Iwaisaki H. (2018) An intersection network based on combining SNP co-association and RNA co-expression networks for feed utilization traits in Japanese Black cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 96(7): 2553-2566. https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/sky170

Ohnishi C, Satoh M. (2018) Estimation of genetic parameters for performance and body measurement traits in Duroc pigs selected for average daily gain, loin muscle area, and backfat thickness. Livestock Science, 214: 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2018.05.022

Satoh M. (2018) An alternative derivation method of mixed model equations from best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) and restricted BLUP of breeding values not using maximum likelihood. Animal Science Journal, 89(6): 876-879. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13016

Nakajima A, Kawaguchi F, Uemoto Y, Fukushima M, Yoshida E, Iwamoto E, Akiyama T, Kohama N, Kobayashi E, Honda T, Oyama K, Mannen H, Sasazaki S. (2018) A genome wide association study for fat-related traits computed by image analysis in Japanese Black cattle. Animal Science Journal, 89(5): 743-751. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12987

Takeda M, Uemoto Y, Inoue K, Ogino A, Nozaki T, Kurogi K, Yasumori T, Satoh M. (2018) Evaluation of feed efficiency traits for genetic improvement in Japanese Black cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 96(3): 797-805. http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-9152

Uemoto Y, Ohtake T, Sasago N, Takeda M, Abe T, Sakuma H, Kojima T, Sasaki S. (2017) Effect of two non-synonymous ecto-5’-nucleotidase variants on the genetic architecture of inosine 5’-monophosphate (IMP) and its degradation products in Japanese Black beef. BMC Genomics, 18: 874. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4275-4

Darhan H, Kikusato M, Toyomizu M, Roh S, Katoh K, Satoh M, Suzuki K. (2017) Selection for high and low oxygen consumption-induced differences in maintenance energy requirements for mice. Animal Science Journal, 88(7): 959-965. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12740

Borjigin L, Shimazu T, Katayama Y, Watanabe K, Kitazawa H, Roh S, Aso H, Katoh K, Satoh M, Suda Y, Sakuma A, Nakajo M, Suzuki K. (2017) Effects of mycoplasmal pneumonia of swine (MPS) lung lesion-selected Landrace pigs on MPS resistance and immune competence in three-way crossbred pigs. Animal Science Journal, 88(4): 575-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12698

Borjigin L, Shimazu T, Katayama Y, Li M, Sato T, Watanabe K, Kitazawa H, Roh S, Aso H, Katoh K, Uchida T, Suda Y, Sakuma A, Nakajo M, Suzuki K. (2016) Immunogenic properties of Landrace pigs selected for resistance to mycoplasma pneumonia of swine. Animal Science Journal, 87(3): 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12440

Borjigin L, Shimazu T, Katayama Y, Li M, Sato T, Watanabe K, Kitazawa H, Roh S, Aso H, Katoh K, Uchida T, Suda Y, Sakuma A, Nakajo M, Suzuki K. (2016) Immunogenic properties and mycoplasmal pneumonia of swine (MPS) lung lesions in Large White pigs selected for higher peripheral blood immune capacity. Animal Science Journal, 87(5): 638-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12471

Borjigin L, Shimazu T, Katayama Y, Li M, Sato T, Watanabe K, Kitazawa H, Roh S, Aso H, Katoh K, Uchida T, Suda Y, Sakuma A, Nakajo M, Suzuki K. (2016) Mycoplasma pneumonia of swine (MPS) resistance and immune characteristics of pig lines generated by crossing an MPS pulmonary lesion selected Landrace line and a highly immune capacity selected Large White line. Animal Science Journal, 87(8): 972-981. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12529

Okamura T, Maeda K, Onodera W, Kadowaki H, Kojima-Shibata C, Suzuki E, Uenishi H, Satoh M, Suzuki K. (2016) Correlated responses of respiratory disease and immune capacity traits of Landrace pigs selected for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae of swine (MPS) lesions. Animal Science Journal, 87(9): 1099-1105. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12560

Hong Y, Ardiyanti A, Kikusato M, Shimazu T, Toyomizu M, Suzuki K. (2015) Selection for high and low oxygen consumption altered hepatic mitochondrial energy efficiency in mice. Animal Science Journal, 86(9): 818-825. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12366

Nishio M, Satoh M. (2015) Genomic best linear unbiased prediction method including imprinting effects for genomic evaluation. Genetics Selection Evolution, 47: 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-015-0091-y

Sasaki O, Aihara M, Nishiura A, Takeda H, Satoh M. (2015) Genetic analysis of pseudo-survival rate during lactation of Holstein cattle in Japan using random regression models. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(8): 5781-5795. http://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-9152

Nishio M, Satoh M. (2015) Genomic BLUP method reflecting patterns of linkage disequilibrium. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 132(5): 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12162

Nishiura A, Sasaki O, Aihara M, Takeda H, Satoh M. (2015) Genetic analysis of fat to protein ratio and milk production traits of Holstein cows in Japan in the first three lactations by using a random regression model. Animal Science Journal, 86(12): 961-968. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.12388