Estimation of genetic parameters and genome-wide association study for enzootic bovine leukosis resistance in Canadian Holstein cattle

Authors: Renee Bongers, Christina M. Rochus, Kerry Houlahan, Colin Lynch, Gerson A. Oliveira, Jr., Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira, Nienke van Staaveren, David F. Kelton, Filippo Miglior, Flavio S. Schenkel, Christine F. Baes

Source: Journal of Dairy Science, Vol 108, Iss 1, Pp 611-622 (2025)

Subject Terms: bovine leukemia virus, heritability, disease resistance, genome-wide association study, health, Dairy processing. Dairy products, SF250.5-275, Dairying, SF221-250

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030224011639; https://doaj.org/toc/0022-0302

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Observations on the associations between damaging and aggressive behaviors, related lesions, and their implications for the welfare of pigs in the grower-finisher period

Authors: Lucy Markland, Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz, Laura Ann Boyle, Joana Pessoa, Nienke van Staaveren

Source: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 12 (2025)

Subject Terms: fighting, injury, early warning signals, swine, welfare, tail ear and flank biting, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1523663/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2297-1769

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A note on dairy cow behavior when measuring enteric methane emissions with the GreenFeed emission monitoring system in tiestalls

Authors: Olivia A. Smith, Christina M. Rochus, Christine F. Baes, Nienke van Staaveren

Source: JDS Communications, Vol 5, Iss 5, Pp 395-399 (2024)

Subject Terms: Dairy processing. Dairy products, SF250.5-275

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910223001278; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-9102

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Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm

Authors: Nienke van Staaveren, Joana Pessoa, Laura Ann Boyle, Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz

Source: Porcine Health Management, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)

Subject Terms: Production diseases, Swine, Welfare, Ear necrosis, Tail biting, Animal culture, SF1-1100, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5660

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The Resilient Dairy Genome Project—A general overview of methods and objectives related to feed efficiency and methane emissions

Authors: Nienke van Staaveren, Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira, Kerry Houlahan, Tatiane C.S. Chud, Gerson A. Oliveira Jr., Dagnachew Hailemariam, Gerrit Kistemaker, Filippo Miglior, Graham Plastow, Flavio S. Schenkel, Ronaldo Cerri, Marc Andre Sirard, Paul Stothard, Jennie Pryce, Adrien Butty, Patrick Stratz, Emhimad A.E. Abdalla, Dierck Segelke, Eckhard Stamer, Georg Thaller, Jan Lassen, Coralia Ines V. Manzanilla-Pech, Rasmus B. Stephansen, Noureddine Charfeddine, Aser García-Rodríguez, Oscar González-Recio, Javier López-Paredes, Ransom Baldwin, Javier Burchard, Kristen L. Parker Gaddis, James E. Koltes, Francisco Peñagaricano, José Eduardo P. Santos, Robert J. Tempelman, Michael VandeHaar, Kent Weigel, Heather White, Christine F. Baes

Source: Journal of Dairy Science, Vol 107, Iss 3, Pp 1510-1522 (2024)

Subject Terms: resilience, feed efficiency, dairy cattle breeding, methane, dry matter intake, Dairy processing. Dairy products, SF250.5-275, Dairying, SF221-250

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223006173; https://doaj.org/toc/0022-0302

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A wing-assisted incline running exercise regime during rearing increases initial flight velocity during descent in adult white- and brown-feathered laying hens

Authors: Grace A.T. Hong, Bret W. Tobalske, Nienke van Staaveren, Emily M. Leishman, Tina Widowski, Donald R. Powers, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Poultry Science, Vol 103, Iss 3, Pp 103375- (2024)

Subject Terms: body kinematics, chickens, flight, wing kinematic, aerial locomotion, Animal culture, SF1-1100

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123008957; https://doaj.org/toc/0032-5791

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Genetic parameters of feather corticosterone and fault bars and correlations with production traits in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)

Authors: Emily M. Leishman, Ryley J. Vanderhout, Emhimad A. Abdalla, Nienke van Staaveren, Anna Naim, Shai Barbut, Benjamin J. Wood, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, Christine F. Baes

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Reduction of wing area affects estimated stress in the primary flight muscles of chickens

Authors: Grace A. T. Hong, Bret W. Tobalske, Nienke van Staaveren, Emily M. Leishman, Tina M. Widowski, Donald R. Powers, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 10, Iss 11 (2023)

Subject Terms: laying hen, estimated muscle stress, physiological cross-sectional area, feather loss, keel bone, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703

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Biomechanics of landing in injured and uninjured chickens and the role of meloxicam

Authors: Nienke van Staaveren, Bret W. Tobalske, Jacob Brost, Rahul Sharma, Hugues Beaufrère, Audrey Elias, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Poultry Science, Vol 102, Iss 8, Pp 102794- (2023)

Subject Terms: footpad dermatitis, keel bone fracture, landing velocity, ground-reaction force, NSAID, Animal culture, SF1-1100

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123003139; https://doaj.org/toc/0032-5791

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Does wing use and disuse cause behavioural and musculoskeletal changes in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)?

Authors: Renée C. Garant, Bret W. Tobalske, Neila Ben Sassi, Nienke van Staaveren, Dan Tulpan, Tina Widowski, Donald R. Powers, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2023)

Subject Terms: limb immobilization, flapping flight, muscle adaptations, resource use, keel bone damage, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703

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L. rhamnosus improves the immune response and tryptophan catabolism in laying hen pullets

Authors: Claire Mindus, Nienke van Staaveren, Dietmar Fuchs, Johanna M. Gostner, Joergen B. Kjaer, Wolfgang Kunze, M. Firoz Mian, Anna K. Shoveller, Paul Forsythe, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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The usual suspects: Co-occurrence of integument injuries in turkey flocks

Authors: Emily M. Leishman, Benjamin J. Wood, Christine F. Baes, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, Nienke van Staaveren

Source: Poultry Science, Vol 101, Iss 11, Pp 102137- (2022)

Subject Terms: Comorbidity, Footpad dermatitis, Injurious pecking, Management, Meleagris gallopavo, Animal culture, SF1-1100

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122004266; https://doaj.org/toc/0032-5791

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Ingestion of Lactobacillus rhamnosus modulates chronic stress-induced feather pecking in chickens

Authors: Claire Mindus, Nienke van Staaveren, Aadil Bharwani, Dietmar Fuchs, Johanna M. Gostner, Joergen B. Kjaer, Wolfgang Kunze, M. Firoz Mian, Anna K. Shoveller, Paul Forsythe, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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A meta-analysis on the effect of environmental enrichment on feather pecking and feather damage in laying hens

Authors: Nienke van Staaveren, Jennifer Ellis, Christine F. Baes, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Poultry Science, Vol 100, Iss 2, Pp 397-411 (2021)

Subject Terms: poultry, injurious pecking, plumage, enrichment, housing, Animal culture, SF1-1100

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912030852X; https://doaj.org/toc/0032-5791

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Identifying challenges to manage body weight variation in pig farms implementing all-in-all-out management practices and their possible implications for animal health: a case study

Authors: Maria Rodrigues da Costa, Edgar García Manzanilla, Alessia Diana, Nienke van Staaveren, Alberto Torres-Pitarch, Laura Ann Boyle, Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz

Source: Porcine Health Management, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)

Subject Terms: Animal movements, Delayed pigs, Early weaning, Pig sorting, Production flow, Swine, Animal culture, SF1-1100, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5660

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Research Note: Quantifying corticosterone in turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) feathers using ELISA

Authors: Emily M. Leishman, Nikole E. Freeman, Amy E.M. Newman, Nienke van Staaveren, Benjamin J. Wood, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek, Christine F. Baes

Source: Poultry Science, Vol 99, Iss 11, Pp 5261-5264 (2020)

Subject Terms: glucocorticoid, turkey, feather corticosterone, welfare, genetics, Animal culture, SF1-1100

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120305022; https://doaj.org/toc/0032-5791

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Wing-feather loss in white-feathered laying hens decreases pectoralis thickness but does not increase risk of keel bone fracture

Authors: Renée Garant, Bret W. Tobalske, Neila Ben Sassi, Nienke van Staaveren, Tina Widowski, Donald R. Powers, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 9, Iss 6 (2022)

Subject Terms: feather loss, flapping flight, muscle adaptations, bird, keel bone damage, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703

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Regulatory T Cell Modulation by Lactobacillus rhamnosus Improves Feather Damage in Chickens

Authors: Claire Mindus, Nienke van Staaveren, Dietmar Fuchs, Johanna M. Gostner, Joergen B. Kjaer, Wolfgang Kunze, M. Firoz Mian, Anna K. Shoveller, Paul Forsythe, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 9 (2022)

Subject Terms: psychoneuroimmunology, microbiota, social interaction, kynurenine, aromatic amino acids, laying hen, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.855261/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2297-1769

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Effects of clipping of flight feathers on resource use in Gallus gallus domesticus

Authors: Renée Garant, Bret W. Tobalske, Neila BenSassi, Nienke van Staaveren, Dan Tulpan, Tina Widowski, Donald R. Powers, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Source: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2022)

Subject Terms: feather loss, flapping flight, locomotion, wing damage, wing wear, bird, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703

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Influence of Post Mortem Muscle Activity on Turkey Meat Quality

Authors: Emily M. Leishman, Ryley J. Vanderhout, Nienke van Staaveren, Shai Barbut, Jeff Mohr, Benjamin J. Wood, Christine F. Baes

Source: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 9 (2022)

Subject Terms: breast meat, genetics, Meleagris gallopavo, poultry, season, slaughter, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.822447/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2297-1769

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