Publications and communications of Nicolas Gengler

Rodrigues, A.* , Massenet, T.* , Dubois, L., Huet, A.-C., Markey, A., Wavreille, J., Gengler, N., Stefanuto, P.-H., & Focant, J.-F. (2024). Development and validation of a classification model for boar taint detection in pork fat samples. Food Chemistry, 138572. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138572
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Atashi, H., Pauline, L., Tran, M.-N., & Gengler, N. (2023). Estimation of genetic parameters and single-step genome-wide association studies for eating time and rumination time in Holstein dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2023-23790

Atashi, H., Chen, Y., Vanderick, S., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2023). Single-step genome-wide association analyses for milk urea concentration in Walloon Holstein. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2023-23902

Chen, Y., Hu, H., Atashi, H., Grelet, C., Wijnrocx, K., Lemal, P., & Gengler, N. (2023). Genetic analysis of milk citrate predicted by milk mid-infrared spectra of Holstein cows in early lactation. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2023-23903

Su, J., Chen, Y., Nan, L., Wang, H., Luo, X., Fan, Y., Zhang, Y., Du, C., Gengler, N., & Zhang, S. (2023). Discriminating milk storage time with mid-infrared spectra combined with machine learning. International Dairy Journal, 105848. doi:10.1016/j.idairyj.2023.105848

Grelet, C., Larsen, T., Crowe, M. A., Wathes, D. C., Ferris, C. P., Ingvartsen, K. L., Marchitelli, C., Becker, F., Vanlierde, A., Leblois, J., Schuler, U., Auer, F. J., Köck, A., Dale, L., Sölkner, J., Christophe, O., Hummel, J., Mensching, A., Pierna, J. A. F., ... Dehareng, F. (2023). Prediction of key milk biomarkers in dairy cows through milk MIR spectra and international collaborations. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2023-23843

Atashi, H., Gengler, N., & Chelotti, J. (September 2023). Prediction of body condition score for the entire lactation in Walloon Holstein cows [Paper presentation]. The 74th EAAP Annual Meeting, Lyon, France.

Atashi, H., Gengler, N., Chen, Y., Bastin, C., Vanderick, S., & Hubin, X. (September 2023). Single-step genome-wide association for milk urea concentration in Walloon Holstein cows [Paper presentation]. The 74th EAAP Annual Meeting, Lyon, France.

Lemal, P., Dale, L. M., Jattiot, M., Leblois, J., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (31 August 2023). Use of MIR spectra-based indicator for genetic evaluation of heat stress in dairy cattle [Paper presentation]. EAAP 2023, Lyon, France.

Lemal, P., Marie-Nguyet, T., Atashi, H., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (30 August 2023). Use of sensor data for detection and genetic evaluation of heat stress in dairy cattle [Paper presentation]. EAAP 2023, Lyon, France.

Chen, Y., Delhez, P., Atashi, H., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (27 August 2023). Genetic analyses of principal components of milk mid-infrared spectra from Holstein cows [Paper presentation]. EAAP, Lyon, France.

Hu, H., Chen, Y., Grelet,C, & Gengler, N. (27 August 2023). Genetic parameters analysis of milk citrate for Holstein cows in early lactation [Paper presentation]. EAAP, Lyon, France.

Chen, Y., Atashi, H., Mota, R. R., Grelet, C., Vanderick, S., Hu, H., GplusE Consortium, & Gengler, N. (2023). Validating genomic prediction for nitrogen efficiency index and its composition traits of Holstein cows in early lactation. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. doi:10.1111/jbg.12819

Atashi, H., Chen, Y., Wilmot, H., Bastin, C., Vanderick, S., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2023). Single-step genome-wide association analyses for selected infrared-predicted cheese-making traits in Walloon Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-23206

Atashi, H., Chelotti, J., & Gengler, N. (2023). The 74th EAAP Annual Meeting. Book of Abstracts of the 74th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science.

Atashi, H., Gengler, N., Chen, Y., Bastin, C., Vanderick, S., & Hubin, X. (2023). Book of Abstracts of the 74th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. In Genetic parameters & GWAS. Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-936-7

Atashi, H., Chen, Y., Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Hubin, X., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2023). Single-step genome-wide association for selected milk fatty acids in Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue cows. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-22432

Lemal, P., Tran, M.-N., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (28 June 2023). Use of sensors for the detection and genetic evaluation of heat stress in dairy cattle [Poster presentation]. ADSA 2023, Ottawa, Canada.

Lemal, P., Tran, M.-N., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (28 June 2023). Development of an animal-based global welfare score usable in dairy cattle breeding [Poster presentation]. ADSA 2023, Ottawa, Canada.

Debauche, O., Nkamla Penka, J. B., Hani, M., Guttadauria, A., Ait Abdelouahid, R., Gasmi, K., Ben Hardouz, O., Lebeau, F., Bindelle, J., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., Manneback, P., Benjelloun, M., & Bertozzi, C. (June 2023). Towards a Unified Architecture Powering Scalable Learning Models with IoT Data Streams, Blockchain, and Open Data. Information, 14 (6), 345. doi:10.3390/info14060345

Lemal, P., Tran, M.-N., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (25 May 2023). Development of a global heat stress assessment for genetic evaluation in dairy cattle [Paper presentation]. ICAR 2023, Tolède, Spain.

Wilmot, H., Niehoff, T., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., & Calus, M. P. L. (2023). The use of a genomic relationship matrix for breed assignment of cattle breeds: comparison and combination with a machine learning method. Journal of Animal Science. doi:10.1093/jas/skad172

Lemal, P., May, K., König, S., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (08 May 2023). Invited review: From heat stress to disease-Immune response and candidate genes involved in cattle thermotolerance. Journal of Dairy Science, 106 (7), 4471-4488. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-22727

Wilmot, H., Druet, T., Hulsegge, I., Gengler, N., & Calus, M. P. L. (30 March 2023). Estimation of inbreeding, between-breed genomic relatedness and definition of sub-populations in red-pied cattle breeds. Animal, 17 (5), 100793. doi:10.1016/j.animal.2023.100793

Rodrigues, A., Massenet, T., Dubois, L., Markey, A., Gengler, N., Wavreille, J., Huet, A.-C., Stefanuto, P.-H., & Focant, J.-F. (March 2023). Identification of a volatile organic compound profile for boar taint detection in fat samples by head-space-GC×GC-TOFMS [Poster presentation]. 15ème Congrès Francophone sur les Sciences Séparatives et les Couplages de l’AFSEP, Paris, France.

Chen, Y., Atashi, H., Grelet, C., Mota, R., Vanderick, S., Hu, H., GPlusE, & Gengler, N. (2023). Genome-wide association study and functional annotation analyses for nitrogen efficiency index and its composition traits in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-22351

Soyeurt, H., Wu, X.-L., Grelet, C., van Pelt, M. L., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., & Burchard, J. (2023). Imputation of missing milk Fourier transform mid-infrared spectra using existing milk spectral databases: A strategy to improve the reliability of breeding values and predictive models. Journal of Dairy Science, 106 (12), 9095 – 9104. doi:10.3168/jds.2023-23458

Wilmot, H., Calus, M., & Gengler, N. (2023). Evolution of the genomic relationship between a local breed and its mainstream sister breed [Paper presentation]. EAAP + WAAP + Interbull Congress 2023, Lyon, France.

Wilmot, H., Druet, T., Hulsegge, I., Gengler, N., & Calus, M. (2023). Within-breed stratification for across-breed reference population [Poster presentation]. EAAP + WAAP + Interbull Congress 2023, Lyon, France.

Wilmot, H., & Gengler, N. (2023). Rapport d’activités des travaux entrepris en 2022 permettant de caractériser l'appartenance des animaux à la race Pie-Rouge de l’Ösling (PRO).

Wilmot, H., Niehoff, T., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., & Calus, M. (2023). Is it possible to skip the SNP selection step for breed assignment? [Poster presentation]. EAAP + WAAP + Interbull Congress 2023.

Bhatt, K., Dejong, T., Dubois, L., Markey, A., Gengler, N., Wavreille, J., Stefanuto, P.-H., & Focant, J.-F. (15 November 2022). Lipid Serum Profiling of Boar-Tainted and Untainted Pigs Using GC×GC–TOFMS: An Exploratory Study. Metabolites, 12 (11), 1111. doi:10.3390/metabo12111111

Lemal, P., Schroyen, M., Gengler, N., & HappyMoo Consortium. (05 October 2022). Comparing an optimized milk MIR spectra based indicator to the use of milk yield, fat and protein content and somatic cells as indicators for heat tolerance in dairy cows [Paper presentation]. Genetisch-Statistische Methoden, Rotenburg, Germany.

Soyeurt, H., Gerards, C., Nickmilder, C., Bindelle, J., Franceschini, S., Dehareng, F., Veselko, D., Bertozzi, C., Gengler, N., Marvuglia, A., Bayram, A., & Tedde, A. (04 October 2022). Prediction of Indirect Indicators of a Grass-Based Diet by Milk Fourier Transform Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess the Feeding Typologies of Dairy Farms. Animals, 12 (19), 2663. doi:10.3390/ani12192663

Soyeurt, H., Nickmilder, C., Franceschini, S., Dehareng, F., Veselko, D., Bertozzi, C., Bindelle, J., Gengler, N., Marvuglia, A., Bayram, A., & Tedde, A. (06 September 2022). Indirect prediction of grass-based diet from milk MIR traits to assess the feeding typology of farms [Paper presentation]. 73rd EAAP annual meeting, Porto, Portugal.

Tedde, A., Wolf, V., Calmels, M., Leblois, J., Grelet, C., N. Ho, P., Pryce, J. E., Plastow, G., Hailemariam, D., Wang, Z., Gengler, N., Froidmont, E., Dufrasne, I., Bertozzi, C., Dehareng, F., Crowe, M. A., Bayram, A., & Soyeurt, H. (06 September 2022). Bodyweight loss estimation of Holstein dairy cows using milk-analysis prediction of bodyweight [Paper presentation]. 73rd EAAP annual meeting.

Paiva, J. T., Mota, R. R., Lopes, P. S., Hammami, H., Vanderick, S., Oliveira, H. R., Veroneze, R., Silva, F. F. E., & Gengler, N. (05 September 2022). Genomic prediction and genetic correlations estimated for milk production and fatty acid traits in Walloon Holstein cattle using random regression models. Journal of Dairy Research, 89 (3), 1 - 9. doi:10.1017/S0022029922000474

Atashi, H., Bastin, C., Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2022). Genome-wide association study for selected cheese-making properties in Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue cows. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-21780

Franceschini, S., Grelet, C., Leblois, J., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (September 2022). Development of a monitoring tool for metabolic imbalance issues based on Milk Recording data [Poster presentation]. 73rd EAAP annual meeting, Porto, Portugal.

Wilmot, H., Glorieux, G., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (September 2022). A genomic breed assignment test for traceability of meat of Dual-Purpose Blue. Livestock Science, 263, 104996. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2022.104996

Chen, Y., Atashi, H., Grelet, C., Vanderick, S., Hu, H., & Gengler, N. (2022). Defining a nitrogen efficiency index in Holstein cows and assessing its potential effect on the breeding program of bulls. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2021-21681

Franceschini, S., Grelet, C., Leblois, J., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., & GplusE consortium. (August 2022). Can unsupervised learning methods applied to milk recording big data provide new insights into dairy cow health? Journal of Dairy Science, 105 (8), 6760 - 6772. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-21975

Atashi, H., Chen, Y., Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2022). Genome-wide association for milk urea concentration in Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue cows. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. doi:10.1111/jbg.12732

Chen, Y., Grelet, C., Vanderick, S., Hu, H., & Gengler, N. (2022). Relationship between proxies of energy states and nitrogen use efficiency for Holstein cows in early lactation. In Relationship between proxies of energy states and nitrogen use efficiency for Holstein cows in early lactation. Wackerningen Academic.

Lemal, P., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (July 2022). Innovative phenotyping strategies exploiting immune response to heat stress conditions [Paper presentation]. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Markey, A., Burgeon, C., & Gengler, N. (July 2022). Phenotyping strategies for an efficient and holistic approach to reduce boar taint through genomic selection [Paper presentation]. The 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Paiva, J. T., Mota, R. R., Lopes, P. S., Hammami, H., Vanderick, S., Oliveira, H. R., Veroneze, R., Fonseca E Silva, F., & Gengler, N. (July 2022). Random regression test-day models to describe milk production and fatty acid traits in first lactation Walloon Holstein cows. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 139 (4), 398 - 413. doi:10.1111/jbg.12673

Franceschini, S., Grelet, C., Leblois, J., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (27 April 2022). A new approach for data processing of Milk Recording data using unsupervised learning [Paper presentation]. Dair'Innov 2022, Namur, Belgium.

Tedde, A., Soyeurt, H., Nickmilder, C., Bindelle, J., Franceschini, S., Dehareng, F., Veselko, D., Bertozzi, C., Gengler, N., Marvuglia, A., & Bayram, A. (27 April 2022). Grazing detection of dairy cows through milk mid-infrared spectrometry analysis using unsupervised clustering of months as proxies [Paper presentation]. Dair'innov, Namur, Belgium.

Grelet, C., Vanden Dries, V., Leblois, J., Wavreille, J., Mirabito, L., Soyeurt, H., Franceschini, S., Gengler, N., Brostaux, Y., HappyMoo Consortium, & Dehareng, F. (13 April 2022). Identification of chronic stress biomarkers in dairy cows. Animal, 16 (5), 100502. doi:10.1016/j.animal.2022.100502

Lemal, P., Schroyen, M., & Gengler, N. (April 2022). Advanced use of technologies based on innovative strategies exploiting immune response to predict heat stress from milk [Paper presentation]. Dair'innov, Namur, Belgium.

Negussie, E., González-Recio, O., Battagin, M., Bayat, A.-R., Boland, T., de Haas, Y., Garcia-Rodriguez, A., Garnsworthy, P. C., Gengler, N., Kreuzer, M., Kuhla, B., Lassen, J., Peiren, N., Pszczola, M., Schwarm, A., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Yan, T., & Biscarini, F. (2022). Integrating heterogeneous across-country data for proxy-based random forest prediction of enteric methane in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science. doi:10.3168/jds.2021-20158

Atashi, H., Wilmot, H., & Gengler, N. (2022). The pattern of linkage disequilibrium in Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue cattle. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. doi:10.1111/jbg.12662

Atashi, H., Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2022). Genome-wide association study for milk production traits in Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue cows. Livestock Science. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2022.104831

Atashi, H., Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Hubin, X., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2022). Genome-wide association study for mid-infrared methane predictions in Walloon dairy cows. In WCGALP 2022 PROGRAMME BOOK. Wageningen, Netherlands: WCGALP.

Bohlouli, M., Halli, K., Yin, T., Gengler, N., & König, S. (2022). Genome-wide associations for heat stress response suggest potential candidate genes underlying milk fatty acid composition in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 105 (4), 3323-3340. doi:10.3168/jds.2021-21152

Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., & Atashi, H. (2022). Genetic parameters of milk mid-infrared spectra-based methane predictions and their relationships with production traits in Walloon dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 105, 409. doi:10.1016/s0022-0302(22)00577-x

Gengler, N., & Wilmot, H. (2022). Rotbunte Rassen: Genetische und geschichtliche Betrachtung. In Kongress zur Zucht und Erhaltung alter und bedrohter einheimischer Nutztierrassen. BMEL.

Gengler, N., Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., & Atashi, H. (2022). Understanding and utilizing genetic diversity in Dual-Purpose Blue: genome‐wide association for type traits. In WCGALP 2022 PROGRAMME BOOK. Wageningen, Netherlands: WCGALP.

Vanderick, S., Wijnrocx, K., & Gengler, N. (2022). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génomiques des bovins laitiers et mixtes en Wallonie.

Vanderick, S., Wijnrocx, K., & Gengler, N. (2022). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie.

Wiggans, G. R., & Gengler, N. (2022). Genetic selection: Evaluation and methods. In J. W. Fuquay, P. F. Fox, ... P. L. H. McSweeney (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences (Third edition, pp. 652-658). San Diego, Ca, United States: Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.00801-5

Wilmot, H., Bormann, J., Soyeurt, H., Hubin, X., Glorieux, G., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (January 2022). Development of a genomic tool for breed assignment by comparison of different classification models: Application to three local cattle breeds. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 139 (1), 40-61. doi:10.1111/jbg.12643

Wilmot, H., & Gengler, N. (2022). Rapport d’activités des travaux entrepris en 2021 permettant de caractériser l'appartenance des animaux à la race Pie-Rouge de l’Ösling (PRO). ULiège-GxABT.

Wilmot, H., Glorieux, G., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2022). Is it possible to differentiate meat products of a local breed from those of its sister breed based on genotypes? In WCGALP 2022 PROGRAMME BOOK. Wageningen, Netherlands: WCGALP. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_203

Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Atashi, H., & Gengler, N. (2022). Projet/Project 2.3.284 BlueSter : Rapport d'activités/Activiteitenrapport Module de travail 4 Activité 3 Période 7. (7). Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen.

Atashi, H., Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (05 October 2021). Genetic parameters of butter softness and spreadability as new traits in Dual Purpose Belgian Blue. Interbull Bulletin, 56, 167-171.

Christophe, O. S., Grelet, C., Bertozzi, C., Veselko, D., Lecomte, C., Höeckels, P., Werner, A., Auer, F.-J., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., & Soyeurt, H. (21 September 2021). Multiple Breeds and Countries' Predictions of Mineral Contents in Milk from Milk Mid-Infrared Spectrometry. Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 10 (9), 2235. doi:10.3390/foods10092235

Chen, Y., Gengler, N., Atashi, H. (Other coll.), Vanderick, S. (Other coll.), Mota, R. R. (Other coll.), Soyeurt, H. (Other coll.), & Hammami, H. (Other coll.). (15 September 2021). Genetic analysis of milk urea concentration and its genetic relationship with selected traits of interest in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 104. doi:10.3168/jds.2021-20659

Atashi, H., Bastin, C., Chen, Y., Vanderick, S., Wilmot, H., & Gengler, N. (02 September 2021). Genetic parameters for milk urea concentration in Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue cattle [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland.

Chen, Y., C., G., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (01 September 2021). Relationship between proxies of nitrogen use efficiency for dairy cows in early lactation [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland.

Franceschini, S., Grelet, C., Bertozzi, C., HappyMoo Consortium, GplusE Consortium, Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (September 2021). Developing new quantitative traits related to animal health status using a holistic Big Data Approach [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science in Davos, Davos, Switzerland.

Wilmot, H., & Gengler, N. (30 August 2021). Do standardised genotypes in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium enhance local breeds assignment accuracy? [Paper presentation]. 72nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Davos, Switzerland.

Bohlouli, M., Yin, T., Hammami, H., Gengler, N., & König, S. (June 2021). Climate sensitivity of milk production traits and milk fatty acids in genotyped Holstein dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 104 (6), 6847-6860. doi:10.3168/jds.2020-19411

Tedde, A., Grelet, C., Ho, P. N., Pryce, J. E., Hailemariam, D., Wang, Z., Plastow, G., Gengler, N., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., Crowe, M. A., Soyeurt, H., & On Behalf Of The GplusE Consortium. (04 May 2021). Multiple Country Approach to Improve the Test-Day Prediction of Dairy Cows' Dry Matter Intake. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 11 (5), 1316. doi:10.3390/ani11051316

Zhang, L., Tedde, A., Ho, P., Grelet, C., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., Brostaux, Y., Hailemariam, D., Pryce, J., & Soyeurt, H. (May 2021). Mining data from milk mid-infrared spectroscopy and animal characteristics to improve the prediction of dairy cow's liveweight using feature selection algorithms based on partial least squares and Elastic Net regressions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 184, 106106. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2021.106106

Tedde, A., Grelet, C., Ho, P. N., Pryce, J. E., Hailemariam, D., Wang, Z., Plastow, G., Gengler, N., Brostaux, Y., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., Crowe, M. A., Dufrasne, I., Soyeurt, H., & GplusE Consortium Group. (30 April 2021). Validation of Dairy Cow Bodyweight Prediction Using Traits Easily Recorded by Dairy Herd Improvement Organizations and Its Potential Improvement Using Feature Selection Algorithms. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 11 (5), 1288. doi:10.3390/ani11051288

Chen, Y., Gengler, N., Vanderick, S. (Other coll.), Mota, R. R. (Other coll.), Grelet, C. (Other coll.), & GplusE Consortium (Other coll.). (March 2021). Estimation of genetic parameters for predicted nitrogen use efficiency and losses in early lactation of Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 104 (4), 4413-4423. doi:10.3168/jds.2020-18849

Grelet, C., Dardenne, P., Soyeurt, H., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Vanlierde, A., Stevens, F., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (February 2021). Large-scale phenotyping in dairy sector using milk MIR spectra: Key factors affecting the quality of predictions. Methods, 186, 97-111. doi:10.1016/j.ymeth.2020.07.012

Atashi, H., Hostens, M., Crowe, M., McLoughlin, N., Fahey, A., Carter, F., Matthews, E., Santoro, A., Byrne, C., Rudd, P., O'Flaherty, R., Hallinan, S., Wathes, C., Salavati, M., Cheng, Z., Fouladi, A., Pollott, G., Werling, D., Bernardo, B. S., ... Gengler, N. (Other coll.). (2021). Genetic parameters for milk urea and its relationship with milk yield and compositions in Holstein dairy cows. PLoS ONE, 16 (6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253191

Lefebure, E., Troch, T., Noutfia, Y., Colinet, F., Gerard, A., Dehareng, F., Baeten, V., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (2021). Is it possible to predict milk processing into butter using infrared spectroscopy? Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 25 (1), 21-31. doi:10.25518/1780-4507.18859

Mensching, A., Zschiesche, M., Hummel, J., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Dänicke, S., & Sharifi, A. R. (2021). Development of a subacute ruminal acidosis risk score and its prediction using milk mid-infrared spectra in early-lactation cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 104 (4), 4615-4634. doi:10.3168/jds.2020-19516

Nyirakanani, C.* , Bizimana, J.-P.* , Kwibuka Bisimwa, Y., Nduwumuremyi, A., Vincent Paul Bigirimana, V., Bucagu, C., Lassois, L., Malice, E., Gengler, N., Massart, S., Bragard, C., Habtu, M., Brostaux, Y., Thonar, C., & Vanderschuren, H. (2021). Farmer and field survey in cassava growing districts of Rwanda reveals key factors associated with cassava brown streak disease incidence and cassava productivity. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.699655
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Souza Duarte, D. A., Schroyen, M., Reis Mota, R., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2021). Recent genetic advances on boar taint reduction as an alternative to castration: a review. Journal of Applied Genetics, 62, 137-150. doi:10.1007/s13353-020-00598-w

Vanderick, S., Wijnrocx, K., & Gengler, N. (2021). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie.

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., Froidmont, E., McParland, S., Kreuzer, M., Bell, M., Lund, P., Martin, C., Kuhla, B., & Soyeurt, H. (2021). Improving robustness and accuracy of predicted daily methane emissions of dairy cows using milk mid-infrared spectra. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. doi:10.1002/jsfa.10969

Wilmot, H., & Gengler, N. (2021). Rapport final des travaux entrepris en 2020 permettant de caractériser l'appartenance des animaux à la race PRO et le développement d’un nouvel outil pour l’identification des animaux PRO. ULiège-GxABT.

Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Atashi, H., & Gengler, N. (2021). Projet/Project 2.3.284 BlueSter : Rapport d'activités/Activiteitenrapport Module de travail 4 Activité 3 Période 6. (6). Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen.

Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2021). Projet/Project 2.3.284 BlueSter : Rapport d'activités/Activiteitenrapport Module de travail 4 Activité 3 Période 5. (5). Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen.

Zhang, L., Li, C., Dehareng, F., Grelet, C., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., Brostaux, Y., & Soyeurt, H. (2021). Appropriate Data Quality Checks Improve the Reliability of Values Predicted from Milk Mid-Infrared Spectra. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 11 (2). doi:10.3390/ani11020533

Bastin, C., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., Sindic, M., Piraux, E., Soyeurt, H., Wilmot, H., Bertozzi, C., Leblois, J., & Colinet, F. (December 2020). Advanced monitoring of milk quality to address the demand of added-value dairy products [Paper presentation]. 71st Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science.

Soyeurt, H., Grelet, C., McParland, S., Calmels, M., Coffey, M., Tedde, A., Delhez, P., Dehareng, F., & Gengler, N. (December 2020). A comparison of 4 different machine learning algorithms to predict lactoferrin content in bovine milk from mid-infrared spectra. Journal of Dairy Science, 103, 11585-11596. doi:10.3168/jds.2020-18870

Franceschini, S., Leblois, J., Lepot, F., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (June 2020). Assessing animal welfare: Deriving individual welfare phenotypes from existing milk recording data [Poster presentation]. ADSA Virtual Annual Meeting 2020, West Palm Beach - FL, United States.

Wilmot, H., Bormann, J., & Gengler, N. (June 2020). Beyond studying genetic diversity: how can pedigree and genomic data help us assigning individuals to breeds? [Poster presentation]. ADSA Virtual Annual Meeting 2020, West Palm Beach, United States.

Grelet, C., Froidmont, É., Foldager, L., Salavati, M., Hostens, M., Ferris, C. P. W., Ingvartsen, K. L., Crowe, M. A., Sorensen, M. T., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Vanlierde, A., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., & GplusE Consortium (Other coll.). (May 2020). Potential of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows in early lactation. Journal of Dairy Science, 103 (5), 4435-4445. doi:10.3168/jds.2019-17910

Mineur, A., Hammami, H., Grelet, C., Egger-Danner, C., Sölkner, J., & Gengler, N. (May 2020). Investigation of the temporal relationships between milk mid-infrared predicted biomarkers and lameness events in later lactation. Journal of Dairy Science, 103 (5), 4475-4482. doi:10.3168/JDS.2019-16826

Zhang, L., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., Colinet, F., Froidmont, E., & Soyeurt, H. (May 2020). Can we observe expected behaviors at large and individual scales for feed efficiency-related traits predicted partly from milk mid-infrared spectra? Animals, 10, 873. doi:10.3390/ani10050873

Delhez, P., Ho, P., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., & Pryce, J. (April 2020). Diagnosing the pregnancy status of dairy cows: How useful is milk mid-infrared spectroscopy? Journal of Dairy Science, 103 (4), 3264-3274. doi:10.3168/jds.2019-17473

Wilmot, H., REIS MOTA, R., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (08 March 2020). Pedigree relatedness and pseudo-phenotypes as a first approach to assess and maintain genetic diversity of the Walloon Piétrain pig population. Livestock Science, 233, 103950. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2020.103950

Delhez, P., Reding, E., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (31 January 2020). Assessment of Walloon dairy farms eco-efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis and easily-accessible environmental and economic indicators: a preliminary study [Poster presentation]. National Symposium for Biological Sciences, Gembloux, Belgium.

Atashi, H., Salavati, M., De Koster, J., Crowe, M. A., Opsomer, G., Hostens, M., McLoughlin, N., Fahey, A., Matthews, E., Santoro, A., Byrne, C., Rudd, P., O'Flaherty, R., Hallinan, S., Wathes, C., Cheng, Z., Fouladi, A., Pollott, G., Werling, D., ... Gengler, N. (Other coll.). (2020). A genome-wide association study for calving interval in holstein dairy cows using weighted single-step genomic BLUP approach. Animals, 10 (3). doi:10.3390/ani10030500

Atashi, H., Salavati, M., De Koster, J., Ehrlich, J., Crowe, M., Opsomer, G., Hostens, M., McLoughlin, N., Fahey, A., Matthews, E., Santoro, A., Byrne, C., Rudd, P., O'Flaherty, R., Hallinan, S., Wathes, C., Cheng, Z., Fouladi, A., Pollott, G., ... Gengler, N. (Other coll.). (2020). Genome-wide association for milk production and lactation curve parameters in Holstein dairy cows. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 137 (3), 292-304. doi:10.1111/jbg.12442

Delhez, P., Colinet, F., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2020). Predicting milk mid-infrared spectra from first parity Holstein cows using a test-day mixed model with the perspective of herd management. Journal of Dairy Science, 103 (7), 6258-6270. doi:10.3168/jds.2019-17717

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., & Wilmot, H. (2020). Projet/Project 2.3.284 BlueSter : Rapport d'activités/Activiteitenrapport Module de travail 4 Activité 3 Période 4. (4). Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen.

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., & Wilmot, H. (2020). Projet/Project 2.3.284 BlueSter : Rapport d'activités/Activiteitenrapport Module de travail 4 Activité 3 Période 3. (3). Interreg France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen.

Krogh, M. A., Hostens, M., Salavati, M., Grelet, C., Sorensen, M. T., Wathes, D. C., Ferris, C. P., Marchitelli, C., Signorelli, F., Napolitano, F., Becker, F., Larsen, T., Matthews, E., Carter, F., Vanlierde, A., Opsomer, G., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., Crowe, M. A., ... Foldager, L. (2020). Between- and within-herd variation in blood and milk biomarkers in Holstein cows in early lactation. Animal, 14 (5), 1-9. doi:10.1017/S1751731119002659

Rienesl, L., Pfeiffer, P., Khayatzadeh, N., Köck, A., Dale, L., Werner, A., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Auer, F.-J., Egger-Danner, C., Leblois, J., & Sölkner, J. (2020). Prediction of pregnancy state from milk mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy in dairy cows. Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica, 23, 224-232. doi:10.15414/afz.2020.23.mi-fpap.224-232

Vanderick, S., Wijnrocx, K., Wilmot, H., Colinet, F., Reis Mota, R., & Gengler, N. (2020). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie.

Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2019). The use of mid-infrared spectral data to predict traits for genetic selection in dairy cattle. In J. van der Werf & J. Pryce (Eds.), Advances in breeding of dairy cattle. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.

Wilmot, H., & Gengler, N. (28 November 2019). The CaLiCCo project [Paper presentation]. ReDiverse Annual meeting, Warder, Germany.

Rienesl, L., Khayatzadeh, N., Köck, A., Dale, L.-M., Werner, A., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Auer, F.-J., Egger-Danner, C., Massart, X., & Sölkner, J. (25 September 2019). Mastitis detection from milk mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy in dairy cows. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 67 (5), 1221–1226. doi:10.11118/actaun201967051221

Soyeurt, H., Froidmont, É., Dufrasne, I., Hailemariam, D., Wang, Z., Bertozzi, C., Colinet, F., Dehareng, F., & Gengler, N. (September 2019). Contribution of milk mid-infrared spectrum to improve the accuracy of test-day body weight predicted from stage, lactation number, month of test and milk yield. Livestock Science, 227 (2019), 82-89. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2019.07.007

Wilmot, H., Vanderick, S., Reis Mota, R., Mayeres, P., & Gengler, N. (26 August 2019). Does the Walloon Piétrain pig breed require preservation measures? [Poster presentation]. 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Ghent, Belgium.

Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Froidmont, E., & Vanlierde, A. (25 August 2019). Consortium building allowing the creation of common models for MIR based prediction of CH4 [Paper presentation]. ASGGN Meeting @EAAP2019, Ghent, Belgium.

Gengler, N. (14 August 2019). Exploiting opportunities in dairy cattle breeding using mid-infrared spectral data associated to novel traits in the Walloon Region of Belgium - EMBRAPA [Paper presentation]. Second WBI Mission to Brazil, Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil.

Gengler, N. (07 August 2019). Exploiting opportunities in dairy cattle breeding using mid-infrared spectral data associated to novel traits in the Walloon Region of Belgium [Paper presentation]. Second WBI Mission to Brazil, Viçosa - MG, Brazil.

Gengler, N., Grelet, C., Soyeurt, H., & Dehareng, F. (2019). GplusE: Mid-infrared milk analysis based technologies adding value to gene banks. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Ghent 2019, pp. 443). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Grelet, C., Dardenne, P., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (2019). New phenotypes from milk MIR spectra: challenges to obtain reliable predictions. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Ghent 2019, pp. 605). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Hammami, H., REIS MOTA, R., Vanderick, S., Naderi, S., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2019). Using milk MIR spectra to identify candidate genes associated with climate-smart traits in cattle. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Ghent 2019, pp. 607). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Mineur, A., Verduijn, E. C., Knijn, H. M., De Jong, G., Soyeurt, H., Grelet, C., & Gengler, N. (2019). Potential use of MIR spectra in the prediction of hoof disorders in Holstein Friesians. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Ghent 2019, pp. 606). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

REIS MOTA, R., Hammami, H., Vanderick, S., Naderi, S., & Gengler, N. (2019). Chromosome regions affecting MIR spectra indirect predictors of cheese-making properties in cattle. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Ghent 2019, pp. 607). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Froidmont, E., Dufrasne, I., Wang, Z., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., & Grelet, C. (2019). Validation of the prediction of body weight from dairy cow characteristics and milk MIR spectra. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Ghent 2019, pp. 606). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., Froidmont, E., McParland, S., Kreuzer, M., Bell, M., Lund, P., Martin, C., Kuhla, B., & Soyeurt, H. (2019). Zootechnical parameters added to the milk MIR spectra as predictive value to estimate CH4 emissions. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Ghent 2019, pp. 605). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Zhang, L., Li, C., Dehareng, F., Grelet, C., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2019). Using of spectral global H distance improves the accuracy of milk MIR based predictions. In Book of Abstracts of the 70th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Ghent 2019, pp. 608). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Bertozzi, C., Colinet, F., Froidmont, E., Gillon, A., Grelet, C., Hammami, H., Leblois, J., Mayeres, P., Piraux, E., REIS MOTA, R., Vanderick, S., Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Veselko, D., & Dehareng, F. (23 June 2019). Exploiting opportunities in dairy cattle breeding using midinfrared spectral data associated to novel traits in the Walloon Region of Belgium. Interbull Bulletin, 55, 5-10.

REIS MOTA, R., Nader, S., Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Gillon, A., Mayeres, P., & Gengler, N. (23 June 2019). Strategy to stabilize genomic breeding values under an evolving sire and cow reference population in the single-step evaluation system of Walloon region of Belgium. Interbull Bulletin, 55, 64-69.

Gengler, N. (June 2019). Symposium review: Challenges and opportunities for evaluating and using the genetic potential of dairy cattle in the new era of sensor data from automation. Journal of Dairy Science, 102 (6), 5756–5763. doi:10.3168/jds.2018-15711

REIS MOTA, R., Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Hammami, H., Wiggans, G. R., & Gengler, N. (May 2019). Additional considerations to the use of single-step genomic predictions in a dominance setting. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 136 (6), 430-440. doi:10.1111/jbg.12406

Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (2019). Interest, limitations and perspectives of using milk mid-infrared spectra for management and breeding of dairy cattle. Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Dairy Cow Nutrition and Milk Quality.

Grayaa, M., Vanderick, S., Rekik, B., Ben Gara, A., Hanzen, C., Grayaa, S., REIS MOTA, R., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (04 April 2019). Linking first lactation survival to milk yield and components and lactation persistency in Tunisian Holstein cows. Archiv für Tierzucht, 65 (1), 153–160. doi:10.5194/aab-62-153-2019

De Koster, J., Salavati, M., Grelet, C., Crowe, M. A., Matthews, E., O'Flaherty, R., Opsomer, G., Foldager, L., Hostens, M., McLoughlin, N., Fahey, A., Santoro, A., Byrne, C., Rudd, P., Hallinan, S., Wathes, C., Cheng, Z., Fouladi, A., Pollott, G., ... GplusE. (April 2019). Corrigendum to “Prediction of metabolic clusters in early-lactation dairy cows using models based on milk biomarkers”. Journal of Dairy Science, 102 (4), 3778. doi:10.3168/jds.2019-102-4-3778

Delhez, P., Wyzen, B., Dalcq, A.-C., Colinet, F., Reding, E., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (22 January 2019). Relationships between MIR-predicted CH4 emissions and the technical and financial performance of commercial dairy herds [Paper presentation]. Symposium : metabolics meets genomics, Melbourne, Australia.

Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Reis Mota, R., Naderi Daraghshahi, S., Wilmot, H., Gon Carvalho, A. C., de Paiva, J. T., & Gengler, N. (2019). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2019. ULiège.

Gengler, N. (04 December 2018). Ongoing research using novel milk spectra based phenotypes [Paper presentation]. First WBI Mission to Brazil, Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil.

Noël, G., Leclercq, G., Gengler, N., & Francis, F. (2018). Evaluation de la diversité génétique des abeilles domestiques (Apis mellifera L.) en Wallonie et sélection de souches résistantes à l’acarien Varroa destructor - Fiche Synthétique. University of Liège.

Noël, G., Bebermans, J., Gengler, N., & Francis, F. (October 2018). Rôle de la transmission des maladies dans le déclin des pollinisateurs – Synthèse bibliographique. Entomologie Faunistique, 71. doi:10.25518/2030-6318.4096

Leclercq, G., Francis, F., Gengler, N., & Blacquière, T. (September 2018). Bioassays to quantify hygienic behavior in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies: a review. Journal of Apicultural Research, 57 (5), 663-673. doi:10.1080/00218839.2018.1494916

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., Froidmont, E., Mathot, M., Kreuzer, M., Grandl, F., Kuhla, B., Lund, P., Olijhoek, D. W., Eugene, M., Martin, C., Bell, M., McParland, S., & Soyeurt, H. (2018). CH4 emitted by dairy cows estimated from milk MIR spectra: model based on data collected in 7 countries. In International Conference on Agricultural GHG Emissions and Food Security – Connecting research to policy and practice – Volume of Abstracts (pp. 142).

Mineur, A., Vanderick, S., Hammami, H., Gengler, N., Egger-Danner, C. (Other coll.), & Sölkner, J. (Other coll.). (2018). Temporal relationship between milk MIR predicted metabolic disorders and lameness events. In Book of Abstracts of the 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Croatia 2018, pp. 118). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Delhez, P., Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (August 2018). Prediction of milk mid-infrared spectrum using mixed test-day models [Paper presentation]. 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Gengler, N., & Hostens, M. (2018). How fast can we change resilience and efficiency through breeding and management? In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Dubrovnik 2018, pp. 264). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Grayaa, M., Ben Gara, A., Grayaa, S., REIS MOTA, R., Hammami, H., Vanderick, S., Hanzen, C., & Gengler, N. (2018). Effect of milk yield and milk content curve shapes on first lactation survival in large herds. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Croatia 2018, pp. 188). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Hammami, H., Colinet, F., Bastin, C., Vanderick, S., Mineur, A., Naderi Darbaghshahi, S., REIS MOTA, R., & Gengler, N. (2018). Multi-omics data integration approach for resilience of dairy cattle to heat stress. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Dubrovnik 2018, pp. 353). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Hammami, H., Colinet, F., Bastin, C., Vanderick, S., Mineur, A., Naderi Darbaghshahi, S., REIS MOTA, R., & Gengler, N. (2018). Early-programming of dairy cattle, a potential explanation to the adaptation to climate change. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Dubrovnik 2018, pp. 573). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Naderi Darbaghshahi, S., REIS MOTA, R., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2018). Ideas for continuous genomic evaluation for newly genotyped Walloon Holstein females and males. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Dubrovnik 2018, pp. 195). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

REIS MOTA, R., Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Wiggans, G. R., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2018). Theoretical basis to extend single-step genomic prediction of dominance in a pig population. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Dubrovnik 2018, pp. 425). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Colinet, F., Froidmont, E., Dufrasne, I., Wang, Z., Bertozzi, C., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (2018). Prediction of test-day body weight from dairy cow characteristics and milk spectra. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Dubrovnik 2018, pp. 285). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Froidmont, E., Dufrasne, I., Wang, Z., Bertozzi, C., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (August 2018). Prediction of test-day indicator of body weight from dairy cow characteristics and milk mid-infrared spectral data [Paper presentation]. 69th Annual Meeting of the EAAP (European Federation of Animal Science), Dubrovnick, Croatia.

Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Mineur, A., REIS MOTA, R., Gengler, N., & Hammami, H. (2018). Genetic parameters of novel mid-infrared predicted milk traits in three dual-purpose cattle breeds. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Croatia 2018, pp. 118). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., Froidmont, E., Kreuzer, M., Grandl, F., Kuhla, B., Lund, P., Olijhoek, D. W., Eugene, M., Martin, C., Bell, M., McParland, S., & Soyeurt, H. (2018). CH4 estimated from milk MIR spectra: model on data from 7 countries and 2 measurement techniques. In Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Dubrovnik 2018, pp. 551). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., Colinet, F., Froidmont, E., Kreuzer, M., Grandl, F., Bell, M., Lund, P., Olijhoek, D., Eugène, M., Martin, C., Kuhla, B., & Dehareng, F. (August 2018). Development of an equation for estimating methane emissions of dairy cows from milk Fourier transform mid-infrared spectra by using reference data obtained exclusively from respiration chambers. Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (8), 7618-7624. doi:10.3168/jds.2018-14472

Mineur, A., Egger-Danner, C., Sölkner, J., Vanderick, S., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (25 June 2018). First study into the temporal relationship between metabolic disorders and lameness events over the course of a lactation [Paper presentation]. 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA), Knoxville, United States.

Hammami, H., Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (June 2018). 2-Org-Cows: adapter les races bovines mixtes aux systèmes biologiques et à bas intrants. Itinéraires Bio, 40, p. 51-54.

Heringstad, B., Egger-Danner, C., Charfeddine, N., Pryce, J. E., Stock, K. F., Kofler, J., Sogstad, A. M., Holzhauer, M., Fiedler, A., Müller, K., Nielsen, P., Thomas, G., Gengler, N., de Jong, G., Ødegård, C., Malchiodi, F., Miglior, F., Alsaaod, M., & Cole, J. B. (June 2018). Invited review: genetics and claw health: opportunities to enhance claw health by genetic selection. Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (6), 4801-4821. doi:10.3168/jds.2017-13531

Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Vanderick, S., Hammami, H., REIS MOTA, R., Gillon, A., Hubin, X., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (May 2018). Bayesian single-step genomic evaluations combining local and foreign information in Walloon Holsteins. Animal, 12, 898-905. doi:10.1017/S1751731117002324

Mineur, A., Köck, A., Grelet, C., Egger-Danner, C., Sölkner, J., & Gengler, N. (19 March 2018). Mid-infrared based biomarkers in milk as a non-invasive tool for early prediction of lameness caused by metabolic disorders [Paper presentation]. The fifth and final dairycare conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Marchitelli, C., Signorelli, F., Napolitano, F., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Ingvartsen, K. L., Sørensen, M. T., Crowe, M., & GplusE Consortium. (March 2018). Milk biomarkers to evaluate health status of mammary gland in high producing dairy cattle [Paper presentation]. Proceedings in 5th DairyCare conference.

Leclercq, G., Blacquière, T., Gengler, N., & Francis, F. (February 2018). Hygienic removal of freeze-killed brood does not predict Varroa-resistance traits in unselected stocks. Journal of Apicultural Research, 57 (2), 292-299. doi:10.1080/00218839.2018.1426350

Negussie, E., Gonzàlez Recto, O., de Haas, Y., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Peiren, N., Pszczola, M., Garnsworthy, P., Battagin, M., Bayat, A., Lassen, J., Yan, T., Boland, T., Kuhla, B., Strabel, T., Schwarm, A., Vanlierde, A., & Biscarini, F. (2018). Combining heterogeneous across-country data for prediction of enteric methane from proxies in dairy cattle. In Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

REIS MOTA, R., Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Wiggans, G., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2018). Single-step genomic analysis of dominance in a crossbred pig population. In Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (pp. 417). American Society of Animal Science (ASAS).

Delhez, P., Wyzen, B., Dalcq, A.-C., Colinet, F., Reding, E., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2018). Relationships between milk mid-IR predicted gastro-enteric methane production and the technical and financial performance of commercial dairy herds. Animal, 12 (9), 1981-1989. doi:10.1017/S1751731117003378

Gengler, N., Mineur, A., Vanderick, S., Hammami, H., & GplusE Consortium. (2018). Milk mid-infrared spectra based biomarkers contributing to genetic improvement for udder health, fertility and longevity. In Proceedings ICAR 2018.

Mineur, A., REIS MOTA, R., Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., & Hammami, H. (2018). Defining and using novel milk composition based heat stress resilience traits in the context of genomic selection for more robust dairy cows in Wallonia. In Proceedings ICAR 2018.

Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Reis Mota, R., Naderi Darbaghshahi, S., Mineur, A., & Gengler, N. (2018). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2018. ULiège.

Noël, G., Chaichoompu, K., Leclercq, G., Fabre, E., Gengler, N., Van Steen, K., & Francis, F. (15 November 2017). Human based genetic tools to refine genetic populations structure of honey bees (Apis mellifera ssp L.) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae) colonies at regional scale [Paper presentation]. EUROPEAN PhD NETWORK "INSECT SCIENCE" VIII Annual Meeting.

Gengler, N. (16 October 2017). Latest developments of the use of mid-infrared spectral data in the North-Western region of Europe: from OptiMIR to GplusE [Paper presentation]. Breeding for Efficiency – 2017 EDGP Symposium, Guelph, Canada.

Mineur, A., Köck, A., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Egger-Danner, C., & Sölkner, J. (29 September 2017). First results in the use of milk MIR spectra in the detection of lameness in Austrian dairy cows [Paper presentation]. Projektgruppe „Genetisch-Statistische Methoden“ der DGfZ, Cuxhaven, Germany.

Mineur, A., Köck, A., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Egger-Danner, C., & Sölkner, J. (21 September 2017). First results in the use of milk MIR spectra in the detection of lameness in Austrian dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 25th International Symposium Animal Science Days, Brandlucken, Austria.

REIS MOTA, R., Mayeres, P., Bastin, C., Glorieux, G., Bertozzi, C., Vanderick, S., Hammami, H., Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (07 September 2017). Genetic evaluation for birth and conformation traits in dual-purpose Belgian Blue cattle using a mixed inheritance model. Journal of Animal Science, 95, 4288–4299. doi:10.2527/jas2017.1748

Hammami, H., Colinet, F., Bastin, C., Grelet, C., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & GplusE Consortium. (2017). Using milk based biomarkers to monitor the physiological state of dairy cows in large populations. In Book of Abstracts of the 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science.

Delhez, P., Wyzen, B., Dalcq, A.-C., Colinet, F., Reding, E., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (August 2017). Relationships between methane emissions and technico-economic data from commercial dairy herds [Paper presentation]. 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), Tallinn, Estonia.

Gengler, N., & Knight, C. (2017). GplusE policy dialogue meeting. In Book of Abstracts of the 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Tallin 2017, pp. 406). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Hammami, H., Colinet, F., Bastin, C., Grelet, C., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., & Gengler, N. (2017). Genetic analysis of milk MIR predicted blood and milk biomarkers linked to the physiological status. In Book of Abstracts of the 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Tallin 2017, pp. 403). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Heringstad, B., Egger-Danner, C., Stock, K. F., Pryce, J. E., Gengler, N., Charfeddine, N., & Cole, J. B. (2017). Genetic evaluation of claw health – challenges and recommendations. In Book of Abstracts of the 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Tallin 2017, pp. 125). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Grandl, F., Kreuzer, M., Kuhla, B., Lund, P., Olijhoek, D., Ferris, C., & Dehareng, F. (2017). Estimation of CH4 emissions from milk MIR spectra using respiration chamber as reference technique. In Book of Abstracts of the 68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Tallin 2017, pp. 199). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Kandel, P., Vanderick, S., Vanrobays, M.-L., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2017). Consequences of genetic selection for environmental impact traits on economically important traits in dairy cows. Animal Production Science. doi:10.1071/AN16592

Gengler, N. (12 June 2017). Using (mid-)infrared spectroscopy methods to measure milk composition, energy balance and beyond…. in dairy cows [Paper presentation]. SBMA Meeting, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil.

Kandel, P., Vanrobays, M.-L., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (June 2017). Genetic parameters of mid-infrared methane predictions and their relationships with milk production traits in Holstein cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (7), 5578-5591. doi:10.3168/jds.2016-11954

Troch, T., Lefebure, E., Baeten, V., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (05 May 2017). Cow milk coagulation: process description, variation factors and evaluation methodologies. A review. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 21.

Laine, A., Bastin, C., Grelet, C., Hammami, H., Colinet, F., Dale, L.-M., Gillon, A., Vandenplas, J., Dehareng, F., & Gengler, N. (April 2017). Assessing the effect of pregnancy stage on milk composition of dairy cows using mid-infrared spectra. Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (4), 2863–2876. doi:10.3168/jds.2016-11736

Negussie, E., de Haas, Y., Dehareng, F., Dewhurst, R., Dijkstra, J., Gengler, N., Morgavi, D., Soyeurt, H., van Gastelen, S., Jan, T., & Biscarini, F. (April 2017). Invited review: Large-scale indirect measurements for enteric methane emissions in dairy cattle: A review of proxies and their potential for use in management and breeding decisions. Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (4), 2433-2453. doi:10.3168/jds.2016-12030

Vanderick, S., Gillon, A., Glorieux, G., Mayeres, P., REIS MOTA, R., & Gengler, N. (April 2017). Usefulness of multi-breed models in genetic evaluation of direct and maternal calving ease in Holstein and Belgian Blue Walloon purebreds and crossbreds. Livestock Science, 198, 129–137. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2017.02.019

Delhez, P., Wyzen, B., Dalcq, A.-C., Colinet, F., Reding, E., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (07 February 2017). Relationships between methane emissions from dairy cows and farm technico-economic results [Poster presentation]. 22nd National Symposium for Applied Biological Sciences (NSABS), Leuven, Belgium.

Francois, L., Wijnrocx, K., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., Hulsegge, B., Windig, J. J., Buys, N., & Janssens, S. (2017). Genomics of a revived breed: Case study of the Belgian campine cattle. PLoS ONE, 12 (4), 0175916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175916

Grelet, C., Pierna, J. A. F., Dardenne, P., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Colinet, F., Bastin, C., Gengler, N., Baeten, V., & Dehareng, F. (2017). Standardization of milk mid-infrared spectrometers for the transfer and use of multiple models. Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (10), 7910 - 7921. doi:10.3168/jds.2017-12720

Houndonougbo, P., Bindelle, J., Chrysostome, A. A. M. C., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2017). Characteristic of Guinea Fowl breeding in West Africa: A review. Tropicultura, 35 (3), 222-230. doi:10.25518/2295-8010.1283

Houndonougbo, P., Chrysostome, A. A. M. C., REIS MOTA, R., Hammami, H., Bindelle, J., & Gengler, N. (2017). Phenotypic, socio-economic and growth features of Guinea fowls raised under different village systems in West Africa. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 12 (26), 2232-2241. doi:10.5897/AJAR2017.12411

Houndonougbo, P., REIS MOTA, R., Chrysostome, A. A. M. C., Bindelle, J., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2017). Growth and carcass performances of guinea fowls reared under intensive system in Benin. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 29 (10).

Leclercq, G., Pannebakker, B., Gengler, N., Nguyen, B. K., & Francis, F. (2017). Drawbacks and benefits of hygienic behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.): a review. Journal of Apicultural Research, 56 (4), 366-375. doi:10.1080/00218839.2017.1327938

Mineur, A., Köck, A., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Egger-Danner, C., & Sölkner, J. (2017). First results in the use of milk mid-infrared spectra in the detection of lameness in Austrian dairy cows. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, 82 (2), 163-166.

Vandenplas, J., Spehar, M., Potocnik, K., Gengler, N., & Gorjanc, G. (2017). National single-step genomic method that integrates multi-national genomic information. Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (1), 465 - 478. doi:10.3168/jds.2016-11733

Noël, G., Bebermans, J., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Francis, F. (02 December 2016). The Impact of Diseases Transmission in Pollinators Decline [Paper presentation]. Entomology Symposium, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Özkan, Ş., Vitali, A., Lacetera, N., Amon, B., Bannink, A., Bartley, D. J., Blanco-Penedo, I., Haas, Y. D., Dufrasne, I., Elliott, J., Eory, V., Fox, N. J., Garnsworthy, P. C., Gengler, N., Hammami, H., Kyriazakis, I., Leclère, D., Lessire, F., Macleod, M., ... Kipling, R. P. (November 2016). Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and pathogens in the context of climate change. Environmental Research, 151 (Supplement C), 130 - 144. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.033

Grelet, C., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Dardenne, P., Soyeurt, H., Colinet, F., Vanlierde, A., Gengler, N., & Dehareng, F. (17 October 2016). Novel innovative possibilities for the dairy industry opened by common format of FT-MIR instruments [Poster presentation]. IDF WORLD DAIRY SUMMIT 2016, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Grelet, C., McParland, S., & Dardenne, P. (October 2016). A simple method to predict methane emissions based on milk mid infrared spectra [Poster presentation]. IDF World Dairy Summit 2016, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Grayaa, M., Hammami, H., Hanzen, C., Rekik, B., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (02 September 2016). Effect of curve traits and Age at first calving on productive life of Holstein primiparous Walloon cows [Poster presentation]. 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Dublin, Ireland.

Pryce, J. E., Gaddis Parker, K. L., Koeck, A., Bastin, C., Abdelsayed, M., Gengler, N., Miglior, F., Heringstad, B., Egger-Danner, C., Stock, K. F., Bradley, A. J., & Cole, J. B. (September 2016). Invited review: Opportunities for genetic improvement of metabolic diseases. Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (9), 6855 - 6873. doi:10.3168/jds.2016-10854

Vanrobays, M.-L., Bastin, C., Vandenplas, J., Hammami, H., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (September 2016). Changes throughout lactation in phenotypic and genetic correlations between methane emissions and milk fatty acid contents predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra. Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (9), 7247 - 7260. doi:10.3168/jds.2015-10646

Vanlierde, A., Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Ferris, C., Sorensen, M. T., Höglund, J., Carter, F., Santoro, A., Hermans, K., Hostens, M., Dardenne, P., & Dehareng, F. (2016). Potential of milk MIR spectra to develop new health phenotypes for dairy cows in the GplusE project. In Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Belfast 2016, pp. 299). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., Veselko, D., Troch, T., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (2016). Variability of MIR predicted cheese yield in Walloon Region of Belgium. In Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Belfast 2016, pp. 298). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Dehareng, J., Bertozzi, C., Veselko, D., Sindic, M., Tielemenans, M., & Gengler, N. (2016). Potential use of MIR spectroscopy to assess the origin of milk produced in a PDO area. In Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Belfast 2016, pp. 291). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gengler, N., Hammami, H., & Laine, A. (2016). Going beyond current limits in defining and using milk infrared spectra based phenotypes. In Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Belfast 2016, pp. 304). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Grandl, F., Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Grelet, C., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Kreuzer, M., Schwarm, A., Münger, A., Dohme-Meier, F., & Gredler, B. (2016). Application of a milk MIR methane prediction equation to Swiss dairy cattle population data. In Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Belfast 2016, pp. 630). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Grayaa, M., Hammami, H., Hanzen, C., Rekik, B., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2016). Influence of the first lactation on the productive life of Holstein cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Belfast 2016, pp. 377). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Grelet, C., Gengler, N., Bastin, C., Vanlierde, A., Smith, S., Gelé, M., Soyeurt, H., Massart, X., Dardenne, P., & Dehareng, F. (2016). OptiMIR: Use of MIR spectra to predict multiple cow status as advisory tools for dairy farms. In Book of Abstracts of the 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Belfast 2016, pp. 300). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Grelet, C.* , Bastin, C.* , Gele, M., Davière, J.-B., Johan, M., Werner, A., Reding, R., Colinet, F., Dardenne, P., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., & Dehareng, F. (June 2016). Development of Fourier transform mid-infrared calibrations to predict acetone, β-hydroxybutyrate, and citrate contents in bovine milk through a European dairy network. Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (6), 4816-4825. doi:10.3168/jds.2015-10477
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Carabano, M.-J., Logar, B., Bormann, J., Minet, J., Vanrobays, M.-L., Diaz, C., Tychon, B., Gengler, N., & Hammami, H. (May 2016). Modeling heat stress under different environmental conditions. Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (5), 3798–3814. doi:10.3168/jds.2015-10212

Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Hammami, H., Vanrobays, M.-L., Laine, A., Vanderick, S., Grelet, C., Vanlierde, A., Froidmont, E., & Dardenne, P. (May 2016). Capitalizing on fine milk composition for breeding and management of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (5), 4071-4079. doi:10.3168/jds.2015-10140

Dalcq, A.-C., Beckers, Y., Dogot, T., Brostaux, Y., Gengler, N., Hanzen, C., Mayeres, P., & Wyzen, B. (2016). Contribution à l'optimisation technico-économique des élevages laitiers en Wallonie : l'intervalle vêlage [Paper presentation]. Assemblée générale des l'éleveurs de l'AREDB (Association régionale des éleveurs et des détenteurs de bovins), Aubel, Belgium.

Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Gengler, N., Dardenne, P., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Lewis, E., Deighton, M. H., Mathot, M., & Dehareng, F. (February 2016). Milk mid-infrared spectra enable prediction of lactation-stage-dependent methane emissions of dairy cattle within routine population-scale milk recording schemes. Animal Production Science, 56 (3), 258-264. doi:10.1071/AN15590

Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Grelet, C., Vanrobays, M.-L., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., Bastin, C., & Dehareng, F. (2016). Improvement of robustness of forward selection of variables using split datasets: Mid-infrared methane equation. In CHIMIOMETRIE XVII - Session 1: Sprectrométrie et prétraitement (pp. 21-22).

Bastin, C., Theron, L., Laine, A., & Gengler, N. (2016). On the role of mid-infrared predicted phenotypes in fertility and health dairy breeding programs. Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (5), 4080-4094. doi:10.3168/jds.2015-10087

Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2016). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2016. ULg.

Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Lewis, E., Deighton, M. H., & Dardenne, P. (2016). Use of the milk MIR spectra with a lactation stage specific model to predict CH4 emitted by dairy cows. In CHIMIOMETRIE XVII - Session 7: Optimisation et suivi des procédés (pp. 88-89).

Dehareng, F., Tielemans, M., Colinet, F., Baeten, V., Gengler, N., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., Nyssen, N. (Other coll.), Dale, L.-M. (Other coll.), & Sinnaeve, G. (Other coll.). (2015). Rapport d'activités final : Renforcement de l'Appellation d'Origine Protégée (AOP) "Beurre d'Ardenne". CRAW & ULg-GxABT.

François, L., Janssens, S., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., Hulsegge, I., Windig, J. J., & Buys, N. (18 November 2015). Het Kempisch rund. Genomisch onderzoek ter ondersteuning van het ras [Paper presentation]. 7de Vlaamse Fokkerijdag, Louvain, Belgium.

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (November 2015). Strategies for comparing and combining different genetic and genomic evaluations: A review. Livestock Science, 181 (Supplement C), 121 - 130. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2015.09.012

Vanrobays, M.-L., Hammami, H., Laine, A., Soyeurt, H., Vandenplas, J., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (05 October 2015). Assessing resilience of dairy cattle by studying impact of heat stress on predicted feed intake [Poster presentation]. Third DairyCare Conference 2015, Zadar, Croatia.

Grelet, C., Bastin, C., Gelé, M., Davière, J.-B., Reding, R., Werner, A., Darimont, C., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (2015). Milk biomarkers to detect ketosis and negative energy balance using MIR spectrometry. In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 354). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., Mcparland, S., Grandl, F., Kreuzer, M., Gredler, B., Soyeurt, H., & Dardenne, P. (2015). Can chamber and SF6 CH4 measurements be combined in a model to predict CH4 from milk MIR spectra? In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 132). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Dehareng, F., Grelet, C., Hammami, H., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., & Gengler, N. (2015). On the use of novel milk phenotypes as predictors of difficult-to-record traits in breeding programs. In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 550). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Bouffioux, A., Mayeres, P., Malzahn, M., François, L., Janssens, S., Buys, N., Hiemstra, S.-J., Windig, J., & Gengler, N. (2015). Genetic heritage of the eastern Belgium red and white breed, an endangered local breed. In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 103). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (2015). Genetic variability of MIR predicted milk technological properties in Walloon dairy cattle. In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 400). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

François, L., Janssens, S., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., Hulsegge, I., Windig, J., & Buys, N. (2015). Genetic analysis to support the re-establishment of the Kempen breed. In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 99). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Hammami, H., & Dardenne, P. (2015). Overview of possibilities and challenges of the use of infrared spectrometry in cattle breeding. In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 353). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Troch, T., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (2015). Potential of visible-near infrared spectroscopy for the characterization of butter properties. In Book of Abstracts of the 66th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Warsaw 2015, pp. 147). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanderick, S., Auvray, B., Newman, S.-A., Dodds, K. G., Gengler, N., & Everett-Hincks, J. M. (August 2015). Derivation of a new lamb survival trait for the New Zealand sheep industry. Journal of Animal Science, 93 (8), 3765-3772. doi:10.2527/jas.2015-9058

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2015). Description of the Genetic Evaluation Systems used in the Walloon Region of Belgium. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/216949.

Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Lewis, E., Deighton, M. H., Grandl, F., Kreuzer, M., Gredler, B., Dardenne, P., & Gengler, N. (August 2015). Hot topic: Innovative lactation-stage-dependent prediction of methane emissions from milk mid-infrared spectra. Journal of Dairy Science, 98 (8), 5740-5747. doi:10.3168/jds.2014-8436

Arnould, V., Reding, R., Bormann, J., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (31 July 2015). Predictions of Daily Milk and Fat Yields, Major Groups of Fatty Acids, and C18:1 cis-9 from Single Milking Data without a Milking Interval. Animals, 5 (3), 643-661. doi:10.3390/ani5030377

Soyeurt, H., Brostaux, Y., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (15 July 2015). Comparison of 3 different variable selection strategies to improve the predictions of fatty acid profile in bovine milk by mid-infrared spectrometry. Journal of Animal Science, 93/98 (Suppl. s3/ Suppl. 2), 804.

Bastin, C., Theron, L., Laine, A., & Gengler, N. (12 July 2015). Do milk spectrometry phenotypes have a role to play in dairy fertility and health programs? Journal of Animal Science, 93/98 (Suppl. s3/ Suppl. 2), 5.

Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Hammami, H., & Dardenne, P. (12 July 2015). Capitalizing on fine milk composition for breeding and management of dairy cows. Journal of Animal Science, 93/ 98 (Suppl. s3/ Suppl. 2), 4.

Vandenplas, J., Spehar, M., Potocnik, K., Gengler, N., & Gorjanc, G. (09 July 2015). Innovative Combination of all Sources of Information for Production Traits in Slovenian Brown Swiss. Interbull Bulletin, 49, 24-31.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Bastin, C., Hammami, H., McParland, S., Wall, E., & Gengler, N. (July 2015). Assessing resilience of dairy cattle by studying impact of heat stress on predicted energy balance [Poster presentation]. Joint Networks Workshops, Reading, United Kingdom.

Hammami, H., Vanrobays, M.-L., Minet, J., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Tychon, B., & Gengler, N. (June 2015). Thermal stress impacts on milk-based biomarkers in dairy cattle under temperate conditions [Poster presentation]. Joint Networks Workshops, Reading, United Kingdom.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Vandenplas, J., Bastin, C., Hammami, H., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (16 April 2015). Genetic correlations between methane production and milk fatty acid contents of Walloon Holstein cattle throughout the lactation [Poster presentation]. Final OptiMIR Scientific & Expert Meeting « From milk analysis to advisory tools », Namur, Belgium.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Vandenplas, J., Bastin, C., Hammami, H., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (16 April 2015). Genetic correlations between methane production and milk fatty acid contents of Walloon Holstein cattle throughout the lactation. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 19 (2), 117.

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (April 2015). Genetic variability of mid-infrared predicted cheese yield in Holstein first-parity cows in Walloon Region of Belgium [Poster presentation]. Final OptiMIR Scientific & Expert Meeting "From milk analysis to advisory tools", Namur, Belgium.

Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2015). Système d'évaluations génomiques des bovins laitiers en Wallonie (Belgique).

Laine, A., Dale, L.-M., Bel Mabrouk, H., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (April 2015). Monitoring the pregnancy status of dairy cows using mid-infrared spectra of milk collected from milk recording [Paper presentation]. Final OptiMIR scienctific and expert meeting: From milk analysis to advisory tools, Namur, Belgium.

Hammami, H., Vandenplas, J., Vanrobays, M.-L., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (04 March 2015). Potential use of milk based biomarkers to assess and to select for heat tolerance in dairy cattle [Poster presentation]. Second DairyCare Conference, Cordoba, Spain.

Kandel, P. B., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (March 2015). Assessing variability of literature based methane indicator traits in a large dairy cow population. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 19 (1), 11-19.

Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., Hubin, X., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (24 February 2015). Experiences with the GMACE evaluations and Walloon single-step genomic evaluation system [Paper presentation]. Interbull Technical Workshop and Industry meeting, Walsrode, Germany.

Gengler, N. (17 February 2015). OptiMR - Innovative Nutzung von Informationen aus der Milch [Paper presentation]. 7. Rinder-Workshop „Neue Herausforderungen für die Rinderzucht und -haltung“, Uelzen, Germany.

Egger-Danner, C., Cole, J. B., Pryce, J. E., Gengler, N., Heringstad, B., Bradley, A., & Stock, K. F. (February 2015). Invited review: overview of new traits and phenotyping strategies in dairy cattle with a focus on functional traits. Animal, 9 (2), 191-207. doi:10.1017/S1751731114002614

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (06 January 2015). A method to approximate the inverse of a part of the additive relationship matrix. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 132 (3), 229–238. doi:10.1111/jbg.12128

Bastin, C., Grelet, C., Gelé, M., Davière, J.-B., Reding, R., Darimont, C., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (2015). Mid-infrared prediction of beta-hydroxybutyrate, acetone, and citrate contents in milk [Poster presentation]. Final optimir scientific and expert meeting: from milk analysis to advisory tools.

Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2015). Système de certification de l'appartenance d'un bovin au noyau génétique des races Pie-Rouge mixtes.

Gengler, N., Sindic, M., Dardenne, P., Colinet, F., Troch, T., Sinnaeve, G., Dehareng, F., Abbas, O., & Baeten, V. (2015). Rapport d'activités final du deuxième mandat (du 1er février 2013 au 31 janvier 2015) : ProFARMilk, variabilité et amélioration des aptitudes à la transformation fermière du lait. ULg-GxABT & AWE asbl.

Hammami, H., Vandenplas, J., Vanrobays, M.-L., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2015). Potential use of milk based biomarkers to assess and to select for heat tolerance in dairy cattle. In Proceedings of the second DairyCare Conference 2015 (pp. 61).

Hammami, H., Vandenplas, J., Vanrobays, M.-L., Rekik, B., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2015). Genetic analysis of heat stress effects on yield traits, udder health, and fatty acids of Walloon Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 98 (7), 4956-4968. doi:10.3168/jds.2014-9148

Laine, A., Bastin, C., Grelet, C., Dehareng, F., Massart, X., & Gengler, N. (2015). Developing Innovative Health and Welfare Management Tools for Dairy Cows from Optimized Use fo Milk Mid-Infrared Spectra (OptiMIR) [Poster presentation]. Second DairyCare Conference, Cordoba, Spain.

Laine, A., Bel Mabrouk, H., Dale, L.-M., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2015). 7.2. Assessing the pregnancy status of dairy cows by mid-infrared analysis of milk. In Precision livestock farming applications (pp. 273-278). Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-815-5_7.2

Laine, A., Dale, L.-M., Bel Mabrouk, H., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2015). Monitoring the pregnancy status of dairy cows using mid-infrared spectra of milk collected from milk recording [Paper presentation]. Final OptiMIR scienctific and expert meeting: From milk analysis to advisory tools, Namur, Belgium.

Vandenplas, J., Colinet, F., Glorieux, G., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2015). Integration of external estimated breeding values and associated reliabilities using correlation among traits and effects. Journal of Dairy Science, 98 (12), 9044–9050. doi:10.3168/jds.2015-9894

Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., Vanrobays, M.-L., & Gengler, N. (2015). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2015. ULg.

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Kandel, P., Soyeurt, H., Vanrobays, M.-L., Dardenne, P., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (2015). METHAMILK 3: Aide à la diminution de la production de méthane des bovins laitiers au moyen d’une méthode précise et rapide d’estimation des émissions individuelles - Rapport de synthèse du 3ème mandat (2013-2015). /.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Hammami, H., Laine, A., Soyeurt, H., Vandenplas, J., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (2015). Assessing resilience of dairy cattle by studying impact of heat stress on predicted feed intake. In Proceedings of the Third DairyCare Conference 2015 (pp. 49).

Vanrobays, M.-L., Vandenplas, J., Hammami, H., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (2015). Short communication: Novel method to predict body weight of primiparous dairy cows throughout the lactation. Journal of Dairy Science, 98, 692-697. doi:10.3168/jds.2014-8504

Leclercq, G., Gengler, N., Francis, F., Haubruge, E., & Nguyen, B. K. (12 December 2014). Honey bee colony strength - Assessing accuracy of the Liebefeld estimation method [Poster presentation]. Zoology 2014 Congress, Liège, Belgium.

Vanderick, S., Troch, T., Gillon, A., Glorieux, G., & Gengler, N. (December 2014). Genetic parameters for direct and maternal calving ease in Walloon dairy cattle based on linear and threshold models. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 131 (6), 513-521. doi:10.1111/jbg.12105

Thewis, A., Gengler, N., Bertozzi, C., Colinet, F., Faux, P., Vandenplas, J., Vanderick, S., Gillon, A., & Hubin, X. (2014). Rapport d'activités final du second mandat (du 1er janvier 2012 au 31 août 2014): DairySNP, Etude de la variabilité génomique des bovins laitiers et mixtes en vue de mieux connaître leur biodiversité et d'initier une sélection génomique au sein de ces races. ULg-GxABT é AWE asbl.

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (2014). Use of high-performance computing in animal breeding. In Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Copenhagen 2014, pp. 326). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (2014). Bayesian approach integrating correlated foreign information into a multivariate genetic evaluation. In Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Copenhagen 2014, pp. 317). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Lewis, E., Deighton, M., & Dardenne, P. (28 August 2014). Innovative lactation stage specific prediction of CH4 from milk MIR spectra [Paper presentation]. 65th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Laine, A., Bel Mabrouk, H., Dale, L.-M., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2014). Potential for assessing the pregnancy status of dairy cows by mid-infrared analysis of milk. In Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Copenhagen 2014, pp. 157). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Kandel, P., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Beckers, Y., Dardenne, P., & Gengler, N. (26 August 2014). Using milk spectral data for large-scale phenotypes linked to mitigation and efficiency [Paper presentation]. 65th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Lewis, E., Deighton, M., & Dardenne, P. (2014). Innovative lactation stage specific prediction of CH4 from milk MIR spectra. In Book of abstracts of the 65th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Copenhagen 2014, pp. 337). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Grelet, C., Fernandez Pierna, J., Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (25 August 2014). Creation of universal MIR calibration by standardization of milk spectra: example of fatty acids [Poster presentation]. 65th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bastin, C., Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (21 August 2014). Improving dairy cow fertility using milk-based indicator traits [Paper presentation]. 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Vandenplas, J., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (21 August 2014). Prediction of Body Weight of Primiparous Dairy Cows Throughout Lactation [Poster presentation]. 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Vancouver BC, Canada.

Bastin, C., Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (2014). Improving dairy cow fertility using milk-based indicator traits. In Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. American Society of Animal Science.

Dufrasne, M., Wavreille, J., Piedboeuf, M., & Gengler, N. (2014). Genetic parameters for individual birth weight, weaning weight and final weight of crossbred pigs from Piétrain boars. In Proceedings, 10th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. American Society of Animal Science (ASAS).

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2014). Efficient approximations of the inverse of a part of the additive relationship matrix. In Proceedings of 10th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Gengler, N. (17 August 2014). Mitigation strategies versus Adaptation strategies [Paper presentation]. ASGGN Workshop @WCGALP 2014, Auckland, New Zealand.

Kandel, P., Vanderick, S., Vanrobays, M.-L., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2014). Consequences of Selection for Environmental Impact Traits in Dairy Cows. In Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Dufrasne, M., Wavreille, J., Piedboeuf, M., & Gengler, N. (August 2014). Genetic parameters for individual birth weight, weaning weight and final weight of crossbred pigs from Piétrain boars [Poster presentation]. 10th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, Canada.

Grelet, C., Fernandez Pierna, J., Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (2014). Creation of universal MIR calibration by standardization of milk spectra: example of fatty acids. In Book of abstracts of the 65th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Copenhagen 2014, pp. 108). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Hammami, H., Carabaño, M.-J., Logar, B., Vanrobays, M.-L., & Gengler, N. (2014). Genotype x Climate interactions for protein yield using four European Holstein Populations. In Proceedings of 10th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Laine, A., Bel Mabrouk, H., Dale, L.-M., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (August 2014). Potential for assessing the pregnancy status of dairy cows by mid-infrared analysis of milk [Paper presentation]. 65th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Vanrobays, M.-L., Kandel, P., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Beckers, Y., Dardenne, P., & Gengler, N. (2014). Using milk spectral data for large-scale phenotypes linked to mitigation and efficiency. In Book of abstracts of the 65th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Copenhagen 2014, pp. 216). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (August 2014). Bayesian approach integrating correlated foreign information into a multivariate genetic evaluation [Paper presentation]. 65th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Vandenplas, J., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2014). Prediction of Body Weight of Primiparous Dairy Cows Throughout Lactation. In Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Dufrasne, M., Piedboeuf, M., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2014). Quel système d'évaluations génétiques pour les verrats Piétrain en Wallonie. Essentiel du Porc (L'), p. 20-23.

Merai, A., Gengler, N., Hammami, H., Rekik, M., & Bastin, C. (June 2014). Non-genetic sources of variation of milk production and reproduction and interactions between both classes of traits in Sicilo-Sarde dairy sheep. Animal, 8 (9), 1534-9. doi:10.1017/S1751731114001347

de Haas, Y., Lassen, J., Pickering, N. K., Oddy, V. H., Wall, E., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., Løvendahl, P., & Rowe, S. J. (22 May 2014). The road to genetic selection for methane emission from ruminants: A global approach [Paper presentation]. 39 th Conference of the International Committee for Animal Recording, Berlin, Germany.

Stock, K. F., Cole, J. B., Pryce, J. E., Gengler, N., Bradley, A., Heringstad, B., Andrews, L., & Egger-Danner, C. (22 May 2014). Harmonization of recording and use of direct health data as basis of sustainable improvement of dairy health and longevity [Paper presentation]. 39 th Conference of the International Committee for Animal Recording, Berlin, Germany.

Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2014). Contributions à l’amélioration des systèmes d’évaluations génétiques.

Arnould, V., Reding, R., Delvaux, C., Bormann, J., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (07 February 2014). Estimating daily yield and content of major fatty acids from single milking [Poster presentation]. 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Gembloux, Belgium.

Dale, L.-M., Laine, A., Bastin, C., Goubau, A., Belmabrouk, H., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2014). The uses of mid-infrared spectral information from milk recording organization to certify milk geographic origin. In Book of Short Abstracts - 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences (pp. 13).

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (07 February 2014). Efficient computation of genomically-enhanced inbreeding coefficients [Poster presentation]. 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Gembloux, Belgium.

Kandel, P. B., Vanderick, S., Vanrobays, M.-L., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (07 February 2014). Consequences of Selection for Environmental Impact Trait in Dairy Cows [Paper presentation]. 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Gembloux, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Berry, D., Vandenplas, J., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (22 January 2014). Selection of milk fatty acid composition for improved dairy products from more fertile and healthier cows [Paper presentation]. 69th British Cattle Conference, Telford, United Kingdom.

Dufrasne, M., & Gengler, N. (2014). Système d’évaluation génétique des verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie [Paper presentation]. Association Wallonne des Eleveurs de Porcs ABSL.

Carabaño, M.-J., Hammami, H., Logar, B., Vanrobays, M.-L., Diaz, C., & Gengler, N. (2014). Impact of Heat Stress on Production in Holstein Cattle in four EU Regions. Selection Tools [Paper presentation]. Livestock, Climate change and food security Conference, Madrid, Spain.

Carabaño, M.-J., Hammami, H., Logar, B., Vanrobays, M.-L., Diaz, C., & Gengler, N. (2014). Impact of Heat Stress on Production in Holstein Cattle in four EU Regions. Selection Tools [Paper presentation]. Livestock, Climate change and food security Conference, Madrid, Spain.

Dufrasne, M., Faux, P., Piedboeuf, M., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2014). Estimation of dominance variance for live body weight in a crossbred population of pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 92, 4313-4318. doi:10.2527/jas.2014-7833

Dufrasne, M., Faux, P., Piedboeuf, M., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2014). Estimation of dominance variance for growth traits with sire-dam subclass effects in a crossbred population of pigs [Poster presentation]. 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Science, Gembloux, Belgium.

Dufrasne, M., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Gengler, N., & Gray, K. (2014). Genetic analysis of pig survival up to commercial weight in a crossbred population. Livestock Science, 167, 19-24. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2014.05.001

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2014). A review of inversion techniques related to the use of relationship matrices in animal breeding. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 18 (3), 319-468.

Hammami, H., Carabaño, M.-J., Logar, B., Vanrobays, M.-L., & Gengler, N. (2014). Genotype x Climate interactions for protein yield using four European Holstein Populations [Paper presentation]. 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, Canada.

Hammami, H., Vandenplas, J., Carabaño, M.-J., Logar, B., Bormann, J., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2014). Strategies to combine novel traits across countries: example of heat stress. Interbull Bulletin, 48, 79-84.

Houndonougbo, P., Chrysostome, A. A. C., Houndonougbo, M. F., Hammami, H., Bindelle, J., & Gengler, N. (2014). Evaluation de la qualité externe et interne des œufs de cinq variétés de pintades locales élevées au bénin. Revue du Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement Supérieur, 2 (2), 42-47.

Laine, A., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2014). NovaUdderHealth : Développement d'outils novateurs de suivi de la santé du pis basés sur des changements de la composition du lait. Université de Liège - Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech.

Lainé, A., Bastin, C., Theron, L., Reding, E., Rao, A.-S., & Gengler, N. (2014). Potential of fine milk composition for cow udder health management [Paper presentation]. 39th ICAR Conference, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Laine, A., Bel Mabrouk, H., Dale, L.-M., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2014). How to use mid-infrared spectral information from milk recording system to detect the pregnancy status of dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences.

Laine, A., Bel Mabrouk, H., Dale, L.-M., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2014). How to use mid-infrared spectral information from milk recording system to detect the pregnancy status of dairy cows. In Communication on Applied Biological Science.

Vandenplas, J., Christensen, O. F., & Gengler, N. (2014). Short communication: Alteration of priors for random effects in Gaussian linear mixed models. Journal of Dairy Science, 97 (9), 5880-5884. doi:10.3168/jds.2014-8155

Vandenplas, J., Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2014). Unified method to integrate and blend several, potentially related, sources of information for genetic evaluation. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 46, 59. doi:10.1186/s12711-014-0059-3

Vanderick, S., Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2014). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2014. ULg.

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (06 December 2013). Inversion of a part of the numerator relationship matrix using pedigree information. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 45, 45. doi:10.1186/1297-9686-45-45

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Abbas, O., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (04 December 2013). Potentiel d'utilisation de la spectrometrie moyen infrarouge pour prédire le rendement fromager du lait et étudier sa variabilité génétique [Paper presentation]. 20èmes Rencontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, France.

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Abbas, O., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (2013). Potentiel d'utilisation de la spectrometrie moyen infrarouge pour prédire le rendement fromager du lait et étudier sa variabilité génétique. In 20èmes Rencontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, les 4 et 5 Décembre 2013 (pp. 153-156).

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (2013). Combinaison d'informations génomiques, phénotypiques et généalogiques.

Stock, K. F., Cole, J., Pryce, J., Gengler, N., Bradley, A., Andrews, L., Heringstad, B., & Egger-Danner, C. (2013). Standardization of health data. ICAR guidelines including health key. In C. Egger-Danner, O. K. Hansen, K. Stock, J. E.  Pryce, J. Cole, N. Gengler, ... B. Heringstad (Eds.), ICAR Technical Series (Challenges and benefits of health data recording in the context of food chain quality, management and breeding, pp. 75 - 81). Rome, Italy: ICAR, Via G. Tomasseti.

Egger-Danner, C., Hansen, O. K., Stock, K., Pryce, J. E., Cole, J., Gengler, N., & Heringstad, B. (Eds.). (2013). Challenges and benefits of health data recording in the context of food chain quality, management and breeding. (Proceedings of the ICAR Conference held in Aarhus, Denmark). Rome, Italy: ICAR, Via G. Tomassetti.

Gengler, N. (27 September 2013). Genetic parameters using phenomics [Paper presentation]. 8th European Symposium on Poultry Genetics, Venice, Italy.

Vandenplas, J., Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Mulder, H. (September 2013). Genetic variance in micro-environmental sensitivity for milk and milk quality in Walloon Holstein cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 96, 5977-5990. doi:10.3168/jds.2012-6521

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Vanden, B., Soyeurt, H., Abbas, O., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Sinnaeve, G., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (29 August 2013). Mid-infrared prediction of cheese yield from milk and its genetic variability in first-parity cows [Paper presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Egger-Danner, C., Cole, J. B., Pryce, J., Gengler, N., Heringstad, B., Bradley, A., & Stock, K. F. (2013). Which new traits are expected to be available in the near future? In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 185). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (28 August 2013). Strategies for inversion of the additive relationship matrix among genotyped animals [Paper presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Nantes, France.

Laine, A., Goubau, A., Dale, L.-M., Bel Mabrouk, H., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2013). Potential use of mid-infrared milk spectrum in pregnancy diagnosis of dairy cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 523). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vandenplas, J., Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (28 August 2013). Combination of genotype, pedigree, local and foreign information [Paper presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Gengler, N., Kandel, P. B., Soyeurt, H., & Hammami, H. (28 August 2013). Genetic effects of heat stress on milk yield and MIR predicted methane emissions of Holstein cows [Paper presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Meraï, A., Gengler, N., Hammami, H., Rekik, M., & Bastin, C. (2013). Interactions between milk production and reproduction in Sicilo-Sarde dairy sheep. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (pp. 372). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Kandel, P., McParland, S., Lewis, E., Deighton, M., & Dardenne, P. (2013). Improvement of a method to predict individual enteric methane emission of cows from milk MIR spectra. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 132). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Dale, L.-M., Laine, A., Goubau, A., Bel Mabrouk, H., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2013). The potential of milk MIR spectra to certify milk geographic origin. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 151). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Dufrasne, M., Faux, P., Piedboeuf, M., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (26 August 2013). Estimation of dominance variance with sire-dam subclass effects in a crossbred population of pigs [Poster presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Kandel, P. B., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Dardenne, P., & Gengler, N. (26 August 2013). Herd-test-day variability of methane emissions predicted from milk MIR spectra in Holstein cows [Poster presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Vanderick, S., Troch, T., Gillon, A., Glorieux, G., Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (25 August 2013). Genetic evaluation of calving ease for Walloon Holstein dairy cattle [Paper presentation]. 30th Annual Meeting of INTERBULL, Nantes, France.

Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Faux, P., Vanderick, S., Renaville, R., Bertozzi, C., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (24 August 2013). Walloon single step genomic evaluation system integrating local and MACE EBV [Paper presentation]. 30th Annual Meeting of INTERBULL, Nantes, France.

Egger-Danner, C., Cole, J. B., Pryce, J. E., Gengler, N., Heringstad, B., Bradley, A., & Stock, K. F. (24 August 2013). Which wew traits are expected to be available in the near future? Interbull Bulletin, 47, 236-245.

Bastin, C., Vandenplas, J., Laine, A., & Gengler, N. (August 2013). Genetics of mastitis in the Walloon Region of Belgium [Paper presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Bastin, C., Vandenplas, J., Laine, A., & Gengler, N. (2013). Genetics of mastitis in the Walloon Region of Belgium. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 523). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Vanden Bossche, S., Soyeurt, H., Abbas, O., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Sinnaeve, G., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (2013). Mid-infrared prediction of cheese yield from milk and its genetic variability in first-parity cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 565). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Faux, P., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2013). Development of a genomic evaluation for milk production for a local bovine breed. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 233). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Faux, P., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (August 2013). Development of a genomic evaluation for milk production for a local bovine breed [Poster presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Nantes, France.

Decruyenaere, V., Boval, M., Dardenne, P., Gengler, N., & Lecomte, P. (2013). Development of infrared reflectance spectroscopy databases for efficient livestock managements. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 270). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2013). Estimation of dominance variance with sire-dam subclass effects in a crossbred population of pigs. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 305). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2013). Strategies for computation and inversion of the additive relationship matrix among genotyped animals. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 453). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Laine, A., Goubau, A., Dale, L.-M., Bel Mabrouk, H., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (August 2013). Potential use of mid-infrared milk spectrum in pregnancy diagnosis of dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Troch, T., Vanden Bossche, S., De Bisschop, C., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (August 2013). Use of visible-near infrared spectroscopy to determine cheese properties [Poster presentation]. 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Nantes, France.

Troch, T., Vanden Bossche, S., De Bisschop, C., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (2013). Use of visible-near infrared spectroscopy to determine cheese properties. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 569). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vandenplas, J., Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2013). Combination of genotype, pedigree, local and foreign information. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 452). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanderick, S., Troch, T., Gillon, A., Glorieux, G., Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (August 2013). Genetic evaluation of calving ease for Walloon Holstein dairy cattle. Interbull Bulletin, 47, 32-37.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Gengler, N., Kandel, P. B., Soyeurt, H., & Hammami, H. (2013). Genetic effects of heat stress on milk yield and MIR predicted methane emissions of Holstein cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 498). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Kandel, P. B., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Dardenne, P., & Gengler, N. (2013). Herd-test-day variability of methane emissions predicted from milk MIR spectra in Holstein cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Nantes 2013, pp. 344). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Houndonougbo, P., HOUAGNI, S., HOUNDONOUGBO, F., CHRYSOSTOME, C., Beckers, Y., Bindelle, J., & Gengler, N. (25 July 2013). EFFET DE LA PROVENANCE ET DE LA PROPORTION DES ACIDES AMINÉS (LYSINE ET MÉTHIONINE) SUR LES PERFORMANCES ZOOÉCONOMIQUES DE LA PINTADE LOCALE GRISE (NUMIDA MELEAGRIS) ÉLEVÉE AU BÉNIN. Journal de la Recherche Scientifique Universitaire de Lomé (Togo), 15 (2), 113-123.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (10 July 2013). Genetic analysis of longitudinal measurements of feed intake in Piétrain sire lines [Poster presentation]. 2013 ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, United States - Indiana.

Dufrasne, M., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Gray, K. A., & Gengler, N. (09 July 2013). Genetic analysis of pig survival in a crossbred population [Paper presentation]. 2013 ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, United States - Indiana.

Vandenplas, J., Colinet, F., Faux, P., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (08 July 2013). Direct use of MACE EBV in the Walloon single-step Bayesian genomic evaluation system [Paper presentation]. 2013 Joint ADSA - ASAS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, United States.

Kandel, P. B., Vanrobays, M.-L., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Dardenne, P., Lewis, E., Buckley, F., Deighton, M., McParland, S., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (July 2013). Genetic parameters for methane emissions predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (E-Suppl. 2), 388.

Vandenplas, J., Colinet, F., Faux, P., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (July 2013). Direct use of MACE EBV in the Walloon single-step Bayesian genomic evaluation system. Journal of Dairy Science, 96 (E-Supplement).

Vanrobays, M.-L., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Kandel, P. B., & Hammami, H. (26 June 2013). Assessing meteorological conditions effects on MIR predicted methane emissions of Holstein cows under a temperate environment [Poster presentation]. Greenhouse Gases & Animal Agriculture, Dublin, Ireland.

Kandel, P. B., Vanrobays, M.-L., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Dardenne, P., Lewis, E., Buckley, F., Deighton, M., McParland, S., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2013). Genetic parameters for methane emissions predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra in dairy cows. In Proceedings of the 5th Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference (June 2013, pp. 279). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Troch, T., Vanden Bossche, S., De Bisschop, C., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Colinet, F., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (June 2013). Use of VIS- and nir-infrared spectroscopy to determine cheese properties [Poster presentation]. 16th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy, La Grande-Motte, France.

Vandenplas, J., Janssens, S., Buys, N., & Gengler, N. (June 2013). An integration of external information for foreign stallions into the Belgian genetic evaluation for jumping horses. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 130 (3), 209-217. doi:10.1111/jbg.12018

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Dardenne, P., Kandel, P., Gengler, N., Deighton, M. H., Buckley, F., Lewis, E., & McParland, S. (2013). Prediction of the individual enteric methane emission of dairy cows from milk mid-infrared spectra. In Advances in Animal Biosciences (volume 4 part 2, pp. 433). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Kandel, P. B., & Hammami, H. (June 2013). Assessing meteorological conditions effects on MIR predicted methane emissions of Holstein cows under a temperate environment. Advances in Animal Biosciences, 4 (2), 488.

Leclercq, G., Francis, F., Haubruge, E., Gengler, N., & Nguyen, B. K. (2013). La mortalité de l'abeille domestique : entre communication médiatique et scientifique [Paper presentation]. Semaine sans pesticides, Rahier, Belgium.

Kandel, P. B., Vanrobays, M.-L., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidment, E., Dardenne, P., Lewis, E., Buckley, F., Deighton, M., McParland, S., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (25 March 2013). Genetic parameters for methane emissions predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra in dairy cows [Paper presentation]. OPTIMIR meeting, Wavre, Belgium.

Arnould, V., Reding, R., Bormann, J., & Gengler, N. (March 2013). Neuartige Management Tools für Milchviehbetrieb mittels Spektralanalytik. de lëtzebuerger ziichter, 30, p. 59-62.

Hammami, H., Bormann, J., M'Hamdi, N., Montaldo, H. H., & Gengler, N. (March 2013). Evaluation of Heat Stress Effects on Production Traits and Somatic Cell Score of Holsteins in a Temperate Environment. Journal of Dairy Science, 96 (3), 1844-1855. doi:10.3168/jds.2012-5947

Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., Bastin, C., Veselko, D., Bertozzi, C., Baeten, V., Sinnaeve, G., & Dardenne, P. (2013). Qualité du lait: la Wallonie à la pointe grâce à l’utilisation de la spectrométrie infrarouge. In Carrefour des productions animales: Nouvelles approches pour une optimisation de nos élevages laitiers (pp. 93-97).

Vanrobays, M.-L., Kandel, P. B., Soyeurt, H., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., & Gengler, N. (07 February 2013). Phenotypic and genetic variability of methane emissions and milk fatty acid contents of Walloon Holstein dairy cows [Poster presentation]. 19th National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Gembloux, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Abras, S., Laloux, L., Massart, X., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (February 2013). Sur la voie de l’élevage laitier de précision en Wallonie - 2. ValLait, OptiVal et OptiVal+ : valoriser des données du contrôle des performances [Paper presentation]. 18ème Carrefour des Productions agricoles: Nouvelles approches pour une optimisation de nos élevages laitiers, Gembloux, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Massart, X., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2013). Sur la voie de l’élevage laitier de précision en Wallonie - 2. ValLait, OptiVal et OptiVal+ : valoriser des données du contrôle des performances. In 18ème Carrefour des Productions agricoles: Nouvelles approches pour une optimisation de nos élevages laitiers (pp. 106-107). Gembloux, Belgium: Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques.

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Vanden Bossche, S., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., Abbas, O., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Sinnaeve, G., Dardenne, P., & Sindic, M. (2013). Etude de la variabilité des aptitudes à la transformation laitière en Région wallonne basée sur l'utilisation de la spectrométrie infrarouge. In 18ième Carrefour des Productions animales : Nouvelles approches pour une optimisation de nos élevages laitiers (pp. 86-92). Gembloux, Belgium: Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques.

Muchembled, A., Beguin, E., Glorieux, G., Dessert-Gouwy, H., Delahaye, B., Piedana, F., Regaldo, D., Gengler, N., Colinet, F., Masurel, A., & Bertozzi, C. (2013). L'intérêt des races mixtes dans les systèmes laitiers : enseignements du projet BlueSel. In 18ième Carrefour des Productions animales : Nouvelles approches pour une optimisation de nos élevages laitiers (pp. 23-31). Gembloux, Belgium: Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques.

Arnould, V., Reding, R., Bormann, J., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2013). Review: Milk composition as management tool of sustainability. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 17 (4), 613-621.

Bastin, C., Berry, D., Gengler, N., & McParland, S. (2013). Genetics of body energy status of Holstein cows predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry. Journal of Dairy Science, 96 (E-Suppl. 1).

Bastin, C., Berry, D., Gengler, N., & McParland, S. (2013). Genetics of body energy status of Holstein cows predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry [Paper presentation]. 2013 ADSA – ASAS JAM.

Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2013). Genetics of body condition score as an indicator of dairy cattle fertility. A review. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 17 (1), 64-75.

Bastin, C., Laine, A., & Gengler, N. (2013). Milk components predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry as indicators of the udder health status of the dairy cow [Poster presentation]. 2013 ADSA – ASAS JAM.

Bastin, C., Laine, A., & Gengler, N. (2013). Milk components predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry as indicators of the udder health status of the dairy cow. Journal of Dairy Science, 96 (E-Suppl. 1).

Berry, D. P., McParland, S., Bastin, C., Wall, E., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2013). Phenotyping of robustness and milk quality. Advances in Animal Biosciences, 4 (3), 600-605. doi:10.1017/s2040470013000150

Colinet, F., Troch, T., Abbas, O., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Sindic, M., & Gengler, N. (2013). Potentiel d'utilisation de la spectrometrie moyen infrarouge pour prédire le rendement fromager du lait et étudier sa variabilité génétique. In 20ième Rencontres Recherches Ruminants.

Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Faux, P., Vanderick, S., Renaville, R., Bertozzi, C., Hubin, X., & Gengler, N. (2013). Walloon single-step genomic evaluation system integrating local and MACE EBV. Interbull Bulletin, 47, 203-210.

Dufrasne, M., & Gengler, N. (2013). Système d'évaluations génétiques des verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie.

Dufrasne, M., & Gengler, N. (2013). Evaluations génétiques des verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2013). Genetic analysis of longitudinal measurements of feed intake in Piétrain sire lines. Journal of Animal Science, 91 (E-Suppl.2), 293.

Dufrasne, M., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Gray, K. A., & Gengler, N. (2013). Genetic analysis of pig survival in a crossbred population. Journal of Animal Science, 91 (E-Suppl.2), 193.

Dufrasne, M., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Holl, J., Gray, K., & Gengler, N. (2013). Estimation of genetic parameters for birth weight, preweaning mortality, and hot carcass weight of crossbred pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 91, 5565-5571. doi:10.2527/jas.2013-6684

Gengler, N. (2013). Distributed computing as a new opportunity for stakeholders in dairy cattle management and breeding. In D. Berckmans & J. Vandermeulen (Eds.), Precision Livestock Farming ‘13 (pp. 538-543).

Gengler, N., Berry, D. P., & Bastin, C. (2013). Use of automated systems for recording of direct and indirect data with special emphasis on the use of MIR milk spectra (OptiMIR project). In Challenges and benefits of health data recording in the context of food chain quality, management and breeding (pp. 55-62). Rome, Italy: ICAR, Via G. Tomassetti.

Gengler, N., Sindic, M., Dardenne, P., Colinet, F., Vanden Bossche, S., Troch, T., Sinnaeve, G., Dehareng, F., Abbas, O., & Baeten, V. (2013). Rapport d'activités final du premier mandat (du 1er février 2011 au 31 janvier 2013) : ProFARMilk, variabilité et amélioration des aptitudes à la transformation fermière du lait. ULg-GxABT & CRA-W.

Grelet, C., Fernandez Pierna, J. A., Dehareng, F., Massart, X., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (2013). OptiMIR : de nouveaux outils de management des exploitations laitières grâce au spectre moyen infra-rouge du lait [Paper presentation]. Carrefour des productions Animales 2013.

Laine, A., Goubau, A., Hammami, H., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2013). Potential of mid-infrared spectrum of milk to detect changes in the physiological status of dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 2013 ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Indianapolis (IN), United States.

Laine, A., Goubau, A., Hammami, H., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2013). Potential of mid-infrared spectrum of milk to detect changes in the physiological status of dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science.

Leclercq, G., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., & Bastin, C. (2013). Genetic variability of the mid-infrared prediction of lactoferrin content in milk for Walloon Holstein first-parity cows. Livestock Science, 151 (2-3), 158-162. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2012.11.002

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Faux, P., Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (2013). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2013. ULg.

Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., FROIDMONT, E., Soyeurt, H., Kandel, P., Gengler, N., DEIGHTON, M., LEWIS, E., BUCKLEY, F., MCPARLAND, S., & DARDENNE, P. (2013). Avancées dans le développement d’une équation permettant de prédire les émissions de méthane des vaches laitières grâce aux spectres moyens infrarouges du lait Progress in the development of an equation for predicting methane emission from dairy cows using milk mid-infrared spectra. In Book of abstracts des 3R 2013 (p. 327).

Vanlierde, A., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Vanrobays, M.-L., Dardenne, P., Stilmant, D., & Gengler, N. (2013). METHAMILK 2: Aide à la diminution de la production de méthane des bovins laitiers au moyen d’une méthode précise et rapide d’estimation des émissions individuelles - Rapport de synthèse du 2ème mandat (2011-2013). Service public de Wallonie.

Kandel, P. B., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Dardenne, P., Lewis, E., Buckley, F., Deighton, M., McParland, S., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., & Vanrobays, M.-L. (03 December 2012). Relationship between milk composition estimated from mid infrared and methane emissions in dairy cows [Paper presentation]. GreenHouseMilk Network Meeting, Wagenignen, Netherlands.

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (2012). Integration/blending of external information into genetic/genomic evaluations.

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2012). Relationship matrices and Iterative construction of their inverses.

Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (07 November 2012). Capitalizing on mid-infrared to improve nutritional and environmental quality of milk [Paper presentation]. 13th WHFF World Conference 2012, Toronto, Canada.

Leclercq, G., Francis, F., Haubruge, E., Gengler, N., & Nguyen, B. K. (2012). Diversité de l’abeille & sélection de souches tolérantes à Varroa destructor [Paper presentation]. Conférence sur demande du cercle apicole, Wauthier-Braine, Belgium.

Colinet, F., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., Troch, T., Sindic, M., Dehareng, F., Sinnaeve, G., Baeten, V., & Dardenne, P. (12 October 2012). Use of MIR spectrometry for technological properties prediction of milk samples from Walloon dairy cows [Paper presentation]. Workshop on Techniques for Measuring Milk Phenotypes, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (30 August 2012). Estimation of genetic parameters for longitudinal measurements of feed intake in Piétrain sire lines [Paper presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of teh European Federation of Animal Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Gengler, N., Nieuwhof, G. J., Konstantinov, K. V., & Goddard, M. E. (28 August 2012). Alternative single-step type genomic prediction equations [Paper presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Berry, D., Wall, E., Coffey, M., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., & Dardenne, P. (28 August 2012). Mid-infrared predictions of fatty acids in bovine milk: final results of the RobustMilk project [Poster presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Colinet, F., Vanlierde, A., Vanden Bossche, S., Sindic, M., Dehareng, F., Sinnaeve, G., Vandenplas, J., Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (27 August 2012). Mid-infrared prediction of milk titratable acidity and its genetic variability in first-parity cows [Paper presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Romnée, J.-M., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (27 August 2012). Genetics of the mineral contents in bovine milk predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry [Paper presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Vandenplas, J., Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Mulder, H. A. (27 August 2012). Genetic variance in environmental sensitivity for milk and milk quality in walloon holstein cattle [Paper presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Troch, T., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (27 August 2012). Estimation of myostatin gene effects on production traits and fatty acid contents in bovine milk [Paper presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Bastin, C., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Wall., E., & Calus, M. (August 2012). Genome-wide association study for milk fatty acid composition using cow versus bull data [Poster presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Bastin, C., Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Wall, E., & Calus, M. (2012). Genome-wide association study for milk fatty acid composition using cow versus bull data. In Book of Astracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 93). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Bastin, C., Leclercq, G., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Genetics of the mid-infrared predicted lactoferrin content in milk of dairy cows. In Book of Astracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 18). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Bastin, C., Leclercq, G., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (August 2012). Genetics of the mid-infrared predicted lactoferrin content in milk of dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Colinet, F., Vanlierde, A., Vanden Bossche, S., Sindic, M., Dehareng, F., Sinnaeve, G., Vandenplas, J., Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2012). Mid-infrared prediction of milk titratable acidity and its genetic variability in first-parity cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 17). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2012). Estimation of genetic parameters for longitudinal measurements of feed intake in Piétrain sire lines. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 309). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-761-5

Gengler, N., Nieuwhof, G., Konstantinov, K., & Goddard, M. (2012). Alternative single-step type genomic prediction equations. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 131). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gengler, N., Troch, T., Bastin, C., Vanderick, S., Vandenplas, J., & Soyeurt, H. (2012). Implementing a genetic evaluation for milk fat composition in the Walloon region of Belgium. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 91). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Hammami, H., Bormann, J., & Gengler, N. (2012). Assessing heat stress effects on production traits of Holsteins in a temperate region. In Book of abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Bratislava 2012, pp. 368). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Romnée, J.-M., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (2012). Genetics of the mineral contents in bovine milk predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 18). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Berry, D., Wall, E., Coffey, M., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., & Dardenne, P. (2012). Mid-infrared predictions of fatty acids in bovine milk: final results of the RobustMilk project. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 173). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vandenplas, J., Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Mulder, H. A. (2012). Genetic variance in environmental sensitivity for milk and milk quality in walloon holstein cattle. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 15). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Vandenplas, J., Troch, T., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Estimation of Myostatin gene effects on production traits and fatty acid contents in bovine milk. In Book of Abstracts of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Bratislava 2012, pp. 78). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (18 July 2012). Effect of milk recording schemes on milk and milk components genetic parameters in Luxembourg [Paper presentation]. ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Phoenix, United States.

Dufrasne, M., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Holl, J., Gray, K. H., & Gengler, N. (18 July 2012). Estimation of genetic parameters for birth weight, pre-weaning mortality and hot carcass weight in a crossbred population of pigs [Paper presentation]. 2012 ADSA-AMPA-ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Phoenix, United States - Arizona.

Kandel, P. B., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (18 July 2012). Genetic parameters for methane indicator traits based on milk fatty acids in cows [Paper presentation]. 2012 ADSA®-AMPA-ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, United States.

Kandel, P. B., Vanlierde, A., Dehareng, F., Froidmont, E., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2012). Genetic parameters for methane indicator traits based on milk fatty acids in cows. In Journal of Dairy Science (pp. 683-684).

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (18 July 2012). Extension of Bayesian procedures to integrate and to blend multiple external information into genetic evaluations [Paper presentation]. 2012 ADSA-AMPA-ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, United States.

Vandenplas, J., Misztal, I., Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (17 July 2012). Bayesian integration of external information into the single step approach for genomically enhanced prediction of breeding values [Paper presentation]. 2012 ADSA-AMPA-ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Phoenix,AZ, United States.

Faux, P., Arnould, V., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (16 July 2012). Feasibility of genomic prediction of fatty acids composition in milk of dairy cattle from Luxembourg using single-step procedure [Paper presentation]. American Dairy Science Association - American Society of Animal Science Joint Annual Meeting, Phoenix, United States - Arizona.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (July 2012). Effect of the milk recording time on the genetic parameters of milk production and mid-infrared milk components in Luxembourg dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 95, 685.

Kandel, P. B., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (18 June 2012). Genetic parameters for methane indicator traits based on milk fatty acids in Dual Purpose Belgian Blue cattle [Poster presentation]. Fourth International conference of Quantitative Genetics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Stock, K. F., Cole, J., Pryce, J., Gengler, N., Bradley, A., Andrews, L., & Egger-Danner, C. (30 May 2012). Survey on the recording and use of functional traits in dairy management and breeding [Paper presentation]. ICAR Annual Meeting, Cork, Ireland.

Gengler, N., Troch, T., Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., & Soyeurt, H. (May 2012). Implementing a National Routine Genetic Evaluation for Milk Fat Compositions as First Step Towards Genomic Predictions. Interbull Bulletin, 46, 80-84.

Gengler, N., Troch, T., Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., & Soyeurt, H. (May 2012). Implementing a National Routine Genetic Evaluation for Milk Fat Compositions as First Step Towards Genomic Predictions [Paper presentation]. 2012 Interbull Meeting, Cork, Ireland.

Thewis, A., Gengler, N., Bertozzi, C., Colinet, F., Vanrobays, M.-L., Faux, P., Vandenplas, J., Gillon, A., & Hubin, X. (2012). Rapport d'activités final du premier mandat (du 1er janvier 2010 au 31 décembre 2011) : DairySNP, Etude de la variabilité génomique des bovins laitiers et mixtes en vue de mieux connaître leur biodiversité et d'initier une sélection génomique au sein de ces races. ULg-GxABT & AWE asbl.

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (March 2012). Comparison and improvements of different Bayesian procedures to integrate external information into genetic evaluations. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (3), 1513-1526. doi:10.3168/jds.2011-4322

Kandel, P. B., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (14 February 2012). Genetic parameters for methane indicator traits based on milk fatty acids [Paper presentation]. Early Stage Researcher Network Meeting, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (10 February 2012). Variability among morning and evening milk compositions during the lactation [Poster presentation]. 17th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Berry, D. P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (10 February 2012). Using fatty acid contents in milk to improve fertility of dairy cows? [Poster presentation]. 17th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Kandel, P. B., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (10 February 2012). Estimation of genetic parameters for methane indicator traits based on milk fatty acids in dual purpose Belgian blue cattle [Paper presentation]. 17th PhD symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Kandel, P. B., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (10 February 2012). Estimation of genetic parameters for methane indicator traits based on milk fatty acids in dual purpose Belgian blue cattle. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, 77 (1), 21-25.

Leclercq, G., Nguyen, B. K., Gengler, N., & Haubruge, E. (10 February 2012). Evaluation of the genetic diversity of honey bees, Apis mellifera L. in the Walloon Region and selection of strains tolerant to the mite Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman [Poster presentation]. 17th PhD Symposium on Applied and Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (10 February 2012). Integration of external information into genetic evaluations by a Bayesian procedure [Poster presentation]. 17th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Vanrobays, M.-L., Vanlierde, A., Kandel, P. B., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (10 February 2012). Relationships between methane emissions of dairy cattle and farm management [Poster presentation]. 17th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Berry, D. P., Coffey, M. P., Strandberg, E., Urioste, J. I., Veerkamp, R. F., & Gengler, N. (2012). Consequences of selection for milk quality and robustness traits. Interbull Bulletin, 44.

Bastin, C., Berry, D. P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Use of milk fatty acids to substitute for body condition score in breeding purposes. Journal of Dairy Science, 95, Suppl. 2.

Bastin, C., Berry, D. P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Use of milk fatty acids to substitute for body condition score in breeding purposes [Paper presentation]. 2012 ADSA - AMPA - ASAS - CSAS - WSASAS JAM, Phoenix, United States - Arizona.

Bastin, C., Berry, D. P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Genetic correlations of days open with production traits and contents in milk of major fatty acids predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (10), 6113-21. doi:10.3168/jds.2012-5361

Bastin, C., Leclercq, G., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Genetics of the mid-infrared prediction of lactoferrin content in milk for Holstein first-parity cows [Paper presentation]. 2012 ADSA - AMPA - ASAS - CSAS - WSASAS JAM, Phoenix, United States - Arizona.

Bastin, C., Leclercq, G., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Genetics of the mid-infrared prediction of lactoferrin content in milk for Holstein first-parity cows. International Journal of Dairy Science, 95, Suppl. 2.

Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2012). Genetic parameters of milk production traits and fatty acid contents in milk for Holstein cows in parity 1 – 3. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 130 (2). doi:10.1111/jbg.12010

Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2012). Genetic relationships between milk fatty acids and fertility of dairy cows. Interbull Bulletin, 44.

Bastin, C., Thewis, A., & Gengler, N. (2012). NovaUdderHealth: Développement d’outils novateurs de suivi de la santé du pis basés sur des changements de la composition du lait (Premier rapport d’activités intermédiaire, second mandat, Octobre 2011 – Septembre 2012). GxABT-ULg.

Colinet, F., Vanderick, S., Gengler, N., Regaldo, D. (Other coll.), & Glorieux, G. (Other coll.). (2012). Système d'évaluations génétiques transfrontalières de la Bleue Mixte.

Dehareng, F., Delfosse, C., Froidmont, E., Soyeurt, H., Martin, C., Gengler, N., Vanlierde, A., & Dardenne, P. (2012). Potential use of milk mid-infrared spectra to predict individual methane emission of dairy cows. Animal, 6 (10), 1694-1701. doi:10.1017/S1751731112000456

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2012). Advanced genetic models for Piétrain boars involved in crossbreeding in the Walloon Region using test station and on-farm phenotypic and genomic data [Poster presentation]. 17th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Dufrasne, M., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Holl, J., Gray, K., & Gengler, N. (2012). Estimation of genetic parameters for birth weight, pre-weaning mortality and hot carcass weight in a crossbred population of pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 90 (E-Suppl.3), 721.

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2012). Optimizing genomic prediction: Strategies to obtain inverse of large relationship matrices [Poster presentation]. 17th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Faux, P., Gengler, N., & Misztal, I. (2012). A recursive algorithm for decomposition and creation of the inverse of the genomic relationship matrix. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (10), 6093 - 6102. doi:10.3168/jds.2011-5249

Hammami, H., Arnould, V., Bormann, J., & Gengler, N. (2012). Genetic variation in heat stress tolerance of Holsteins producing under a continental temperate environment [Poster presentation]. workshop Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Adaptation of Farm Animals on Phenotypic and Molecular Level, Tuusala, Finland.

Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Arnould, V., Berry, D., Wall, E., Dehareng, F., Nguyen, N., Dardenne, P., Schefers, J., Vandenplas, J., Weigel, K., Coffey, M., Theron, L., Detilleux, J., Reding, E., Gengler, N., & McParland, S. (2012). Mid-Infrared prediction of lactoferrin content in bovine milk: Potential indicator of mastitis. Animal, 6, 1830-1838. doi:10.1017/S1751731112000791

Vandenplas, J., & Gengler, N. (2012). Extension of Bayesian procedures to integrate and to blend multiple external information into genetic evaluations. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (Supplement 2).

Vandenplas, J., Misztal, I., Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2012). Bayesian integration of external information into the single step approach for genomically enhanced prediction of breeding values. Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (Supplement 2).

Vanderick, S., Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2012). Is It Possible to Define a European Total Merit Index? Interbull Bulletin, 44, 95-99.

Vanderick, S., Troch, T., & Gengler, N. (2012). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2012. ULg.

Kandel, P. B., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (02 December 2011). Estimation of methane and its variation across different breeds of cattle predicted from milk fatty acids [Paper presentation]. GreenHouseGas Mid term Review Workshop, Paris, France.

Colinet, F., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2011). When MIR spectrometry helps to promote a local and vulnerable breed. In Book of Abstracts of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Stavanger 2011, pp. 307). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (31 August 2011). When MIR spectrometry helps to promote a local and vulnerable breed [Poster presentation]. 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Stavanger, Norway.

Vanlierde, A., Soyeurt, H., Anceau, C., Vanden Bossche, S., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Gengler, N., Sindic, M., & Colinet, F. (31 August 2011). Mid-infrared predictions of cheese yield from bovine milk [Paper presentation]. 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Stavanger, Norway.

Vandenplas, J., Janssens, S., & Gengler, N. (30 August 2011). Integration of foreign breeding values for stallions into the Belgian genetic evaluation for jumping horses [Poster presentation]. 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Stavanger, Norway.

Buske, B., Vanrobays, M.-L., Szydlowski, M., Verkenne, C., & Gengler, N. (29 August 2011). Estimating myostatin gene effect on milk performance traits using estimated gene content for a large number of non-genotyped cows [Paper presentation]. 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Stavanger, Norway.

Hammami, H., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Arnould, V., Stoll, J., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (29 August 2011). Prediction of cow pregnancy status using conventional and novel mid-infrared predicted milk traits [Paper presentation]. 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Stavanger, Norway.

Vanderick, S., Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (27 August 2011). Is It Possible to Define a European Total Merit Index? (Presentation for the PROTEJE group) [Paper presentation]. 2011 Interbull Open Meeting, Stavanger, Norway.

Baekbo, P., Bidanel, J., Ligda, C., & Gengler, N. (2011). New strategic research agenda: robustness in animal breeding. In Book of Abstracts of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Stavanger 2011, pp. 14). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Bastin, C., Berry, D. P., Coffey, M. P., Strandberg, E., Urioste, J. I., Veerkamp, R. F., & Gengler, N. (August 2011). Consequences of selection for milk quality and robustness traits [Paper presentation]. 2011 Interbull meeting, Stavanger, Norway.

Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (August 2011). Genetic relationships between milk fatty acids and fertility of dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 2011 Interbull meeting, Stavanger, Norway.

Buske, B., Szydlowski, M., Verkenne, C., & Gengler, N. (2011). Estimating myostatin gene effect on milk performance traits using estimated gene content for a large number of non-genotyped cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 62th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Stavanger 2011, pp. 27). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Hammami, H., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Arnould, V., Stoll, J., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2011). Prediction of cow pregnancy status using conventional and novel mid-infrared predicted milk traits. In Book of Abstracts of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Stavanger 2011, pp. 102). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vandenplas, J., Janssens, S., & Gengler, N. (2011). Integration of foreign breeding values for stallions into the Belgian genetic evaluation for jumping horses. In Book of Abstracts of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (Stavanger 2011, pp. 140). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanlierde, A., Soyeurt, H., Anceau, C., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Gengler, N., Sindic, M., & Colinet, F. (2011). Mid-infrared predictions of cheese yield from bovine milk. In Book of Abstracts of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Stavanger 2011, pp. 218). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Vanrobays, M.-L., Buske, B., Vanderick, S., & Colinet, F. (13 July 2011). Is there value in maintaining small populations ? Example of the Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue breed [Paper presentation]. ADSA - ASAS Joint Annual Meeting 2011, New Orleans, United States - Louisiana.

Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Arnould, V., Berry, D., Wall, E., Gengler, N., Dardenne, P., Schefers, J., Weigel, K., & McParland, S. (13 July 2011). Mid-Infrared Predictions of Lactoferrin Content in Bovine Milk : Potential Indicator of Mastitis [Paper presentation]. ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, New Orleans, United States - Louisiana.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (12 July 2011). Construction of individual breeding values for feed intake of Piétrain boars based on mean pen feed intake, weight and weight gain test station records [Paper presentation]. ADSA - ASAS Joint Annual Meeting 2011, Nerw Orleans, United States - Louisiana.

Arnould, V., Froidmont, E., Nguyen, N., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Gillon, A., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (11 July 2011). Estimating daily yield and content of major fatty acids from single milking: First approach [Poster presentation]. ADSA-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, New Orleans, United States - Louisiana.

Faux, P., Gengler, N., & Misztal, I. (11 July 2011). A recursive method of approximation of the inverse of genomic relationships matrix [Paper presentation]. American Dairy Science Association - American Society of Animal Science Joint Annual Meeting, New Orleans, United States - Louisiana.

Faux, P., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (11 July 2011). A recursive method of approximation of the inverse of genomic relationship matrix [Paper presentation]. American Dairy Science Association - American Society of Animal Science Joint Annual Meeting, New Orleans, United States - Louisiana.

Arnould, V., NGuyen, N. H., Froidmont, Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Gillon, A., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (July 2011). Estimating daily yield of major fatty acids from single milking: first approach. Journal of Dairy Science, 94 (E-Suppl. 1), 29.

Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (July 2011). Genetic relationships between fertility and content of major fatty acids in milk for first-parity Wallon Holstein cows [Paper presentation]. 2011 ADSA ASAS JAM, New Orleans, United States - Louisiana.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (July 2011). Système d'évaluation génétique des verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie [Poster presentation]. Foire Agricole de Libramont, Libramont, Belgium.

Vanderick, S., Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (2011). European TMI estimation [Paper presentation]. PROTEJE Meeting, Paris, France.

Soyeurt, H.* , Dehareng, F.* , Gengler, N., McParland, S., Wall, E., Berry, D., Coffey, M., & Dardenne, P. (April 2011). Mid-infrared prediction of bovine milk fatty acids across multiple breeds, production systems, and countries. Journal of Dairy Science, 94 (4), 1657-1667. doi:10.3168/jds.2010-3408
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Arnould, V., Froidmont, E., Nguyen, N., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Gillon, A., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (02 March 2011). Estimation de la quantité journalière des composés fins de la matière grasse du lait à partir d'une seule traite (matin ou soir): première approche [Poster presentation]. 16° Carrefour des productions animales: La filière laitière bovine européennes est elle durable?, Gembloux, Belgium.

Arnould, V., Soyeurt, H., Stoll, J., & Gengler, N. (2011). ManageMilk - Création d'outils de management innovatifs et pratiques en vue d'améliorer la durabilité de la production laitière et de la qualité des produits laitiers: présentation du projet. In 16ième Carrefour des Prodcutions animales: La filière laitière bovine européenne est-elle durable?Gembloux, Belgium: Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques.

Arnould, V., Soyeurt, H., Stoll, J., & Gengler, N. (02 March 2011). ManageMilk - Création d'outils de management innovatifs et pratiques en vue d'améliorer la durabilité de la production laitière et de la qualité des produits laitiers: présentation du projet [Poster presentation]. 16° Carrefour des productions animales: La filière laitière bovine européennes est elle durable?, Gembloux, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (02 March 2011). RobustMilk - Développer des outils de sélection pratiques et innovants pour la production de produits laitiers de qualité issus de vaches plus robustes : Sélectionner sur le profil en acides gras du lait [Poster presentation]. 16ième Carrefour des productions animales: La Filière laitière bovine est-elle durable?, Gembloux, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2011). RobustMilk - Développer des outils de sélection pratiques et innovants pour la production de produits laitiers de qualité issus de vaches plus robustes : Sélectionner sur le profil en acides gras du lait. In 16ième Carrefour des productions animales: La Filière laitière bovine est-elle durable?, Gembloux, le 2 mars 2011.

Colinet, F., Glorieux, G., Beguin, E., Regaldo, D., Desert Gouwy, H., Piedanna, F., Delbecke, P., Delahaye, B., Masurel, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2011). Conservation et valorisation de la Bleue Mixte au travers du projet franco-belge BlueSel. In 16ième Carrefour des Productions animales: La filière laitière bovine européenne est-elle durable? (pp. 2). Gembloux, Belgium: Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques.

Colinet, F., Glorieux, G., Beguin, E., Regaldo, D., Desert Gouwy, H., Piedanna, F., Delbecke, P., Delahaye, B., Masurel, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (March 2011). Conservation et valorisation de la Bleue Mixte au travers du projet franco-belge BlueSel [Poster presentation]. 16ième Carrefour des Productions animales: La filière laitière bovine européenne est-elle durable?, Gembloux, Belgium.

Colinet, F., Sindic, M., Anceau, C., Vanden Bossche, S., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (2011). Variabilité et amélioration des aptitudes à la transformation fermière du lait au travers du projet ProFARMilk. In 16ième Carrefour des Productions animales: La filière laitière bovine européenne est-elle durable? (pp. 10). Gembloux, Belgium: Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques.

Colinet, F., Sindic, M., Anceau, C., Vanden Bossche, S., Baeten, V., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (March 2011). Variabilité et amélioration des aptitudes à la transformation fermière du lait au travers du projet ProFARMilk [Poster presentation]. 16ième Carrefour des Productions animales: La filière laitière bovine européenne est-elle durable?, Gembloux, Belgium.

Hammami, H., Massart, X., Bertozzi, C., Dehareng, F., & Gengler, N. (2011). OptiMIR- Développement et mise en place d'outils innovants de gestion des troupeaux et de conseil personnalisé pour une meilleure durabilité du secteur laitier. In 16ème Carrefour des Productions animales: La filière laitière bovine européenne est-elle durable? (pp. 6).

Hammami, H., Massart, X., Bertozzi, C., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., & Gengler, N. (March 2011). OptiMIR- Développement et mise en place d'outils innovants de gestion des troupeaux et de conseils personnalisés pour une meilleure durabilité du secteur laitier [Paper presentation]. 16ème Carrefour des Productions animales: la filière laitière bovine européenne est elle durable?, Gembloux, Belgium.

Colinet, F., Gengler, N., Hubin, X., & Bertozzi, C. (2011). La génomique bovine laitière en Région Wallonne : état des lieux [Paper presentation]. La sélection génomique : une après-midi de réflexion, Wavre, Belgium.

Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2011). Phenotypic and genetic variability of production traits and milk fatty acid contents across days in milk for Walloon Holstein first-parity cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 94 (8), 4152-63. doi:10.3168/jds.2010-4108

Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2011). Genetic relationships between fertility and content of major fatty acids in milk for first-parity Wallon Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 94 E-Suppl 1, 705.

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., Vandenplas, J., Thewis, A., & Gengler, N. (2011). NovaUdderHealth: Développement d’outils novateurs de suivi de la santé du pis basés sur des changements de la composition du lait (Rapport d’activités final du premier mandat, Mars 2009 – Septembre 2011). GxABT-ULg.

Bömcke, E., Gengler, N., & Cothran, E. G. (2011). Genetic variability in the Skyros pony and its relationship with other Greek and foreign horse breeds. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 34, 68-76. doi:10.1590/S1415-47572010005000113

Bömcke, E., Soyeurt, H., Szydlowski, M., & Gengler, N. (2011). New method to combine molecular and pedigree relationships. Journal of Animal Science, 89, 972-978. doi:10.2527/jas.2010-3135

Buske, B., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2011). Short communication: Influence of the muscle hypertrophy mutation of the myostatin gene on milk production traits and milk fatty acid composition in dual-purpose Belgian Blue dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 94, 3687-3682. doi:10.3168/jds.2010-4057

Buske, B., Szydlowski, M., Verkenne, C., & Gengler, N. (2011). Estimating myostatin gene effect on milk performance traits using estimated gene content for a large number of non-genotyped cows. Animal, 5 (1), 43-47. doi:10.1017/S1751731110001643

Dufrasne, M., & Gengler, N. (2011). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques (indexations) porcines de l'AWEP.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2011). Construction of individual breeding values for feed intake of Piétrain boars based on mean pen feed intake, weight and weight gain test station records. Journal of Animal Science, 89 (E-Suppl.1), 474-475.

Dufrasne, M., Rustin, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2011). Using test station and on-farm data for the genetic evaluation of Piétrain boars used on Landrace sows for growth performance. Journal of Animal Science, 89, 3872-3880. doi:10.2527/jas.2010-3816

Gengler, N., Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Buske, B., Vanderick, S., & Colinet, F. (2011). Is there value in maintaining small populations ? Example of the Dual-Purpose Belgian Blue breed. Journal of Dairy Science, 94 (E-suppl.1), 664.

Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Arnould, V., Berry, D., Wall, E., Gengler, N., Dardenne, P., & McParland, S. (2011). Mid-infrared predictions of lactoferrin content in bovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 94 (E-suppl.1), 714.

Vanderick, S., Buske, B., & Gengler, N. (2011). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2011. ULg.

Vanlierde, A., Delfosse, C., Froidmont, E., Dehareng, F., Hammida, M., Romnée, J.-M., Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Bartiaux, N., & Gengler, N. (2011). METHAMILK 1: Aide à la diminution de la production de méthane des bovins laitiers au moyen d’une méthode précise et rapide d’estimation des émissions individuelles - Rapport de synthèse du 1er mandat (2009-2011). CRA-W et GxABT-ULg.

Wiggans, G. R., & Gengler, N. (2011). Genetics: Selection: Evaluation and Methods. United States: Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374407-4.00206-5

Glorieux, G., Beguin, E., Desert Gouwy, H., Delahaye, B., Piedanna, F., Regaldo, D., Gengler, N., Colinet, F., Masurel, A., & Bertozzi, C. (2010). Les élevages Bleue Mixte et leur rentabilité au travers du projet franco-belge BlueSel. In 17ièmes Rencontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, les 8 et 9 Décembre 2010 (pp. 417-420).

Bastin, C., Massart, X., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2010). OptiVal+: Optimisation des Valorisations issues du Contrôle des Performances à travers le développement d’outils pratiques de management visant à augmenter la rentabilité de toutes les exploitations laitières wallonnes.

Gillon, A., Abras, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (November 2010). Adding value to test-day data by using modified best prediction method. ICAR Technical Series, 14, 171-178.

Bömcke, E., & Gengler, N. (2010). Forensic science technique applied for calculation of kinship index. In Book of Abstracts of the 61th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Heraklion 2010, pp. 307). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2010). Development of a new crossbred based evaluation for carcass quality of piétrain boars in the walloon region of Belgium. In Book of Abstracts of the 61th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Heraklion 2010, pp. 287). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Arnould, V., Hammami, H., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (18 August 2010). Short communication: Genetic variation of saturated fatty acids in Holsteins in the Walloon region of Belgium. Journal of Dairy Science, 93, 4391-4397. doi:10.3168/jds.2010-3049

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Massart, X., Bertozzi, C., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (06 August 2010). Genetic correlations among body condition score, yield and fertility in multiparous cows using random regression models [Paper presentation]. 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Leipzig, Germany.

Gillon, A., Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (06 August 2010). Genetic parameters of mastitis-correlated milk components in first parity dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Leipzig, Germany.

Tijani, A., Rgayai, B., Hammami, H., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (02 August 2010). Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Test Day Milk Yields of Moroccan Holstein Cows Using Random Regression Test Day Model [Poster presentation]. 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Leipzig, Germany.

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Massart, X., Bertozzi, C., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2010). Genetic correlations among body condition score, yield and fertility in multiparous cows using random regression models. In Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Giessen, Germany: German Society for Animal Science.

Bömcke, E., Windig, J. J., & Gengler, N. (2010). New Method to Combine Pedigree and Molecular Relationships applied to Brandrood Cattle. In 9th World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: Leipzig, Germany.

Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (August 2010). Longitudinal effects of muscular hypertrophy allele on milk production traits during the lactation using a novel equivalent model when molecular information is limited [Paper presentation]. 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Leipzig, Germany.

Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2010). Longitudinal effects of muscular hypertrophy allele on milk production traits during the lactation using a novel equivalent model when molecular information is limited. In Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (pp. 358). Geiben, Germany: Gesellschaft für Tierzuchtwissenschaften.

Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2010). Interest, recording and possible use of new phenotypes from fine milk composition. In Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Gießen, Germany: Gesellschaft für Tierzuchtwissenschaften e. V.

Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (August 2010). Interest, recording and possible use of new phenotypes from fine milk composition [Paper presentation]. 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Leipzig, Germany.

Gillon, A., Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2010). Genetic parameters of mastitis-correlated milk components in first parity dairy cows. In Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Giessen, Germany: German Society for Animal Science.

Tijani, A., Rgayai, B., Hammami, H., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2010). Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Test Day Milk Yields of Moroccan Holstein Cows Using Random Regression Test Day Model. In Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Giessen, Germany: German Society for Animal Science.

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (August 2010). Female fertility expression in Walloon dairy cattle [Poster presentation]. 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Leipzig, Germany.

Faux, P., & Gengler, N. (12 July 2010). A simulation approach for analyzing genomic data using a package of specific FORTRAN90 functions [Paper presentation]. American Dairy Societies Association (ADSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, United States - Colorado.

Faux, P., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (12 July 2010). Working on a Method to Compute Inverse of Genomic Relationship Matrix from Sparse Matrices [Paper presentation]. ADSA-PSA-AMPA-CSAS-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting 2010, Denver, United States - Colorado.

Arnould, V., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (July 2010). Heterogeneity of residuals variances of milk fatty acids in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 88 (E-Suppl. 2), 744.

Arnould, V., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (July 2010). Heterogeneity of residuals variances of milk fatty acids in dairy cattle [Paper presentation]. ADSA, Denver, United States.

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., & Bastin, C. (July 2010). Sequential Evaluation of Longitudinal Conformation Data in Dairy Cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 88/93/89 (E-Suppl. 2/ E-Suppl. 1/ E-Suppl. 1), 799.

Soyeurt, H., Arnould, V., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (July 2010). Feasibility of a genetic evaluation for milk fatty acids in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 88/93/89 (E-Suppl. 2/ E-Suppl. 1/ E-Suppl. 1), 744.

Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Donagh, B., Wall, E., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., & Dardenne, P. (July 2010). Improvements and validation of mid-infrared predictions of milk fatty acid [Paper presentation]. 2010 ADSA-PSA-AMPA-CSAS-ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Denver, United States - Colorado.

Gillon, A., Abras, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (04 June 2010). Adding value to test-day data by using modified best prediction method [Paper presentation]. 37th ICAR Session, Riga, Latvia.

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Massart, X., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (02 June 2010). Genetic evaluation for body condition score in the Walloon Region of Belgium [Paper presentation]. 2010 Interbull Meeting, Riga, Latvia.

Colinet, F., Soyeurt, H., Anceau, C., Vanlierde, A., Keyen, N., Dardenne, P., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (June 2010). Potential estimation of titratable acidity in cow milk using mid-infrared spectrometry [Paper presentation]. ICAR 37th Annual Meeting, Riga, Latvia.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2010). Evaluation génétique des verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie.

Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (April 2010). Development of a new crossbred based evaluation for carcass quality of Piétrain boars in the Walloon Region of Belgium [Paper presentation]. British Society of Animal Science and Agricultural Research Forum, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Massart, X., Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Bertozzi, C. (2010). OptiVal+: Optimisation des Valorisations issues du Contrôle des Performances à travers le développement d’outils pratiques de management visant à augmenter la rentabilité de toutes les exploitations laitières wallonnes.

Gengler, N. (2010). Valoriser le contrôle des performances dans la gestion des bovins laitiers [Paper presentation]. Carrefour des Productions Animales.

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Massart, X., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2010). Genetic evaluation for body condition score in the Walloon region of Belgium. Interbull Bulletin, 42, 85-90.

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., Sewalem, A., & Miglior, F. (2010). Using body condition score to select for better reproductive performance. Semex Alliance - Balance newsletter, 22 (Fall 2010), p. 12-13.

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., Sewalem, A., & Miglior, F. (2010). Short communication: Genetic relationship between calving traits and body condition score before and after calving in Canadian Ayrshire second-parity cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 93 (9), 4398-403. doi:10.3168/jds.2010-3099

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., Sewalem, A., & Miglior, F. (2010). Genetic relationships between body condition score and reproduction traits in Canadian Holstein and Ayrshire first-parity cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 93 (5), 2215-28. doi:10.3168/jds.2009-2720

Buske, B., & Gengler, N. (2010). Different estimations of heritabilities in dependence of major gene effects (Brief Report). Archiv für Tierzucht, 53 (6), 732-734.

Buske, B., Szydlowski, M., & Gengler, N. (2010). A robust method for simultaneous estimation of single gene and polygenic effects in dairy cows using externally estimated breeding values as prior information. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 127 (4), 272-279. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2010.00854.x

Colinet, F., Soyeurt, H., Anceau, C., Vanlierde, A., Keyen, N., Dardenne, P., Gengler, N., & Sindic, M. (2010). Potential estimation of titratable acidity in cow milk using mid-infrared spectrometry. ICAR Technical Series, 14, 239-243.

Cromie, A. R., Berry, D. P., Wickham, B., Kearney, J. F., Pena, J., van Kaam, J., Gengler, N., Szyda, J., Schnyder, U., Coffey, M., Moster, B., Hagiya, K., Weller, J. I., Abernethy, D., & Spelman, R. (2010). International genomic co-operation; Who, what, when, where, why and how? Interbull Bulletin, 42, 72-78.

Dufrasne, M., & Gengler, N. (2010). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques (indexations) porcines de l’AWEP.

Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., Gengler, N., Jaspart, V., & Wavreille, J. (2010). Evaluation génétique des verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie.

Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2010). Development of a new genetic evaluation model for carcass quality based on crossbred performances of Piétrain boars in the Walloon Region of Belgium [Paper presentation]. 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Leipzig, Germany.

Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2010). Development of a new genetic evaluation model for carcass quality based on crossbred performances of Piétrain boars in the Walloon Region of Belgium. In Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (2010). Nouveau système d'évaluation génétique des verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie.

Dufrasne, M., Jaspart, V., Wavreille, J., & Gengler, N. (January 2010). Evaluation génétique des verrats Piétrain en Wallonie. Essentiel du Porc (L'), 9, p. 18-20.

Gandini, G., Avon, L., Bohte-Wilhelmus, D., Bay, E., Colinet, F., Choroszy, Z., Diaz, C., Duclos, D., Fernandez, J., Gengler, N., Hoving-Bolink, R., Kearney, F., Lilja, T., Mäki-Tanila, A., Martin-Collado, D., Maurice-van Eijndhoven, M., Musella, M., Pizzi, F., Soini, K., ... Hiemstra, S. J. (2010). Motives and values in farming local cattle breeds in Europe: a survey on 15 breeds. Animal Genetic Resources, 47, 45-58. doi:10.1017/S2078633610000901

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., Arnould, V., & Soyeurt, H. (2010). Genetic evaluation for milk fat composition in the Walloon Region of Belgium. Interbull Bulletin, 42, 81-84.

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., Arnould, V., & Soyeurt, H. (2010). Genetic Evaluation for Milk Fat Composition in the Walloon Region of Belgium [Paper presentation]. Interbull Meeting, Riga, Latvia.

Soyeurt, H., McParland, S., Berry, D., Wall, E., Gengler, N., Dehareng, F., & Dardenne, P. (2010). Improvement and validation of milk fatty acid predictions using mid-infrared spectrometry. In Proceedings of the Bristish Society of Animal Science and the Agricultural Research Forum (pp. 13). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Soyeurt, H., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2010). Genetic variability of milk components based on mid-infrared spectral data. Journal of Dairy Science, 93 (4), 1722-1728. doi:10.3168/jds.2009-2614

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., Colinet, F., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2010). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2009.

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2010). Female fertility expression in Walloon dairy cattle. In Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Leipzig, Germany, 1-6 August, 2010.

Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2009). Estimation des effets du gène culard sur les caractères de production laitière au sein du rameau Blanc Bleu Belge de type mixte. In 16ièmes Rencontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, les 2 et 3 Décembre 2009 (pp. 299).

Dufrasne, M., & Gengler, N. (2009). Système d'évaluation génétique des verrats Piétrain en Wallonie.

Bastin, C., Massart, X., Laloux, L., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2009). OptiVal+ : Optimisation des Valorisations issues du Contrôle des Performances à travers le développement d’outils pratiques de management visant à augmenter la rentabilité de toutes les exploitations laitières wallonnes.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (23 September 2009). Environmental and genetic sources of variability of stearoyl Coenzyme-A desaturase 9 activity during and across lactations [Paper presentation]. IDF World Dairy Summit United Dairy World 2009, Berlin, Germany.

Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (23 September 2009). Steps to implement animal breeding for improved nutritional quality of bovine milk [Paper presentation]. IDF World Dairy Summit 2009, Berlin, Germany.

Hammami, H., Rekik, B., Bormann, J., Stoll, J., & Gengler, N. (23 September 2009). Sustainable dairy farming - A case study of Holsteins in a developed and an emerging country [Paper presentation]. IDF World Dairy Summit 2009, Berlin, Germany.

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., & Miglior, F. (27 August 2009). Estimates of genetic parameters among body condition score and calving traits in first parity Canadian Ayrshire cows [Paper presentation]. 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Barcelona, Spain.

Massart, X., Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (27 August 2009). Associations among BCS, milk production and days-open in Walloon primiparous dairy cows [Paper presentation]. 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Barcelona, Spain.

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., & Miglior, F. (2009). Estimates of genetic parameters among body condition score and calving traits in first parity canadian ayrshire cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009, pp. 106). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Bömcke, E., Soyeurt, H., Szydlowski, M., & Gengler, N. (2009). How to combine pedigree and marker information into a single estimator for the calculation of relationships? In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Bömcke, E., Szydlowski, M., & Gengler, N. (2009). Calculate relationships using pedigree and marker information – What to combine into a single estimator? In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009, pp. 302). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (August 2009). Genetic evaluation considering phenotypic data and limited molecular information using a novel equivalent model: Case study using effect of the mh locus on milk production in the dual-purpose Belgian Blue breed [Paper presentation]. 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Barcelona, Spain.

Colinet, F., & Gengler, N. (2009). Genetic evaluation considering phenotypic data and limited molecular information using a novel equivalent model: Case study using effect of the mh locus on milk production in the dual-purpose Belgian Blue breed. In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009, pp. 600). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gillon, A., Abras, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2009). Adding value to test-day data by using modified best prediction method. In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009, pp. 616). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2009). Associations among BCS, milk production and days open in Walloon primiparous dairy cows. In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009, pp. 106). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Arnould, V., Dardenne, P., Stoll, J., Armand, B., Zinnen, Q., & Gengler, N. (2009). Variability of major fatty acid contents in Luxembourg dairy cattle. In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009, pp. 203). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., & Gengler, N. (2009). Detection and correction of outliers for fatty acids contents measured by mid-infrared spectrometry using random regression test-day models. In Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Barcelona 2009, pp. 202). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (August 2009). Expressing female fertility in the Walloon region of Belgium: how to do? [Paper presentation]. The 2009 Interbull Meeting, Barcelona, Spain.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (July 2009). Genetic variability of test-day stearoyl coenzyme-A desaturase 9 activity [Paper presentation]. ADSA, Montreal, Canada.

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., & Miglior, F. (July 2009). Estimates of genetic parameters among body condition score and fertility traits in first-parity Canadian cows [Paper presentation]. 2009 ADSA – CSAS – ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada.

Dufrasne, M., & Gengler, N. (2009). Evaluations génétiques des verrats Piétrain en Wallonie.

Gengler, N., & Colinet, F. (July 2009). Equivalent mixed model for joint genetic evaluation considering molecular and phenotypic information [Paper presentation]. ADSA - CSAS - ASAS Joint Annual Meeting 2009, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Soyeurt, H., Bruwier, D., Romnee, J.-M., Gengler, N., Bertozzi, C., Veselko, D., & Dardenne, P. (01 June 2009). Potential estimation of major mineral contents in cow milk using mid-infrared spectrometry. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (6), 2444-2454. doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1734

Bömcke, E., & Gengler, N. (May 2009). Combine pedigree and marker information into a single estimator for the calculation of relationships [Poster presentation]. ESF Conservation Genetics Conference – Integrating population genetics and conservation biology, Trondheim, Norway.

Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2009). Evaluation génétique du porcs en Wallonie.

Laloux, L., Gillon, A., Bastin, C., Gengler, N., & Bertozzi, C. (2009). OptiVal + Optimisation des Valorisations issues du Contrôle des Performances à travers le développement d’outils pratiques de management visant à augmenter la rentabilité de toutes les exploitations laitières wallonnes. Deuxième rapport intermédiaire, avril 2009.

Vanderick, S., Harris, B., Pryce, J., & Gengler, N. (March 2009). Estimation of test-day model (co)variance components across breeds using New Zealand dairy cattle data. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (3), 1240-1252. doi:10.3168/jds.2007-0794

Bastin[, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., & Miglior, F. (2009). Genetic relationships between calving traits and body condition scores before and after calving for Ayrshire second-parity cows. In Open Industry Session 2009. CDN - Canadian Dairy Network.

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., Sewalem, A., & Miglior, F. (2009). Genetic Correlations among Body Condition Score and Fertility in First-Parity Canadian Cows. In Open Industry Session 2009. CDN - Canadian Dairy Network.

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (11 February 2009). Le BCS, une méthode simple à la source de conseils variés : ration, repro et santé [Poster presentation]. 14ième Carrefour des Productions animales: Les filières bovines dans la tourmente, Produire plus et mieux avec moins, Gembloux, Belgium.

Dufrasne, M., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2009). Evaluation génétique du porc en Wallonie.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (2009). Genetic variability of test-day stearoyl coenzyme-A desaturase 9 activity. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (E-suppl.1), 353-354.

Arnould, V., Soyeurt, H., Gengler, N., Colinet, F., Georges, M., Bertozzi, C., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (2009). Genetic analysis of lactoferrin content in bovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (5), 2151-2158. doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1255

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Gillon, A., Miglior, F., Soyeurt, H., Hammami, H., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2009). Modeling milk urea of Walloon dairy cows in management perspectives. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (7), 3529-40. doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1904

Bastin, C., Loker, S., Gengler, N., & Miglior, F. (2009). Estimates of genetic parameters among body condition score and fertility traits in first-parity Canadian cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 - E-Suppl 1, 354.

Bömcke, E., & Gengler, N. (2009). Combining microsatellite and pedigree data to estimate relationships among Skyros ponies. Journal of Applied Genetics, 50 (2), 133-43. doi:10.1007/BF03195664

Buske, B., & Gengler, N. (2009). Genomische Selektion: ein Meilenstein auch in der Schweinezucht? Schweinezucht aktuell, 35, p. 28-29.

Colinet, F., Vanderick, S., Charloteaux, B., Eggen, A., Gengler, N., Renaville, B., Brasseur, R., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (2009). Genomic location of the bovine growth hormone secretagogue receptor (Ghsr) gene and investigation of genetic polymorphism. Animal Biotechnology, 20 (1), 28-33. doi:10.1080/10495390802602926

Dufrasne, M., Rustin, M., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2009). Systéme d'évaluation génétique pour les verrats Piétrain en croisement en Wallonie.

Gengler, N. (2009). Developing Advanced Management and Selection Tools for Dairy Cattle. Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 66 (1-2), 136-138. doi:10.15835/buasvmcn-asb:66:1-2:3339

Gengler, N., & Colinet, F. (2009). Equivalent mixed model for joint genetic evaluation considering molecular and phenotypic information. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (E-suppl.1), 315.

Hammami, H., Rekik, B., Bastin, C., Soyeurt, H., Bormann, J., Stoll, J., & Gengler, N. (2009). Environmental sensitivity for milk yield in Luxembourg and Tunisian Holsteins by herd management level. Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (9), 4604-12. doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1513

Hammami, H., Rekik, B., & Gengler, N. (2009). Genotype by environment interaction in dairy cattle. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 13 (1), 155-164.

Hammami, H., Rekik, B., Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Bay, E., Stoll, J., & Gengler, N. (2009). Accessing genotype by environment interaction using within- and across-country test-day random regression sire models. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 126 (5), 366-377. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00794.x

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2009). Le BCS, une méthode simple à la source de conseils variés : ration, repro et santé. In 14ième Carrefour des Productions animales: Les filières bovines dans la tourmente, Produire plus et mieux avec moins: Gembloux, le 11 février 2009.

Rustin, M., Janssens, S., Buys, N., & Gengler, N. (2009). Multi-trait animal model estimation of genetic parameters for linear type and gait traits in the Belgian warmblood horse. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 126 (5), 378-386. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00798.x

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (2009). Expressing female fertility in the Walloon region of Belgium: how to do? Interbull Bulletin, 40, 10-16.

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2009). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2008.

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Glorieux, G., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2008). Développement d’un outil de prédiction de la probabilité de réussite à l’insémination chez la vache laitière à partir des données du Contrôle Laitier. In 15ème Rencontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, les 3 et 4 décembre 2008 (pp. 373).

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Glorieux, G., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (December 2008). Développement d’un outil de prédiction de la probabilité de réussite à l’insémination chez la vache laitière à partir des données du Contrôle Laitier [Poster presentation]. 15ème Rencontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, France.

Bömcke, E., & Gengler, N. (November 2008). Analysis of the Skyros pony breed: population structure and genetic variability [Paper presentation]. ESF Workshop: Diversity, selection and adaptation in wildlife and livestock – molecular approaches, Salzbourg, Austria.

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2008). OptiVal + Optimisation des Valorisations issues du Contrôle des Performances à travers le développement d’outils pratiques de management visant à augmenter la rentabilité de toutes les exploitations laitières wallonnes. Premier rapport intermédiaire, octobre 2008.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Dehareng, F., Bastin, C., & Gengler, N. (01 September 2008). Genetic parameters of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acid content and the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids in bovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (9), 3611-26. doi:10.3168/jds.2007-0971

Bömcke, E., Gengler, N., & Cothran, E. G. (2008). Genetic variability of the Skyros pony breed and its relationship with other Greek and foreign horse breeds. In Book of Abstracts of the 59th Annual Meeeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Vilnius 2008, pp. 51). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Rustin, M., Janssens, S., Buys, N., & Gengler, N. (2008). Genetic parameters for linear type and gaits traits in the belgian warmblood horse. In Book of abstracts of the 59th annual meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Vilnius 2008, pp. 284). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (01 August 2008). Variation of delta(9)-desaturase activity in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (8), 3211-3224. doi:10.3168/jds.2007-0518

Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Dardenne, P., Dehareng, F., & Gengler, N. (07 July 2008). Genetic parameters of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids estimated by test-day model in Walloon dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 86/91 (E-Suppl. 2/ E-Suppl. 1), 542.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (July 2008). Genetic parameters of stearoyl coenzyme-A desaturase 9 activity estimated by test-day model. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (E-Suppl. 2), 542.

Arnould, V., Gengler, N., & Soyeurt, H. (July 2008). Genetic parameters of stearoyl coenzyme-A desaturase 9 activity estimated by test-day model [Paper presentation]. ADSA, Indianapolis, United States.

Gengler, N., & VanRaden, P. M. (July 2008). Strategies to incorporate genomic prediction into population-wide genetic evaluations. Journal of Dairy Science, 91, 506.

Soyeurt, H., Arnould, V., Bruwier, D., Dardenne, P., Romnee, J.-M., & Gengler, N. (July 2008). Relationship between lactoferrin, minerals, and somatic cells in bovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 86/91 (E-Suppl. 2/ E-Suppl. 1), 542-543.

VanRaden, P. M., Tooker, M. E., & Gengler, N. (July 2008). Effects of allele frequency estimation on genomic predictions and inbreeding coefficients. Journal of Dairy Science, 91, 506.

Soyeurt, H., Bruwier, D., Gengler, N., Romnee, J.-M., & Dardenne, P. (16 June 2008). Potential Estimation of Minerals Content in Cow Milk Using Mid-Infrared Spectrometry. ICAR Technical Series, 13.

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (June 2008). Alternative modelling of body condition score from Walloon Holstein cows to develop management tools [Paper presentation]. ICAR 36th Session, Niagara Falls, United States - New York.

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (02 April 2008). Predicting bovine milk urea concentration for future test-day records in a management perspective [Paper presentation]. British Society of Animal Science, Scarborough, United Kingdom.

Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (01 March 2008). Genetic variability of fatty acids in bovine milk. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 12 (2), 203-210.

Arnould, V., Soyeurt, H., Colinet, F., Georges, M., Gengler, N., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (23 January 2008). Etude d’association entre les polymorphismes au sein du gène bovin de la lactoferrine et les caractères de production laitière [Poster presentation]. 13ième Carrefour des Productions Animales: L'Elevage des ruminants en question: vérités et contre-vérités, Gembloux, Belgium.

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Glorieux, G., Gengler, N., & Bertozzi, C. (23 January 2008). OptiVal: Vers de nouveaux outils de gestion pour les éleveurs laitiers wallons, Prédire la réussite à l’insémination [Poster presentation]. 13ième Carrefour des Productions animales: L'Elevage des ruminants en question: vérités et contre-vérités, Gembloux, Belgium.

Soyeurt, H., Bruwier, D., Dardenne, P., Romnee, J.-M., & Gengler, N. (2008). Dosage des sels minéraux du lait par la spectrométrie du moyen-infrarouge. Outil pratique à destination des chercheurs, éleveurs et industriels laitiers. In 13ième Carrefour des Productions animales: L'élevage des ruminants en question: vérités et contre-vérités (pp. 136).

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2008). Predicting bovine milk urea concentration for future test-day records in a management perspective. In Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science (pp. 152). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2008). Alternative modelling of body condition score from Walloon Holstein cows to develop management tools. In Proceedings ICAR 36th Session (pp. 149-152).

Bömcke, E., & Gengler, N. (2008). Application of forensic science technique to the management of an endangered horse population [Paper presentation]. Joint ADSA-ASAS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, United States - Indiana.

Gengler, N., Abras, S., Verkenne, C., Vanderick, S., Szydlowski, M., & Renaville, R. (2008). Accuracy of prediction of gene content in large animal populations and its use for candidate gene detection and genetic evaluation. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (4), 1652-1659. doi:10.3168/jds.2007-0231

Gengler, N., & Vanderick, S. (2008). Bayesian inclusion of external evaluations into a national evaluation system: application to milk production traits. Interbull Bulletin, 38, 70-74.

Hammami, H., Rekik, B., Soyeurt, H., Bastin, C., Stoll, J., & Gengler, N. (2008). Genotype x environment interaction for milk yield in Holsteins using Luxembourg and Tunisian populations. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (9), 3661-71. doi:10.3168/jds.2008-1147

Hammami, H., Rekik, B., Soyeurt, H., Ben Gara, A., & Gengler, N. (2008). Genetic parameters for Tunisian Holsteins using a test-day random regression model. Journal of Dairy Science, 91 (5), 2118-26. doi:10.3168/jds.2007-0382

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Gengler, N., & Bertozzi, C. (2008). OptiVal Projet d'optimisation des valorisations issues des données du contrôle des performances; Rapport final, mars 2008.

Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Glorieux, G., Gengler, N., & Bertozzi, C. (2008). OptiVal: Vers de nouveaux outils de gestion pour les éleveurs laitiers wallons, Prédire la réussite à l’insémination. In 13ième Carrefour des Productions animales: L'Elevage des ruminants en question: vérités et contre-vérités: Gembloux, le 23 janvier 2008.

Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Arnould, V., Colinet, F., Bertozzi, C., Bastin, C., Bruwier, D., Romnee, J.-M., & Gengler, N. (2008). Variabilité génétique des composés 'Santé' du lait prédits par la spectrométrie du moyen-infrarouge. In 13ième Carrefour des Productions Animales: L'Elevage des ruminants en question: vérités et contre-vérités.

Szydlowski, M., & Gengler, N. (2008). Sampling genotype configurations in a large complex pedigree. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 125 (5), 330-338. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00733.x

Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2008). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2007.

Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., Veselko, D., Gengler, N., & Dardenne, P. (2007). Determination du profil en acides gras du lait par spectroscopie moyen infrarouge. In 14 emes Recontres autour des recherches sur les ruminants, Paris, les 5et 6 Decembre 2007 (pp. 103).

Gillon, A., Rondia, P., Gengler, N., & Bartiaux-Thill, N. (2007). Etude comparative des performances de production laitiere de brebis de race Mouton Laitier Belge avec celles de brebis de race Lacaune. In 14ièmes Recontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, les 5 et 6 Décembre 2007 (pp. 139).

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (25 August 2007). First results of body condition score modeling for Walloon Holstein cows [Paper presentation]. 2007 Interbull Meeting, Dublin, Ireland.

Bömcke, E., & Gengler, N. (2007). First approaches for a combined use of microsatellites and pedigree data to estimate relationships. In Book of Abstract of the 58th Annual Meeeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Dublin 2007, pp. 69). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Gengler, N., Szydlowski, M., Abras, S., & Renaville, R. (2007). Detection and use of single gene effects in large animal populations. In Book of Abstracts of the 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Dublin 2007, pp. 164). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Colinet, F., Arnould, V., Dardenne, P., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2007). Variation of lactoferrin (LTF) content predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry (MIR). In Book of Abstracts of the 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Dublin 2007, pp. 81). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Colinet, F., Arnould, V., Dardenne, P., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (August 2007). Variation of lactoferrin content predicted by mid-infrared spectrometry (MIR) [Poster presentation]. 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Dublin, Ireland.

Soyeurt, H., Gillon, A., Vanderick, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2007). Genetic parameters of the major fatty acid (FA) contents in cow milk. In Book of Abstracts of the 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Dublin 2007, pp. 62). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Soyeurt, H., Tsuruta, S., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2007). Principal components approach for estimating heritability of mid-infrared spectrum in bovine milk. In Book of Abstracts of the 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Dublin 2007, pp. 81). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Szydlowski, M., Gengler, N., & Goddard, M. E. (2007). A method to approximate parents' contribution to gene content at marker locus. In Book of Abstracts of the 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (Dublin 2007, pp. 168). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., Laloux, L., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (July 2007). First steps to model milk urea in a management perspective [Paper presentation]. ADSA - PSA - AMPA -ASAS 2007 Joint Annual Meeting, San Antonio, United States - Texas.

Dardenne, P., Dehareng, F., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (July 2007). Prediction of fatty acid contents by mid-infrared spectrometry. Journal of Dairy Science, 85/90/86 (Suppl. 1), 274-274.

Gengler, N., Abras, S., Szydlowski, M., & Renaville, R. (July 2007). Detection and use of single gene effects in large animal populations. Journal of Dairy Science, 85/90/86 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 376.

Hammami, H., Croquet, C., Stoll, J., Rekik, B., & Gengler, N. (July 2007). Genetic diversity and joint-pedigree analysis of two importing Holstein populations. Journal of Dairy Science, 90 (7), 3530-3541. doi:10.3168/jds.2006-678

Soyeurt, H., Tsuruta, S., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (July 2007). Principal components approach for estimating heritability of mid-infrared spectrum in bovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 85/90/86 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 596-597.

Szydlowski, M., & Gengler, N. (July 2007). Sampling genotype configurations in large complex pedigree. Journal of Dairy Science, 85/90/86 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 668.

Soyeurt, H., Colinet, F., Arnould, V., Dardenne, P., Bertozzi, C., Renaville, R., Portetelle, D., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (18 February 2007). Genetic variability of lactoferrin content predicted by MIR Spectrometry [Paper presentation]. Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, United States - California.

Bastin, C., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., Michaux, C., & Gengler, N. (2007). Produire de la viande et du lait avec la Blanc-Bleu Belge de type mixte. In 12ième Carrefour des Productions animales: Le marché de la viande bovine, enjeux et perspectives: Gembloux, le 24 janvier 2007.

Bastin, C., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., Michaux, C., & Gengler, N. (24 January 2007). Produire de la viande et du lait avec la Blanc-Bleu Belge de type mixte [Poster presentation]. 12ième Carrefour des Productions animales: Le marché de la viande bovine, enjeux et perspectives, Gembloux, Belgium.

Assie, L. K., Francis, F., Gengler, N., & Haubruge, E. (2007). Response and genetic analysis of malathion-specific resistant Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) in relation to population density. Journal of Stored Products Research, 43 (1), 33-44. doi:10.1016/j.jspr.2004.12.001

Bastin, C., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2007). First steps to model milk urea in a management perspective. Journal of Dairy Science, 90 - Suppl 1, 193-194.

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Carlo, B., & Gengler, N. (2007). OptiVal: Projet d'optimisation des valorisations issues des données du contrôle des performances - Rapport intermédiaire, juin 2007.

Bastin, C., Laloux, L., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2007). First results of body condition score modeling for Walloon Holstein cows. Interbull Bulletin, 37, 170-174.

Coopman, F., Krafft, A., Dewulf, J., Van Zeveren, A., & Gengler, N. (2007). Estimation of phenotypic and genetic parameters for weight gain and weight at fixed ages in the double-muscled Belgian Blue Beef breed using field records. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 124 (1), 20-25. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2007.00632.x

Croquet, C., Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., Hammami, H., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2007). Linear and curvilinear effects of inbreeding on production traits for walloon Holstein cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 90 (1), 465-471. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)72648-6

Gengler, N., Mayeres, P., & Szydlowski, M. (2007). A simple method to approximate gene content in large pedigree populations: application to the myostatin gene in dual-purpose Belgian Blue cattle. Animal, 1 (1), 21-28. doi:10.1017/S1751731107392628

Gengler, N., & Verkenne, C. (2007). Bayesian approach to integrate molecular data into genetic evaluations. Interbull Bulletin, 37, 37-41.

Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2007). ValLait - Lactation Curves Modelling.

Mayeres, P., Verkenne, C., Michaux, C., Szydlowski, M., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2007). Genetic evaluation for birth traits in dual-purpose Belgian Blue using a mixed inheritance model.

Soyeurt, H., Colinet, F., Arnould, V., Dardenne, P., Bertozzi, C., Renaville, R., Portetelle, D., & Gengler, N. (2007). Genetic variability of lactoferrin content estimated by mid-infrared spectrometry in bovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 90 (9), 4443-4450. doi:10.3168/jds.2006-827

Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2007). Genetic Parameters of Butter Hardness Estimated by Test-Day Model. Interbull Bulletin, 37, 49-53.

Soyeurt, H., Gillon, A., Vanderick, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2007). Estimation of heritability and genetic correlations for the major fatty acids in bovine milk. Journal of Dairy Science, 90 (9), 4435-4442. doi:10.3168/jds.2007-0054

Soyeurt, H., Gillon, A., Vanderick, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2007). Genetic parameters of the major fatty acid (FA) contents in cow milk [Poster presentation]. 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Dublin, Ireland.

Soyeurt, H., Tsuruta, S., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2007). Prinicpal components approach for estimating heritability of mid-infrared (MIR) spectrum in bovine milk. In Book of Abstracts of the 58th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (pp. 81). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Vanderick, S., Bastin, C., Croquet, C., & Gengler, N. (2007). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2006.

Wiggans, G. R., Thornton, L. L. M., Neitzel, R. R., & Gengler, N. (2007). Short communication: Genetic evaluation of milking speed for brown Swiss dairy cattle in the United States. Journal of Dairy Science, 90 (2), 1021-1023. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71587-4

Colinet, F., Eggen, A., Gengler, N., Arnould, V., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (December 2006). Mapping of the bovine growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) and polymorphism study in cattle [Poster presentation]. Young Scientists Day - 194th Meeting of the Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The International Francqui Chair 2005/2006, Gembloux, Belgium.

Gillon, A., Laloux, L., Bastin, C., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). OptiVal: Projet d'optimisation des valorisations issues des données du contrôle des performances - Rapport intermédiaire, décembre 2006.

Félix, A., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (September 2006). Intégration de la longévité et redéfinition des objectifs de sélection. Wallonie Elevages, 9, p. 39-43.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Dehareng, F., Lognay, G., Veselko, D., Marlier, M., Bertozzi, C., Mayeres, P., & Gengler, N. (01 September 2006). Estimating fatty acid content in cow milk using mid-infrared spectrometry. Journal of Dairy Science, 89 (9), 3690-3695. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72409-2

Colinet, F., Eggen, A., Gengler, N., Halleux, C., Arnould, V., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (2006). Mapping and polymorphism of bovine ghreline gene. In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Animal Genetics ISAG 2006 - Biodiversity, the future pass through preservation. Belo Horizonté, MG, Brazil: CBRA.

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., Soyeurt, H., & Mayeres, P. (2006). A useful new type of random regressions based on biological differences among repeated records, application to longevity. In Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to LivestockProduction, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13-18 August, 2006 (pp. 25-08).

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Mayeres, P., Croquet, C., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (August 2006). Within and across breeds differences in fatty acids profiles of milk and milk fat in dairy cows [Poster presentation]. 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Belo horizonte, Brazil.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Lognay, G., Bertozzi, C., Mayeres, P., & Gengler, N. (June 2006). Potential estimation of fatty acid content in cow milk by mid-infrared spectrometry [Paper presentation]. 35th ICAR session, Kuopio, Finland.

Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., Soyeurt, H., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (June 2006). Integration of longevity into the Walloon genetic evaluation system [Paper presentation]. The 2006 Interbull Meeting, Kuopio, Finland.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Lognay, G., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (03 April 2006). Estimation of fatty acid profile in cow milk by mid-infrared spectrometry [Poster presentation]. European seminar on infrared spectroscopy (ESIS), Lyon, France.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Lognay, G., Veselko, D., Croquet, C., Vanderick, S., Dehareng, F., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). Différences intra- et inter-races du profil en acides gras du lait. In 11ème Carrefour des Productions Animales.

Croquet, C., Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2006). Inbreeding depression for global and partial economic indexes, production, type, and functional traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 89 (6), 2257-2267. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72297-4

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., & Soyeurt, H. (2006). Use of Interbull traits as indicators for only locally evaluated traits as milk quality traits. Interbull Bulletin, 35, 190-194.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Thornton, L. L. M., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (2006). Accounting for heterogeneous variances in multitrait evaluation of Jersey type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 89 (8), 3143-3151. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72588-7

Hammami, H., Croquet, C., Soyeurt, H., Vanderick, S., Khlij, S., Stoll, J., & Gengler, N. (2006). Investigation on genotype by environment interaction for milk yield of Holstein cows in Luxembourg and Tunisia. Interbull Bulletin, 35, 87-91.

Mayeres, P., Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., Soyeurt, H., Hammami, H., & Gengler, N. (2006). Genetic evaluation of female fertility for Walloon dairy and dual purpose cows using a parity random regression model: first results. Interbull Bulletin, 34, 42-46.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Croquet, C., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). Within and across breed differences in fatty acids profiles of milk and milk fat. In Proceedings of the Bristish Society of Animal Science (pp. 94).

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Gillon, A., Croquet, C., Vanderick, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). Variation in fatty acid contents of milk and milk fat within and across breeds. Journal of Dairy Science, 89 (12), 4858-4865. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72534-6

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Gillon, A., Croquet, C., Vanderick, S., Mayeres, P., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). Qualité nutritionnelle du lait - Etude de la variabilité intra- et inter-races du profil en acides gras du lait. I.D.G. Bulletin, (2), 8-10.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Lognay, G., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). Estimation of fatty acid profile in cow milk by mid-infrared spectrometry. In European seminar on infrared spectroscopy (université de Lyon, pp. 37).

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Lognay, G., Bertozzi, C., Mayeres, P., & Gengler, N. (2006). Potential Estimation of Fatty Acid Content in Cow Milk by Mid-Infrared Spectrometry. In Prooceedings of the 35th ICAR session.

Soyeurt, H., Dardenne, P., Mayeres, P., Croquet, C., Vanderick, S., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). Within and across breeds differences in fatty acids profiles of milk and milk fat in dairy cows. In Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (pp. 01-59).

Soyeurt, H., Dehareng, F., Dardenne, P., Veselko, D., Lognay, G., Bertozzi, C., Mayeres, P., Baeten, V., & Gengler, N. (2006). Potential of mid-infrared spectrometry for prediction of fatty acid contents in cow milk [Poster presentation]. 4th Euro Lipids Congress: 'Oils, Fats and Lipids for a Healthier Future', Madrid, Spain.

Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., & Gengler, N. (2006). Convention de collaboration technique et scientifique dans le cadre des évaluations génétiques bovines laitières pour la Wallonie. Rapport d’activités pour l’année 2005.

Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., Mayeres, P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2006). Correlations of longevity evaluation with type traits in Walloon Region [Poster presentation]. 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to LivestockProduction, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais,, Brazil.

Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., Mayeres, P., Soyeurt, H., & Gengler, N. (2006). Correlations of longevity evaluation with type traits in Walloon Region. In Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to LivestockProduction, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13-18 August, 2006 (pp. 01-84).

Vanderick, S., Croquet, C., Soyeurt, H., Hammami, H., Mayeres, P., & Gengler, N. (2006). Integration of longevity into the Walloon genetic evaluation system. Interbull Bulletin, 35, 22-26.

Wiggans, G. R., Thornton, L. L. M., Neitzel, R. R., & Gengler, N. (2006). Genetic parameters and evaluation of rear legs (rear view) for Brown Swiss and Guernseys. Journal of Dairy Science, 89 (12), 4895-4900. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72538-3

Abras, S., Gillon, A., Bertozzi, C., & Gengler, N. (2005). ValLait - Perspective d’évolution du contrôle laitier en Wallonie (Belgique). In 12ièmes Recontres Recherches Ruminants, Paris, les 7 et 8 Décembre 2005.

Gengler, N., & Croquet, C. (July 2005). Standard errors of solutions in large scale mixed models, application to linear and curvilinear effects of inbreeding on production traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 88/ 88 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 74.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Thornton, L., Wright, J., & Druet, T. (July 2005). Accounting for heterogeneous variances in multi-trait evaluation of Jersey type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 83/88 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 11.

Renaville, R., Georges, M., Smal, C., Gengler, N., Parmentier, I., & Portetelle, D. (2005). Contribution de la biologie moléculaire au progrès de l'élevage. In 10ème Carrefour des Productions animales: L’élevage : hier, aujourd’hui, demain quelles attentes pour quels enjeux ?

Wavreille, J., Rondia, P., Decruyenaere, V., Jamar, D., Stilmant, D., Gengler, N., Mayeres, P., Beckers, Y., Sindic, M., & Bartiaux-Thill, N. (2005). La diversification en productions animales. In CRA-W & FUSAGx (Eds.), 10ème Carrefour des Productions animales : L’élevage : hier, aujourd’hui, demain quelles attentes pour quels enjeux ? (pp. 53-57).

Croquet, C., Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2005). Inbreeding depression for global and partial economic indexes, production, type and functional traits in the Walloon Region of Belgium. Interbull Bulletin, 33, 88-92.

Félix, A., Vanderick, S., & Gengler, N. (2005). Evaluations génétiques laitières: changement de base. Wallonie Elevages, 6, p. 35-38.

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., & Croquet, C. (2005). Genetic evaluation of cow survival using a lactation random regression model. Interbull Bulletin, 33, 176-180.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G., & Gillon, A. (2005). Adjustment for heterogeneous covariance due to herd milk yield by transformation of test-day random regressions. Journal of Dairy Science, 88, 2981-2990. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72978-7

Renaville, R., Parmentier, I., Falaki, M., Gengler, N., Cravador, A., & Portetelle, D. (2005). Les marqueurs génétiques. In A. Thewis, A. Bourbouse, R. Compère, J.-M. Duplan, ... J. Hardouin, Manuel de zootechnie comparée Nord-Sud (pp. 353-367). Paris, France: INRA éditions.

Renaville, R., Parmentier, I., Falaki, M., Gengler, N., Cravador, A., & Portetelle, D. (2005). Contribution de la biologie moléculaire à la sélection animale: les marqueurs génétiques. In Manuel de zootechnie comparée Nord-Sud (Edition 2005 Paris, pp. 353-367). INRA - Institut de l'Elevage.

Vanderick, S., Harris, B., Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., Croquet, C., & Gengler, N. (2005). Estimation of (co)variance components across breeds by a test-day model adapted to New Zealand dairy cattle. In Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Vanderick, S., Harris, B., Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., Croquet, C., & Gengler, N. (2005). Estimation of (co)variance components across breeds by a test-day model adapted to New Zealand dairy cattle [Poster presentation]. British Society of Animal Science Annual Conference, York, United Kingdom.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G., & Gillon, A. (June 2004). Estimated heterogeneity of phenotypic variance of test-day yield with a structural variance model. Journal of Dairy Science, 87 (6), 1908-1916. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73349-4

Coopman, F., Gengler, N., Groen, A. F., De Smet, S., & Van Zeveren, A. (2004). Comparison of external morphological traits of newborns to inner morphological traits of the dam in the double-muscled Belgian Blue Beef breed. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 121 (2), 128-134. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2003.00445.x

Gengler, N., Mayeres, P., Baudouin, J., Abras, S., Felix, A., & Michaux, C. (2004). Combined use of quantitative and molecular data in genetic evaluations for milk production of dual-purpose Belgian Blue Cows. Interbull Bulletin, 32, 165-169.

Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2004). Integrated adjustment for variance heterogeneity of test-day yield with a structural variance model in the Walloon genetic evaluation. Interbull Bulletin, 32, 137-141.

Mayeres, P., Stoll, J., Bormann, J., Reents, R., & Gengler, N. (2004). Prediction of daily milk, fat, and protein production by a random regression test-day model. Journal of Dairy Science, 87 (6), 1925-1933. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73351-2

Wiggans, G. R., Gengler, N., & Wright, J. R. (2004). Type trait (co)variance components for five dairy breeds. Journal of Dairy Science, 87 (7), 2324-2330. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)70054-5

Parmentier, I., Gillard, N., Abras, S., Portetelle, D., Maeda, K., Gengler, N., & Renaville, R. (February 2003). Pit-I and other somatotrope candidate genes to optimize selection for milk traits in bovine species: the 21 century's strategy [Poster presentation]. Congrès annuel des Médecins vétérinaires du Japon, Japan.

Bormann, J., Wiggans, G. R., Druet, T., & Gengler, N. (2003). Within-herd effects of age at test day and lactation stage on test-day yields. Journal of Dairy Science, 86 (11), 3765-3774. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73983-6

Coopman, F., de Smet, S., Gengler, N., Haegeman, A., Jacobs, K., van Poucke, M., Laevens, H., van Zeveren, A., & Groen, A. F. (2003). Estimating internal pelvic sizes using external body measurements in the double-muscled Belgian Blue beef breed. Animal Science, 76 (Part 2), 229-235. doi:10.1017/s1357729800053480

Gengler, N., & Mayeres, P. (January 2003). Use of a weighted random regression test-day model to better relate observed somatic cell score to mastitis infection likelihood. Interbull Bulletin, 31, 92-96.

Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., & Gengler, N. (2003). Integrated detection and correction of outliers in a random regression test-day model. Interbull Bulletin, 31, 3-7.

Renaville, R., & Gengler, N. (2003). Method for identifying animals likely to have good milk production qualities by analyzing the polymorphism of the PIT-1 and Kappa-Casein genes.

Gengler, N., Vanderick, S., Mayeres, P., Gillon, A., & Bastin, C. (2002). Evaluations génétiques des bovins laitiers en Wallonie (Belgique).

Gengler, N., & Mayeres, P. (2002). Analysis of longitudinal data for selection and management. In Book of Abstracts of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production.

Gengler, N. (2002). Considerations on the path from test-day records to national and international genetic evaluations and its consequences. In Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (pp. 1-4). American Society of Animal Science (ASAS).

Canavessi, F., Boichard, D., Ducrocq, V., Gengler, N., De Jong, G., & Liu, Z. (2002). An alternative procedure for international evaluations: production traits european joint evaluation. In 7th world congress on genetics applied to livestock production. INRA - Institut de l'Elevage.

Verrier, E., Roehe, R., Groen, A. F., Ojala, M., Ligda, C., Blasco, A., Carnier, P., Gengler, N., Klemetsdal, G., Petersen, P. H., Visscher, P., & Willam, A. (2002). Internationalisation of curricula in animal breeding: A challenge for the employability of graduates in Europe. In Proceedings of 7th world congress on genetics applied to livestock production. American Society of Animal Science (ASAS).

Druet, T., Solkner, J., Misztal, I., & Gengler, N. (2002). On the value of incorporating dominance effects in genetic evaluation of dairy cattle. In Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to LivestockProduction, Session 1 (pp. 1-4).

Auvray, B., & Gengler, N. (2002). Feasibility of a Walloon test-day model and study of its potential as tool for selection and management. Interbull Bulletin, 29, 123-127.

Bormann, J., Wiggans, G. R., Druet, T., & Gengler, N. (2002). Estimating effects of permanent environment, lactation stage, age, and pregnancy on test-day yield. Journal of Dairy Science, 85 (1), 263. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74076-9

Gengler, N., & Wiggans, G. R. (2002). Adjustment for heterogeneous genetic and non-genetic (co) variance structures in test-day models using a transformation on random regression effect regressors. Interbull Bulletin, 29, 79-83.

Mayeres, P., Stoll, J., Reents, R., & Gengler, N. (2002). Alternative modeling of fixed effects in test day models to increase their usefulness for management decisions. Interbull Bulletin, 29, 128-132.

Wiggans, G. R., & Gengler, N. (2002). Genetic selection: Evaluation and methods. In H. Roginski, J. W. Fuquay, ... P. F. Fox (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Dairy Science (pp. 1207-1212). London, United Kingdom: Academic Press.

Wiggans, G. R., VanRaden, P. M., Bormann, J., Philpot, J. C., Druet, T., & Gengler, N. (January 2002). Deriving lactation yields from test-day yields adjusted for lactation stage, age, pregnancy, and herd test date. Journal of Dairy Science, 85 (1), 264.e1-264.e11. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74077-0

Auvray, B., Wiggans, G., Miglior, F., & Gengler, N. (24 July 2001). Method to establish average relationships among Holstein bull populations over time. Journal of Dairy Science, 79/84/80 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 215.

Gengler, N., & Wiggans, G. R. (24 July 2001). Variance of effects of lactation stage within herd by herd yield. Journal of Animal Science, 79/84/80 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 216.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (24 July 2001). Simultaneous accounting for heterogeneity of (co) variance components in genetic evaluation of type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 79/84/80 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 247.

Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (July 2001). Heterogeneity of (co)variance components for Jersey type traits. Journal of Dairy Science, 84 (7), 1772.e1-1772.e17. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74613-9

Parmentier, I., Gengler, N., Fontaine, S., Auvray, B., Burnside, T., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (July 2001). PIT-1, a candidate gene for mass assisted selection in dairy bulls. Journal of Animal Science, 79/84/80 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 340.

Parmentier, I., Gengler, N., Fontaine, S., Burnside, T., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (July 2001). Pit-1, a candidate gene for MAS in dairy bulls [Poster presentation]. International Animal Agriculture and Food Science Conference, Indianapolis, United States.

Renaville, R., Parmentier, I., Fontaine, S., Gengler, N., & Portetelle, D. (April 2001). Utilisation des gènes à effet majeur en sélection laitière. Un exemple: le gène Pit-1. Elevages Belges, 4, 13-15.

Canavesi, F., Boichard, D., Ducrocq, V., Gengler, N., De Jong, G., & Liu, Z. (2001). Production traits European joint evaluation. Interbull Bulletin, 27, 32-34.

Druet, T., Misztal, I., Duangjinda, M., Reverter, A., & Gengler, N. (2001). Estimation of genetic covariances with Method R. Journal of Animal Science, 79 (3), 605-615. doi:10.2527/2001.793605x

Druet, T., Sölkner, J., Fürst, C., & Gengler, N. (2001). Estimation of additive genetic variance of reproduction traits in Austrian Simmental. Interbull Bulletin, 27, 128-132.

Druet, T., Solkner, J., Groen, A. F., & Gengler, N. (2001). Additive and dominance genetic variance of fertility by method R and preconditioned conjugate gradient. Journal of Dairy Science, 84 (4), 987.e1-987.e16. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74557-2

Gengler, N., & Druet, T. (2001). Impact of biotechnology on animal breeding and genetic progress. In R. Renaville & A. Burny (Eds.), Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry.

Gengler, N., Tijani, A., Wiggans, G. R., & Philpot, J. C. (2001). Indirect Estimation of (Co)Variance Functions for Test-Day Yields During First and Second Lactations in the United States. Journal of Dairy Science, 84 (2), 542.e1-542.e29.

Gengler, N., & Wiggans, G. R. (2001). Heterogeneity in (co) variance structures of test-day yields. Interbull Bulletin, 27, 179-183.

Bormann, J., Wiggans, G. R., Philpot, J. C., Druet, T., & Gengler, N. (24 July 2000). Estimation of variance components for cow and parity effects from test-day yields. Journal of Animal Science, 78/83 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 63.

Parmentier, I., Gengler, N., Laliberte, P., Holtmann, W., Bertozzi, C., Haezebroeck, V., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (24 July 2000). Mutation in exon 5 of bovine prolactin gene is not associated with milk traits in Holstein bulls. Journal of Animal Science, 78/83 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 78.

Druet, T., Misztal, I., Duangjinda, M., Reverter, A., & Gengler, N. (July 2000). Covariance estimation with Method-R. Journal of Animal Science, 78/83 (Suppl. 1/ Suppl. 1), 56.

Gengler, N., Tijani, A., & Wiggans, G. R. (February 2000). Use of sequential estimation of regressions and effects on regressions to solve large multitrait test-day models. Journal of Dairy Science, 83 (2), 369.e1-369.e18. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74889-2

Parmentier, I., Gengler, N., Bertozzi, C., Haezebroeck, V., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (2000). Sélection assistée par marqueurs. PIT-1: un marqueur génétique intéressant pour la production laitière. In Cinquième Carrefour des Productions Animales. Quels systèmes de Productions Animales pour le 21ème siècle? (pp. 8-9).

Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (2000). Multitrait genetic evaluation of Jersey type with integrated accounting for heterogeneous (co) variances. Interbull Bulletin, 25.

Gengler, N., Dusseldorf, T., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., & Druet, T. (2000). Joint estimation of variances and effects in the US Jersey type evaluation system. Interbull Bulletin, 34, 34-40.

Renaville, R., Van Eenaeme, C., Breier, B. H., Vleurick, L., Bertozzi, C., Gengler, N., Hornick, J.-L., Parmentier, I., Istasse, L., Haezebroeck, V., Massart, S., & Portetelle, D. (2000). Feed restriction in young bulls alters the onset of puberty in relationship with plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-binding proteins. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 18 (2), 165-76. doi:10.1016/S0739-7240(99)00076-4

Renaville, R., Parmentier, I., Gengler, N., Haezebroeck, V., Bertozzi, C., Vleurick, L., & Portetelle, D. (1999). Perspective and limit of candidate gene marker’s technology in animal breeding. In Congresso de Melhoramento Genetico (pp. 49-64).

Druet, T., Solkner, J., & Gengler, N. (September 1999). Use of multitrait evaluation procedures to improve reliability of early prediction of survival. Journal of Dairy Science, 82 (9), 2054.e1-2054.e16. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75444-5

Gengler, N., Tijani, A., Wiggans, G. R., & Misztal, I. (August 1999). Estimation of (co)variance function coefficients for test day yield with a expectation-maximization restricted maximum likelihood algorithm. Journal of Dairy Science, 82 (8), 1849.e1-1849.e23. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75417-2

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., & Wright, J. R. (June 1999). Animal model genetic evaluation of type traits for five dairy cattle breeds. Journal of Dairy Science, 82 (6), 1350.e1-1350.e22. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75359-2

Koenen, E., Groen, A., & Gengler, N. (February 1999). Phenotypic variation in live weight and live-weight changes of lactating Holstein-Friesian cows. Animal Science, 68 (1), 109-114. doi:10.1017/S135772980005013X

Coopman, F., Krafft, A., & Gengler, N. (1999). Definition of a modern breeding goal in Belgian Blue cattle. Interbull Bulletin, 23, 47.

Druet, T., Sölkner, J., & Gengler, N. (1999). Use of Multiple-trait Across Country Evaluation (MACE) procedures to estimate genetic correlations in dual purpose Austrian Simmental. In Book of Abstracts of the 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production.

Druet, T., Sölkner, J., Groen, A. F., & Gengler, N. (1999). Improved genetic evaluation of survival using MACE to combine direct and correlated information from yield and functional traits. Interbull Bulletin, 21, 122.

Gengler, N., Tijani, A., & Wiggans, G. R. (1999). Iterative solution of random regression models by sequential estimation of regressions and effects on regressions. Interbull Bulletin, 20, 93.

Gengler, N., Tijani, A., Wiggans, G. R., & Philpot, J. C. (1999). Estimation of (co) variance functions of test day yields in first and later lactations of United States Holstein cows. Interbull Bulletin, 22, 69.

Gengler, N., Tijani, A., Wiggans, G. R., Van Tassell, C. P., & Philpot, J. C. (January 1999). Estimation of (co)variances of test day yields for first lactation Holsteins in the United States. Journal of Dairy Science, 82 (1), 225.e1-225.e14. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75227-6

Parmentier, I., Portetelle, D., Gengler, N., Prandi, A., Bertozzi, C., Vleurick, L., Gilson, R., & Renaville, R. (1999). Candidate gene markers associated with somatotropic axis and milk selection. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 17 (2-3), 139-148. doi:10.1016/S0739-7240(99)00031-4

Renaville, R., Parmentier, I., Gengler, N., & Bertozzi, C. (1999). L'utilisation des marqueurs génétiques en production laitière. Journée d'étude. In L'utilisation des marqueurs génétiques en production laitière.

Swalve, H. H., & Gengler, N. (1999). Genetics of lactation persistency. British Society of Animal Production Occasional Publication, 24, 75-82.

Tijani, A., Wiggans, G. R., Van Tassell, C. P., Philpot, J. C., & Gengler, N. (January 1999). Use of (co)variance functions to describe (co)variances for test day yield. Journal of Dairy Science, 82 (1), 226.e1-226.e14. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75228-8

Parmentier, I., Gengler, N., Mortiaux, F., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (December 1998). Pit-1 polymorphisms and milk production parameters in italian-friesian bulls. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2 (special issue), 3.

Groen, A. F., Aumann, J., Ducrocq, V., Gengler, N., Soelkner, J., & Strandberg, E. (1998). An intermediate report: Genetic improvement of functional traits in cattle (GIFT). Uppsala, Sweden: International Bull Evaluation Service (Interbull).

Gengler, N. (1998). Biotechnologies et selection animale. In 3ème Carrefour des Productions Animales: Les biotechnologies: enjeu de société? (pp. 110-111).

Culbertson, M. S., Misztal, I., Mabry, J. W., Gengler, N., Bertrand, J. K., & Varona, L. (11 January 1998). Estimation and utilization of inbreeding and dominaxce genetic Effects in genetic evaluation of purebred american swine [Paper presentation]. 6th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Armidale, Australia.

Misztal, I., Varona, L., Culbertson, M., Gengler, N., Bertrand, J. K., Mabry, J., Lawlor, T. J., & Van Tassell, C. P. (11 January 1998). Studies on the Value of Incorporating Effect of Dominance in Genetic Evaluations of Dairy Cattle, Beef Cattle, and Swine [Paper presentation]. 6th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Armidale, Australia.

Culbertson, M. S., Mabry, J. W., Misztal, I., Gengler, N., Bertrand, J. K., & Varona, L. (1998). Estimation of dominance variance in purebred Yorkshire swine. Journal of Animal Science, 76 (2), 448-451. doi:10.2527/1998.762448x

Gengler, N., Misztal, I., Bertrand, J. K., & Culbertson, M. S. (1998). Estimation of the dominance variance for postweaning gain in the US Limousin population. Journal of Animal Science, 76 (10), 2515-2520. doi:10.2527/1998.76102515x

Groen, A. F., Sölkner, J., Aumann, J., Drucocq, V., Gengler, N., & Strandberg, E. (1998). EU Concerted Action "Genetic Improvement of Functional Traits in cattle (GIFT)" Annual report. Uppsala, Sweden: International Bull Evaluation Service (Interbull).

Lazare, K., Arnaud, L., Gengler, N., & Haubruge, E. (1998). Effects of population density on insecticide resistance and life history in Tribolium castaneum. In 7th International Working Conference on Stored-Product Protection, Beijing, 14-19 October 1998 (pp. 50).

Misztal, I., Varona, L., Culbertson, M., Bertrand, J. K., Mabry, J., Lawlor, T. J., Van Tassel, C. P., & Gengler, N. (1998). Studies on the value of incorporating the effect of dominance in genetic evaluations of dairy cattle, beef cattle and swine. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2 (4), 227-233.

Parmentier, I., Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Mortiaux, F., & Burny, A. (1998). Sélection assistée par marqueurs génétiques en spéculation laitière. In 3ème Carrefour des Productions Animales: Les biotechnologies: enjeu de société ? (pp. 119-120).

Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Vrech, E., Prandi, A., Massart, S., Corradini, C., Bertozzi, C., Mortiaux, F., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (December 1997). Pit-1 gene polymorphism, milk yield, and conformation traits for Italian Holstein-Friesian bulls. Journal of Dairy Science, 80 (12), 3431-3438. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76319-7

Gengler, N., VanVleck, L. D., MacNeil, M. D., Misztal, I., & Pariacote, F. A. (November 1997). Influence of dominance relationships on the estimation of dominance variance with sire-dam subclass effects. Journal of Animal Science, 75 (11), 2885-2891. doi:10.2527/1997.75112885x

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., Norman, H. D., & Wolfe, C. W. (August 1997). Estimation of (co)variance components for Jersey type traits using a repeatability model. Journal of Dairy Science, 80 (8), 1801-1806. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76114-9

Mortiaux, F., Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Parmentier, I., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (01 August 1997). Certification in the meat channel. Journal of Animal Science, 75 (Suppl. 1), 136.

Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Parmentier, I., Mortiaux, F., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (01 August 1997). Pit-1 gene HinfI RFLP and growth traits in double-muscled Belgian Blue cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 75 (Suppl. 1), 146.

Gengler, N., & Groen, A. F. (June 1997). Potential benefits from multitrait evaluation - an example in selection for mastitis resistance based on somatic cell score and udder conformation. A simulation study. Interbull Bulletin, 15, 106-112.

Gengler, N., & Coenraets, P. (April 1997). Use of multiple-trait animal models for genetic evaluation of milk, fat and protein lactation yields of dairy cattle in Belgium. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 1 (1), 26-33.

Falaki, M., Prandi, A., Corradini, C., Sneyers, M., Gengler, N., Massart, S., Fazzini, U., Burny, A., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (February 1997). Relationships of growth hormone gene and milk protein polymorphisms to milk production traits in Simmental cattle. Journal of Dairy Research, 64 (1), 47-56. doi:10.1017/S0022029996001872

Blecker, C., Burny, P., Fabry, J., Gengler, N., Guyot, A., Laloux, J., Lecomte, P., Paquot, M., Renaville, R., Sindic, M., & Thewis, A. (22 January 1997). Recherches en production laitière et valorisation du lait [Paper presentation]. Deuxième Carrefour des productions animales: La filière lait, Gembloux, Belgium.

Gengler, N., Gadini, C. H., Keown, J. F., Tijani, A., & Van Vleck, L. D. (1997). Utilisation d'un modèle multi-caractère pour l'évaluation génétique des productions laiteières journalières. In Deuxieme carrefour des productions animales: la filiere lait (pp. 6).

Gengler, N., & Misztal, I. (1997). Les effets spécifiques père x grand-père maternal sont-il importants en bovinis laitiers? In Deuxieme carrefour des productions animales: la filiere lait (pp. 5).

Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Prandi, A., Sneyers, M., Parmentier, I., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Mortiaux, F., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (1997). Polymorphisme au niveau du récepteur de l’hormone de croissance et production laitière. In Deuxieme Carrefour des productions animales: la filiere lait (pp. 3).

Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Prandi, A., Vrech, E., Parmentier, I., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Mortiaux, F., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (1997). Relations entre le polymorphisme de gène Pit-1 et le potentiel génétique de taureaux Holstein. In Deuxieme Carrefour des productions animales: la filiere lait (pp. 1).

Blecker, C., Burny, P., Fabry, J., Gengler, N., Guyot, A., Laloux, J., Lecomte, P., Paquot, M., Renaville, R., Sindic, M., & Thewis, A. (January 1997). Recherches en production laitière et valorisation du lait. Annales de Gembloux, 102 (3º-4º trimestre 1996), 131-181.

Gengler, N., Tijani, A., Wiggans, G. R., & Philpot, J. C. (1997). Estimation of (Co)Variance Components of Test Day Yields for U.S. Holsteins. Interbull Bulletin, 53, 53-59.

Gengler, N., Wiggans, G. R., Wright, J. R., Norman, H. D., & Wolfe, C. W. (1997). Application of canonical transformation with missing values to multitrait evaluation of Jersey type. Journal of Dairy Science, 80 (10), 2563-2571. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76212-X

Misztal, I., Lawlor, T. J., & Gengler, N. (1997). Relationships among estimates of inbreeding depression, dominance and additive variance for linear traits in Holsteins. Genetics, Selection, Evolution, 29 (4), 319-326. doi:10.1051/gse:19970302

Mortiaux, F., Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Parmentier, I., Massart, S., bertozzi, C., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (1997). Certification in meat channel [Poster presentation]. 89th Annual Meeting of American Society of Animal Science, Nashville, United States.

Renaville, R., Bertozzi, C., Carelli, C., Gengler, N., Hebert, E., Massart, S., Sindic, M., Mortiaux, F., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (1997). Immunological effect of a synthetic growth hormone peptide on IGF-I and IGFBPs in growing pigs. In 4th Intern. Symp. Insulin-like Growth Factors.

Renaville, R., Gengler, N., Parmentier, I., Mortiaux, F., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (1997). Pit-1 gene HinfI RFLP and growth traits in double-muscled Belgian Blue cattle [Poster presentation]. 89th Annual Meeting of American Society of Animal Science, Nashville, United States.

Vrech, E., Prandi, A., Corradini, C., Pitotti, A., Falaki, M., Massart, S., Burny, A., Renaville, R., Portetelle, D., Formigoni, A., & Gengler, N. (1997). Relationships of k-casein - beta-lactoglobulin and alfa-lactalbumin polymorphisms with estimated breeding values for milk traits in Italian Friesian and Italian Simmental bulls. Zootecnica e Nutrizione Animale, 23 (3), 117-125.

Renaville, R., Vrech, E., Gengler, N., Falaki, M., Prandi, A., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Mortiaux, F., & Portetelle, D. (26 July 1996). Pit-1 polymorphism and milk production parameters in Italian Holstein-Friesian bulls. Journal of Animal Science, 74 (Suppl. 1), 111.

Nicolas, N., Fumiere, O., Prandi, A., Seren, E., Cerati, C., Accorsi, P. A., Gengler, N., Renaville, R., Portetelle, D., Burny, A., & Kettmann, R. (1996). TAQ1 restriction fragment length polymorphism for pig growth hormone in pigs. Proceedings of the 14th IVPS Congress, 647.

Gengler, N., & Seutin, C. (1996). Possibilite d'amelioration de la selection BBB oar l'utilisation d'un modele animal multi caractere et d'un index global pour evaluer les taureaus du CSB? In 1ème Carrefour des productions animales: la production de viande bovine (1ème, pp. 15). Gembloux, Belgium: CRA-W.

Falaki, M., Gengler, N., Sneyers, M., Prandi, A., Massart, S., Formigoni, A., Burny, A., Portetelle, D., & Renaville, R. (1996). Relationships of polymorphisms for growth hormone and growth hormone receptor genes with milk production traits for Italian Holstein-Friesian bulls. Journal of Dairy Science, 79 (8), 1446-1453. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76503-7

Gengler, N. (1996). Persistency of lactation yields: A review. Interbull Bulletin, 12, 87-96.

Gengler, N., & Misztal, I. (1996). Approximation of reliability for multiple-trait animal models with missing data by canonical transformation. Journal of Dairy Science, 79 (2), 317-328. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76366-X

Renaville, R., Massart, S., Sneyers, M., Falaki, M., Gengler, N., Burny, A., & Portetelle, D. (1996). Dissociation of increases in plasma insulin-like growth factor I and testosterone during the onset of puberty in bulls. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 106 (1), 79-86. doi:10.1530/jrf.0.1060079

Renaville, R., Vrech, E., Gengler, N., falaki, M., Prandi, A., Massart, S., Bertozzi, C., Mortiaux, F., & Portetelle, D. (1996). Pit-1 polymorphism and milk production parameters in Italian Holstein-Friesian bulls [Poster presentation]. 88th Meetings of the Am. Soc. Anim. Sci, Rapid City, United States.

Gengler, N. (1995). Multiple-trait genetic evaluation for milk, fat and protein yields and persistency. Interbull Bulletin.

Gengler, N. (1995). Use of mixed models to appreciate the persistency of yields during the lactation of milk cows [Doctoral thesis, ULiège. GxABT - Liège Université. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/37170

Gengler, N., Keown, J. F., & VanVleck, L. D. (1995). Various persistency measures and relationships with total, partial and peak milk yields. Revista Brasileira de Genetica, 18 (2), 237-243.

Gengler, N., Seutin, C., Boonen, F., & VanVleck, L. D. (1995). Estimation of genetic parameters for growth, feed consumption, and conformation traits for double-muscled Belgian Blue bulls performance-tested in Belgium. Journal of Animal Science, 73 (11), 3269-3273. doi:10.2527/1995.73113269x

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