Tag Archives: Stillbirth

Is my reputation beginning to spread?

I was looking through the October 2008 issue of Dairy Herd Management and happened to see myself quoted in an article on strategies for reducing stillbirth in dairy herds: A new genetic evaluation for stillbirths is part of the Lifetime … Continue reading

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Science by the Pound

The May 2007 issue of Journal of Dairy Science is out. It contains 2 papers on which I’m first author and 1 on which I’m a co-author: VanRaden, P. M., M. E. Tooker, J. B. Cole, G. R. Wiggans, and … Continue reading

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I’m a celebrity or something

I may have mentioned last month that there was a short article about our stillbirth research in Agricultural Research magazine, “Genetic Evaluations Help Breed Better Bossies”. Today I was asked for an interview by Jason Vance of the Brownfield Network … Continue reading

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Stillbirth proofs seen in the wild

The August 2006 bull books, basically catalogs used to sell semen, are out. The top Accelerated Genetics Holstein bull for TPI (Holstein Association USA‘s Type-Production Index) is J-K-R BW-Marshll Billion-ET: Note the numbers to the lower left that are circled … Continue reading

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Work is boring; Springsteen on Seger?

Meh. I spent half of the day working on changes to the stillbirth evaluation requested by the NAAB Dairy Sire Evaluation Committee. My job would be a lot easier if everyone would just agree with me all the time. The … Continue reading

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Fire, fire?

Whew! It didn’t look like today was going to be exceptionally busy, but it sure turned out that way. I’ve edited two abstracts on which I’m a co-author, fixed a bug in a stilllbirth program so that WorkGeorge can finish … Continue reading

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High-performance John

Today has been pretty busy, I tell you what.? The abstracts are all coming together, I did a whole stack of paperwork, including a justification for an annual performance review rating of “outstanding” (Exceeds Expectations in all elements), and have … Continue reading

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Things are starting to look up a little

On the work front, that is. I’m submitting an abstract for the dairy science meeting in Minneapolis this July, and a 4-page paper for the World Congress in Brasil this August. I’m also a co-author on an abstract for Minneapolis … Continue reading

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