PHD.ABSC. Houlahan, Kerry
Ph.D. defence on September 8, 2021, 9:00 a.m. (virtual). Thesis "Understanding the genetic architecture of feed efficiency and implications of selection for it in dairy catlle"


PHD.ABSC. Boareki, Mohammed
Ph.D. defence on September 2, 2021, 9:00 a.m. (virtual). Thesis "Genetic Improvement for Disease Resistance and Heat Tolerance in Sheep"

MSC.ABSC. Rockett, Paige
M.Sc. defence on July 8, 2021, 1:30 p.m. (virtual). Thesis "Phenotypic and genetic analyses of heat tolerance in Holsteins using NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) weather data"

MSC.ABSC. Lange de Campos, Ivan
M.Sc. defence on September 9, 2020, 9:00 a.m. (virtual). Thesis "Genetic and phenotypic analyses of heat tolerance in Canadian Holstein cattle".


MSC.ABSC
. Kamalanathan, Stephanie
M.Sc. defence on September 8, 2020, 9:00 a.m. (virtual). Thesis: Assessment of methane emission traits in Canadian Holstein cows.


MSC.ABSC. Rosenberg, Camila
M.Sc. defence on December 11, 2020, 9:00 a.m. (virtual). Thesis "Identification and Evaluation of Novel Estrous-Related Fertility Traits Using Automated Sensor Data from Commercial Holstein Herds".

MSC.ABSC
. Lynch, Colin
M.Sc. defence on September 4, 2020, 12:00 p.m. (virtual). Thesis "The Effect of Synchronized Breeding on Genetic Evaluations of Fertility Traits in Dairy Cattle".


MSC.ABSC. Soares, Riani
M.Sc. defence on September 11, 2020, 9:00 a.m. (virtual). Thesis "Investigation of Genomic Regions Affecting Ketosis in Dairy Cattle".


MSC.APS. Boareki, Mohammed
M.Sc. Defence Sept. 1, 2017, 9:00 a.m. in ANNU Room 141. Thesis: "Genetic Improvement of Ewe Reproductive Traits in Rideau-Arcott".

MSC.APS
. Massender, Erin
M.Sc. defence on May 1, 2018 ,9:00 a.m. in ANNU Room 141. Thesis:"Opportunities for carcass trait genetic improvement of Canadian heavy lambs".


MSC.ABSC. Gunasegaram Narayana, Saranya
M.Sc.defence on August 8th, 2016, 9:00 am, in Room 128, Food Science Building. Thesis:"Genetic analysis of groups of mid-infrared predicted fatty acids in milk".


PHD.ABSC. Alves, Kristen
PH.D. defence on April 27, 2018, 9:00 a.m. in ANNU Room 141.
 Thesis: Investigating the role of non-additive genetic effects on the genetic architecture and control of fertility and reproduction traits in Holsteins

 

PHD.ABSC. Rocha Guarini, Aline

PhD defence on December 18, 2017, 9 a.m. in ANNU Room 141. Thesis: Combining Genotypic, Phenotypic and Pedigree Information to Analyze Functional Traits in Dairy Cattle

 

PHD.ABSC. Karimi, Seyedehzahra

PH.D. Defence pn April 24, 2018, 9:00 a.m. in ANNU Room 141. Thesis: Assessing Haplotype-based Methods for Genomic Prediction in Holstein Cattle and Major Swine Breeds in Canada

 

PHD.ABSC. Jaton, Cindy

Ph.D. thesis defence on December 12th, 2016, 9:00 am, in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. Thesis: Genetic and genomic analyses of embryo production and embryo quality traits for Holstein donors in Canada

 

PHD.ABSC. Brito, Luiz

Ph.D. defense on August 24, 2016, 9 am in Food Science building, room 128. Thesis: Genetics and genomics studies in small ruminants

 

PHD.APS. Fleming, Allison

PhD thesis defence on August 9th, 2016, 9:00 am in Room 141, Animal Science & Nutrition Building. Thesis: Phenotypic and genetic variation of milk fat components incorporating Mid-Infrared technology

 

PHD.APS. Larmer, Steven

Ph.D. Thesis: Next generation sequencing data in bovine: quality control, imputation, and application defended on

April 29, 2016 in ANNU 141 at 9:00 am.

 

PHD.APS. Chen, Liuhong

Ph.D. Thesis: Improving accuracy of genomic prediction in dairy and beef cattle

 

MSC.APS. Neustaeter, Anna

M.Sc. thesis: Genome-wide association studies and fine mapping for spastic syndrome in Holstein cattle

 

MSC.APS. Larmer, Steven

M.Sc. thesis: Extent of linkage disequilibrium, consistency of gametic phase and imputation accuracy within and across Canadian dairy breeds

 

PHD.APS. Stachowicz, Katarzyna

Ph.D. thesis: Studies on the rates of inbreeding and genetic diversity in Canadian dairy cattle

 

PHD.APS. Melka, Melkaye

Ph.D. thesis: Aspects of genetic diversity and implications for livestock genetic conservation

 

MSC.APS. Kraus, Megan

M.Sc. Thesis: In depth heritability and pedigree analysis of atrial fibrillation in the Standardbred racehorse

 

MSC.APS. Hans Daetwyler   
M.Sc. Thesis: QTL detection for economically important traits in Canadian Holstein sires