Breeding values and index creation for health and behavior traits in Labrador Retriever guide dogs
While these findings underscore the utility of genomic selection for guide dog breeding, they also highlight constraints stemming from small, genetically homogeneous populations and variable phenotyping. Ultimately, we provide the first usable individual and multi-trait genomic approaches to enhance both health and performance outcomes in working dog programs and a foundation to expand upon the reference population and behavioral trait assessment to improve prediction accuracy in the future.
Authors
- Joseph A. Thorsrud
- Charlotte Quigley
- Heather J. Huson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-0447)
- Katy M. Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0824-8409)
- Laércio R. Porto-Neto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3536-8265)
- Antônio Reverter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-9404)
- Krishnamoorthy Srikanth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5205-193X)
Institutions
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Cornell University (US)
- Morristown Medical Center (US)
- New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (US)
- Animal, Food and Health Sciences (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Published
- 2025-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1628161
- Primary Topic
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00