Chad Dechow

Associate Professor of Dairy Cattle Genetics

Chad Dechow

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Milk Holstein Cows Lactation Herds Cattle Dairy Cows Farms Body Weight Colostrum Immunoglobulin G Health Dairy Cattle Milking Milk Yield Immunoglobulins Genomics Fats Y Chromosome Parturition Prolactin Learning Calves Progesterone Blood Proteins

Most Recent Publications

Genetic parameters and association of national evaluations with breeding values for health traits in US organic Holstein cows

L. C. Hardie, I. W. Haagen, B. J. Heins, C. D. Dechow, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 495-508

Characterization of ketolactia in dairy cows during early lactation

Z. M. Kowalski, M. Sabatowicz, J. Barć, W. Jagusiak, W. Młocek, R. J. Van Saun, C. D. Dechow, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 12800-12815

Genetic parameters and genomic regions associated with horn fly resistance in organic Holstein cattle

B. L. Basiel, L. C. Hardie, B. J. Heins, C. D. Dechow, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 12724-12740

Review

J. H. Britt, R. A. Cushman, C. D. Dechow, H. Dobson, P. Humblot, M. F. Hutjens, G. A. Jones, F. M. Mitloehner, P. L. Ruegg, I. M. Sheldon, J. S. Stevenson, 2021, Animal

Genetic parameters of passive transfer of immunity for US organic Holstein calves

I. W. Haagen, L. C. Hardie, B. J. Heins, C. D. Dechow, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 2018-2026

Genetic analysis of daily milk yield variability in Holstein dairy cattle in an experimental herd

Victoria S. Moncur, Lydia C. Hardie, Chad D. Dechow, 2021, Livestock Science

A comparison of feedlot growth and performance of beef x Holstein crossbred steers and Holstein steers

Bailey Basiel, Chad Dechow, T Felix, 2021, JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE on p. 298-298

Relationship of body weight at first calving with milk yield and herd life

L. Han, A. J. Heinrichs, A. De Vries, C. D. Dechow, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 397-404

Genetic, farm, and lactation effects on behavior and performance of US Holsteins in automated milking systems

C. D. Dechow, K Sondericker, A Enab, L Hardie, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 11503-11514

Relationships between milk fat and rumination time recorded by commercial rumination sensing systems

D Andreen, M Haan, C. D. Dechow, K. J. Harvatine, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 8094-8104

Most-Cited Papers

Invited review: Learning from the future—A vision for dairy farms and cows in 2067

J. H. Britt, R. A. Cushman, C. D. Dechow, H. Dobson, P. Humblot, M. F. Hutjens, G. A. Jones, P. S. Ruegg, I. M. Sheldon, J. S. Stevenson, 2018, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3722-3741

Genome to phenome: Improving animal health, production, and well-being - A new USDA blueprint for animal genome research 2018-2027

Caird Rexroad, Jeffrey Vallet, Lakshmi Kumar Matukumalli, James Reecy, Derek Bickhart, Harvey Blackburn, Mark Boggess, Hans Cheng, Archie Clutter, Noelle Cockett, Catherine Ernst, Janet E. Fulton, John Liu, Joan Lunney, Holly Neibergs, Catherine Purcell, Timothy P.L. Smith, Tad Sonstegard, Jerry Taylor, Bhanu Telugu, Alison Van Eenennaam, Curtis P. Van Tassell, Kevin Wells, Alison Martin, Brenda Murdoch, Brian Sayre, Brittany Keel, Carl Schmidt, Chris Hostetler, Chris Seabury, Chris Tuggle, Christine Elsik, Clare Gill, Daniel Ciobanu, David Bailey, Deb Hamernik, Elaine Grings, Erin Connor, Gary Rohrer, Graham Plastow, Guilherme Rosa, Huaijun Zhou, James Koltes, Jared Decker, Jennifer Weller, Jennifer Woodward-Greene, Juan Steibel, Julie Long, Kiho Lee, Chad Dechow, 2019, Frontiers in Genetics

Association of calf growth traits with production characteristics in dairy cattle

D. L. Van De Stroet, J. A. Calderón Díaz, K. J. Stalder, A. J. Heinrichs, C. D. Dechow, 2016, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 8347-8355

Copy number variations of the extensively amplified Y-linked genes, HSFY and ZNF280BY, in cattle and their association with male reproductive traits in Holstein bulls

Xiang Peng Yue, Chad Dechow, Ti Cheng Chang, James M. DeJarnette, Clifton E. Marshall, Chu Zhao Lei, Wan Sheng Liu, 2014, BMC Genomics

Hot topic: Association of telomere length with age, herd, and culling in lactating Holsteins

D. E. Brown, C. D. Dechow, W. S. Liu, K. J. Harvatine, T. L. Ott, 2012, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 6384-6387

Short communication: Immunoglobulin variation in quarter-milked colostrum

Craig R. Baumrucker, Andrea Stark, Olga Wellnitz, Chad Dechow, Rupert M. Bruckmaier, 2014, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 3700-3706

Peripartal progesterone and prolactin have little effect on the rapid transport of immunoglobulin G into colostrum of dairy cows

J. J. Gross, E. C. Kessler, V. Bjerre-Harpoth, C. Dechow, C. R. Baumrucker, R. M. Bruckmaier, 2014, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 2923-2931

Short communication: Feed utilization and its associations with fertility and productive life in 11 commercial Pennsylvania tie-stall herds

J. E. Vallimont, C. D. Dechow, J. M. Daubert, M. W. Dekleva, J. W. Blum, W. Liu, G. A. Varga, A. J. Heinrichs, C. R. Baumrucker, 2013, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 1251-1254

A limited number of Y chromosome lineages is present in North American Holsteins

Xiang Peng Yue, Chad Dechow, Wan Sheng Liu, 2015, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 2738-2745

Within-milking variation in milk composition and fatty acid profile of holstein dairy cows

D. E. Rico, E. R. Marshall, J. Choi, K. E. Kaylegian, C. D. Dechow, K. J. Harvatine, 2014, Journal of Dairy Science on p. 4259-4268