B. Heringstad
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B. Heringstad is a leading figure in quantitative genetics and dairy cattle breeding, with a primary focus on improving health, fertility, and efficiency traits in Norwegian Red cattle. Her work is distinguished by its innovative use of data from automatic milking systems (AMS) and sensor technologies to define novel, heritable traits that are both economically relevant and animal-friendly. A major contribution is her pioneering research into genetic analyses of temperament and milking efficiency, demonstrating that traits like milking speed and robot occupation time are heritable and can be selected for to improve AMS capacity. Her 2019 paper on this topic has garnered 42 citations, underscoring its impact on the field. More recently, Heringstad has explored the genetic potential of cow activity measurements, showing that data from milking robots can be used to define new fertility traits for genetic evaluation. This work, published in 2022, offers a promising, non-invasive tool to enhance reproductive performance. Through her research, Heringstad is at the forefront of integrating precision livestock farming with traditional genetic selection, paving the way for more efficient and sustainable dairy production.
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