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Dr Kirsty Moore
Area of Expertise
My area of expertise is in animal breeding and genetics. I have worked with a range of species (beef, dairy, sheep and fish) and have been involved in the development and implementation of national genetic evaluations for these species.
I have been involved with Interbeef – an international project that is developing an international genetic evaluation of beef cattle.
Role in Egenes
I am a geneticist in EGENES and I look after the day to day management of the UK national genetic evaluations of beef and sheep. This position includes developments and testing improvements to the genetic evaluation systems.
I am also involved in developing a genetic evaluation system for fish. I am also involved in some of SAC’s research projects relating to livestock genetics.
Research Interests
- Genetic evaluations of livestock populations
- The use of DNA technologies in genetic evaluations
- Beef female fertility traits
- Genetic evaluations for docility in beef cattle
Selected Publications
- Moore, K.L., Mrode. R.. and Coffey. M (2010). Heterosis Coefficients and Genetic Trends by Breed Type from Across Breed Dairy Genetic Evaluations in the United Kingdom. In ‘Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production’ p0320.
- Moore, K.L., Mrode. R., Lowman. B. and Roughsedge. T (2010). Phenotypic performance of progeny from UK sires selected on female fertility beef EBVs. In ‘Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science’, Belfast, UK, p06
- Moore, K. L. (2009). Methods and models for the accurate estimation of the effects of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) in beef cattle. PhD, University of New England (awarded September 2009).
- Moore K., Coffey. M. P. and Mrode R (2009). An investigation on the effect of management factors and contemporary group definition on the genetic evaluation of Calving Interval in British Limousin cattle. In ‘Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science’, Southport, UK, p057
- Moore K., Gibson J. and Johnston D (2009). The effect of linkage disequilibrium on the estimates of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphic effects. In ‘Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science’, Southport, UK, p044
- Moore, K. L., Johnston, D. J. and Burrow, H. M. (2005). Sire breed differences for net feed intake in feedlot finished beef cattle. Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Noosa, pp 76-79.
- Moore, K. L., Johnston, D.J., Graser, H-U. and Herd, R. (2005). Genetic and phenotypic relationships between insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and net feed intake, fat, and growth traits in Angus beef cattle. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56(3):211 – 218.
- Moore, K.L., Johnston, D.J., Herd, R.M. and Graser. H-U (2003). Genetic and non-genetic effects on plasma insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and production traits in Angus cattle. Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Melbourne, pp 222 – 226.
- Moore, K. L. (2002). An investigation of genetic and non-genetic factors that influence insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF-1) and other production traits in beef cattle. Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of New England (awarded April 2003).