Dr Will Shaffer
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Crop Quantitative Genetics
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Book Chapter
Upshaw, Katherine W., Butler, Madison, Henderson, Justine, Shaffer, Will and Rolf, Megan M. (2021). Utilization of genomic testing for the selection of desirable traits in cattle. Bovine reproduction. (pp. 949-977) edited by Richard M. Hopper. Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119602484.ch76
Journal Articles
Shaffer, William R., Hidalgo, Jorge, Bello, Nora M., Noland, Rylie, Bormann, Jennifer, Weaber, Robert L., Ahlberg, Cashley M., Bruno, Kelsey, Krehbiel, Clint R., Calvo-Lorenzo, Michelle S., Richards, Chris J., Place, Sara E., DeSilva, Udaya, Kuehn, Larry A. and Rolf, Megan M. (2025). Beef cattle phenotypic plasticity and stability of dry matter intake and respiration rate across varying levels of temperature humidity index. Journal of Animal Science, 103 skaf115. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaf115
Dressler, Elizabeth A, Shaffer, William, Bruno, Kelsey, Krehbiel, Clint R, Calvo-Lorenzo, Michelle, Richards, Chris J, Place, Sara E, DeSilva, Udaya, Kuehn, Larry A, Weaber, Robert L, Bormann, Jennifer M and Rolf, Megan M (2023). Heritability and variance component estimation for feed and water intake behaviors of feedlot cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 101 skad386, 1-19. doi: 10.1093/jas/skad386
Conference Paper
Shaffer, W., Moreno, J.A.H., Bello, N.M., Weaber, R., Bormann, J. and Rolf, M. (2022). 408. Modelling phenotypic plasticity relative to a temperature humidity index as an indicator of adaptability in beef cattle. 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3-8 July 2022. The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_407