Dr Bailey Engle
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Animal Science
+61 7 334 66506
Researcher biography
Dr. Engle’s research focus has centred on the understanding and improvement of complex production traits in beef cattle, using innovative genomic technologies. Combining a practical, first hand knowledge of beef cattle production with robust experience in applied quantitative genetics, Dr. Engle has crafted a niche for herself in the area of genomic selection in tropically adapted beef cattle, with particular emphasis on female fertility and cow productivity traits. Her current work is developing genomic breeding values for novel cattle phenotypes, such as stayability, longevity, and heifer maturity, with the specific target of eventual commercial adoption by cattle breeders.
Journal Articles
Copley, James P., Engle, Bailey N., Ross, Elizabeth M., Speight, Shannon, Fordyce, Geoffry, Wood, Benjamin J., Voss-Fels, Kai P. and Hayes, Benjamin J. (2022). Environmental variation effects fertility in tropical beef cattle. Translational Animal Science, 6 (2), txac035. doi: 10.1093/tas/txac035
Engle, Bailey N and Hayes, Ben J (2022). Genetic variation in PLAG1 is associated with early fertility in Australian Brahman cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 100 (4). doi: 10.1093/jas/skac084
Hayes, Ben J., Nguyen, Loan T., Forutan, Mehrnush, Engle, Bailey N., Lamb, Harrison J., Copley, James P., Randhawa, Imtiaz A. S. and Ross, Elizabeth M. (2021). An Epigenetic Aging Clock for Cattle Using Portable Sequencing Technology. Frontiers in Genetics, 12 760450, 760450. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.760450
Engle, Bailey, Masters, Molly, Boles, Jane Ann and Thomson, Jennifer (2021). Gene expression and carcass traits are different between different quality grade groups in red-faced Hereford steers. Animals, 11 (7) 1910, 1910. doi: 10.3390/ani11071910
Cardoso, Fernando Flores, Matika, Oswald, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Mapholi, Ntanganedzeni, Burrow, Heather M., Yokoo, Marcos Jun Iti, Campos, Gabriel Soares, Gulias-Gomes, Claudia Cristina, Riggio, Valentina, Pong-Wong, Ricardo, Engle, Bailey, Porto-Neto, Laercio, Maiwashe, Azwihangwisi and Hayes, Ben J. (2021). Multiple country and breed genomic prediction of tick resistance in beef cattle. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 620847, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.620847
Warburton, Christie L., Costilla, Roy, Engle, Bailey N., Corbet, Nicholas J., Allen, Jack M., Fordyce, Geoffry, McGowan, Michael R., Burns, Brian M. and Hayes, Ben J. (2021). Breed-adjusted genomic relationship matrices as a method to account for population stratification in multibreed populations of tropically adapted beef heifers. Animal Production Science, 61 (18), 1788-1795. doi: 10.1071/an21057
Warburton, Christie L., Engle, Bailey N., Ross, Elizabeth M., Costilla, Roy, Moore, Stephen S., Corbet, Nicholas J., Allen, Jack M., Laing, Alan R., Fordyce, Geoffry, Lyons, Russell E., McGowan, Michael R., Burns, Brian M. and Hayes, Ben J. (2020). Use of whole-genome sequence data and novel genomic selection strategies to improve selection for age at puberty in tropically-adapted beef heifers. Genetics Selection Evolution, 52 (1) 28, 28. doi: 10.1186/s12711-020-00547-5
Engle, Bailey N., Corbet, Nicholas J., Allen, Jamie M., Laing, Alan R., Fordyce, Geoffry, McGowan, Michael R., Burns, Brian M., Burns, Brian M. and Hayes, Ben J. (2019). Multivariate genomic predictions for age at puberty in tropically adapted beef heifers. Journal of Animal Science, 97 (1), 90-100. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky428
Engle, Bailey N., Herring, Andy D., Sawyer, Jason E., Riley, David G., Sanders, James O. and Gill, Clare A. (2018). Genome-wide association study for stayability measures in Nellore-Angus crossbred cows. Journal of Animal Science, 96 (4), 1205-1214. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky067
Engle, B. N., Herring, A. D., Sawyer, J. E., Riley, D. G., Sanders, J. O. and Gill, C. A. (2016). P5056 Genome-wide association study for stayability measures in Nellore-Angus crossbred cows. Journal of Animal Science, 94 (suppl_4), 142-142. doi: 10.2527/jas2016.94supplement4142x
Conference Papers
Copley, J.P., Engle, B.N., Speight, S., Fordyce, G., Ross, E.M., Voss-Fels, K.P. and Hayes, B.J. (2021). Assessing the relationship between beef cattle fertility traits and novel environmental descriptors in northern Australia. 24th Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Conference, Online, 2-4 November 2021. Armidale, NSW Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Engle, B.N., Collins Snr, A. and Hayes, B.J. (2021). Genomic prediction of lifetime productivity in Brahman cows. 24th Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Conference, Online, 2-4 November 2021. Armidale, NSW, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Ross, E. M., Lamb, H. J., Engle, B. N. , Nguyen, L. T. and Hayes, B. J. (2021). Assessing the potential of parentage testing using portable long read sequencing technologies. 24th Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Conference, On-line with local hubs in Australia, 2-4 November 2021. Armidale, NSW Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Lamb, H. J. , Nguyen, L. T., Engle, B. N., Hayes, B. J. and Ross, E. M. (2021). Accuracy of genomic prediction in Brahman cattle using simulated genotypes from low-coverage nanopore sequencing. 24th Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics Conference, On-line with local hubs in Australia, 2-4 November 2021. Armidale, NSW Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Copley, J., Engle, B., Ross, E., Landmark, S., Fordyce, G., Burns, B. and Hayes, B. (2021). Factors affecting fertility in northern Australian beef herds. 33rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences, Fremantle, WA, Australia and online, 1-3 February 2020. Toowong, QLD, Australia: Australian Association of Animal Sciences.
Engle, B., Corbet, N., Allen, J., Laing, A., Fordyce, G., McGowan, M., Burns, B. and Hayes, B. (2018). Accuracy of multi-trait genomic predictions for age at puberty in Northern Australian beef heifers. 2018 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Vancouver, Canada, 8-12 July 2018. Cary, NC, United States: Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/jas/sky404.231
Newspaper Article
Herring, Andy D. and Engle, Bailey N. (2019, 08 23). The cost of inferior cow fertility Progressive Cattle 36-37.