Personal information

Prof. dr. Miroslav Kapš
Associate professor
Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb
Animal Science Department
Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb
Hall II, ground floor
+385 /1/239 3949
e-mail: mkaps@agr.hr

Teaching

Undergraduate program
Biometrics (instructor)
Graduate program
Biometrics and planning of research in animal science (instructor)
Writing and presenting a scientific work (instructor)
Statistical models and experimental designs in animal science
Applied linear models in animal science

Reseach interests

Statistical and quantitative methods in animal breeding,
Linear and generalized linear models
Analysis of longitudinal data
Experimental design and applied statistics in animal science

Current projects

2002-2005
Estimation of genetic covariance structures
Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia
M. Kaps

Academic qualifications

1997
Ph.D.
University of Missouri - Columbia, USA
Growth and Maturation of Angus Cattle
1990
M.Sc.
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Nonlinear functions in explaining growth of Holstein-friesian cattle
1984
B.Sc.
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Physiology of mammary gland

Training and reserach experience

Jan. 1989 - Jun. 1989
Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, USA 1989

Employment and work experience

1988 - now
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
1995-1998
University of Missouri - Columbia, USA, Anim. Sci. Dept
1984 - 1995
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Other professional activities

American Society of Animal Science

Editorial Board of 'Livestock Science'(Elsevier)

Scientific publications

Kalit, S., J. Havranek, M. Kaps, B. Perko and V. Cubric Curik. 2005. Proteolysis and the optimal ripening time of Tounj cheese. International Dairy Journal 15:619-624.

Kaps, M and W. Lamberson. 2004 Biostatistics for Animal Science. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK. ISBN: 0 85199 820 8

Dzidic, A; M. Kaps and R. M. Bruckmaier. 2004. Machine milking of Istrian dairy crossbreed ewes: udder morphology and milking characteristics. Small Rum. Res. 55:183-189.

Kalit, S, J. Lukač-Havranek, M. Kaps: 2002. Plasminogen activation and somatic cell count (SCC) in cheese milk: influence on Podravec cheese ripening. Milcwissenschaft 57:380-382.

Kaps, M., W.O. Herring, and W.R. Lamberson. 2000. Genetic and environmental parameters for traits derived from the Brody growth curve and their relationships with weaning weight in Angus cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 78:1436-1442.

Kaps, M., W.O. Herring, and W.R. Lamberson. 1999. Genetic and environmental parameters for mature weight in Angus cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 77:569-574.

Kaps, M., A.S.A.M.T. Moura, T.J. Safranski, and W.R. Lamberson. 1999. Components of growth in Mice hemizygous for a Mt/bGH transgene. J. Anim. Sci. 77:1148-1154.

Moura, A.S.A.M.T., M. Kaps, D.W. Vogt, and W.R. Lamberson. 1997. Two-way selection for daily gain and feed conversion in a composite rabbit population. J. Anim. Sci. 75:2344-2349.

Powell, M.R., M. Kaps, W.R. Lamberson, and D.H. Keisler. 1996. Use of melengestrol acetate-based treatments to induce and synchronize estrus in seasonally anestrous ewes. J. Anim. Sci. 74:2292-2302.

Jenkins, T. G., M. Kaps, L. V. Cundiff, and C. L. Ferrell. 1991. Evaluation of between- and within-breed variation in measures of weight-age relationships. J.Anim.Sci. 69:3118-3128.

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=122356