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Heritability and correlation of litter traits in pigs determined by REML method

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العنوان: Heritability and correlation of litter traits in pigs determined by REML method
المؤلفون: Radojković, D., Petrović, M., Radović, Č., Parunović, N., Popovac, M., Gogić, M.
المصدر: Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry (2012) 28(4):771-778 ; ISSN: 1450-9156
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: SCIndeks - Serbian Citation Index
مصطلحات موضوعية: heritability, genetic correlation, phenotypic correlation, litter size, REML method
الوصف: The aim of this study was to determine the heritability coefficients and the correlation between the number of live born piglets (NBA), the number of stillborn piglets (NSB), the number of total born piglets (NTB) and the number of weaned piglets (NW) in the part of population in Swedish Landrace sows in R. Serbia. The results obtained should enable the selection of litter size traits that would be proposed to be included in the selection - breeding program for this breed. The analysis of parameters was carried out on the basis of data on fertility of 4.061 Swedish Landrace sows and their 15.209 litters realized on two pig farms in R. Serbia. There was a genetic relationship between animals among the farms. Components of variance and covariance of observed traits, the share of additive genetic variance component in the phenotypic and correlation of traits at phenotypic and genetic levels, were evaluated using the method of Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) using the Multitrait Model (MM). Heritability estimates for the NBA, NSB, NTB and NW amounted to 6.4, 1.6, 6.7 and 1.1%, respectively. Correlation between the NBA and NTB at the phenotypic and genetic level was complete (rP = 0986, rG = 0938). Correlation between the NBA and NW at the phenotypic level has not been established, while at the genetic level it was weak. We believe that this is the result of the procedure of equalizing of litters after farrowing. In order to obtain objective genetic parameters for NW this procedure should not be applied in pure breed sows.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
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اللغة: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MESTD/Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)/31081/RS//; http://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?artid=1450-91561204771R
الاتاحة: http://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?artid=1450-91561204771R
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.364E8CC2
قاعدة البيانات: BASE