Individual animal model estimates of genetic parameters for reproduction traits of Landrace pigs performance tested in a commercial nucleus herd

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Crump, R. E., Haley, C. S., Thompson, R. and Mercer, J. 1997. Individual animal model estimates of genetic parameters for reproduction traits of Landrace pigs performance tested in a commercial nucleus herd. Animal Science. 65 (2), pp. 285-290. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800016593

AuthorsCrump, R. E., Haley, C. S., Thompson, R. and Mercer, J.
Abstract

Individual animal model restricted maximum likelihood was used to estimate genetic parameters for number of piglets born, number born alive, total litter weight, average piglet weight and gestation length for a commercial Landrace population undergoing selection for performance test traits. Estimates of heritabilities and repeatabilities (around 0·1 and 0·2, respectively) for number born and number born alive are in line with other published results. Heritabilities around 0·2 and repeatabilities around 0·3 were observed for average piglet weight and gestation length, while for litter weight these values were between 0·11 and 0·15 for heritabilities and around 0·2 for repeatabilities. Estimates of common litter of birth effects and maternal genetic effects were very low across all traits analysed.

Year of Publication1997
JournalAnimal Science
Journal citation65 (2), pp. 285-290
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800016593
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Funder project or code207
445
Project: 141673
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Print01 Oct 1997
Copyright licensePublisher copyright
ISSN1357-7298
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)

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