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Title: | Genetic Parameter Estimates for Pre- and Post-weaning Piglet Mortality | Contributor(s): | Harper, J (author); Bunter, K L (author) ; Hermesch, Susanne (author) | Publication Date: | 2019 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28712 | Open Access Link: | http://www.aaabg.org/aaabghome/fullproc23.php | Abstract: | Alternative models for genetic evaluation of pre- and post-weaning mortality traits were investigated. For pre-weaning mortality, the best model accounted for direct piglet effects, common litter effects of both the nurse sow and biological dam, repeated records of the nurse sow and the maternal nurse sow genetic effects. For post-weaning mortality, the most parsimonious model included only direct piglet effects and the common litter effects of both the nurse sow and biological dam. After accounting for systematic effects, genes of the piglet contribute to both pre- and post-weaning mortality (direct h² = 0.02 ± 0.002 for pre- and post- weaning), whereas the nurse maternal genes only contribute to pre-weaning (maternal m² = 0.01 ± 0.002). While heritabilities were low, there is potential for genetic improvement of both pre- and post-weaning mortality traits. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | AAABG 2019: 23rd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Armidale, Australia, 27 October-1 November | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.23, p. 159-162 | Publisher: | Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) | Place of Publication: | Armidale, Australia | ISSN: | 1328-3227 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070201 Animal Breeding | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 300305 Animal reproduction and breeding | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830308 Pigs | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 100410 Pigs | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.aaabg.org/aaabghome/ |
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