Swine

Genetic and Phenotypic Correlations for Maternal and Postweaning Traits from a Seedstock Swine Breeding System

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic and phenotypic correlations between maternal and postweaning traits from a seedstock swine breeding system. The strongest phenotypic correlation was between percent lean and backfat at -0.72 (P<0.05). The genetic correlations between annualized farrowing interval and each of the postweaning traits (BF, PCL, and D100) were 0.41, -0.53, and 0.49 (P<0.05), respectively. The correlations between annualized farrowing interval and post-weaning traits suggest that selecting based on annualized farrowing interval would negatively impact the post-weaning traits in the herd. The direction of the correlation between number born alive and post-weaning traits could not be concluded from this study.

Keywords: ASL R2644

How to Cite:

Abell, C., Stalder, K. J. & Mabry, J. W., (2011) “Genetic and Phenotypic Correlations for Maternal and Postweaning Traits from a Seedstock Swine Breeding System”, Iowa State University Animal Industry Report 8(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-878