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Table 3 Estimates of genetic (upper triangle) and phenotypic (lower triangle) correlations (SE in parentheses) among drinking and among feeding traits in the finisher

From: Genetic parameters of drinking and feeding traits of wean-to-finish pigs under a polymicrobial natural disease challenge

Drinking traits

 

ADWI

ADWD

WIDUR

WInVisits

WIRT

WDRT

ADWI

 

0.84 (0.05)

0.68 (0.08)

0.47 (0.11)

0.69 (0.09)

0.82 (0.07)

ADWD

0.79 (0.01)

 

0.82 (0.06)

0.57 (0.09)

0.33 (0.14)

0.92 (0.03)

WIDUR

0.60 (0.02)

0.61 (0.02)

 

0.82 (0.04)

0.10 (0.15)

0.59 (0.09)

WInVisits

0.36 (0.03)

0.34 (0.03)

0.80 (0.01)

 

− 0.07 (0.13)

0.30 (0.13)

WIRT

0.78 (0.01)

0.53 (0.02)

0.09 (0.03)

− 0.08 (0.03)

 

0.44 (0.12)

WDRT

0.66 (0.02)

0.90 (0.01)

0.31 (0.03)

0.09 (0.03)

0.66 (0.02)

 

Feeding traits

 

ADFI

FIDUR

FInVisits

FIRT

ADFI

 

0.10 (0.10)

0.11 (0.10)

0.44 (0.08)

FIDUR

0.15 (0.03)

 

0.08 (0.09)

0.00 (0.00)

FInVisits

− 0.01 (0.03)

0.11 (0.03)

 

0.00 (0.00)

FIRT

0.51 (0.02)

− 0.70 (0.01)

− 0.10 (0.02)

 
  1. ADWI: average daily water disappearance; ADWD: average daily water dispensed; WIDUR: average daily water intake duration; WInVisits: average number of daily water intake visits; WIRT: water disappearance rate; WDRT: water dispensed rate; ADFI: average daily feed intake; FIDUR: average daily feed intake duration; FInVisits: average number of daily feed intake visits; FIRT: feed intake rate