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Table 6 Estimates of phenotypic correlations (SE in parentheses) of drinking and feeding traits in the finisher with health scores and treatment rates in different phases

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

Trait

Health score

Treatment rate

cNursery

Finisher

cNursery

Finisher

Combined

Drinking

 ADWI

0.11 (0.03)

0.19 (0.03)

− 0.13 (0.03)

− 0.03 (0.03)

− 0.12 (0.03)

 ADWD

0.03 (0.03)

0.13 (0.03)

− 0.11 (0.03)

− 0.02 (0.03)

− 0.09 (0.03)

 WIDUR

0.00 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

− 0.11 (0.03)

− 0.02 (0.03)

− 0.09 (0.03)

 WInVisits

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.10 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.10 (0.03)

 WIRT

0.16 (0.03)

0.26 (0.03)

− 0.13 (0.03)

− 0.07 (0.03)

− 0.13 (0.03)

 WDRT

0.06 (0.03)

0.18 (0.03)

− 0.12 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.11 (0.03)

 ADWI|ADFI

0.05 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

− 0.06 (0.03)

0.04 (0.03)

− 0.01 (0.03)

 ADWD|ADFI

− 0.01 (0.03)

0.02 (0.03)

− 0.06 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

− 0.02 (0.03)

 WIDUR|FIDUR

0.01 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

− 0.12 (0.03)

− 0.02 (0.03)

− 0.09 (0.03)

 WInVisits|FInVisits

− 0.05 (0.03)

− 0.03 (0.03)

− 0.10 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.09 (0.03)

Feeding

 ADFI

0.14 (0.02)

0.39 (0.02)

− 0.27 (0.02)

− 0.18 (0.02)

− 0.30 (0.02)

 FIDUR

− 0.03 (0.02)

0.02 (0.02)

0.00 (0.02)

− 0.03 (0.02)

− 0.01 (0.02)

 FInVisits

− 0.03 (0.02)

− 0.05 (0.02)

− 0.02 (0.02)

− 0.01 (0.02)

− 0.03 (0.02)

 FIRT

0.12 (0.02)

0.24 (0.02)

− 0.17 (0.02)

− 0.09 (0.02)

− 0.17 (0.02)

 ADFI|ADWI

0.15 (0.03)

0.37 (0.03)

− 0.22 (0.03)

− 0.17 (0.13)

− 0.25 (0.03)

 ADFI|ADWD

0.17 (0.03)

0.38 (0.03)

− 0.24 (0.03)

− 0.16 (0.03)

− 0.25 (0.03)

 FIDUR|WIDUR

− 0.06 (0.03)

0.00 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

− 0.01 (0.03)

0.01 (0.03)

 FInVisits|WInVisits

0.01 (0.03)

− 0.03 (0.03)

0.01 (0.03)

− 0.01 (0.03)

− 0.01 (0.03)

Drinking

 VARWI

0.04 (0.03)

0.12 (0.03)

− 0.06 (0.03)

0.00 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

 VARWD

0.01 (0.03)

0.09 (0.03)

− 0.07 (0.03)

0.02 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

 VARWIDUR

0.03 (0.03)

0.04 (0.03)

− 0.06 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

− 0.02 (0.03)

 VARWInVisits

− 0.01 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

0.06 (0.03)

0.05 (0.03)

 VARWIRT

0.06 (0.03)

0.19 (0.03)

− 0.08 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.09 (0.03)

 VARWDRT

0.04 (0.03)

0.15 (0.03)

− 0.07 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.08 (0.03)

Feeding

 VARFI

0.10 (0.02)

0.09 (0.02)

0.18 (0.02)

0.03 (0.02)

0.15 (0.02)

 VARFIDUR

− 0.03 (0.02)

− 0.21 (0.02)

0.23 (0.02)

0.19 (0.02)

0.27 (0.02)

 VARFInVisits

− 0.03 (0.03)

− 0.11 (0.02)

0.06 (0.02)

0.09 (0.02)

0.07 (0.02)

 VARFIRT

− 0.01 (0.02)

− 0.06 (0.02)

0.01 (0.02)

0.05 (0.02)

0.04 (0.02)

Drinking

 OFFWI

0.05 (0.03)

0.14 (0.03)

0.00 (0.03)

0.03 (0.03)

0.01 (0.03)

 OFFWD

0.05 (0.03)

0.10 (0.03)

− 0.07 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

− 0.06 (0.03)

 OFFWIDUR

0.00 (0.03)

− 0.03 (0.03)

− 0.04 (0.03)

0.06 (0.03)

0.01 (0.03)

 OFFWInVisits

0.00 (0.03)

− 0.06 (0.03)

0.07 (0.03)

0.07 (0.03)

0.08 (0.03)

 OFFWIRT

0.08 (0.03)

0.20 (0.03)

− 0.05 (0.03)

− 0.01 (0.03)

− 0.05 (0.03)

 OFFWDRT

0.06 (0.03)

0.15 (0.03)

− 0.08 (0.03)

− 0.03 (0.03)

− 0.08 (0.03)

Feeding

 OFFFI

− 0.07 (0.02)

− 0.35 (0.02)

0.31 (0.02)

0.25 (0.02)

0.38 (0.02)

 OFFFIDUR

0.03 (0.02)

− 0.16 (0.02)

0.21 (0.02)

0.17 (0.02)

0.24 (0.02)

 OFFFInVisits

0.03 (0.02)

− 0.03 (0.02)

0.10 (0.02)

0.10 (0.02)

0.12 (0.02)

 OFFFIRT

− 0.10 (0.02)

− 0.36 (0.02)

0.24 (0.02)

0.16 (0.02)

0.24 (0.02)

  1. cNursery: challenge nursery; Combined: challenge nursery and finisher combined; 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; ADWI|ADFI, ADWD|ADFI, WIDUR|FIDUR, WInVisits|FInVisits, ADFI|ADWI, ADFI|ADWD, FIDUR|WIDUR, FInVisits|WInVisits are the fitting the second trait as covariate for the first trait; VARWI, VARWD, VARWIDUR, VARWInVisits, VARWIRT, VARWDRT, VARFI, VARFIDUR, VARFInVisits, and VARFIRT are the day-to-day variation for corresponding drinking and feeding traits; OFFWI, OFFWD, OFFWIDUR, OFFWInVisits, OFFWIRT, OFFWDRT, OFFFI, OFFFIDUR, OFFFInVisits, and OFFFIRT are the proportion of off days for corresponding drinking and feeding traits