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Table 7 Estimates of genetic correlations (SE in parentheses) of drinking and feeding traits in the finisher with health scores, treatment rates, and mortality 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

Mortality

cNursery

Finisher

cNursery

Combined

cNursery

Finisher

Combined

Drinking

 ADWI

0.09 (0.21)

0.30 (0.20)

− 0.13 (0.18)

− 0.18 (0.24)

− 0.18 (0.19)

− 0.10 (0.23)

− 0.15 (0.17)

 ADWD

− 0.01 (0.19)

0.22 (0.19)

− 0.20 (0.16)

− 0.24 (0.21)

− 0.06 (0.17)

− 0.29 (0.20)

− 0.20 (0.14)

 WIDUR

− 0.21 (0.18)

0.10 (0.17)

− 0.27 (0.14)

− 0.39 (0.19)

− 0.10 (0.15)

− 0.18 (0.18)

− 0.20 (0.13)

 WInVisits

− 0.14 (0.17)

− 0.18 (0.17)

− 0.33 (0.14)

− 0.45 (0.19)

− 0.24 (0.16)

− 0.02 (0.17)

− 0.19 (0.13)

 WIRT

0.41 (0.20)

0.36 (0.20)

− 0.05 (0.20)

0.04 (0.25)

0.02 (0.22)

− 0.01 (0.23)

0.12 (0.18)

 WDRT

0.15 (0.19)

0.24 (0.20)

− 0.03 (0.18)

− 0.08 (0.23)

0.07 (0.20)

− 0.20 (0.21)

− 0.04 (0.16)

 ADWI|ADFI

− 0.01 (0.14)

0.11 (0.21)

− 0.19 (0.16)

− 0.01 (0.23)

− 0.23 (0.18)

− 0.10 (0.20)

− 0.16 (0.14)

 ADWD|ADFI

− 0.08 (0.13)

0.08 (0.19)

− 0.16 (0.15)

− 0.13 (0.21)

− 0.10 (0.16)

− 0.25 (0.19)

− 0.11 (0.15)

 WIDUR|FIDUR

− 0.13 (0.12)

0.10 (0.17)

− 0.26 (0.13)

− 0.37 (0.19)

− 0.26 (0.15)

− 0.17 (0.18)

− 0.20 (0.13)

 WInVisits|FInVisits

− 0.13 (0.11)

− 0.17 (0.17)

− 0.34 (0.13)

− 0.48 (0.18)

− 0.31 (0.15)

0.02 (0.17)

− 0.16 (0.12)

Feeding

 ADFI

0.02 (0.16)

0.31 (0.15)

− 0.25 (0.14)

− 0.33 (0.17)

0.02 (0.15)

− 0.12 (0.18)

− 0.13 (0.20)

 FIDUR

− 0.11 (0.16)

0.05 (0.16)

− 0.03 (0.14)

0.00 (0.20)

0.40 (0.15)

− 0.32 (0.16)

− 0.43 (0.18)

 FInVisits

− 0.01 (0.15)

− 0.13 (0.15)

− 0.05 (0.13)

0.06 (0.19)

− 0.10 (0.14)

− 0.27 (0.16)

− 0.23 (0.11)

 FIRT

0.00 (0.14)

0.10 (0.15)

− 0.06 (0.14)

− 0.12 (0.17)

− 0.32 (0.15)

− 0.02 (0.15)

0.10 (0.17)

 ADFI|ADWI

0.20 (0.13)

0.36 (0.17)

− 0.16 (0.15)

− 0.35 (0.19)

0.08 (0.18)

0.03 (0.20)

− 0.03 (0.15)

 ADFI|ADWD

0.23 (0.13)

0.37 (0.16)

− 0.18 (0.15)

− 0.32 (0.19)

0.03 (0.17)

− 0.02 (0.19)

− 0.06 (0.15)

 FIDUR|WIDUR

0.10 (0.12)

0.01 (0.18)

0.02 (0.14)

− 0.01 (0.20)

0.40 (0.16)

− 0.08 (0.18)

0.07 (0.13)

 FInVisits|WInVisits

− 0.13 (0.13)

− 0.01 (0.19)

0.20 (0.14)

0.28 (0.21)

0.00 (0.16)

− 0.21 (0.19)

− 0.15 (0.14)

Drinking

 VARWI

0.09 (0.22)

0.16 (0.22)

− 0.10 (0.19)

− 0.15 (0.27)

0.00 (0.20)

− 0.10 (0.22)

− 0.06 (0.17)

 VARWD

− 0.16 (0.21)

0.04 (0.21)

− 0.19 (0.18)

− 0.14 (0.23)

0.10 (0.19)

− 0.33 (0.21)

− 0.17 (0.16)

 VARWIDUR

− 0.22 (0.22)

0.28 (0.20)

− 0.23 (0.17)

− 0.43 (0.26)

0.26 (0.19)

− 0.16 (0.25)

0.01 (0.15)

 VARWInVisits

− 0.16 (0.21)

− 0.14 (0.21)

− 0.15 (0.18)

− 0.28 (0.24)

0.17 (0.18)

0.18 (0.22)

0.13 (0.15)

 VARWIRT

0.21 (0.23)

0.27 (0.23)

− 0.11 (0.21)

− 0.05 (0.30)

− 0.01 (0.23)

0.09 (0.24)

0.10 (0.20)

 VARWDRT

0.12 (0.23)

0.07 (0.24)

0.00 (0.21)

− 0.01 (0.27)

0.21 (0.23)

− 0.02 (0.24)

0.14 (0.20)

Feeding

 VARFI

0.22 (0.29)

− 0.23 (0.31)

0.14 (0.25)

− 0.30 (0.38)

0.71 (0.29)

0.45 (0.36)

0.56 (0.35)

 VARFIDUR

− 0.21 (0.20)

− 0.32 (0.19)

0.11 (0.17)

0.03 (0.25)

0.65 (0.19)

− 0.17 (0.20)

− 0.24 (0.23)

 VARFInVisits

− 0.19 (0.12)

− 0.30 (0.15)

0.07 (0.12)

0.09 (0.19)

− 0.01 (0.15)

0.04 (0.17)

0.05 (0.11)

 VARFIRT

− 0.73 (1.74)

− 0.20 (0.87)

0.35 (1.15)

0.85 (2.85)

− 0.82 (1.48)

NA

NA

Drinking

 OFFWI

− 0.11 (0.22)

0.20 (0.22)

− 0.04 (0.20)

− 0.18 (0.25)

− 0.29 (0.21)

− 0.04 (0.24)

− 0.16 (0.18)

 OFFWD

− 0.34 (0.23)

− 0.14 (0.24)

− 0.25 (0.20)

− 0.10 (0.29)

− 0.21 (0.23)

− 0.46 (0.26)

− 0.37 (0.18)

 OFFWIDUR

− 0.18 (0.19)

0.06 (0.23)

− 0.19 (0.20)

− 0.46 (0.32)

0.27 (0.22)

− 0.18 (0.27)

0.04 (0.18)

 OFFWInVisits

− 0.07 (0.17)

− 0.27 (0.19)

− 0.02 (0.18)

− 0.12 (0.23)

0.31 (0.19)

0.10 (0.20)

0.22 (0.16)

 OFFWIRT

0.38 (0.27)

0.23 (0.26)

− 0.16 (0.24)

− 0.08 (0.34)

− 0.08 (0.27)

0.18 (0.28)

0.10 (0.23)

 OFFWDRT

0.31 (0.28)

0.18 (0.29)

−0.24 (0.25)

− 0.30 (0.30)

− 0.10 (0.29)

− 0.13 (0.30)

− 0.12 (0.24)

Feeding

 OFFFI

− 0.06 (0.24)

− 0.45 (0.21)

0.38 (0.19)

0.51 (0.23)

0.27 (0.24)

0.28 (0.30)

0.48 (0.25)

 OFFFIDUR

0.18 (0.19)

− 0.16 (0.19)

0.26 (0.17)

0.08 (0.21)

− 0.15 (0.19)

0.26 (0.20)

0.24 (0.20)

 OFFFInVisits

− 0.02 (0.18)

− 0.03 (0.22)

0.20 (0.18)

0.14 (0.25)

0.23 (0.24)

0.32 (0.23)

0.34 (0.17)

 OFFFIRT

0.01 (0.20)

− 0.36 (0.23)

0.28 (0.19)

0.48 (0.24)

0.60 (0.27)

− 0.09 (0.27)

NA

  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