Table 5 Means, estimates and significance levels for the effects of standard deviation (SD) of body weight, group mean of the social breeding value (SBV), and group mean of the direct breeding value (DBV) on different traits based on model (1)
Traits | Mean | SD of weight | SBV | DBV | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | p-value | Estimate | p-value | Estimate | p-value | ||
Mean number of pigs having ear lesions per group | 10.5 | − 0.09 | 0.76 | − 0.50 | 0.049 | 0.010 | 0.50 |
Mean number of ear lesions per pig | 0.98 | − 0.008 | 0.86 | − 0.06 | 0.035 | 0.0014 | 0.40 |
Mean number of pigs having tail biting injuries per group | 2.2 | 0.187 | 0.04 | 0.002 | 0.83 | − 0.002 | 0.75 |