Skip to main content

Table 4 Estimates of genetic [gen, standard errors (SE) in parentheses] and phenotypic (phe) correlations between drinking behaviour and performance traits for each line of turkeys

From: The genetic basis of novel water utilisation and drinking behaviour traits and their relationship with biological performance in turkeys

Trait

AWIgen

AWIphe

AFIgen

WWTgen

WWTphe

WFTgen

Line A

 VPB

0.00 (0.05)

0.00

0.10 (0.04)

0.02 (0.05)

0.00

−0.01 (0.07)

 WPB

0.29 (0.02)

0.23

0.03 (0.05)

0.15 (0.04)

−0.02

0.05 (0.06)

 DTPB

0.04 (0.02)

0.00

0.00 (0.03)

−0.04 (0.04)

−0.01

0.19 (0.03)

 DR

0.23 (0.02)

0.22

−0.02 (0.04)

0.18 (0.04)

−0.01

−0.15 (0.06)

 DBF

0.28 (0.03)

0.37

0.06 (0.05)

0.13 (0.05)

0.02

−0.11 (0.04)

 DBD

0.30 (0.03)

0.33

0.09 (0.03)

0.14 (0.04)

0.01

0.02 (0.04)

 DDT

0.29 (0.03)

0.35

0.08 (0.03)

0.10 (0.04)

0.01

0.07 (0.03)

 DWI

0.99 (0.00)

0.96

0.11 (0.05)

0.46 (0.04)

0.00

−0.16 (0.04)

Line B

 VPB

−0.06 (0.03)

−0.05

0.17 (0.04)

−0.13 (0.08)

0.02

0.09 (0.03)

 WPB

0.22 (0.02)

0.12

−0.17 (0.03)

0.33 (0.06)

0.00

−0.02 (0.05)

 DTPB

0.09 (0.05)

0.00

−0.15 (0.04)

0.05 (0.06)

0.01

0.01 (0.03)

 DR

0.10 (0.03)

0.13

0.01 (0.04)

0.27 (0.06)

−0.02

−0.04 (0.02)

 DBF

0.26 (0.06)

0.31

0.26 (0.05)

−0.13 (0.05)

0.00

−0.07 (0.03)

 DBD

0.31 (0.03)

0.30

0.21 (0.03)

−0.06 (0.06)

0.01

−0.07 (0.07)

 DDT

0.37 (0.02)

0.35

0.08 (0.05)

−0.03 (0.06)

0.02

−0.04 (0.07)

 DWI

0.98 (0.00)

0.92

0.13 (0.04)

0.47 (0.05)

0.00

−0.22 (0.06)

  1. VPB number of visits per bout, WPB water intake per bout, DTPB drinking time per bout, DR drinking rate, DBF daily bout frequency, DBD daily bout duration, DDT daily drinking time, DWI daily water intake, AWI adjusted water intake, AFI adjusted feed intake, WWT weight gain during water test period, WFT weight gain during feed test period