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Table 7 Posterior means of direct (numbers in italic characters) and correlated (non-italic characters in a row) additive genetic superiority when the best 10% were selected based on low \({\text{RFI}}_{\text{P}}\) or \({\text{RFI}}_{\text{G}}\)

From: Genetic parameters for body weight and different definitions of residual feed intake in broiler chickens

Trait

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{m t}} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{f t}} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{m t}} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{f t}} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6} \right)}}\)

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\)

− 63.0

− 40.7

− 42.5

− 31.8

− 55.6

− 37.8

− 39.8

− 29.8

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\)

− 49.7

− 51.7

− 39.0

− 32.5

− 45.2

− 47.2

− 36.7

− 30.0

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\)

− 42.0

− 31.7

− 63.5

− 31.5

− 38.8

− 30.7

− 60.8

− 29.8

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\)

− 43.5

− 36.5

− 43.6

− 45.9

− 42.2

− 34.5

− 42.4

− 44.4

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{m t days}} \right)}}\)

− 59.0

− 39.4

− 41.6

− 32.8

− 59.4

− 39.2

− 40.5

− 31.8

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{f t days}} \right)}}\)

− 48.3

− 49.4

− 39.7

− 32.2

− 47.1

− 49.4

− 38.5

− 31.1

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\)

− 40.2

− 30.4

− 62.0

− 31.3

− 38.5

− 30.3

− 62.2

− 30.2

\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\)

− 41.3

− 34.2

− 41.8

− 45.0

− 41.5

− 33.8

− 41.5

− 45.3

  1. Abbreviations are as defined in Table 2