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Table 9 Estimates of genetic (above diagonal) and phenotypic (below diagonal) correlations (standard errors in parentheses) between disease-related, growth and commercial selection traitsa

From: Genetic parameters of resistance to pasteurellosis using novel response traits in rabbits

  Abscess Bacteria Resistance ADG-BW ADG-PI1 ADG-PI2 WW NBA
Abscess   0.99 (0.16) − 0.99 (0.05) − 0.87 (0.42) − 0.98 (0.09) − 0.82 (0.14) − 0.48 (0.33) 0.07 (0.38)
Bacteria 0.58 (0.02)   − 0.98 (0.07) − 0.60 (0.42) − 0.94 (0.17) − 0.75 (0.17) − 0.39 (0.36) − 0.12 (0.41)
Resistance − 0.80 (0.01) − 0.84 (0.01)   0.75 (0.34) 0.98 (0.06) 0.70 (0.14) 0.42 (0.29) − 0.07 (0.34)
ADG-BW − 0.13 (0.03) − 0.08 (0.03) 0.12 (0.03)   0.44 (0.30) 0.46 (0.34) 0.40 (0.45) − 0.70 (0.56)
ADG-PI1 − 0.67 (0.02) − 0.50 (0.02) 0.68 (0.01) 0.05 (0.03)   0.52 (0.16) 0.44 (0.23) − 0.06 (0.29)
ADG-PI2 − 0.53 (0.02) − 0.57 (0.02) 0.56 (0.02) 0.02 (0.03) 0.32 (0.03)   0.43 (0.27) − 0.32 (0.31)
WW − 0.10 (0.07) − 0.07 (0.06) 0.10 (0.07) 0.07 (0.08) 0.14 (0.08) 0.11 (0.08)   0.36 (0.15)
NBA 0.01 (0.03) − 0.01 (0.03) − 0.01 (0.03) − 0.05 (0.04) − 0.01 (0.04) − 0.03 (0.03) 0.06 (0.03)  
  1. ADG average daily weight gain (g/day), BW from birth to weaning pre-inoculation, PI1 during first week post-inoculation, PI2 during second week post-inoculation, NBA number of kits born alive, WW weaning weight (g)