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) |