Table 5.
Direct (GI)and maternal (GM) additive effects and their standard errors(± SE) for body weights andrelative growth rate (RGR).
|
| Traits |
Direct additive (GI) |
Maternal additive(GM) |
|
|
| Body weights: |
Units ± SE |
GI% |
Units ± SE |
GM% |
|
|
| 5 weeks |
12.7 ± 6.4** |
2.8 |
31.1 ± 9.1** |
6.9 |
|
| 6 weeks |
33.3 ± 12.5** |
6.0 |
52.1 ± 10.4** |
9.3 |
|
| 8 weeks |
91.1 ± 17.4** |
12.0 |
122.6 ± 14.5** |
16.1 |
|
| 10 weeks |
126.2 ± 23.6** |
12.3 |
153.5 ± 20.3** |
15.0 |
|
| 12 weeks |
158.3 ± 28.1 ** |
12.7 |
171.2 ± 24.6 ** |
13.7 |
|
| 14 weeks |
165.8 ± 38.8** |
11.3 |
155.7 ± 31.3** |
10.6 |
|
| 16 weeks |
163.9 ± 47.8** |
10.1 |
105.1 ± 37.1 ** |
6.5 |
|
| 18 weeks |
149.4 ± 53.5** |
9.0 |
69.0 ± 44.5** |
3.8 |
|
| 20 weeks |
118.9 ± 58.6** |
5.8 |
28.3 ± 50.5** |
1.4 |
|
|
| RGR at age intervals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5-6 week |
3.3 ± 0.69** |
15.1 |
2.2 ± 0.58** |
10.1 |
|
| 6-8 weeks |
3.9 ± 1.1** |
13.1 |
3.3 ± 0.91** |
11.1 |
|
| 8-10 week |
2.7 ± 1.0** |
9.6 |
1.7 ± 0.88ns |
6.0 |
|
| 10-12 week |
0.80 ± 0.73ns |
4.2 |
-0.11 ± 0.64 ns |
-0.58 |
|
| 12-14 week |
-0.30 ± 0.64ns |
-2.0 |
-1.0 ± 0.55ns |
-6.7 |
|
| 14-16 week |
-0.29 ± 0.65 ns |
-2.5 |
1.1± 0.56 * |
9.4 |
|
| 16-18 week |
-1.1 ± 0.54* |
-10.0 |
-1.8 ± 0.45 ** |
-16.3 |
|
| 18-20 week |
-1.4 ± 0.45** |
-13.5 |
-1.4 ± 0.38** |
-13.5 |
|
| 5-20 week |
7.5 ± 2.3** |
6.1 |
0.60 ± 2.0ns |
0.48 |
|
|
|
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