Indirect Genetic Effects for Growth in Pigs Affect Behaviour and Weight Around Weaning

Selection for indirect genetic effects (IGE), i.e. the genetic effect of an individual on a trait of another individual, is a promising avenue to increase trait values in plant and animal breeding. Studies in livestock suggest that selection for IGE for growth (IGEg) might increase animals’ capacity...

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Autores principales: Camerlink, Irene, Ursinus, Winanda W., Bartels, Andrea C., Bijma, Piter, Bolhuis, J. Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6097724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10519-018-9911-5
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author Camerlink, Irene
Ursinus, Winanda W.
Bartels, Andrea C.
Bijma, Piter
Bolhuis, J. Elizabeth
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description Selection for indirect genetic effects (IGE), i.e. the genetic effect of an individual on a trait of another individual, is a promising avenue to increase trait values in plant and animal breeding. Studies in livestock suggest that selection for IGE for growth (IGEg) might increase animals’ capacity to tolerate stress. We assessed the effect of a stressful phase (weaning) on the behaviour and performance of pigs (n = 480) divergently selected for high or low IGEg. High IGEg pigs were significantly slower to explore the feed and gained less weight than low IGEg pigs in the days after weaning. In line with previous findings, high IGEg animals may have prioritized the formation of social ranks.
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spelling pubmed-60977242018-08-24 Indirect Genetic Effects for Growth in Pigs Affect Behaviour and Weight Around Weaning Camerlink, Irene Ursinus, Winanda W. Bartels, Andrea C. Bijma, Piter Bolhuis, J. Elizabeth Behav Genet Original Research Selection for indirect genetic effects (IGE), i.e. the genetic effect of an individual on a trait of another individual, is a promising avenue to increase trait values in plant and animal breeding. Studies in livestock suggest that selection for IGE for growth (IGEg) might increase animals’ capacity to tolerate stress. We assessed the effect of a stressful phase (weaning) on the behaviour and performance of pigs (n = 480) divergently selected for high or low IGEg. High IGEg pigs were significantly slower to explore the feed and gained less weight than low IGEg pigs in the days after weaning. In line with previous findings, high IGEg animals may have prioritized the formation of social ranks. Springer US 2018-06-19 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6097724/ /pubmed/29922987 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10519-018-9911-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_fullStr Indirect Genetic Effects for Growth in Pigs Affect Behaviour and Weight Around Weaning
title_full_unstemmed Indirect Genetic Effects for Growth in Pigs Affect Behaviour and Weight Around Weaning
title_short Indirect Genetic Effects for Growth in Pigs Affect Behaviour and Weight Around Weaning
title_sort indirect genetic effects for growth in pigs affect behaviour and weight around weaning
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6097724/
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