Abstract
Genetic parameters of daily gain, lean meat percent and age were estimated for the Hungarian Large White, Hungarian Landrace and their cross. The analysis was based on the national database from field tests (1997-2010) using bivariate animal models. Estimated heritabilities for the analysed traits ranged between 0.21-0.36. Relative importance of random litter effects was low except for age, where the estimates exceeded notably (0.46, 0.49) the estimates of the other traits (0.17-0.33). The genetic correlations between purebreds and crossbreds were for all traits low to moderate, for daily gain rg = 0.47 and 0.37, for lean meat percent rg = 0.46 und 0.28 and for age rg = 0.26 und 0.25.
Translated title of the contribution | Genetic parameters for carcass and fattening traits of purebred and crossbred animals in bivariate analyses |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 242-249 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Zuchtungskunde |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - May 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |