Table 2.
Heritabilities (on diagonal), phenotypic (above diagonal) and genetic (below diagonal) correlations, plus or minus standard errors
| Traits1 | RFI | FCR | FI | BW | ADG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFI | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 0.49 ± 0.01 | 0.66 ± 0.01 | 0.00 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 |
| FCR | 0.65 ± 0.05 | 0.16+0.02 | -0.13 ± 0.01 | 0.10 ± 0.01 | -0.74 ± 0.00 |
| FI | 0.62 ± 0.04 | 0.06 ± 0.07 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.41 ± 0.01 | 0.55 ± 0.01 |
| BW | 0.09 ± 0.06 | 0.12 ± 0.07 | 0.67 ± 0.04 | 0.35 ± 0.02 | 0.17 ± 0.01 |
| ADG | -0.04 ± 0.07 | -0.67 ± 0.04 | 0.28 ± 0.06 | 0.41 ± 0.06 | 0.18 ± 0.02 |
1Resdiual feed intake (RFI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), cumulative feed intake (FI), body weight at 15 weeks (BW) and weight gain (ADG) as recorded during a 4 week feeding trial