Table 7.

Estimates of genetic correlations between indices and measures of DMI and ADG

Objectivea	Indexb	DMI42	DMI83	ADG42	ADG83	PADG
FGS	Objective	−0.59	−0.57	0.20	0.29	−0.07
FGS	DMI42, ADG42	−0.61	−0.59	0.20	0.23	−0.11
FGS	DMI42, PADG	−0.70	−0.70	−0.06	−0.02	−0.09
FGS	DMI42, ADG42, PADG	−0.61	−0.59	0.20	0.23	−0.08
FGH	Objective	−0.25	−0.22	0.53	0.62	0.26
FGH	DMI42, ADG42	−0.27	−0.24	0.56	0.57	0.24
FGH	DMI42, PADG	−0.34	−0.33	0.31	0.33	0.34
FGH	DMI42, ADG42, PADG	−0.26	−0.24	0.56	0.57	0.27
RG	Objective	−0.03	0.00	0.70	0.78	0.44
RG	DMI42, ADG42	−0.03	0.00	0.74	0.73	0.44
RG	DMI42, PADG	−0.04	−0.04	0.53	0.54	0.61
RG	DMI42, ADG42, PADG	−0.03	0.00	0.74	0.73	0.47
RFI	Objective	−0.79	−0.78	−0.08	0.00	−0.32
RFI	DMI42, ADG42	−0.81	−0.79	−0.08	−0.05	−0.36
RFI	DMI42, PADG	−0.87	−0.87	−0.29	−0.24	−0.35
RFI	DMI42, ADG42, PADG	−0.81	−0.79	−0.08	−0.05	−0.33

^aThe objective functions were FGS and FGH; RG; and RFI.

^bADG83 and DMI83 were ADG and DMI, respectively, over the entire test period, which averaged 83 d; ADG42 and DMI42 were ADG and DMI, respectively, over the first 42 d of test period; PADG was postweaning ADG.