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. 2019 Sep 3;97(9):3658–3668. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz244

Table 1.

Estimated variance components and heritability of lesions in different regions of the body of pigs at the finisher stage 24 h postmixing as estimated by 6 models (SE in parentheses)1

Model Covariate Trait σ^d2 σ^s2 σ^ds σ^pen2 σ^e2 h^D2
DGE tRF Anterior 0.059 (0.017) 0.033 (0.010) 0.21 (0.015) 0.19 (0.055)
Central 0.014 (0.09) 0.051 (0.013) 0.20 (0.009) 0.05 (0.035)
Caudal 0.028 (0.015) 0.081 (0.020) 0.28 (0.018) 0.073 (0.03)
DGE tAT Anterior 0.11 (0.028) 0.026 (0.010) 0.27 (0.022) 0.28 (0.063)
Central 0.037 (0.015) 0.06 (0.016) 0.23 (0.016) 0.11 (0.044)
Caudal 0.039 (0.018) 0.092 (0.023) 0.30 (0.020) 0.091 (0.04)
TSGE tRF Anterior 0.057 (0.010) 0.025NS (0.012) −0.0004NS (0.015) 0.001 (0.011) 0.21 (0.014) 0.20 (0.036)
Central 0.015 (0.0075) 0.032 NS (0.013) 0.0007 NS (0.011) 0.016 (0.013) 0.20 (0.012) 0.064 (0.031)
Caudal 0.033 (0.013) 0.041 NS (0.020) 0.016 NS (0.017) 0.034 (0.021) 0.27 (0.017) 0.096 (0.038)
TSGE tAT Anterior 0.10 (0.017) 0.030 NS (0.017) −0.026 NS (0.029) 0.007 (0.016) 0.26 (0.021) 0.28 (0.044)
Central 0.033 (0.010) 0.020 NS (0.016) −0.008 NS (0.015) 0.045 (0.018) 0.23 (0.015) 0.10 (0.034)
Caudal 0.037 (0.016) 0.038 NS (0.023) 0.0019 NS (0.020) 0.057 (0.025) 0.30 (0.020) 0.09 (0.040)
ISGE-Reciprocal Fights tRF Anterior 0.084 (0.008) 0.040* (0.013) 0.051* (0.010) 0.026 (0.013) 0.18 (0.013) 0.29 (0.031)
Central 0.019 (0.007) 0.023* (0.011) 0.015* (0.007) 0.044 (0.014) 0.19 (0.012) 0.075 (0.027)
Caudal 0.037 (0.011) 0.064* (0.019) 0.040* (0.011) 0.047 (0.019) 0.24 (0.016) 0.11 (0.035)
ISGE-Attacks tAT Anterior 0.155 (0.014) 0.051* (0.017) 0.077* (0.015) 0.020 (0.014) 0.22 (0.017) 0.38 (0.037)
Central 0.051 (0.009) 0.048* (0.016) 0.036* (0.010) 0.042 (0.016) 0.20 (0.014) 0.17 (0.032)
Caudal 0.049 (0.014) 0.068* (0.021) 0.031* (0.014) 0.057 (0.021) 0.26 (0.018) 0.13 (0.038)

*P < 0.01, NSP > 0.5.

1σ^d2 direct genetic variance, σ^s2 social genetic variance, σ^ds covariance genetic direct-social, σ^pen2 pen variance, σ^e2, error variance, h^D2, heritability. DGE: direct genetic additive model, TSGE: traditional social genetic effect model, ISGE-Reciprocal Fights: Intensity-based social genetic effect model with Reciprocal Fight behavior, ISGE-Attacks: Intensity-based social genetic effect model with Attack and Single Bite behaviors. tRF: total time that the animal spent engaged in reciprocal fight behavior, tAT: total time that the animal spent engaged in attack behavior.