Table 6.

Posterior mean and SD of genetic correlations between thermoregulation and production traits within temperate or tropical climates, obtained using an MCMC procedure

Trait1	RT19		RT23		CT19		CT23
	Temperate	Tropical	Temperate	Tropical	Temperate	Tropical	Temperate	Tropical
BW11	−0.80 ± 0.15a	−0.01 ± 0.22b	−0.89 ± 0.15a	0.09 ± 0.18	−0.65 ± 0.16	−0.56 ± 0.21	−0.63 ± 0.15	−0.58 ± 0.16
BW23	−0.18 ± 0.25b	−0.11 ± 0.33b	0.02 ± 0.16b	−0.06 ± 0.13b	0.82 ± 0.11	0.01 ± 0.22b	0.16 ± 0.23b	−0.14 ± 0.19b
BFT23	0.11 ± 0.21b	−0.28 ± 0.15b	−0.43 ± 0.16	−0.30 ± 0.14	0.05 ± 0.27b	−0.55 ± 0.17	0.09 ± 0.28b	−0.49 ± 0.18
ADG	−0.24 ± 0.34b	−0.26 ± 0.34b	−0.03 ± 0.42b	−0.07 ± 0.37b	0.88 ± 0.09	0.81 ± 0.16	0.88 ± 0.10	0.63 ± 0.29a
ADFI	−0.10 ± 0.26b	−0.34 ± 0.23b	−0.13 ± 0.27b	−0.21 ± 0.24b	−0.22 ± 0.24b	0.03 ± 0.34b	0.17 ± 0.35b	0.06 ± 0.35b
RFI	−0.84 ± 0.28a	−0.93 ± 0.11a	−0.78 ± 0.35a	−0.90 ± 0.16a	−0.87 ± 0.27a	−0.92 ± 0.15a	−0.69 ± 0.44a	−0.91 ± 0.18a
FCR	−0.09 ± 0.19b	−0.24 ± 0.27b	−0.24 ± 0.27b	−0.23 ± 0.26b	−0.26 ± 0.32b	−0.25 ± 0.30b	−0.27 ± 0.32b	−0.25 ± 0.30b
RT19	1	1	0.32 ± 0.09	0.76 ± 0.09	0.53 ± 0.25	0.92 ± 0.04a	0.32 ± 0.31b	0.25 ± 0.29b
RT23	0.32 ± 0.09	0.76 ± 0.09	1	1	0.05 ± 0.35b	0.27 ± 0.28b	0.37 ± 0.30b	0.84 ± 0.07
CT19	0.53 ± 0.25	0.92 ± 0.04a	0.05 ± 0.35b	0.27 ± 0.28b	1	1	0.55 ± 0.27	0.69 ± 0.19
CT23	0.32 ± 0.31b	0.25 ± 0.29b	0.37 ± 0.30b	0.84 ± 0.07	0.55 ± 0.27	0.69 ± 0.19	1	1

¹BW₁₁, body weight at week 11; BW₂₃, body weight at week 23; BFT₂₃, back fat thickness at week 23; ADG, average daily weight gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; RFI, residual feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; RT₁₉, rectal temperature at week 19; RT₂₁, rectal temperature at week 21; RT₂₃, rectal temperature at week 23; CT₁₉, cutaneous temperature at week 19; CT₂₃, cutaneous temperature at week 23; GRAD₁₉ = (RT₁₉ − CT₁₉) / RT₁₉, GRAD₂₃ = (RT₂₃ − CT₂₃) / RT₂₃.

^aValue not significantly different from 1 (P < 0.05).

^bValue not significantly different from 0 (P < 0.05).