Table 2.
Marginal posterior means (SD) of ratio of variances and DIC of growing Duroc pigs using univariate animal models with and without indirect genetic effects
| AM | AM-IGE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trait | h2 | DIC |
|
T2 |
|
|
|
r(S,D) | DIC |
| FR | 0.30 (0.08) | 7304.83 | 48.73 (3.38) | 0.39 (0.29) | 0.32 (0.08) | 0.13 (0.04) | 0.04 (0.03) | −0.19 (0.70) | 7282.56 |
| OT | 0.23 (0.10) | 8097.19 | 84.98 (4.82) | 0.20 (0.19) | 0.27 (0.10) | 0.08 (0.03) | 0.06 (0.04) | −0.78 (0.27)* | 8055.65 |
| FF | 0.48 (0.09) | 4871.82 | 8.72 (0.83) | 0.93 (0.49) | 0.46 (0.09) | 0.12 (0.06) | 0.03 (0.03) | −0.21 (0.41) | 4803.53 |
| FInt | 0.47 (0.08) | 2835.14 | 1.09 (0.07) | 0.67 (0.30) | 0.47 (0.09) | 0.06 (0.03) | 0.02 (0.02) | −0.21 (0.47) | 2792.88 |
| ADG | 0.19 (0.08) | 2562.15 | 0.68 (0.04) | 0.22 (0.18) | 0.22 (0.09) | 0.04 (0.02) | 0.14 (0.04) | −0.58 (0.42) | 2541.09 |
| ADC | 0.22 (0.08) | 5246.81 | 7.62 (0.52) | 0.29 (0.29) | 0.25 (0.08) | 0.11 (0.04) | 0.08 (0.04) | −0.57 (0.47) | 5219.54 |
| FCR | 0.21 (0.09) | 4418.22 | 4.00 (0.35) | 0.55 (0.43) | 0.24 (0.09) | 0.13 (0.05) | 0.07 (0.04) | −0.10 (0.70) | 4400.04 |
| BF | 0.32 (0.10) | 5579.10 | 10.75 (0.72) | 0.51 (0.28) | 0.35 (0.11) | 0.05 (0.03) | 0.09 (0.04) | −0.02 (0.61) | 5553.75 |
AM = classic animal model; AM-IGE = Animal model including indirect genetic effects; FR = average daily feeding rate; OT = average daily occupation time; FF = average daily feeding frequency; FInt = average daily time between consecutive visits; ADG = average daily gain; ADC = average daily consumption; FCR = feed conversion ratio; BF = backfat thickness. h2 = heritability; DIC = deviance information criterion; 
= total phenotypic variance; 
= direct genetic effect variance; 
= pen variance; 
= litter variance; T2 = the ratio between the total breeding value variation and 
; 
= portion of phenotypic variance explained by direct genetic effect; 
= portion of phenotypic variance explained by pen effect; 
= portion of phenotypic variance explained by litter effect; r(S,D) = genetic correlation between direct and indirect genetic effects of the same trait.
Probability of being greater than 0 > 0.95 or <0.05.