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Maternal performance differences between porcine stress syndrome-normal and -carrier Landrace females
Journal of Animal Science
  • Kenneth J Stalder, Iowa State University
  • L. L. Christian, Iowa State University
  • Max F. Rothschild, Iowa State University
  • E. C. Lin, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-1997
DOI
/1997.75123114x
Abstract

Differences between porcine stress syndrome (PSS) normal (NN) and carrier (Nn) Landrace dams were determined for adjusted number of pigs born alive, adjusted number of pigs at 21 d, adjusted 21-d litter weight, proportion of pigs surviving to 21 d, and farrowing interval. Data were analyzed from a total of 841 females, 623 normal (NN) and 218 carriers (Nn) having 2,231 and 869 records, respectively. Three susceptible (nn) females from two herds were dropped from the analysis because of their small contribution to the total number of records. Frequency of the recessive PSS allele ranged from .07 to .28 in the nine herds involved in this study. Data were adjusted using Landrace breed-specific adjustments and analyzed with mixed-model derivative-free REML procedures fitting the dams' PSS genotype as a fixed effect in the model. Only females having two or more successive parities were used in the analysis of farrowing interval, resulting in a reduction of total records analyzed to 2,201 (1,564 NN and 637 Nn records) from 632 females (445 NN and 187 Nn females). No differences between NN and Nn dams were observed for adjusted number of pigs born alive, adjusted number of pigs at 21 d, adjusted 21-d litter weight, proportion of pigs surviving to 21 d, and farrowing interval. The results of this investigation indicate no significant maternal performance differences between PSS NN or Nn Landrace dams.

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This is an article from Journal of Animal Science 75 (1997): 3114, doi:/1997.75123114x. Posted with permission.

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American Society of Animal Science
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Citation Information
Kenneth J Stalder, L. L. Christian, Max F. Rothschild and E. C. Lin. "Maternal performance differences between porcine stress syndrome-normal and -carrier Landrace females" Journal of Animal Science Vol. 75 Iss. 12 (1997) p. 3114 - 3118
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