Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Pig Traits with Heritability Records

Trait names Number of heritability records in this database

17 beta-estradiol level 2
Abdominal fat weight 2
Age at first farrowing 8
Age at puberty 3
Alkaline phosphatase activity 3

androstenone, laboratory 2
Arachidic acid content 10
Arachidic acid to stearic acid ratio 6
Arachidonic acid content 10
Arachidonic acid to dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid ratio 6

Arachidonic acid to eicosadienoic acid ratio 6
Arachidonic acid to linoleic acid ratio 7
Aspartate aminotransferase activity 2
Average chain length 7
Average daily gain 81

Average feeding rate 8
Average glycolytic potential 2
Average lactate 2
Backfat linear at tenth rib 1
Basophil number 4

Belly weight 4
Bilirubin level 1
Birth weight variability 3
Blood alanine transaminase level 2
Blood albumin level 2

Blood albumin to globulin ratio 2
Blood androstenone level 2
Blood cortisol level 2
Blood glucose level 2
Blood non-esterified fatty acid level 2

Blood total protein level 2
Blood urea level 2
Body circumference 18
Body depth 1
Body height 12

Body length 13
Body weight 32
Bone mineral density 2
Bone weight 1
C-reactive protein level 1

C22:1 fatty acid content 1
Calcium level 2
Calcium to phosphorus ratio 1
Cannon bone circumference 10
Capric acid content 2

Carcass length 13
Carcass temperature 2
Carcass weight (cold) 1
Carcass weight (hot) 15
Carcass width 1

Chest width 1
Cholesterol level 2
cis-11-Eicosenoic acid content 9
Cis-11-Eicosenoic acid to arachidic acid ratio 7
Cis-11-Eicosenoic acid to oleic acid ratio 6

cis-9-Heptadecenoic acid content 2
cis-Vaccenic acid content 2
Conception rate 4
Conformation score 8
Connective tissue amount 1

Cooking loss 9
Cooking yield 1
Creatine kinase level 2
Days to 100 kg 17
Days to 105 kg 8

Days to 115 kg 2
Days to 30 kg 1
Days to 90 kg 7
Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid content 8
Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid to linoleic acid ratio 6

Distance from eye to corner of mouth 1
Distance from eye to end of snout 1
Docosadienoic acid content 1
Docosahexaenoic acid content 3
Docosapentaenoic acid content 3

Docosatetraenoic acid content 3
Double-bond index 7
Dressing percentage 6
Drip loss 11
Ear area 1

Ear weight 1
Eicosadienoic acid content 10
Eicosadienoic acid to linoleic acid ratio 7
Eicosapentaenoic acid content 2
Eicosatrienoic acid content 3

Eosinophil number 5
Estrone sulfate level 2
Eye fissure width 1
Facial morphology 2
Fat androstenone level 4

Fat skatole level 2
Fatty acid atherogenic index 6
Fatty acid thrombogenic index 6
Feed conversion ratio 25
Feed efficiency 3

Feed intake 29
Firmness 3
Flavor score 1
Front leg conformation 4
Gait score (overall) 1

Gamma-delta T cell percentage 1
Gamma-linolenic acid content 2
Gestation length 6
Glucose-6-phosphate content 1
Granular leukocyte to lymphocyte ratio 2

Ham fat thickness 1
Ham meat percentage 1
Ham weight 4
Haptoglobin concentration 3
HDL cholesterol 2

Head length 1
Head weight 2
Heart weight 7
Hematocrit 5
Hemoglobin 7

Hemolytic complement activity (alternative pathway) 2
Hind leg conformation 4
Hind leg weight 1
Immunoglobulin A level 1
Immunoglobulin G level 1

Immunoglobulin M level 1
indole, laboratory 4
Insulin-like growth factor 1 level 2
Interferon-gamma level 3
Interleukin-1 beta level 2

Interleukin-10 level 3
Interleukin-12 level 2
Interleukin-4 level 2
Interleukin-6 level 2
Interleukin-8 level 2

Intestinal fat weight 1
Intramuscular fat content 17
Juiciness score 4
Kidney weight 6
Latency to struggle during backtest 1

Latency to vocalization during backtest 1
Lauric acid content 3
LDL cholesterol 2
Leaf fat weight 2
Lean meat percentage 17

Linoleic acid content 19
Linolenic acid content 12
Lip thickness 1
Litter birth interval 4
Litter weight, piglets born alive 3

Litter weight, total 31
Liver weight 7
Loin meat percentage 1
Loin weight 5
Longissimus muscle area 27

Longissimus muscle depth 21
Longissimus muscle length 1
Lumbar vertebra number 2
Lung weight 1
Lymphocyte number 5

Magnesium level 1
Marbling 9
Margaric acid content 3
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 5
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin content 5

Mean corpuscular volume 5
Mean platelet volume 2
Meat color 110
Meat texture score 1
Meat to fat ratio 3

Monocyte number 5
Monounsaturated fatty acid content 16
Monounsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid ratio 7
Mouth width, excluding lips 1
Mouth width, including lips 1

Muscle collagen content 1
Muscle conductivity 3
Muscle fat content 3
Muscle impedance 1
Muscle iron content 1

Muscle moisture percentage 7
Muscle myoglobin content 2
Muscle pH 38
Muscle pH decline 3
muscle protein percentage 1

Mycoplasmal pneumonia susceptibility 1
Myristic acid content 17
Neutrophil count 5
Nitrogen excretion amount 4
Nitrogen excretion ratio 4

Nonfunctional nipples 2
Number of functional sperm 9
Number of litters 2
Number of non-productive days 2
Number of ribs 5

Number of struggles during backtest 1
Number of visits to feeder 9
Number of vocalizations during backtest 1
Off-flavor score 2
Offspring number 320

Oiliness 1
Oleic acid content 19
Oleic acid to palmitoleic acid ratio 6
Oleic acid to stearic acid ratio 7
Omega-3 fatty acid content 8

Omega-6 fatty acid content 8
Omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio 8
Overall impression, sensory panel 3
Palmitic acid content 19
Palmitic acid to myristic acid ratio 6

Palmitoleic acid content 18
Palmitoleic acid to palmitic acid ratio 7
Peroxidability index 1
Phagocytic activity 3
Phosphate level 2

Phosphorus excretion amount 4
Phosphorus excretion ratio 4
Piglet mortality 1
Platelet count 5
Polyunsaturated fatty acid content 16

Polyunsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid ratio 7
Red blood cell count 5
Red cell distribution width 2
Residual feed intake 17
Residual glycogen and glucose 2

Retail cuts percentage 3
rhinitis 1
Rib weight 2
Rump circumference 6
Rump width 1

Saturated fatty acid content 16
Scrotal/inguinal hernia 1
Semen volume 21
Shear force 8
Shoulder meat percentage 1

Shoulder weight 2
Shoulder weight, Boston 2
Shoulder weight, picnic 2
skatole, laboratory 4
Skin thickness 2

Sow longevity 1
Spareribs weight 1
Sperm abnormality rate 20
Sperm concentration 21
Sperm count 2

Sperm motility 18
Sperm per ejaculate 12
Sperm progressive motility 18
Spinal curvature 1
Spleen weight 6

Spotted coat 1
Stearic acid content 19
Stearic acid to palmitic acid ratio 6
Stomach weight 1
Subcutaneous fat thickness 101

Subcutaneous fat weight 2
subjective abnormal odor 1
Subjective pork flavor in lean 1
Teat number 29
Teat number symmetry 2

Teat number, difference between sides 4
Teat number, maximum per side 3
Tenderloin weight 1
Tenderness score 6
Testosterone level 2

Thawing loss 1
Thoracic vertebra number 2
Thoracolumbar vertebra number 1
Tibia length 1
Time spent in feeder 17

Tongue length 1
Tongue weight 1
Top line conformation 3
Total fatty acid content 1
Triglyceride level 2

Tumor necrosis factor alpha level 3
Umami flavor intensity 1
Umbilical hernia 1
Unsaturated index 7
Vaccenic acid content 1

Vaccenic acid to palmitoleic acid ratio 1
Vertebra number 3
Vulva angle 1
Vulva area 2
Vulva height 3

Vulva width 3
Water holding capacity 9
Weaning to conception interval 3
Weaning to estrus interval 4
White blood cell number 7
2,081 heritability records found on 285 traits.
 

 

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