Swine
Authors: Nick V. L. Serão (Iowa State University) , Oswald Matika (University of Edinburgh) , Steve Bishop (University of Edinburgh) , Bob Kemp (Genesus, Inc.) , John Harding (University of Saskatchewan) , Graham Plastow (University of Alberta) , Jack C. M. Dekkers (Iowa State University)
The genetic components of reproductive performance and antibody response of 641 commercial sows were assessed in a commercial herd that faced a PRRS outbreak. Antibody response after the PRRS outbreak was highly heritable and had high genetic correlations with reproductive traits. Many genomic regions were associated with antibody response in this study. These results indicate that there is a significant genomic component associated with PRRS antibody response and its high genetic correlations with reproductive traits during PRRS suggest that this trait could be used as an indicator trait to reduce the impact of PRRS on reproductive performance.
Keywords: Animal Science
How to Cite: Serão, N. V. , Matika, O. , Bishop, S. , Kemp, B. , Harding, J. , Plastow, G. & Dekkers, J. C. (2014) “Genetic Analysis of Reproductive Traits and Antibody Response in PRRS Infected Sows”, Iowa State University Animal Industry Report. 11(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-1362