The Run of Depression Resilience Phenotype from a Natural Disease Challenge in Pigs

Jack C. M. Dekkers; Austin M. Putz; John C. S. Harding; Graham S. Plastow; PigGen Canada; Michael K. Dyck; Frédéric Fortin

Swine

The Run of Depression Resilience Phenotype from a Natural Disease Challenge in Pigs

Authors: Jack C. M. Dekkers (Iowa State University) , Austin M. Putz (Iowa State University) , John C. S. Harding (University of Saskatchewan) , Graham S. Plastow (University of Alberta) , PigGen Canada (PigGen Canada) , Michael K. Dyck (University of Agriculture) , Frédéric Fortin (Centre de développement du porc du Québec)

Abstract

Resilience phenotypes will be needed in the future as livestock industries adopt precision agriculture technology on a large portion of commercial animals. The current study introduces a run of depression (ROD) phenotype to quantify resilience using individual daily feed intake data. This phenotype was lowly heritable (0.11±0.07) but was genetically correlated to mortality (0.75-0.98) and treatment rate (0.61-0.84).

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How to Cite: Dekkers, J. C. , Putz, A. M. , Harding, J. C. , Plastow, G. S. , PigGen Canada , Dyck, M. K. & Fortin, F. (2019) “The Run of Depression Resilience Phenotype from a Natural Disease Challenge in Pigs”, Iowa State University Animal Industry Report. 16(1).