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Osteochondrosis in pigs diagnosed with computed tomography: heritabilities and genetic correlations to weight gain in specific age intervals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2013

T. Aasmundstad ,
J. Kongsro ,
M. Wetten ,
N. I. Dolvik  and
O. Vangen
T. Aasmundstad*
Affiliation:
Department of Breeding, Norsvin, PO Box 504, 2304 Hamar, Norway Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
J. Kongsro
Affiliation:
Department of Breeding, Norsvin, PO Box 504, 2304 Hamar, Norway
M. Wetten
Affiliation:
Department of Breeding, Norsvin, PO Box 504, 2304 Hamar, Norway
N. I. Dolvik
Affiliation:
Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway
O. Vangen
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
*
†E-mail: torunn.aasmundstad@norsvin.no
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop a method for scoring osteochondrosis (OC) by using information from computed tomography (CT), as well as to estimate the heritability for OC scored by means of CT (OCwCT) of the medial and lateral condyles at the distal end of the humerus or the femur of the right and left leg and the sum of these scores (OCT). In addition, we were aiming at revealing the genetic relationship between OCwCT traits and growth in different periods (days from birth to 30 kg (D30), days from 30 to 50 kg (D30_50), days from 50 to 70 kg (D50_70), days from 70 to 90 kg (D70_90), days from 90 to 100 kg (D90_100) and days from birth to 100 kg (D100)). The OCwCT was assessed for 1449 boars, and growth data were collected for these 1449 boars and additional 3779 boars tested in the same time period. All boars were tested as part of the Norsvin Landrace boar test and in the same test station. Heritabilities for OCwCT on anatomical locations varied from 0.21 (s.e. = 0.08) on the medial condyle of the right humerus to 0.06 (s.e. = 0.06) on the lateral condyle of the left femur, whereas OCT exhibited the highest heritability (h2 = 0.31, s.e. = 0.09). Genetic correlations between OCT and OCwCT for the anatomical locations ranged from 0.94 (s.e. = 0.07) for OCT and OCwCT score for the medial condyle of the humerus right side to 0.26 (s.e. = 0.39) for OCT and the lateral condyle of the femur left side. Genetic correlations between D30 and OCT were medium high and unfavourable (rg = −0.74). As the boar gain weight, the relationship between growth rate – expressed as number of days spent growing from one interval to the next – and OCT decreased to 0.12 (s.e. = 0.19, i.e. not significantly different from zero) for the trait D90_100 kg. These changes of genetic correlation coefficients coincide with the maturing of the joint cartilage and skeletal structures. In this study, we demonstrate that CT could be used for selection against OC in breeding programmes in pigs and that the genetic correlations between growth periods and OC are decreasing over time.

Keywords

computed tomographyosteochondrosisweight gaingenetic parameters
Type
Breeding and genetics
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animal , Volume 7 , Issue 10 , October 2013 , pp. 1576 - 1582
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2013 

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