Article
Genetic and phenotypic parameters for feed efficiency and component traits in American mink.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2022
Davoudi Pourya, Do Duy, Colombo Stefanie M, Rathgeber Bruce, Hu Guoyu, Sargolzaei Mehdi, Wang Zhiquan, Plastow Graham, Miar Younes
Abstract excerpt
Feed cost is the largest expense of mink production systems, and, therefore, improvement of feed efficiency (FE) through selection for high feed-efficient mink is a practical way to increase the mink industry's sustainability. In this study, we estimated the heritability, phenotypic, and genetic correlations for different FE measures and component traits, including harvest weight (HW), harvest length (HL), final...
Topics
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Eating
- Mink
- Phenotype
