Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the evaluated phenotypes by trait category and growth phase
| Category | Phase | Trait abbreviation (units) | # of pigs | Mean | Standard deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Subjective health score | Quarantine nursery | qNurHS1 | 912 | 4.85 | 0.36 |
| qNurHS2 | 912 | 4.86 | 0.35 | ||
| Challenge nursery | NurHS | 894 | 4.46 | 0.69 | |
| Finisher | FinHS | 761 | 4.78 | 0.49 | |
| Treatment rate | Challenge nursery | NurTRT (per 27 days) | 903 | 1.07 | 1.09 |
| Finisher | FinTRT (per 100 days) | 746 | 0.28 | 0.70 | |
| Nursery + finisher | AllTRT (per 180 days) | 778 | 1.26 | 1.34 | |
| Mortality plus treatments | Challenge nursery | NurMT | 427 | 0.51 | 0.87 |
| Finisher | FinMT | 694 | 0.31 | 0.72 | |
| Nursery + finisher | AllMT | 482 | 0.89 | 1.00 | |
| Mortality | Challenge nursery | NurMOR | 912 | 0.12 | 0.32 |
| Finisher | FinMOR | 803 | 0.13 | 0.34 | |
| Nursery + finisher | AllMOR | 912 | 0.24 | 0.42 | |
| Growth rate | Quarantine nursery | qNurADG (kg/day) | 912 | 0.31 | 0.09 |
| Challenge nursery | NurADG (kg/day) | 910 | 0.28 | 0.16 | |
| Finisher | FinADG (kg/day) | 707 | 0.89 | 0.13 | |
| Feed intake | Finisher | ADFI (kg/day) | 704 | 2.22 | 0.33 |
| ADFD (min/day) | 713 | 60.4 | 11.5 | ||
| FCR (kg/kg) | 704 | 2.62 | 0.20 | ||
| RFI (kg) | 703 | 0.04 | 0.12 | ||
| Carcass | Carcass | CWT (kg) | 653 | 91.3 | 10.0 |
| DRS (%) | 651 | 77.6 | 2.0 | ||
| LYLD (%) | 613 | 61.3 | 1.7 | ||
| CBF (mm) | 615 | 16.9 | 3.8 | ||
| CLD (mm) | 615 | 59.4 | 6.0 |