Growth Traits | Age, week | Multiallelic genotypes (Mean ± SE) | P-Value | |||||
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N1N3 | N1N4 | N1N5 | N2N3 | N2N4 | N2N5 | |||
Body weight, g | 2 | 122.022 ± 1.114 | 119.72 ± 1.684 | 122.911 ± 1.456 | 110.818 ± 1.985 | 126.573 ± 2.388 | 127.118 ± 1.994 | 0.037 |
4 | 316.739 ± 2.66 | 316.133 ± 3.97 | 321.386 ± 3.382 | 281.323 ± 3.9 | 339.06 ± 5.616 | 337.809 ± 4.844 | 0.000 | |
6 | 551.885 ± 4.962 | 554.329 ± 7.521 | 559.657 ± 6.347 | 457.169 ± 5.907 | 598.132 ± 10.589 | 598.615 ± 8.903 | 0.000 | |
8 | 802.291 ± 7.46 | 804.802 ± 11.14 | 805.085 ± 9.37 | 675.268 ± 8.418 | 879.645 ± 15.991 | 855.072 ± 13.312 | 0.000 | |
10 | 1098.281 ± 9.142 | 1099.133 ± 13.513 | 1096.967 ± 11.8 | 926.415 ± 18.48 | 1205.512 ± 19.729 | 1154.507 ± 16.283 | 0.000 | |
12 | 1330.255 ± 11.035 | 1345.827 ± 16.141 | 1334.701 ± 14.032 | 1129.838 ± 31.326 | 1451.111 ± 23.608 | 1409.609 ± 19.692 | 0.000 | |
shank circumference, cm | 4 | 2.671 ± 0.011 | 2.673 ± 0.017 | 2.691 ± 0.014 | 2.602 ± 0.03 | 2.777 ± 0.024 | 2.744 ± 0.02 | 0.000 |
8 | 3.384 ± 0.013 | 3.445 ± 0.019 | 3.412 ± 0.016 | 3.268 ± 0.049 | 3.517 ± 0.029 | 3.447 ± 0.023 | 0.000 | |
12 | 3.798 ± 0.014 | 3.861 ± 0.021 | 3.853 ± 0.018 | 3.612 ± 0.065 | 3.937 ± 0.03 | 3.879 ± 0.025 | 0.000 | |
chest breadth, cm | 12 | 6.305 ± 0.036 | 6.177 ± 0.053 | 6.346 ± 0.046 | 6.594 ± 0.034 | 6.581 ± 0.078 | 6.455 ± 0.065 | 0.000 |
sternal length, cm | 4 | 6.174 ± 0.03 | 6.179 ± 0.044 | 6.236 ± 0.038 | 6.032 ± 0.044 | 6.422 ± 0.063 | 6.267 ± 0.054 | 0.000 |
8 | 8.879 ± 0.039 | 8.909 ± 0.057 | 8.863 ± 0.049 | 8.652 ± 0.048 | 9.123 ± 0.083 | 9.047 ± 0.069 | 0.000 | |
12 | 10.909 ± 0.039 | 11.056 ± 0.057 | 10.911 ± 0.05 | 10.513 ± 0.064 | 11.321 ± 0.083 | 11.154 ± 0.07 | 0.000 | |
Body length, cm | 4 | 11.336 ± 0.045 | 11.259 ± 0.067 | 11.426 ± 0.057 | 10.797 ± 0.024 | 11.657 ± 0.095 | 11.551 ± 0.083 | 0.000 |
8 | 16.194 ± 0.065 | 16.227 ± 0.096 | 16.054 ± 0.081 | 15.029 ± 0.047 | 16.631 ± 0.138 | 16.416 ± 0.116 | 0.000 | |
12 | 19.706 ± 0.058 | 19.857 ± 0.086 | 19.629 ± 0.075 | 18.272 ± 0.002 | 20.204 ± 0.126 | 19.893 ± 0.105 | 0.000 | |
Pelvis width, cm | 4 | 5.101 ± 0.025 | 5.21 ± 0.037 | 5.114 ± 0.032 | 5.106 ± 0.091 | 5.282 ± 0.053 | 5.201 ± 0.046 | 0.01 |
8 | 6.847 ± 0.038 | 6.946 ± 0.056 | 6.764 ± 0.048 | 6.785 ± 0.039 | 7.048 ± 0.081 | 6.878 ± 0.068 | 0.037 |