Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the deregressed EBV (dEBVs) for growth, feed efficiency, Aleutian disease tests, pelt quality and reproduction traits in American mink.
Trait | Abbreviations | Numbers | Mean | SD | dEBVs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Min | Max | |||||
Harvest weight | HW | 1985 | − 0.01 | 0.30 | − 1.82 | 1.92 |
Harvest length | HL | 1921 | 0.10 | 2.03 | − 7.92 | 9.91 |
Final body weight | FBW | 1037 | 0.00 | 0.30 | − 1.15 | 1.37 |
Final body length | FBL | 1038 | − 0.08 | 1.98 | − 6.59 | 5.83 |
Daily feed intake | DFI | 1872 | 0.01 | 0.07 | − 0.15 | 0.23 |
Average daily gain | ADG | 1044 | − 0.02 | 2.19 | − 10.14 | 9.18 |
Feed conversion ratio | FCR | 1036 | 0.34 | 8.60 | − 23.39 | 61.52 |
Residual feed intake | RFI | 1044 | 0.00 | 0.02 | − 0.12 | 0.14 |
Residual gain | RG | 1042 | − 0.04 | 1.51 | − 7.19 | 5.70 |
Residual intake and gain | RIG | 1043 | − 0.04 | 1.48 | − 6.76 | 6.43 |
Kleiber ratio | KR | 1044 | − 0.01 | 1.15 | − 6.05 | 4.64 |
Counterimmunoelectrophoresis test | CIEP | 1356 | 0.00 | 0.12 | − 0.63 | 0.34 |
VP2 based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test | ELISA-P | 1356 | 0.04 | 2.12 | − 5.16 | 10.34 |
AMDV-G based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test | ELISA-G | 1356 | − 0.10 | 2.23 | − 6.39 | 10.83 |
Gestation length | GL | 1321 | − 0.44 | 2.74 | − 29.01 | 25.43 |
Total number of kits born | TB | 1321 | 0.25 | 1.37 | − 6.51 | 11.10 |
Number of kits alive at birth | LB | 1319 | 0.35 | 1.26 | − 5.15 | 9.14 |
Number of kits alive at weaning | LW | 1314 | − 0.04 | 1.20 | − 8.51 | 7.39 |
Survival rate at birth | SB | 1169 | 2.39 | 7.77 | − 61.69 | 46.51 |
Average kit weight per litter at birth | AWB | 1168 | 0.01 | 0.83 | − 4.90 | 5.98 |
Average kit weight per litter at weaning | AWW | 1167 | 0.95 | 23.02 | − 168.37 | 132.25 |
Survival rate at weaning | SW | 1166 | − 0.27 | 14.26 | − 86.29 | 51.27 |
Dried pelt size | DPS | 1169 | 0.02 | 0.70 | − 7.20 | 8.24 |
Overall quality of dried pelt | DQU | 1148 | − 0.01 | 0.56 | − 3.92 | 2.17 |
Dried pelt nap size | DNAP | 1159 | 0.17 | 1.10 | − 4.91 | 4.94 |
Live grading overall quality of fur | LQU | 1260 | 0.05 | 0.56 | − 3.96 | 3.79 |
Live grading nap size | LNAP | 1260 | 0.14 | 0.79 | − 3.84 | 3.60 |