PMID- 25784765
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150806
LR  - 20200220
IS  - 0032-5791 (Print)
IS  - 0032-5791 (Linking)
VI  - 94
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 May
TI  - Genetic analysis of bone quality traits and growth in a random mating broiler 
      population.
PG  - 883-9
LID - 10.3382/ps/pev056 [doi]
AB  - We report the genetic relationship between growth and bone quality traits in a 
      random mating broiler control population. Traits studied were growth rates from 
      week 0 to 4 [body weight gain (BWG) 0 to 4], from week 0 to 6 (BWG 0 to 6), and 
      residual feed intake (RFI) from week 5 to 6 (RFI 5 to 6). Bone quality traits 
      were obtained at 6 weeks of age. These traits were shank weight (SW), shank 
      length (SL), shank diameter (SDIAM), tibia weight (TW), tibia length (TL), and 
      tibia diameter (TDIAM). Likewise, tibia was used to obtain the tibia density 
      (TDEN), tibia breaking strength (TBS), tibia mineral density (TMD), tibia mineral 
      content (TMC), and tibia ash content (TAC). At the phenotypic level, growth 
      traits were positively correlated with most of the bone quality traits except 
      with TDEN and TAC which tended to show unfavorable associations (-0.04 to -0.31). 
      Heritability of bone quality traits ranged from 0.08 to 0.54. The additive 
      genetic associations of growth traits with weight, length, and diameter of shank 
      and tibia were positive (0.37 to 0.80). A similar pattern was observed with TMD 
      and TMC (0.06 to 0.65). In contrast, growth traits showed unfavorable genetic 
      associations with TDEN, TBS, and TAC (-0.03 to -0.18). It was concluded that bone 
      quality traits have an additive genetic background and they can be improved by 
      means of genetic tools. It appears that selection for growth is negatively 
      correlated with some traits involved in the integrity, health, and maturity of 
      leg bones.
CI  - (c) 2015 Poultry Science Association Inc.
FAU - Gonzalez-Ceron, F
AU  - Gonzalez-Ceron F
AD  - NutriGenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, 
      Athens, GA 30602.
FAU - Rekaya, R
AU  - Rekaya R
AD  - Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602.
FAU - Aggrey, S E
AU  - Aggrey SE
AD  - NutriGenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, 
      Athens, GA 30602 saggrey@uga.edu.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150317
PL  - England
TA  - Poult Sci
JT  - Poultry science
JID - 0401150
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Biomechanical Phenomena/genetics
MH  - Bone Density/*genetics/*physiology
MH  - Bone and Bones/*physiology
MH  - Chickens/genetics/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Male
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - bone quality
OT  - growth
OT  - residual feed intake
EDAT- 2015/03/19 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/08 06:00
CRDT- 2015/03/19 06:00
PHST- 2014/12/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/03/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/03/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0032-5791(19)32478-2 [pii]
AID - 10.3382/ps/pev056 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Poult Sci. 2015 May;94(5):883-9. doi: 10.3382/ps/pev056. Epub 2015 Mar 17.