Research Article

Association of RBP4 Genotype with Phenotypic Reproductive Traits of Sows

Table 2

Association of major reproductive traits with RBP4 genotypes among four parities (, 2–5 parities). The values presented as mean ± SEM.

GenotypeTNBNBANBDNBMABRTNW

AA13.82 ± 0.1013.02 ± 0.110.54 ± 0.040.25 ± 0.030.04 ± 0.1012.30 ± 0.11
AB13.51 ± 0.0712.61 ± 0.080.64 ± 0.030.27 ± 0.020.05 ± 0.0711.91 ± 0.08
BB13.44 ± 0.1312.55 ± 0.140.60 ± 0.050.29 ± 0.040.03 ± 0.0111.78 ± 0.14

TNB: total number of born piglets; NBA: number of piglets born alive; NBD: number of piglets born dead; NBM: number of mummified piglets; ABRT: number of aborted piglets; NW: number of weaned piglets. Different superscripts in the same column indicate significant difference (; ; not significant).