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J. Anim. Sci. 2005. 83:2303-2307
© 2005 American Society of Animal Science

ANIMAL GENETICS

Divergent selection for uterine capacity in rabbits. II. Correlated response in litter size and its components estimated with a cryopreserved control population1

M. A. Santacreu2, M. L. Mocé3, A. Climent and A. Blasco

Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46071 Valencia, Spain

2 Correspondence: P.O. Box 22012 (phone: 34 963879436; fax: 34 963877439; e-mail: msantacr{at}dca.upv.es).

Our objective was to evaluate the correlated responses to selection for litter size and its components after 10 generations of divergent selection for uterine capacity (UC). A total of 294 intact females from the 11th and 12th generations of divergent selection for high and low UC and from a cryopreserved control population was used (139, 112, and 43 females, respectively). Uterine capacity was assessed as litter size in unilaterally ovariectomized females. Traits recorded on females for up to five parities were litter size (LS) and number born alive (NBA). Laparoscopy was performed in all females at d 12 of their second parity, and the ovulation rate (OR) and number of implanted embryos (IE) were recorded in these females. Embryo survival (ES = IE/OR), fetal survival (FS = LS/IE), and prenatal survival (PS = LS/OR) were computed. Correlated responses in LS and in its components were inferred using Bayesian methods. Correlated responses in LS were asymmetric. The divergence between high and low lines was 2.35 kits, mainly because of a higher correlated response in the low line (1.88 kits). The lower LS in the low line was associated with a lower PS (control – low = 0.14), because of decreases in ES and FS.

Key Words: Litter Size • Ovulation Rate • Prenatal Survival • Rabbits • Uterine Capacity




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