Analysis of factors influencing longevity of rabbit does

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 227-234

  Sanchez J P ^a   Baselga, M ^a   Peiro R ^a   Silvestre, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cox models; Longevity; Proportional hazard models; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 19544383252     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Baselga M., Blasco A. Mejora genética del conejo de producción de carne. 1989;Agroguías mundi-prensa, Madrid
2. Bichard M., Seidel C.M. Selection for reproductive performance in maternal lines of pigs. Proceedings of the Second World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Madrid, Spain. Vol. VIII:1982;565-569
3. Cifre J., Baselga M., García-Ximénez F., Vicente J.S. Performance of a hyperprolific rabbit line. I. Litter size traits. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 115:1998;131-138
4. de Rochambeau H., Bolet G., Tudela F. Long-term selection. Comparison of two rabbit strains. Smith C., Gavora J.S., Benkel B., Chesnais J., Fairfull W., Gibson J.P., Kennedy B.W., Brunside E.B. Proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Guelph, Canada. Vol. 19:1994;257-260
5. Ducrocq V. Topics that may deserve further attention in survival analysis applied to dairy cattle breeding - some suggestions. Proceeding of International Workshop on Genetics Improvement of Functional Traits in Cattle (GIFT); Longevity. 1999;181-189 Jouy-en-Josas, France. (Bulletin No 21)
6. Ducrocq V., Casella G. A Bayesian analysis of mixed survival models. Genet. Sel. Evol. 28:1996;505-529
7. Ducrocq V., Sölkner J. The survival kit V3.0, a package for large analyses of survival data. Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Armidale, Australia. Vol. 27:1998;447-450
8. Ducrocq V., Besbes B., Protais M. Genetic improvement of laying hens viability using survival analysis. Genet. Sel. Evol. 32:2000;23-40
9. Estany J., Baselga M., Blasco A., Camacho J. Mixed model methodology for the estimation of genetic response to selection in litter size of rabbits. Livest. Prod. Sci. 21:1989;67-75
10. García M.L., Baselga M. Estimation of genetic response to selection in litter size of rabbits using a cryopreserved control population. Livest. Prod. Sci. 74:2002;45-53
11. Garreau, H., Larzul, C., Ducrocq, V., 2001. Analyse de longévité de la souche de lapins INRA 1077. In: 9émes J. Rech. Cunicole, Paris, France, pp. 217-220.
12. Gröhn Y.T., Ducrocq V., Hertl J.A. Modelling the effect of a disease on culling: an illustration of the use of time-dependent covariates for survival analysis. J. Dairy Sci. 80:1997;1755-1766
13. Guo S., Gianola D., Rekaya R., Short T. Bayesian analysis of lifetime performance and prolificacy in Landrace sows using a linear mixed model with censoring. Livest. Prod. Sci. 72:2001;243-252
14. Kalbfleisch J.D., Prentice R.L. The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data. 1980;John Wiley and Sons, New York
15. Korsgaard I.R., Andersen A.H., Jensen J. Discussion of heritability of survival traits. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Genetic Improvement of Functional Traits in Cattle (GIFT): Longevity. 1999;31-35 Jouy-en-Josas, France. (Bulletin No 21)
16. Korsgaard I.R., Andersen A.H., Jensen J. Prediction error variance and expected response to selection, when selection is based on the best predictor-for Gaussian and threshold characters, traits following a Poisson mixed model and survival traits. Genet. Sel. Evol. 34:2002;307-333
17. Lukefahr S.D., Hamilton H.H. Longevity and cumulative litter productivity in straightbred and crossbred Californian and New Zealand White does. Blasco A. Proceedings of the Seventh World Rabbit Congress, Valencia, Spain. Vol. A:2000;463-468
18. Noguera, J.L., Alfonso, L., Babot, D., Pérez-Enciso, M., Estany, J., 1997. Resultados de un experimento de selección de tamaño de camada mediante un esquema hiperproli̇́fico en porcino. ITEA, VII Jornadas sobre Producción Animal, vol. Extra 18 (1), pp. 391-393.
19. Ramón J., Rafel O. 1991-2000. Diez años de gestión global en España. Expoaviga 2002, X jornada cunícola, Barcelona. 2002;113-117
20. Sorensen D.A., Vernersen A.H. Large scale selection for number of born piglets using an animal model. 42nd Annual meeting of the European Association of Animal Production. 1991;Commission on Animal Genetics, Berlin. (Session 3)
21. Yazdi M.H., Rydhmer L., Ringmar-Cederberg E., Lundeheim N., Johansson K. Genetic study of longevity in Swedish Landrace sows. Livest. Prod. Sci. 63:2000;255-264
22. Yazdi M.H., Visscher P.M., Ducrocq V., Thompson R. Heritability, reliability of genetic evalutaions and response to selection in proportional hazard models. J. Dairy Sci. 85:2002;1563-1577
23. Youssef Y.M.K., Khalil M.H., Afifi E.A., El-Raffa A.M.E., Zaheds M. Heritability and non genetic factors for lifetime production traits in New Zealand White rabbits raised in intensive system of production. Blasco A. Proceedings of the Seventh World Rabbit Congress, Valencia, Spain. A:2000;497-503