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Disease resistance is heritable and is related to growth





             Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)




                                         N           Mean              Heritability

                                                                                                         Genetic correlation
              Virus load (AUC)         1416          106.9             0.44  ±0.16                       -0.46 ± 0.20



              WG42 (kg)                1373           14.4             0.29  ±0.14


             Adapted from Boddicker et al., 2014
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