Genomic prediction of piglet response to infection with one of two porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus isolates.
Emily H WaideChristopher K TuggleNick V L SerãoMartine SchroyenAndrew HessRaymond R R RowlandJoan K LunneyGraham PlastowJack C M DekkersPublished in: Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE (2018)
Results show that genomic prediction of response to PRRSV infection is moderately accurate and, when using all SNPs on the porcine SNP60 Beadchip, is not very sensitive to differences in virulence of the PRRSV in training and validation populations. Including close relatives in the training population increased prediction accuracy when using the whole genome or SNPs other than those near a major QTL.