Enhancing selective breeding for growth, slaughter traits and overall survival in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Sae-Lim, P., Komen, J., Kause, A., Martin, K.E., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., van Arendonk, J.A.M., Parsons, J.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: 2-stage selection; body-weight; carcass quality traits; cultured atlantic salmon; expressed sequence tags; genetic-parameters; oreochromis-niloticus l; parental allocation; polymorphic microsatellite markers; water temperature; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/enhancing-selective-breeding-for-growth-slaughter-traits-and-over; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.10.031

Enhancing selection using two-stage selection is normally implemented by pre-selection for tagging weight (BWT) and by final selection for ungutted harvest weight (BWH) and thermal growth coefficient from tagging to harvest (TGCTH). However, selection on harvest traits, i.e., gutted weight (GBWH), v...