Suitability of traits related to aggression and handleability for integration into pig breeding programmes: Genetic parameters and comparison between Gaussian and binary trait specifications

• Uta König von Borstel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: koenigvb@gwdg.de

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, Livestock Production Systems, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Institute for Animal Breeding und Genetics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7313-1197

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• Björn Tönepöhl,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Livestock Production Systems, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Anne K. Appel,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, Livestock Production Systems, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, BHZP GmbH, Dahlenburg-Ellringen, Germany

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• Barbara Voß,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation BHZP GmbH, Dahlenburg-Ellringen, Germany

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• Horst Brandt,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Animal Breeding und Genetics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Saeid Naderi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Livestock Production Systems, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Matthias Gauly

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: University of Bolzano, Faculty of Science and Technology, Piazza Università, Bolzano, Italy

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Livestock Production Systems, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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