Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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26 heritability data on 13 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.37
33.5 (
7.7)
n/a
Cattle
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.20
42.7 (
8.5)
n/a
Cattle
Chest width (
CHWDT
)
=
0.28
4.96 (
1.52)
n/a
Cattle
Chest width (
CHWDT
)
=
0.24
26.50 (
7.91)
n/a
Cattle
Milk energy yield (
EY
)
=
0.26
25.0 (
5.3)
n/a
Cattle
Milk energy yield (
EY
)
=
0.18
29.4 (
6.00)
n/a
Cattle
Body depth (
BD
)
=
0.32
5.17 (
1.47)
n/a
Cattle
Body depth (
BD
)
=
0.28
26.90 (
7.46)
n/a
Cattle
Stature (
STA
)
=
0.60
44.02 (
4.05)
n/a
Cattle
Stature (
STA
)
=
0.40
33.03 (
8.95)
n/a
Cattle
Rump angle (
RANG
)
=
0.42
4.79 (
1.61)
n/a
Cattle
Rump angle (
RANG
)
=
0.20
24.56 (
8.81)
n/a
Cattle
Rump width (
RUMWD
)
=
0.34
4.82 (
1.55)
n/a
Cattle
Rump width (
RUMWD
)
=
0.18
25.27 (
7.79)
n/a
Cattle
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.25
-0.01 (
1.18)
n/a
Cattle
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.22
-0.02 (
1.60)
n/a
Cattle
Dry matter intake (
DMI
)
=
0.32
20.7 (
3.2)
n/a
Cattle
Dry matter intake (
DMI
)
=
0.29
24.1 (
3.9)
n/a
Cattle
Angularity (
ANG
)
=
0.25
4.81 (
1.48)
n/a
Cattle
Angularity (
ANG
)
=
0.21
25.62 (
7.90)
n/a
Cattle
Body condition score (
BCS
)
=
0.34
4.95 (
1.48)
n/a
Cattle
Body condition score (
BCS
)
=
0.17
26.35 (
7.45)
n/a
Cattle
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.53
574.8 (
72.4)
n/a
Cattle
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.43
605.1 (
76.2)
n/a
Cattle
Metabolic body weight (
MBW
)
=
0.53
117.2 (
11.0)
n/a
Cattle
Metabolic body weight (
MBW
)
=
0.43
121.8 (
11.4)
n/a
26
records of
2,873
cattle heritability records returned.
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