Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Trait Details

Methane production (METH)
Trait ID :1739
Mean : 448
Standard deviation : 71
Heritability :0.25
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Vanrobays M-L, Bastin C, Vandenplas J, Hammami H, Soyeurt H, Vanlierde A, Dehareng F, Froidmont E, Gengler N, (2016)

Changes throughout lactation in phenotypic and genetic correlations between methane emissions and milk fatty acid contents predicted from milk mid-infrared spectra

Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (9): 7247-7260

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Amount of methane produced during enteric fermentation

Annotated data to this trait:

 95 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 32 correlartion records are linked with this trait 1 heritability measurement is reported on this trait
 

 

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