Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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22 heritability data on 22 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Milk fat percentage (
FP
)
=
0.40
3.964 (
0.544)
n/a
Cattle
Milk fat yield (
FY
)
=
0.18
0.904 (
0.226)
n/a
Cattle
Milk protein percentage (
PP
)
=
0.44
3.343 (
0.324)
n/a
Cattle
Milk protein yield (
PY
)
=
0.17
0.765 (
0.187)
n/a
Cattle
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.21
23.08 (
5.99)
n/a
Cattle
Milk caproic acid content (
MFA-C6:0
)
=
0.42
0.074 (
0.013)
n/a
Cattle
Milk caprylic acid content (
MFA-C8:0
)
=
0.43
0.046 (
0.009)
n/a
Cattle
Milk capric acid content (
MFA-C10:0
)
=
0.42
0.109 (
0.027)
n/a
Cattle
Milk lauric acid content (
MFA-C12:0
)
=
0.43
0.132 (
0.035)
n/a
Cattle
Milk myristic acid content (
MFA-C14:0
)
=
0.43
0.467 (
0.087)
n/a
Cattle
Milk stearic acid content (
MFA-C18:0
)
=
0.23
0.407 (
0.093)
n/a
Cattle
Milk oleic acid content (
MFA-C18:1
)
=
0.17
0.803 (
0.167)
n/a
Cattle
Milk palmitic acid content (
MFA-C16:0
)
=
0.41
1.236 (
0.269)
n/a
Cattle
Milk saturated fatty acid content (
MSFA
)
=
0.43
2.793 (
0.461)
n/a
Cattle
Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content (
MMUFA
)
=
0.21
1.129 (
0.206)
n/a
Cattle
Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content (
MPUFA
)
=
0.31
0.167 (
0.032)
n/a
Cattle
Milk unsaturated fatty acid content (
UFAM
)
=
0.23
1.310 (
0.226)
n/a
Cattle
Milk butyric acid content (
MFA-C4:0
)
=
0.34
0.106 (
0.018)
n/a
Cattle
Milk margaric acid content (
MFA-C17:0
)
=
0.39
0.030 (
0.004)
n/a
Cattle
Milk short-chain fatty acid content (
MSCFA
)
=
0.42
0.348 (
0.063)
n/a
Cattle
Milk medium-chain fatty acid content (
MMCFA
)
=
0.43
2.134 (
0.412)
n/a
Cattle
Milk long-chain fatty acid content (
MLCFA
)
=
0.20
1.625 (
0.307)
n/a
22
records of
2,873
Cattle heritability records returned.
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