Animal Trait Correlation Database
Sheep Trait Heritabilities
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8 heritability data on 7 traits returned.
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
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Sheep
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.29
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk protein yield (
PY
)
=
0.26
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk fat yield (
MFY
)
=
0.24
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Somatic cell score (
SCS
)
=
0.15
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fecal egg count (
FECGEN
)
=
0.19
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fecal egg count (
FECGEN
)
=
0.37
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk fat content (
MFATC
)
=
0.35
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk protein content (
PC
)
=
0.48
n/a
n/a
8
records of
1,016
sheep heritability records returned.
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