Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Trait Heritabilities

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50 heritability data on 28 traits returned.

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Cattle Chest width (CHWDT) = 0.28 4.96 (1.52) n/a
Cattle Angularity (ANG) = 0.25 4.81 (1.48) n/a
Cattle Dry matter intake (DMI) = 0.32 20.7 (3.2) n/a
Cattle Rump angle (RANG) = 0.42 4.79 (1.61) n/a
Cattle Metabolic body weight (MBW) = 0.53 117.2 (11.0) n/a
Cattle Rump width (RUMWD) = 0.34 4.82 (1.55) n/a
Cattle Body condition score (BCS) = 0.34 4.95 (1.48) n/a
Cattle Stature (STA) = 0.60 44.02 (4.05) n/a
Cattle Milk energy yield (EY) = 0.26 25.0 (5.3) n/a
Cattle Milk yield (MY) = 0.37 33.5 (7.7) n/a
Cattle Body depth (BD) = 0.32 5.17 (1.47) n/a
Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.53 574.8 (72.4) n/a
Cattle Residual feed intake (RFI) = 0.25 -0.01 (1.18) n/a
Cattle Rump angle (RANG) = 0.20 24.56 (8.81) n/a
Cattle Dry matter intake (DMI) = 0.29 24.1 (3.9) n/a
Cattle Angularity (ANG) = 0.21 25.62 (7.90) n/a
Cattle Chest width (CHWDT) = 0.24 26.50 (7.91) n/a
Cattle Metabolic body weight (MBW) = 0.43 121.8 (11.4) n/a
Cattle Rump width (RUMWD) = 0.18 25.27 (7.79) n/a
Cattle Body condition score (BCS) = 0.17 26.35 (7.45) n/a
Cattle Stature (STA) = 0.40 33.03 (8.95) n/a
Cattle Milk energy yield (EY) = 0.18 29.4 (6.00) n/a
Cattle Milk yield (MY) = 0.20 42.7 (8.5) n/a
Cattle Body depth (BD) = 0.28 26.90 (7.46) n/a
Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.43 605.1 (76.2) n/a
Cattle Residual feed intake (RFI) = 0.22 -0.02 (1.60) n/a
Cattle Locomotion (LOCO) = 0.049 23.46 (6.27) n/a
Cattle Body condition score (BCS) = 0.114 3.01 (0.46) n/a
Cattle Milk protein percentage (PP) = 0.251 3.33 (0.33) n/a
Cattle Milk fat-to-protein ratio (MFPRAT) = 0.109 1.08 (0.21) n/a
Cattle Milk yield (MY) = 0.108 30.48 (6.65) n/a
Cattle Angularity (ANG) = 0.098 28.09 (5.15) n/a
Cattle Milk yield (MY) = 0.21 27.20 (3.75) n/a
Cattle Body condition score (BCS) = 0.44 3.05 (0.26) n/a
Cattle Energy balance (ENBAL) = 0.10 6.02 (27.70) n/a
Cattle Dry matter intake (DMI) = 0.23 18.10 (2.48) n/a
Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.36 577.00 (47.40) n/a
Cattle Body circumference (BODYCIR) = 0.22 193.81 (9.05) n/a
Cattle Dairy form (DYF) = 0.22 5.66 (0.77) n/a
Cattle Rump angle (RANG) = 0.33 4.58 (1.00) n/a
Cattle Udder attachment (UA) = 0.14 5.54 (1.15) n/a
Cattle Milk protein yield (PY) = 0.29 245 (61) n/a
Cattle Udder height (UHT) = 0.25 5.01 (1.25) n/a
Cattle Rear leg placement - side view (RLEGS) = 0.14 5.73 (0.74) n/a
Cattle Teat placement (TPL) = 0.27 6.31 (0.27) n/a
Cattle Udder depth (UDPTH) = 0.30 5.41 (1.21) n/a
Cattle Udder width (UWDT) = 0.23 5.39 (1.00) n/a
Cattle Rump conformation (RUMPC) = 0.21 79.86 (3.74) n/a
Cattle Udder composite index (UCI) = 0.16 79.29 (2.63) n/a
Cattle Rump width (RUMWD) = 0.46 6.06 (1.21) n/a


50 records of 2,873 cattle heritability records returned.

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