Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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50 heritability data on 28 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
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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