Animal Trait Correlation Database

Sheep Trait Heritabilities

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CorrDB Summary There are 3 heritability data found on "Milk fat content" trait. n: 3 Median: 0.100 Mean: 0.170 Min-Max range: 0.060 - 0.350 STD: 0.157 Interquartile range: 0.080 - 0.225 95% CI: -0.008 - 0.348 Heritability of "Milk fat content" (MFATC) = 0.35 Mean n/a (g/L) Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Aguerre S et al., (2022) Unfavorable genetic correlations between fecal egg count and milk. . . Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 54(1): 14 Heritability of "Milk fat content" (MFATC) = 0.10 Mean 74.9 (g/L) Standard deviation 10.5 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments g/L Reference: Othmane MH et al., (2002) Genetic parameters for lactation traits of milking ewes: protein. . . Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 34: 581-96 Heritability of "Milk fat content" (MFATC) = 0.06 Mean 71.2 (g/L) Standard deviation 14.4 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance 0.20 Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments g/L Reference: Othmane MH et al., (2002) Heritability and genetic correlations of test day milk yield and. . . Journal of Dairy Science, 85(10): 2692-8 3 of 1,048 sheep heritability records match your search. To explore further: use the Filter tool box on TOP RIGHT of this page to explore more. browse the list of traits for what you look for.   © 2003-2025: USA · USDA · NRPSP8 · Program to Accelerate Animal Genomics Applications. Contact: Bioinformatics Team