Animal Trait Correlation Database
Sheep Traits with Heritability Records
Trait names
Number of heritability records in this database
Age at first lambing
2
Average daily gain
97
Blood albumin level
1
Blood albumin to globulin ratio
1
Blood alpha-1 globulin level
1
Blood alpha-2 globulin level
1
Blood beta-globulin level
1
Blood gamma-globulin level
1
Blood globulin level
1
Blood total protein level
2
Body circumference
8
Body condition score
10
Body depth
2
Body height
10
Body length
8
Body weight
281
Body width
2
Body wrinkle
1
Breech cover
1
Breech wrinkle
1
Carcass length
1
Cheese yield
3
Chest width
1
Clean fleece weight
5
Cooking loss
2
Curd firming time
2
Curd firmness
2
Dressing percentage
4
Dried curd yield
1
Drip loss
1
Fecal egg count
30
Fecal oocyst count
2
Feed conversion ratio
17
Feed intake
4
Fiber curvature
2
Fiber diameter coefficient of variance
5
Fiber diameter standard deviation
3
Fleece grade
26
Fleece yield
5
Footrot susceptibility
2
Gastrointestinal nematode resistance
6
Gastrointestinal tract percentage
1
Gastrointestinal tract weight
1
Greasy fleece weight
41
Growth efficiency
7
Hematocrit
6
Hemoglobin
1
Hind leg bone weight
1
Horn circumference
1
Horn length
1
Hot carcass weight
3
Immunoglobulin G level
1
intramuscular fat amount
2
Kidney fat weight
1
Kleiber ratio
37
Lactation length
1
Lambing interval
3
Lean meat yield percentage
1
Litter weight, total
6
Loin fat weight
1
Longissimus muscle area
6
Longissimus muscle depth
7
Longissimus muscle weight
1
Longissimus muscle width
2
M. paratuberculosis antibody titer
1
M. paratuberculosis susceptibility
1
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
1
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin content
1
Mean corpuscular volume
1
Mean fiber diameter
13
Meat color
9
Meat conjugated linoleic acid content
1
Meat linoleic acid content
1
Meat linolenic acid content
1
Meat monounsaturated fatty acid content
1
Meat myristic acid content
1
Meat oleic acid content
1
Meat omega-3 fatty acid content
1
Meat omega-6 fatty acid content
1
Meat omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio
1
Meat palmitic acid content
1
Meat palmitoleic acid content
1
Meat polyunsaturated fatty acid content
1
Meat polyunsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid ratio
1
Meat saturated fatty acid content
1
Meat stearic acid content
1
Milk acidity/alkalinity
1
milk capric acid content
1
Milk caprylic acid content
1
Milk casein content
2
Milk fat content
3
Milk fat percentage
3
Milk fat yield
3
Milk lactose yield
1
milk lauric acid content
1
milk linoleic acid content
1
milk myristic acid content
1
milk palmitic acid content
1
milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content
1
Milk protein content
3
Milk protein percentage
4
Milk protein yield
3
Milk solids percentage
1
Milk solids yield
1
milk stearic acid content
1
milk vaccenic acid content
1
Milk whey protein content
2
Milk yield
10
Milk yield persistency
2
Muscle pH
3
Number of visits to feeder
1
Ocular mucosa coloration
9
Offspring number
62
Ovulation rate
1
Pleurisy
1
Pneumonia susceptibility
1
Red blood cell count
1
Relative growth rate
7
Rennet coagulation time
1
Residual feed intake
18
Round weight
1
Scrotal circumference
7
Semen volume
7
Shear force
4
somatic cell count
4
Somatic cell score
7
Sperm concentration
7
Sperm motility
9
Staple elongation
1
Staple length
37
Staple strength
3
Subcutaneous fat thickness
13
Tail fat percentage
1
Tail length
2
Teat placement
5
Teat size
5
Time spent in feeder
2
Topside weight
1
udder attachment
5
udder depth
5
udder shape
1
Water holding capacity
1
Weaning age
1
White blood cell number
1
Wool color
2
Wool crimp
1
1,016 heritability records found on 146 traits.
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