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Table 1 Summary of heritabilities and reliabilities of estimated breeding values

From: Estimates of marker effects for measures of milk flow in the Italian brown Swiss dairy cattle population

Trait

 

Reliability of EBV

  

Mean

Std. Dev.

TMT (min)

0.11 ± 0.009

0.55

0.202

AT (min)

0.02 ± 0.006

0.46

0.170

TP (min)

0.32 ± 0.016

0.59

0.214

DT (min)

0.05 ± 0.007

0.38

0.160

MMF (kg/min)

0.42 ± 0.016

0.60

0.217

AVGF (kg/min)

0.29 ± 0.014

0.58

0.211

  1. TMT – Total Milking Time; AT – Ascending Time; TP – Time of Plateau; DT – Descending Time; MMF – Maximum Milk Flow; AVGF – Average Milk Flow; EBV – Estimated Breeding Value.
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BMC Veterinary Research

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