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 101
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 11
Body depth 2
Body height 10
Body length 9

Body weight 296
Body width 2
Body wrinkle 1
Breech cover 1
Breech wrinkle 1

Carcass length 1
Cheese yield 3
Chest width 2
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 32
Fecal oocyst count 3
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
Foot angle 1

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 38
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

Perineal fecal accumulation 1
Pleurisy 1
Pneumonia susceptibility 1
Rear leg placement - rear view 1
Rear leg placement - side view 1

Red blood cell count 1
Relative growth rate 7
Rennet coagulation time 1
Residual feed intake 18
Round weight 1

Rump width 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
Tail size 1

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
1,048 heritability records found on 152 traits.
 

 

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