Angus National Cattle Evaluation --
Spring 2008
| Angus Trait Heritabilities and Genetic Correlations | |||||||||||||||||||
| Trait | CED | BW | WW | PG | YH | SC | CEM | MILK | MW | MH | CW | MARB | RE | FAT | IMF | URE | UFAT | ||
| Calving ease direct (CED) | .181 | -.76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Birth wt direct(BW) | 0.42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weaning direct (WW) | 0.20 | 0.152 | |||||||||||||||||
| Postweaning gain (PG) | 0.20 | 0.543 | 0.293 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yearling ht (YH) | 0.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scrotal circumference (SC) | 0.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Calving ease maternal (CEM) | .124 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maternal milk | 0.14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mature wt (MW) | 0.55 | 0.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mature ht (MH) | 0.82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carcass wt (CW) | 0.30 | -0.02 | 0.52 | 0.13 | |||||||||||||||
| Marbling score (MARB) | 0.36 | -0.09 | 0.09 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ribeye area (RE) | 0.28 | -0.22 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fat thickness (FAT) | 0.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| %Intramuscular fat (IMF) | 0.31 | -0.04 | 0.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ultrasound ribeye area (URE) | 0.38 | 0.18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ultrasound fat (UFAT)5 | 0.39 | ||||||||||||||||||
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1Heritability estimates are on the diagonal. 2Upper off-diagonals are genetic correlations. 3Genetic correlation between 365-d yearling weight and SC or YH. 4Maternal component only. 512th rib fat and rump fat are combined into one fat measure. | |||||||||||||||||||