Table 3.
Estimated additive genetic (), permanent environmental () and residual () variances, heritabilities (h2), repeatability (r), and average estimated breeding value accuracy for bulls with daughters for methane production (MeP), methane yield (MeY), and methane intensity (MeI).
Trait | h2 (SE) | r (SE) | Average EBVAccuracy | |||
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MeP 1 | 1147.3 | 2735.6 | 3279.6 | 0.16 (0.10) | 0.54 (0.03) | 0.36 |
MeY 2 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 0.27 (0.12) | 0.49 (0.03) | 0.44 |
MeI 3 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 0.21 (0.14) | 0.74 (0.02) | 0.32 |
1 Methane Production in g/day; 2 Methane Yield in g/kg dry matter intake (DMI); 3 Methane Intensity in g/kg milk.