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. 2023 Apr 11;13(8):1308. doi: 10.3390/ani13081308

Table 3.

Estimated additive genetic (σa2), permanent environmental (σpe2) and residual (σe2) 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 σa2 σpe2 σe2 h2 (SE) r (SE) Average EBVAccuracy
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.