Table 1.

A noncomprehensive summary of heritability estimates for production, reproduction, and adaptation traits in Angora goats

Breeding objective	Trait	Heritability	Reference
Growth	Weaning weight	0.20	Snyman (2012)
	Weaning weight	0.19	Snyman (2020)
	Weaning weight	0.52	Bolormaa et al. (2010)
	Body weight	0.12-0.581	Snyman (2012)
	Body weight	0.17-0.741	Snyman (2020)
	Body weight	0.55-0.582	Bolormaa et al. (2010)
Reproduction	Lifetime litter weight weaned	0.11	Snyman (2020)
	Lifetime number of kids born	0.14	Snyman (2020)
	Lifetime number of kids weaned	0.10	Snyman (2020)
Nematode resistance	Packed cell volume	0.49-0.59	Bolormaa et al. (2010)
	Faecal egg count	0.02-0.16	Bolormaa et al. (2010)
	Faecal egg count	0.06-0.203	Olayemi et al. (2011)

¹ Estimates at different ages within one study at 8, 12, and 16 months.

² Estimates at different ages within one study at 6, 12, and 18 months.

³ At 3 and 5 months of age respectively, in Cashmere goats.