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. 2015 Mar;28(3):303–310. doi: 10.5713/ajas.13.0627

Table 4.

Heritability estimates of somatic cell scores of Holstein through multiple-trait (sire model) and single-trait (animal model) lactation analyses1

Trait Sire model Animal model


Dataset 1 Dataset 2 Dataset 1 Dataset 2
LSCS1 0.12 0.14 0.19 0.22
LSCS2 0.14 0.16 0.20 0.21
LSCS3 0.13 0.14 0.19 0.19
LSCS4 0.14 0.14 0.17 0.16
LSCS5 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.07
1

LSCS1 to 5 are lactation average somatic cell scores for 1st to 5th lactations, respectively.