Table 3.

Feacal egg count heritability estimates (h²) in small ruminants.

Species	Breed(s)	h2	Age (mo)	Country	References
Goats	Galla and SEA	0.13	4.5–8	Kenya	Baker et al. (1994)
	Cross-bred Cashmere	0.2–0.3	12–18	Scotland	Vagenas et al. (2002)
	Creole	0.14–0.33	4–10	French west indies	Mandonnet et al. (2001)
	Creole	0.10	>11	French west indies	Mandonnet et al. (2006)
Sheep	Dorper vs Red Masaai	0.18 vs. 0.35	8	Kenya	Baker (1998)
	Menz and Horro	0.01–0.15	1–12	Ethiopia	Rege et al. (2002)
	Rhon and German Merino	0–0.35	3–5	Germany	Gauly et al. (2002)
	Merino	0.2–0.65	4–13	Australia	Pollot et al. (2004)
	Dorset-Rambouillet-Finn(Lambs–ewes)	0.15–0.39	4 (1–10years)	Australia	Vanimisetti et al. (2004)
	Soay	>0.10–0.26		Scotland	Beraldi et al. (2007)
	Santa Ines lambs	0.01–0.52	–	Brazil	Lôbo et al. (2009)
	Scottish Blackface	0.14	6–7	Scotland	Stear et al. (2009)