Table 3.
Estimates of additive genetic variance (Va), residual variance (Vr), and heritability (h 2) for log10 of eggs per gram of feces (EPGlog), red blood cells (RBC), famacha (FAM), platelets (PLT), white blood cells (WBC), hematocrit (HCT), and hemoglobin (HGB)
| Trait | Va | Vr | h 2 | SDa | Median | HPDi | HPDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPGlog | 0.13 | 1.03 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.001 | 0.28 |
| RBC | 0.45 | 2.01 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.004 | 0.37 |
| FAM | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.35 | 0.11 | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.58 |
| PLT | 6.14 | 28.77 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.35 |
| WBC | 2.71 | 9.27 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.41 |
| HCT | 4.93 | 19.04 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.001 | 0.41 |
| HGB | 0.29 | 1.44 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.001 | 0.36 |
aSD: heritability standard deviation; HPDi: lower limit of credibility interval (95%) for heritability posterior distribution; HPDs: upper limit of credibility interval (95%) for heritability posterior distribution