Table 2.
Heritability, genetic and phenotypic correlations for feeding behavior and feed efficiency traits.
Trait | DFI | TPD | NVD | FCR | RFI |
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DFI | 0.28 ± 0.06 | 0.31 | -0.4 | 0.34 | 0.81 |
TPD | 0.67 ± 0.07 | 0.37 ± 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.30 |
NVD | -0.08 ± 0.11 | 0.38 ± 0.09 | 0.38 ± 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.04 |
FCR | 0.75 ± 0.06 | 0.22 ± 0.11 | 0.33 ± 0.10 | 0.32 ± 0.06 | 0.73 |
RFI | 0.98 ± 0.01 | 0.63 ± 0.07 | 0.14 ± 0.11 | 0.97 ± 0.01 | 0.31 ± 0.03 |
Corresponding SD behind the mean heritabilities on diagonal (bold), phenotypic correlations above diagonal, genetic correlations below diagonal.