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. 2018 Aug;165:124–130. doi: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.04.002

Table 6.

Survival potential of Jamunapari goats from birth to 3 (3M), 6 (6M), 9 (9M) and 12 (12M) months of age using a sire model fitting either linear or generalized mixed model (Logit transformation).

Transformation Linear
Logit
Trait 3M 6M 9M 12M 3M 6M 9M 12M
σ2sire 0.0006 0.0091 0.0179 0.0161 0.0000 0.1797 0.4010 0.3201
σ2pe 0.0011 0.0044 0.0073 0.0016 0.0885 0.2027 0.2256 0.0278
σ2lit 0.0163 0.0283 0.0241 0.0318 0.5754 0.3304 0.1397 0.2832
σ2res 0.0584 0.1030 0.1359 0.1592 3.3000 3.3000 3.3000 3.3000
σ2pheno 0.0764 0.1448 0.1852 0.2088 3.9638 4.0129 4.0663 3.9311
s.e. 0.0014 0.0031 0.0044 0.0047 0.1486 0.1164 0.1203 0.1037
h2 0.03 0.25 0.39 0.31 0.00 0.18 0.39 0.33
s.e. 0.02 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.08 0.07
pe2 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.06 0.01
s.e. 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02
lit2 0.21 0.20 0.13 0.15 0.15 0.08 0.03 0.07
s.e. 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.02

Where σ2sire ∼ Sire variance, σ2pe ∼ variance of permanent environment due to the dam, σ2lit ∼variance due to Litter effects, σ2res ∼residual variance, σ2pheno∼ total phenotypic variance, s.e. ∼ standard error