Table 5.

Linear model heritability estimates (±SE; diagonal; single-trait), genetic (±SE; above diagonal; multitrait), and phenotypic (below diagonal) correlation estimates for objectively measured¹ feet and leg angles in 277 sows post first parity

Traits	Knee	Front pastern	Rear pastern	Hock	Rear stance
Knee	0.26 ± 0.11	−0.47 ± 0.37	−0.33 ± 0.38	−0.19 ± 0.31	NA2
Front pastern	0.21 ± 0.06	0.33 ± 0.10	0.42 ± 0.27	−0.21 ± 0.27	NA
Rear pastern	0.02 ± 0.06	0.16 ± 0.06	0.23 ± 0.10	−0.12 ± 0.32	NA
Hock	0.03 ± 0.06	0.15 ± 0.06	0.10 ± 0.06	0.30 ± 0.10	NA
Rear stance	0.00 ± 0.06	0.10 ± 0.06	0.13 ± 0.06	−0.02 ± 0.06	0.04 ± 0.10

¹Evaluated as per Stock et al. (2017) using an objective method based on digital images.

²NA = not applicable; model did not converge.