Table 4.

Estimates of correlations and SE between number of lambs born (NLB) and weaned (NLW) per ewe lambing and peri-parturient rise fecal egg counts of the ewe at lambing (PPR0) and 30 d postpartum (PPR30)^a

Trait 1	Trait 2	r d	r c	r e	r p
NLB	NLW	0.88 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.15	0.74 ± 0.004	0.74 ± 0.004
PPR0	PPR30	0.96 ± 0.07	0.98 ± 0.50	0.18 ± 0.05	0.46 ± 0.03
NLB	PPR0	0.17 ± 0.16	−0.10 ± 0.89	0.15 ± 0.04	0.14 ± 0.03
NLB	PPR30	0.12 ± 0.21	0.24 ± 0.53	0.15 ± 0.04	0.14 ± 0.03
NLW	PPR0	0.18 ± 0.18	0.12 ± 0.70	0.13 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.03
NLW	PPR30	0.18 ± 0.22	0.12 ± 0.46	0.19 ± 0.04	0.17 ± 0.03

^a r _d = direct additive correlation; r_c = correlation between permanent environmental effects; r_e = residual correlation; r_p = phenotypic correlation (see text for additional details).