Table 5.
Phenotypic1 (below the diagonal) and genetic (above the diagonal with standard error in parentheses) correlations among and between the ultrasound and carcass traits
| Trait2 | UFD | UMD | IMF | CW | CC | CF | DD | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFD | −0.49 (0.11) | 0.68 (0.12) | −0.17 (0.13) | −0.42 (0.12) | 0.84 (0.06) | 0.44 (0.10) | −0.67 (0.09) | |
| UMD | −0.07 | −0.01 (0.21) | 0.53 (0.11) | 0.60 (0.10) | −0.15 (0.14) | −0.05 (0.14) | 0.55 (0.10) | |
| IMF | 0.35 | 0.02 | −0.17 (0.17) | −0.39 (0.15) | 0.51 (0.15) | 0.37 (0.16) | −0.64 (0.13) | |
| CW | 0.07 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.52 (0.08) | −0.02 (0.11) | 0.55 (0.07) | 0.44 (0.08) | |
| CC | −0.14 | 0.43 | −0.08 | 0.48 | −0.26 (0.11) | −0.20 (0.11) | 0.77 (0.05) | |
| CF | 0.58 | −0.01 | 0.29 | 0.18 | −0.04 | 0.39 (0.09) | −0.46 (0.09) | |
| DD | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.63 | −0.06 | 0.36 | −0.50 (0.08) | |
| DP | −0.28 | 0.42 | −0.18 | 0.41 | 0.64 | −0.21 | −0.44 |
1Phenotypic correlations ≤ |0.05| were not different (P > 0.05) from zero.
2UFD = ultrasound fat depth; UMD = ultrasound muscle depth; IMF = intramuscular fat percentage; CW = carcass weight; CC = carcass conformation score; CF = carcass fat score; DD = dressing difference; DP = dressing percentage.