Table 1. Heritability (h2) and repeatability (r) estimates of daily milk yield in Chios sheep by lactation stage and across the entire lactation; standard errors in parentheses.
Parameter | Early lactation (1–7 weeks) |
Mid lactation (8–17 weeks) | Late lactation (18–24 weeks) | Overall lactation |
---|---|---|---|---|
h2 | 0.28 (0.06) | 0.19 (0.06) | 0.23 (0.06) | 0.23 (0.06) |
r | 0.76 (0.02) | 0.69 (0.02) | 0.71 (0.02) | 0.71 (0.02) |