Table 2.
Posterior mean and 95% highest posterior density intervals (within parentheses) of (co)variance components for Babesia bovis infection level (IB) tick counts (TC), and genetic correlation between IB and TC in Braford and Hereford cattle performed by Bayesian animal model in bivariate analysis.
| Parameter | IB | TC |
|---|---|---|
| Additive genetic variance, σ2a | 0.088 (0.040, 0.141) | 0.012 (0.009, 0.016) |
| Permanent environmental variance, σ2p | – | 0.014 (0.010, 0.071) |
| Residual variance, σ2e | 1.048 (0.168, 0.890) | 0.072 (0.070, 0.074) |
| Heritability, h2 | 0.077 (0.037, 0.124) | 0.127 (0.093, 0.160) |
| Repeatability, r2 | – | 0.267 (0.245, 0.289) |
| Genetic correlation, rIB,TC | 0.152 (−0.147, 0.445) |