Table 5.

Rank correlations of estimated breeding values for traits contained within the index and for the index based on sires records in the conventional diet and in the high-fibre diet

Item	Spearman correlation	95% CI
		Lower	Upper
SEBV ADG	0.53	0.20	0.80
SEBV DFI	0.57	0.31	0.74
SEBV FCR	0.60	0.24	0.81
SEBV CY	0.59	0.26	0.79
SEBV LMP	0.46	0.08	0.73
SEBV upH	0.17	−0.39	0.40
INDEX	0.72	0.49	0.84

SEBV = estimated breeding values standardized by their genetic SD; see Table 1 for trait names.