Table 1.
Means and standard deviations (SD) of traits studied in all young bulls (n = 1447) and in the sub-population of genotyped young bulls (n = 789)
| Traits | Whole populationa | Genotyped sub-populationb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| RFI | 0.00 | 0.81 | − 0.01 | 0.81 |
| RG | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
| FE | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 |
| FI | 10.62 | 1.31 | 10.63 | 1.23 |
| FW | 682 | 87 | 695 | 87 |
| ADG | 1.45 | 0.20 | 1.44 | 0.19 |
RFI residual feed intake, RG residual gain, FE feed efficiency ratio, FI daily feed intake, FW final weight, ADG average daily gain
aResults for the whole population from Taussat et al. [25]
bSubset of the terminal bulls that are genotyped and used for GWAS analysis