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. 2020 Oct 30;98(11):skaa350. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa350

Table 2.

Estimates of additive genetic (σ a) and residual (σ e) standard deviation components and heritability for feeding behavior, feed efficiency, and growth traits including (ssGBLUP) or not (BLUP) genomic data

Trait Method σ a ± SE1 σ e ± SE h2 ± SE −2LogL2
TF, min/d BLUP 21.5 ± 8.89 17.1 ± 7.39 0.61 ± 0.08 95,689
ssGBLUP 19.2 ± 7.64 18.9 ± 6.35 0.51 ± 0.06 95,596
FD, min/visit BLUP 1.45 ± 1.85 1.77 ± 0.641 0.40 ± 0.08 91,547
ssGBLUP 1.35 ± 0.624 1.83 ± 0.557 0.35 ± 0.06 91,464
FF, number/d BLUP 4.46 ± 2.60 7.37 ± 2.42 0.27 ± 0.09 93,822
ssGBLUP 4.45 ± 2.38 7.37 ± 2.22 0.27 ± 0.07 93,743
FR, kg/h BLUP 0.359 ± 0.173 0.423 ± 0.141 0.42 ± 0.09 89,146
ssGBLUP 0.320 ± 0.141 0.448 ± 0.141 0.34 ± 0.06 89,068
DMIv, kg/visit BLUP 0.0657 ± 0.0344 0.0922 ± 0.0313 0.34 ± 0.08 86,447
ssGBLUP 0.0657 ± 0.0312 0.0923 ± 0.0282 0.33 ± 0.07 86,367
RFI, kg/d BLUP 0.281 ± 0.141 0.552 ± 0.141 0.20 ± 0.05 23,797
ssGBLUP 0.256 ± 0.123 0.559 ± 0.141 0.17 ± 0.03 23,769
RWG, kg/d BLUP 0.045 ± 0.0264 0.113 ± 0.0264 0.14 ± 0.04 19,183
ssGBLUP 0.042 ± 0.0223 0.113 ± 0.0225 0.13 ± 0.04 19,153
FC, kg DM/kg gain BLUP 0.407 ± 0.245 1.04 ± 0.245 0.13 ± 0.05 25,822
ssGBLUP 0.373 ± 0.224 1.05 ± 0.224 0.11 ± 0.04 25,797
ADG, kg/d BLUP 0.100 ± 0.0447 0.12 ± 0.0316 0.40 ± 0.05 19,816
ssGBLUP 0.087 ± 0.0316 0.130 ± 0.0316 0.31 ± 0.04 19,792
DMI, kg/d BLUP 0.589 ± 0.224 0.67 ± 0.198 0.43 ± 0.05 24,791
ssGBLUP 0.535 ± 0.198 0.705 ± 0.173 0.36 ± 0.04 24,759
WSel3, kg BLUP 20.9 ± 5.35 22.2 ± 4.17 0.47 ± 0.02 95,689
ssGBLUP 19.9 ± 5.13 22.7 ± 4.037 0.43 ± 0.02 95,596

1SE is estimated according to Houle and Meyer (2015).

2−2LogL of the maximum likelihood function.

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