Table 3.

Estimates of variance components and genetic parameters of traits linked to resistance to worms in uni- and multiple-trait analyses

Traits	${\sigma }_a^2$	${\sigma }_{pe}^2$	${\sigma }_e^2$	${\sigma }_p^2$	r	h2(SD)	Geweke	MCE
Uni-trait
WR	0.37	-	0.47	0.83	-	0.44 (0.23)	0.00	0.0043
FEC	0.18	0.15	3.44	3.76	0.09	0.05 (0.03)	−0.01	0.0171
HCT	1.49	1.87	15.74	19.10	0.18	0.08 (0.05)	−0.01	0.0003
BCS	0.06	0.02	0.41	0.50	0.17	0.12 (0.05)	0.00	0.0003
FS	0.05	0.04	0.26	0.36	0.27	0.15 (0.07)	−0.05	0.0004
BW	8.72	31.02	33.11	72.85	0.55	0.12 (0.09)	0.04	0.1100
Multiple-trait
WR	0.76	-	0.38	1.14	-	0.88 (0.03)	0.00	0.0043
FEC	0.07	0.02	0.67	0.75	0.12	0.10 (0.01)	−0.01	0.0171
HCT	2.56	0.96	15.85	19.37	0.18	0.13 (0.03)	−0.01	0.0003
BCS	0.09	0.03	0.42	0.34	0.23	0.17 (0.03)	0.00	0.0003
FS	0.08	0.05	0.23	0.34	0.33	0.23 (0.04)	−0.05	0.0004
BW	19.03	28.00	32.62	79.65	0.59	0.22 (0.06)	0.04	0.1100

${\sigma }_a^2$, additive genetics; ${\sigma }_{pe}^2$ permanent environment; ${\sigma }_e^2$, residual variances; ${\sigma }_p^2$, phenotypic variances; r, repeatability; h², heritability, SD, standard deviation; MCE, Monte Carlo error; WR, worm resistance; FEC, number of eggs per gram of feces; HCT, hematocrit; BCS, body condition score; FS, Famacha score; BW, body weight.