TABLE 5.

Average correlations for buffalo cows and bulls’ EBVs for the composite and linear traits obtained in the different pedigree scenario in the IMB.

Traita	Female with records				Bulls
	Y30	Y60	GC30	GC60	Y30	Y60	GC30	GC60
FS	0.92	0.85	0.89	0.80	0.94	0.86	0.93	0.85
ST	0.93	0.87	0.90	0.81	0.89	0.77	0.94	0.84
FL	0.88	0.80	0.88	0.77	0.90	0.70	0.93	0.77
UT	0.89	0.80	0.85	0.73	0.92	0.79	0.92	0.80
YP	0.88	0.78	0.84	0.71	0.91	0.75	0.92	0.85
STAT	0.95	0.89	0.93	0.87	0.95	0.87	0.95	0.89
BD	0.92	0.85	0.89	0.79	0.91	0.77	0.92	0.79
BL	0.92	0.84	0.90	0.81	0.94	0.85	0.95	0.87
FA	0.85	0.75	0.83	0.68	0.76	0.63	0.90	0.77
FUA	0.92	0.85	0.88	0.78	0.90	0.74	0.89	0.76
RUW	0.92	0.86	0.90	0.80	0.92	0.82	0.93	0.81
UD	0.95	0.90	0.92	0.86	0.87	0.74	0.90	0.74
TP	0.88	0.80	0.86	0.75	0.85	0.72	0.91	0.81
TL	0.95	0.90	0.92	0.86	0.88	0.77	0.92	0.77
BCS	0.89	0.82	0.87	0.77	0.76	0.59	0.90	0.78
Average	0.91	0.84	0.88	0.79	0.89	0.76	0.92	0.81

^aSee Table 1 for trait acronym.