Table 4. Heritability of CI and the correlation coefficients between CI and AFC with data sets classified by AFC.
Data set | Heritability | Correlation | |
---|---|---|---|
Calving interval | Genetic | Phenotypic | |
≤ 24 | 0.134 ± 0.027 | −0.116 ± 0.060 | −0.030 ± 0.014 |
> 24 | 0.158 ± 0.020 | 0.307 ± 0.089 | 0.054 ± 0.011 |
Entire set | 0.141 ± 0.013 | 0.250 ± 0.073 | 0.034 ± 0.009 |
CI, calving interval; AFC, age at first calving.