Trait | Alpine goats | Saanen goats | Estimated genetic correlation between Alpine and Saanen | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genetic variance | Heritability | Genetic variance | Heritability | ||
Milk yield | 9, 962 | 0.31 | 7, 278 | 0.26 | 0.45 |
Fat yield | 14.1 | 0.28 | 11.2 | 0.25 | 0.48 |
Protein yield | 8.6 | 0.31 | 6.1 | 0.25 | 0.54 |
Fat content | 7.3 | 0.48 | 8.0 | 0.51 | 0.46 |
Protein content | 2.3 | 0.60 | 2.9 | 0.56 | 0.54 |
Somatic cell score | 0.3 | 0.20 | 0.3 | 0.16 | 0.47 |
Udder floor position | 0.6 | 0.51 | 0.6 | 0.57 | 0.76 |
Udder shape | 0.7 | 0.40 | 0.9 | 0.47 | 0.59 |
Rear udder attachment | 1.2 | 0.47 | 1.1 | 0.52 | 0.73 |
Fore udder | 0.6 | 0.44 | 0.4 | 0.42 | 0.59 |
Teat angle | 0.3 | 0.42 | 0.4 | 0.45 | 0.66 |