Development of resilience indicator traits based on daily step count data for dairy cattle breeding

Table 5 Genetic correlations between resilience indicators based on daily step count^a and other traits^b, estimated using multiple trait across country evaluation

	UH	HH	KET	LON	FER	BCS
Mean complete lactation	0.015	0.16	0.20	0.15	0.062	0.17
Mean early lactation	0.025	0.17	0.18	0.22	0.067	0.20
Mean later lactation	0.033	0.16	0.17	0.13	0.065	0.17
Mean prepartum	0.11	0.021	0.036	0.061	0.061	0.029
Mean negative residuals	− 0.047	0.021	− 0.23	− 0.13	0.051	− 0.034
LnVar_steps	0.11	0.16	0.24	0.12	0.056	0.12
r_{auto_steps}	− 0.16	− 0.33	0.0019	0.0022	− 0.44	− 0.34
Number of step count drops	− 0.063	− 0.56	− 0.24	0.16	− 0.44	− 0.56
Mean residuals during step count drops	− 0.031	− 0.044	− 0.11	− 0.14	0.053	0.057

^aLnVar_steps = natural log-transformed variance of step residuals, r_{auto_steps} = lag-1 autocorrelation of step residuals
^bUH = udder health, HH = hoof health, KET = ketosis resistance, LON = longevity, FER = fertility, BCS = body condition score

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