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Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of de-regressed PTA and de-regressed reliabilities for the phenotypes used (\( \overline{x} \) ± sd)

From: Including gene networks to predict calving difficulty in Holstein, Brown Swiss and Jersey cattle

 

Holstein

Brown Swiss

Jersey

Traitsa

PTA

REL

PTA

REL

PTA

REL

DCD

7.95 ± 2.40

0.76 ± 0.13

5.32 ± 2.03

0.62 ± 0.17

4.94 ± 1.11

0.39 ± 0.17

MCD

8.02 ± 2.70

0.64 ± 0.15

5.34 ± 1.96

0.56 ± 0.18

5.16 ± 1.99

0.40 ± 0.17

GL

0.57 ± 0.58

0.93 ± 0.13

0.44 ± 0.83

0.74 ± 0.21

0.50 ± 0.55

0.86 ± 0.15

STAT

0.34 ± 1.64

0.85 ± 0.10

0.02 ± 1.67

0.83 ± 0.13

−0.06 ± 1.59

0.85 ± 0.11

STR

0.17 ± 1.47

0.83 ± 0.11

0.04 ± 1.12

0.73 ± 0.18

0.05 ± 1.06

0.80 ± 0.14

RW

0.22 ± 1.58

0.83 ± 0.10

−0.09 ± 1.01

0.70 ± 0.18

0.02 ± 0.99

0.78 ± 0.14

Number of Bulls

8780

505

1818

  1. aTraits included in this study were: direct sire calving difficulty (DCD), maternal grand sire calving difficulty (MCD), gestation length (GL), stature (STAT), strength (STR), and rump width (RW)