Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Traits with Heritability Records

Trait names Number of heritability records in this database

Abnormal flavor intensity 2
Abomasum displacement 6
Age at first calving 25
Age at puberty 7
Age at slaughter 1

Angularity 8
Anogenital distance 1
Anti-Müllerian hormone level 5
Antral follicle number 1
Arachidic acid content 4

Arachidonic acid content 6
Atherogenic index 2
Average daily gain 60
Average feeding rate 4
Basophil number 2

Beef flavor intensity 8
Biceps brachii weight 1
Blood beta-hydroxybutyrate level 2
Blood calcium level 2
Body capacity 3

Body circumference 17
Body condition score 18
Body depth 14
Body height 36
Body length 9

Body size 10
Body temperature 5
Body weight 136
Body weight (yearling) 1
Body weight gain 5

Bone percentage 7
Bone quality 4
Bone weight 8
Bovine leukemia virus susceptibility 2
Bovine respiratory disease susceptibility 5

C18:3 n-6 fatty acid content 6
C22:1 fatty acid content 2
Calf mortality 1
Calving ease 10
Calving interval 27

Calving to conception interval 29
Cannon bone circumference 3
Carcass conformation score 7
Carcass depth 1
Carcass hind leg circumference 1

Carcass weight 44
CD4-positive leukocyte percentage 1
CD4-positive to CD8-positive leukocyte ratio 1
CD8-positive leukocyte percentage 1
Chest width 8

Chewiness score 1
cis-10-Heptadecenoic acid content 2
Cis-11,14,17-Eicosatrienoic acid content 4
Cis-11,14-Eicosadienoic acid content 4
Cis-9,trans-11-Octadecadienoic acid content 2

Clinical mastitis 28
Colostrum immunoglobulin G concentration 1
Colostrum quantity 1
Conception rate 13
Conformation score 14

Connective tissue amount 2
Cooking loss 4
Crude protein intake 1
Curd firming rate 1
Curd firmness 4

Cutability 1
Cystic ovaries 3
Dairy form 11
Dam productivity 5
Days to calving 2

Desaturation index 1
Digital cushion thickness 8
Digital dermatitis 5
Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid content 2
Docosahexaenoic acid content 2

Docosanoic acid content 4
Docosapentaenoic acid content 2
Dressing percentage 15
Drip loss 1
Drooling score 2

Dry matter intake 37
Dystocia 5
Ear length 1
Efficiency of gain 2
Eicosapentaenoic acid content 2

Eicosenoic acid content 6
Elongation index 1
Endometritis 5
Energy balance 2
Eosinophil number 2

Eosinophil percentage 1
Eyelid pigmentation 3
Fat color 2
Fat cover 7
Fat percentage 7

Fat weight 6
Feed conversion ratio 12
Feed efficiency 4
Feed intake 9
Feet and leg conformation 12

Finishing precocity 7
First service conception 4
Foot angle 9
General disease susceptibility 1
Gestation length 16

Granulocyte number 1
Granulocyte percentage 1
Hair length 2
Heart weight 1
Heel depth 2

Heel horn erosion 1
Heifer pregnancy 3
Hematocrit 8
Hemoglobin 3
Hindshank weight 1

Hip width 1
Inseminations per conception 18
Insulin level 1
Insulin-like growth factor 1 level 5
Interdigital hyperplasia 5

Intermuscular fat percentage 1
Interval from first to last insemination 20
Interval to first estrus after calving 28
Intramuscular fat 23
Juiciness 12

Ketosis 12
Kidney weight 1
Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage 11
Kleiber ratio 2
Lactation length 4

Lactation persistency 3
Lameness 6
Lean meat yield 3
Length of productive life 8
Lignoceric acid content 4

Linoleic acid content 6
Linolenic acid content 6
Liver weight 1
Locomotion 3
Loin strength 3

Longissimus muscle area 64
Lung weight 1
Luteal activity 1
Lymphocyte number 3
Lymphocyte percentage 2

M. paratuberculosis susceptibility 14
Maintenance efficiency 1
Marbling score 48
Margaric acid content 2
Maternal behavior 2

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 3
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin content 3
Mean corpuscular volume 3
Mean platelet volume 3
Meat color 13

Meat firmness 1
Meat flavor score 3
Meat percentage 1
Meat texture 2
Metabolic body weight 21

Methane production 1
Metritis 7
Milk acetone content 4
Milk acidity/alkalinity 4
Milk alpha-lactalbumin percentage 9

Milk alpha-S1-casein percentage 9
Milk alpha-S2-casein percentage 9
Milk arachidic acid content 3
Milk arachidonic acid content 2
Milk beta-carotene yield 6

Milk beta-casein percentage 9
Milk beta-hydroxybutyrate content 4
Milk beta-lactoglobulin percentage 9
Milk branched-chain fatty acid content 2
Milk butyric acid content 7

Milk C10 index 3
Milk C14 index 8
Milk C16 index 8
Milk C17 index 1
Milk C18 index 8

Milk calcium content 9
Milk capric acid content 12
Milk caproic acid content 7
Milk caprylic acid content 12
Milk casein micelle size 1

Milk casein percentage 5
Milk casein yield 3
Milk cholesterol content 2
Milk cis-11,14-Eicosadienoic acid content 2
Milk cis-12-Octadecenoic acid content 3

Milk cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-Docosahexaenoic acid content 2
Milk cis-6,9,12,15-Octadecatetraenoic acid content 2
Milk cis-7,10,13,16,19-Docosapentaenoic acid content 2
Milk cis-7,10,13,16-Docosatetraenoic acid content 2
Milk cis-8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic acid content 2

Milk cis-9,trans-11,cis-15-Octadecatrienoic acid content 2
Milk cis-9-C10:1 fatty acid content 2
Milk cis-9-Heptadecenoic acid content 2
Milk cis-vaccenic acid content 3
Milk citrate content 1

Milk color 6
Milk conjugated linoleic acid content 5
Milk copper content 1
Milk cyclophilin A content 1
Milk eicosapentaenoic acid content 2

Milk electroconductivity 1
Milk enanthic acid content 3
Milk energy content 1
Milk energy yield 6
Milk fat color 6

Milk fat percentage 44
Milk fat yield 61
Milk fat yield persistency 1
Milk fat-to-protein ratio 7
Milk fatty acid unsaturated index 1

Milk fever 3
Milk flow rate, average 1
Milk flow rate, maximum 1
Milk freezing point 2
Milk glycosylated kappa-casein percentage 2

Milk heptadecenoic acid content 1
Milk immunoglobulin A content 1
Milk immunoglobulin G content 1
Milk immunoglobulin G1 content 1
Milk immunoglobulin G2 content 1

Milk immunoglobulin M content 1
Milk iron content 2
Milk kappa-casein percentage 9
Milk lactose content 14
Milk lactose yield 15

Milk lactose-to-fat ratio 1
Milk lactose-to-protein ratio 1
Milk lactose-to-solids ratio 1
Milk lauric acid content 12
Milk lauroleic acid content 2

Milk linoleic acid content 8
Milk linolenic acid content 8
Milk long-chain fatty acid content 9
Milk magnesium content 4
Milk manganese content 1

Milk margaric acid content 5
Milk medium-chain fatty acid content 9
Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content 7
Milk myristic acid content 13
Milk myristoleic acid content 7

Milk odd-chain fatty acid percentage 2
Milk oleic acid content 13
Milk omega-3 fatty acid content 2
Milk omega-6 fatty acid content 2
Milk omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio 2

Milk palmitelaidic acid content 2
Milk palmitic acid content 13
Milk palmitoleic acid content 7
Milk pentadecylic acid content 8
Milk phosphorus content 6

Milk phosphorylated alpha-S1-casein percentage 2
Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content 6
Milk polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio 2
Milk potassium content 3
Milk protein percentage 44

Milk protein yield 58
Milk protein yield persistency 1
Milk protein-to-fat ratio 1
Milk rennet coagulation time 3
Milk rumenic acid content 3

Milk saturated fatty acid content 12
Milk saturated to unsaturated fatty acid ratio 1
Milk selenium content 2
Milk short-chain fatty acid content 9
Milk sodium content 5

Milk solids yield 1
Milk stearic acid content 13
Milk trans-10-Octadecenoic acid content 3
Milk trans-11,cis-15-Octadecadienoic acid content 2
Milk trans-12-Octadecenoic acid content 2

Milk trans-16-Octadecenoic acid content 2
Milk trans-4-Octadecenoic acid content 2
Milk trans-5-Octadecenoic acid content 2
Milk trans-6/8-Octadecenoic acid content 2
Milk trans-9,trans-12-Octadecadienoic acid content 2

Milk trans-9-Octadecenoic acid content 3
Milk trans-fatty acid content 3
Milk trans-vaccenic acid content 3
Milk tridecylic acid content 3
Milk undecylic acid content 3

Milk unsaturated fatty acid content 11
Milk unsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio 2
Milk urea nitrogen content 10
Milk urea nitrogen yield 1
Milk valeric acid content 3

Milk whey protein percentage 1
Milk whey protein yield 3
Milk yield 147
Milk zinc content 2
Milking speed 7

Milking time 1
Mobility score 1
Monocyte number 2
Monocyte percentage 1
Monounsaturated fatty acid content 7

Monounsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio 1
Muscle anserine content 1
Muscle arsenic content 1
Muscle calcium content 2
Muscle carnosine content 1

Muscle chromium content 1
Muscle cobalt content 1
Muscle copper content 1
Muscle creatine content 1
Muscle creatinine content 1

Muscle iron content 2
Muscle magnesium content 2
Muscle manganese content 1
Muscle pH 5
Muscle phosphorus content 2

Muscle potassium content 2
Muscle selenium content 1
Muscle sodium content 2
Muscle sulfur content 1
Muscle zinc content 2

Muscularity 16
Myofibrillar fragmentation index 1
Myristic acid content 6
Myristoleic acid content 4
Net energy of lactation intake 1

Neutrophil number 2
Neutrophil percentage 1
NKp46-positive leukocyte percentage 1
Non-coagulating milk 1
Non-fat milk solids 3

Non-return rate 14
Number of visits to feeder 4
Offspring number 4
Oleic acid content 8
Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content 5

Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content 5
Omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio 4
Overall impression, sensory panel 2
Palmitic acid content 6
Palmitoleic acid content 6

Partial efficiency of growth 1
Percentage abnormal sperm 1
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell number 1
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell percentage 2
Platelet distribution width 1

Platelet number 3
Platelet-large cell ratio 1
Polyunsaturated fatty acid content 7
Polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio 3
Pregnancy rate 4

Quadriceps weight 1
Quality grade 3
Rear leg placement - rear view 5
Rear leg placement - side view 10
Red blood cell distribution width 2

Red blood cell number 3
Relative growth rate 3
Residual feed intake 34
Residual gain 6
Respiratory rate 2

Retail product yield 10
Retained placenta 7
Rib fat 4
Rump angle 11
Rump conformation 1

Rump length 1
Rump width 17
Saturated fatty acid content 8
Scrotal circumference 40
Semen volume 13

Serum magnesium level 1
Serum phosphorus level 1
Shear force 28
Skinfold thickness 2
Sole hemorrhage 5

Sole lesion 4
Sole ulcer 6
Somatic cell count 9
Somatic cell score 50
Somatic cell score persistency 1

Sperm concentration 11
sperm counts 6
Sperm head abnormalities 1
Sperm motility 18
Sperm progressive motility 1

Sperm tail abnormalities 1
Spleen weight 1
Stature 15
Stayability 7
Stearic acid content 6

Stillbirth 4
Strength 8
Subcutaneous fat thickness 90
Teat length 7
Teat number 1

Teat placement 20
Teat size 1
Temperament 2
Tenderness score 12
Testicular hypoplasia 2

Thyroxine level 1
Time spent in feeder 8
Time to curd firmness 1
Total coagulation time 2
trans-10,cis-12-Octadecadienoic acid content 2

Tricosanoic acid content 2
Triiodothyronine level 1
Udder attachment 16
Udder balance 7
Udder capacity 1

Udder cleft 17
Udder composite index 3
Udder depth 17
Udder height 14
Udder quality 1

Udder structure 2
Udder swelling score 2
Udder texture 2
Udder width 10
Unsaturated fatty acid content 1

Water holding capacity 1
White blood cell number 3
White line disease 8
Yield grade 14
2,998 heritability records found on 424 traits.
 

 

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