Heritabilities and genetic correlations
for birth weight, weaning weight, and
yearling weight in polled Hereford cattle

dc.contributor.author	Glaze, J.B.
dc.contributor.author	Schalles, R.R.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-10-05T17:53:27Z
dc.date.available	2010-10-05T17:53:27Z
dc.date.issued	2010-10-05T17:53:27Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6254
dc.description.abstract	Performance data from a Polled Hereford herd selected for feed conversion were used in the calculation of heritabilities and genetic correlations for birth weight (BWT), weaning weight (WWT), and yearling weight (YWT). Direct heritabilities for BWT, WWT, and YWT were .31, .16, and .25, respectively. Corresponding maternal heritabilities for BWT, WWT and YWT were .04, .01, and .18, respectively. With the exception of the correlation between WWT and YWT (.98), the other genetic correlations were low to moderate, ranging from -.27 to .12.	en_US
dc.publisher	Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Cattlemen’s Day, 1994	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 94-373-S	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 704	en_US
dc.subject	Beef	en_US
dc.subject	Birth weight	en_US
dc.subject	Weaning weight	en_US
dc.subject	Yearling weight	en_US
dc.subject	Heritabilities	en_US
dc.subject	Genetic correlations	en_US
dc.title	Heritabilities and genetic correlations for birth weight, weaning weight, and yearling weight in polled Hereford cattle	en_US
dc.type	Conference paper	en_US
dc.date.published	1994	en_US
dc.citation.epage	120	en_US
dc.citation.spage	119	en_US
dc.description.conference	Cattlemen's Day, 1994, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 4, 1994	en_US