Study for Some Body Weight and Egg Traits in Domyati and Khaki-Campbell Ducks

Table 3.

Shows the heritability estimates (on diagonals), the genetic correlationsand their standard error (above diagonals) and phenotypic correlations (belowdiagonal), for body weight and egg traits in Khaki-Campbell ducks.

Traits

BW16

BW20

BWF1

NE

EW

EM

Body weight at 16 weeks ,g (BW16)

0.36 ± 0.02

0.99±.010

0.71 ±0.014

0. 71 ±0.028

0.70±.055

0 87 ±0.005

Body weight at 20 weeks, g (BW20)

0.99 ±0.003

0.35 ± 0.03

0.92 ±0.004

0. 82 ±0.018

0.82±.036

0.82 ±0.007

Body weight at first egg, g (BWF1)

0.90 ±0.003

0.94 ±0.001

0.40 ± 0.03

0.78 ±0.022

0.77±.047

0.78 ±0.009

Number of egg (NE)

0. 89 ±0.004

0.93 ±0.003

0.91 ±0.004

0.29 ± 0.09

0.72±.119

0.82 ±0.059

Egg weight, g (EW)

0.93 ±0.007

0.92 ±0.005

0.90 ±0.007

0.91 ±0.012

0.24 ± 0.10

0.72 ±0.048

Egg Mass, g (EM)

0.94 ±0.001

0.92 ±0.001

0.91 ±0.001

0.94 ±0.006

0.90 ±0.006

0.30 ± 0.07