Genetic analysis of clinical findings at health examinations of young Swedish warmblood riding horses

Table 2 Estimated heritabilities (h ² ) with standard errors (s.e.), accompanied by means and 90 ^th percentiles

	Mean	90^thpercentile	h²	s.e.
Overall health scores
Health examination 1 (H1)	9.42	10	0.04	0.01
Health examination 2 (H2)	8.79	10	0.06	0.02
Overall health within type of examination
Medical examination (MED)	0.83	2	0.02	0.01
Hoof examination (HOOF)	0.65	2	0.10	0.02
Palpatory orthopaedic examination (PALP)	3.21	8	0.12	0.02
Locomotion examination (LOCO)	0.42	2	0.04	0.01
Clinical signs of PALP findings
Effusion	1.38	4	0.14	0.02
Heat	0.01	0	0.00	0.01
Soreness	0.06	0	0.03	0.01
Swelling	0.68	2	0.06	0.02
Stiffness/Atrophy	0.10	0	0.02	0.01
Systemic location of PALP findings
Tendons & Ligaments	0.03	0	0.00	0.01
Muscles	0.15	1	0.04	0.01
Joints	1.61	4	0.13	0.02
Skeleton and hoof cartilage	0.45	2	0.04	0.01

Included traits representing overall health scores and summed clinical findings, including severity, by type of examination. Within palpatory orthopaedic health (PALP) estimates of clinical signs-, and systemic locations were also performed. (N = 8,212–8,238).

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