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Table 2 Estimates of genetic (above diagonal) and phenotypic (below diagonal) correlations between the mastitis traits studied in Chios sheep (overall lactation)

From: The genomic architecture of mastitis resistance in dairy sheep

 

SCC

CMT

TVC

CM

SCC

 

0.77 (0.11)

0.56 (0.12)

0.35 (0.16)

CMT

0.85 (0.02)

 

0.21 (0.12)

0.36 (0.17)

TVC

0.64 (0.02)

0.65 (0.02)

 

0.35 (0.17)

CM

0.35 (0.03)

0.39 (0.03)

0.33 (0.03)

 
  1. SCC log-transformed milk somatic cell counts; CMT California mastitis test; TVC log-transformed total viable bacterial count in milk; CM clinical mastitis occurrence (0/1); standard errors in parentheses
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