Genome-wide associations and functional gene analyses for endoparasite resistance in an endangered population of native German Black Pied cattle

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for endoparasite traits for all cows and for genotyped DSN cows

Endoparasite trait^a	No. of observations	No. of cows	Mean	SD	Min.	Max.
All cows (n = 1166)
FEC-GIN	1997	1166	11.35	22.57	0	225.0
FEC-FH	2006	1166	0.61	3.64	0	89.0
FLC-DV	1988	1163	0.17	2.14	0	46.0
MY^b	10,132	1049	22.06	6.98	2.20	57.20
SCS^c	10,115	1049	3.02	1.64	0.01	10.01
Genotyped cows (n = 148)
FEC-GIN	256	148	15.53	29.80	0	225.0
FEC-FH	256	148	0.57	2.06	0	16.0
FLC-DV	255	148	0.56	4.20	0	45.0
MY	1376	148	19.98	5.77	4.30	47.90
SCS	1369	148	3.07	1.51	0.01	8.60

^aFEC-GIN fecal egg count for gastrointestinal nematodes, FEC-FH fecal egg count for Fasciola hepatica, FLC-DV fecal larvae count for Dictyocaulus viviparus
^bMY Milk yield (kg/cow/day)
^cSCS somatic cell score (log-transformed somatic cell count: log₂ (SCC/100.000) + 3)

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