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Table 2 Top SNPs and candidate genes associated with hypocalcemia (CALC), displaced abomasum (DSAB), ketosis (KETO), mastitis (MAST), metritis (METR), retained placenta (RETP) and cow livability

From: GWAS and fine-mapping of livability and six disease traits in Holstein cattle

Trait

Chr

Position

MAF

P-value

Genes Nearby

Traits Previously Associatedb

CALC

6

10,521,824

0.014

8.3 × 10−10a

TRAM1L1, NDST4

Subcutaneous fat

DSAB

4

97,101,981

0.021

4.4 × 10−7

PLXNA4, CHCHD3

Milk protein yield

DSAB

8

83,052,202

0.109

1.3 × 10−7

FANCC

Stature

DSAB

29

35,977,236

0.073

1.3 × 10−7

NTM

Milk kappa-casein percentage

KETO

14

2,762,595

0.033

1.8 × 10− 9a

LY6K

Milk protein percentage

KETO

16

7,048,452

0.019

1.9 × 10−8

KCNT2

Milk fat percentage

MAST

6

88,868,886

0.460

4.2 × 10−8

GC

Clinical mastitis

METR

4

3,662,486

0.011

2.7 × 10−7

RF00322

Milk protein yield

RETP

4

32,578,298

0.218

7.4 × 10−7

RUNDC3B

Calving ease

RETP

6

117,620,548

0.026

7.2 × 10−7

QDPR

Milk kappa-casein percentage

RETP

11

7,465,110

0.060

9.1 × 10− 8

TMEM182

Abomasum displacement

RETP

18

64,492,219

0.012

1.6 × 10−7

ZFP28

Still birth

Livability

5

88,823,164

0.472

1.5 × 10−10a

ABCC9

Productive life

Livability

6

88,801,999

0.454

1.7 × 10−18a

GC

Clinical mastitis

Livability

14

8,536,538

0.020

5.3 × 10−10a

ZFAT

Productive life

Livability

18

58,194,319

0.075

1.1 × 10−20a

ZNF614

Bovine respiratory disease

Livability

21

56,700,449

0.013

8.6 × 10−11a

CCDC88C

Type

Livability

23

26,131,593

0.017

3.8 × 10−9a

BLA-DQB

Antibody-mediated immune response

  1. aGenome-wide significance after Bonferroni correction
  2. bInformation obtained from the Animal QTLdb for cattle [19]