| | |
% Obs.
|
BCS-M
|
BCS-Pa
|
BCS-Pb
|
BCS-L
|
BCS-Sa
|
BCS-Sb
|
BCS-W
|
BCS-Wp
|
|---|
|
N Obs.
| | |
2069
|
2167
|
2167
|
2162
|
1983
|
1317
|
2084
|
1776
|
|
Parity
|
1
|
47.3
|
2.91 (0.01) a
|
2.96 (0.01) a
|
2.76 (0.01) a
|
2.62 (0.01) a
|
2.52 (0.01) a
|
2.55 (0.01) a
|
2.48 (0.008) a
|
2.57 (0.01) a
|
|
2
|
38.9
|
2.69 (0.01) b
|
2.87 (0.01) b
|
2.73 (0.01) b
|
2.65 (0.01) b
|
2.57 (0.01) b
|
2.64 (0.02) b
|
2.56 (0.01) b
|
2.67 (0.01) b
|
|
3
|
13.8
|
2.73 (0.02) c
|
2.95 (0.02) ac
|
2.84 (0.02) c
|
2.70 (0.02) c
|
2.65 (0.02) c
|
2.64 (0.02) b
|
2.61 (0.01) c
|
2.66 (0.02) b
|
|
Sign.
| |
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
|
Litter size class
|
0
|
13.3
|
2.79 (0.02) ac
|
2.93 (0.02)
|
2.79 (0.02) ab
|
2.75 (0.02) a
|
2.82 (0.02) a
|
3.04 (0.03) a
|
2.97 (0.02) a
|
2.89 (0.03) a
|
|
1
|
20.5
|
2.78 (0.02) ac
|
2.94 (0.01)
|
2.83 (0.01) b
|
2.76 (0.01) a
|
2.67 (0.01) b
|
2.65 (0.02) b
|
2.55 (0.01) b
|
2.68 (0.01) b
|
|
2
|
24.3
|
2.80 (0.01) ab
|
2.93 (0.01)
|
2.77 (0.01) a
|
2.62 (0.01) b
|
2.54 (0.01) c
|
2.55 (0.02) c
|
2.49 (0.01) c
|
2.58 (0.02) c
|
|
3
|
24.6
|
2.78 (0.01) ab
|
2.93 (0.01)
|
2.76 (0.01) a
|
2.63 (0.01) b
|
2.47 (0.01) d
|
2.42 (0.02) d
|
2.39 (0.1) d
|
2.52 (0.1) d
|
|
4
|
17.3
|
2.74 (0.02) c
|
2.91 (0.02)
|
2.72 (0.02) c
|
2.53 (0.01) c
|
2.40 (0.01) e
|
2.39 (0.02) e
|
2.34 (0.01) e
|
2.48 (0.02) d
|
|
Sign.
| |
*
|
NS
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
|
Age at first lambing
|
1
|
47.5
|
2.83 (0.01) a
|
2.90 (0.01) a
|
2.76 (0.01)
|
2.66 (0.01)
|
2.58 (0.01)
|
2.60 (0.02)
|
2.53 (0.01) a
|
2.56 (0.01) a
|
|
2
|
52.5
|
2.73 (0.01) b
|
2.96 (0.01) b
|
2.78 (0.01)
|
2.66 (0.01)
|
2.57 (0.01)
|
2.62 (0.02)
|
2.57 (0.01) b
|
2.70 (0.01) b
|
|
Sign.
| |
***
|
***
|
NS
|
NS
|
NS
|
NS
|
***
|
***
|
|
Year
|
Sign.
| |
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
|
Parity*Litter size class
|
Sign.
| |
***
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
***
|
|
Age at first lambing*Litter size class
|
Sign.
| |
***
|
*
|
***
|
NS
|
*
|
***
|
*
|
**
|
- The significance probabilities were also reported for the year of measurement and first-order interactions
- BCS Body condition Score, N Obs number of records for each trait, % Obs percentage of observations for each class of a given factor, M Mating, Pa Early pregnancy, Pb Two-thirds pregnancy, L Lambing, Sa Early suckling, Sb End of suckling, W Weaning, Wp Post-weaning period, Sign., the significance probabilities for each fixed effect of mixed models are provided as: *** P-value < 0.001, ** P-value < 0.01, * P-value < 0.05; NS, not significant. The lower case letters (a, b, c, d, e) indicate significant differences in the trait between classes of each factor (i.e., values not sharing a common letter are significantly different, as determined by a t-test at p < 0.05)
