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Table 3 Phenotypic comparison of R and N sheep

From: Functional investigation of a QTL affecting resistance to Haemonchus contortus in sheep

Trait

R

N

p-value

Phenotypic difference (σp)

Mean

Std

Mean

Std

FEC18 (eggs/g)

126

289

727

1153

0.02

-0.70

FEC21 (eggs/g)

1160

1813

3865

3705

0.06

-0.54

FEC24 (eggs/g)

3874

3031

6968

5233

0.19

-0.37

FEC27 (eggs/g)

5798

4075

9150

6422

0.11

-0.44

FEC30 (eggs/g)

13213

8286

24759

17730

0.01

-0.70

WB (no. worms)

4084

1885

4395

1267

0.73

0.10

FL (in mm)

18.7

1.4

20.3

1.6

0.0013

-0.95

FF (no. eggs in utero)

358

112

525

182

0.0005

-1.03

HCT14 (%)

34.2

3.2

31.9

3.5

0.02

0.53

HCT27 (%)

30.3

3.4

27.5

3.3

0.01

0.65

RET27 (%)

0.173

0.200

0.816

1.009

0.01

-0.77

ADG (kg/day)

0.109

0.045

0.137

0.049

0.23

-0.59

  1. Raw parasitological data and haematological profiles of the R and N groups are reported in this Table. P-values were computed after correction for fixed effect and statistical transformation when appropriate. Phenotypic differences are the difference between the R and the N groups expressed in phenotypic standard deviation (σp).