Table 3 Number of observations (N) and calf survival rates (Survival) (%) for mating types according to genotypes of the sire (S) and maternal grandsire (MGS) for the 500-kb deletion
From: A 0.5-Mbp deletion on bovine chromosome 23 is a strong candidate for stillbirth in Nordic Red cattle
Mother | Mating type | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S-NC × MGS-NC (I) | S-NC × MGS-C (II) | S-C × MGS-NC (III) | S-C × MGS-C (IV) | ||||||
N | Survival | N | Survival | N | Survival | N | Survival | ||
DNK-heifer | 57,165 | 94.3 | 1971 | 94.9 | 2014 | 94.6 | 73 | 93.2 | 61,223 |
DNK-cow | 84,679 | 96.9 | 2551 | 96.7 | 3904 | 96.9 | 176 | 94.3 | 91,310 |
FIN-heifer | 535,406 | 94.1 | 120,843 | 93.6 | 105,221 | 93.0 | 21,459 | 88.3 | 782,929 |
FIN-cow | 805,528 | 96.3 | 178,770 | 96.0 | 178,395 | 95.3 | 36,778 | 90.4 | 1,199,471 |
SWE-heifer | 496,779 | 95.8 | 53,709 | 95.3 | 44,785 | 95.7 | 3250 | 90.7 | 598,523 |
SWE-cow | 828,052 | 96.7 | 97,536 | 96.5 | 81,253 | 96.4 | 8373 | 91.9 | 1,199,471 |
Total | 2,785,085 | 95.9 | 536,614 | 95.6 | 512,714 | 95.3 | 98,514 | 90.5 | 3,932,927 |