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Table 1 Summary of the phenotypic lactation traits in 172 ewes used for QTL mapping

From: Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) in sheep. II. Meta-assembly and identification of novel QTL for milk production traits in sheep

 

N

Mean

sd

Min

Max

Fat content [%]

156

7.1

0.57

5.3

8.2

Lactose content [%]

156

3.6

0.00

3.6

3.6

Protein content [%]

146

5.5

0.20

4.9

6.1

YCUM [kg]

156

73

19

26

126

PYCUM [kg]

139

4.2

1.1

1.8

6.9

FYCUM [kg]

145

5.2

1.6

1.6

9.0

LYCUM [kg]

145

2.6

0.70

0.93

4.5

YSCS

148

3.6

1.0

1.3

6.5

YSCC

145

287

216

71

1607

SCS

159

5.0

0.46

3.9

7.4

SCC [cells/mL]

156

396

294

192

2408

Useful yield [%]

146

17

0.79

15.3

19

  1. Shown are the number of observations (N), the average (Mean), standard deviation (sd), minimum (Min) and maximum (Max) value of the total milk (YCUM), protein (PYCUM), fat (FYCUM), lactose (LYCUM) yield until day 100, total somatic cell count (YSCC) and total cell score (YSCS) until day 100
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