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Table 1 Summary statistics for the traits studied

From: Genetic parameters of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis and its relationship with weight and parasite infestations in Australian tropical Bos taurus cattle

Trait

Number of animals

Mean

SD1

Min2

Max3

CV4

IBK pre-weaning

932

0.3†

0.5

0

1

-

IBK post-weaning

1 084

0.2†

0.4

0

1

-

Raw mean tick count

875

53.3

33.5

20.0

211.4

62.9

Transformed mean tick count 5

875

3.8

0.5

3.0

5.4

13.8

Raw mean EPG

727

566.1

501.3

5.0

3 115.0

88.6

Transformed mean EPG6

727

7.6

2.4

1.7

14.6

32.0

Birth weight

1 276

32.6

4.4

13.0

56.0

13.6

Weaning weight

1 198

151.0

27.6

67.0

260.0

18.3

Yearling weight

1 074

172.5

34.0

80.0

313.0

19.7

Final weight

1 038

256.4

41.6

106.0

405.0

16.2

  1. †Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) incidence for pre-weaning and post-weaning animals; 1SD = standard deviation; 2Minimum; 3Maximum; 4CV = coefficient of variation (%); 5log10 (mean tick count + 1); 6cube root mean worm egg counts transformed values.