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Table 2 Per breed mean estimated breeding values for susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis infection*

From: Variance components for susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection in dairy and beef cattle

 

All sires

Sires with ≥10 progeny

Breed

N

EBV (se)

N

EBV(se)

Aberdeen Angus

379

0.005 (0.037)D

27

0.005 (0.050)D

Belgian Blue

102

0.042 (0.029)B

11

0.047 (0.054)BAC

Charolais

513

0.049 (0.034)A

48

0.050 (0.044)BA

Hereford

257

0.017 (0.028)C

11

0.017 (0.038)BDC

Holstein-Friesian

4977

−0.008 (0.045)E

959

−0.013 (0.0051)E

Jersey

84

0.015 (0.028)C

21

0.021 (0.036)BAC

Limousin

536

0.016 (0.035)C

50

0.010 (0.059)DC

Simmental

245

0.052 (0.033)A

16

0.053 (0.043)A

  1. *For all sires and sires with more than 10 progeny; number of sires (N); mean estimated breeding value (EBV; standard error (se) in parentheses)1; 1EBV with the same superscripted letter are not significantly different from each other.