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Table 3 Estimated variance components and their standard errors (SE) for the genetic effect of susceptibility and infectivity, the interaction between farm and period, and the animal effect for the four models

From: Genetic parameters and genomic breeding values for digital dermatitis in Holstein Friesian dairy cattle: host susceptibility, infectivity and the basic reproduction ratio

Model

Estimated variance (SE) of the random terms

Susceptibility

Infectivity

Farm*period

Animal

1

0.555 (0.142)

–

0.262 (0.050)

0.949 (0.130)

2

0.558 (0.142)

25.43 (16.41)

0.144 (0.067)

0.952 (0.130)

3

0.490 (0.131)

–

–

0.922 (0.123)

4

0.556 (0.142)

68.27 (14.13)

–

0.952 (0.130)