Influence of genetics and the pre-vaccination blood transcriptome on the variability of antibody levels after vaccination against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in pigs

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and heritability estimates of M. hyo Ab vaccine response at different days post-vaccination (dpv)

Type of Ab response	dpv	Serum dilution	S/P values^a			h² (SE)
Type of Ab response	dpv	Serum dilution	Mean	SD	CV (%)	h² (SE)
Early (before booster)	21	1/40	0.041	0.06	151	NC
Early (before booster)	21	1/4	0.403	0.19	46	0.57 (0.15)
Maximum (post booster)	28	1/40	1.349	0.28	21	0.46 (0.11)
Maximum (post booster)	35	1/40	1.215	0.25	20	0.52 (0.11)
Persistence (before slaughtering)	118	1/40	0.645	0.30	46	0.52 (0.11)

NC not calculated
^aAb levels are expressed relatively to a positive control (S/P values, see Methods)

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