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Table 3 Least squares means (standard error) and significance (P) of fixed effects obtained from the univariate analysis

From: The concentrations of immunoglobulins in bovine colostrum determined by the gold standard method are genetically correlated with their near-infrared prediction

Traita

Parity

Calving seasonb

Herd

1

2

3

4

 ≥ 5

P (F-value)

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

P(F-value)

P(F-value)

IgG, g/L

 Reference

86.29 (4.83)

84.61 (4.73)

105.91 (4.85)

109.31 (5.73)

112.31 (5.65)

 < 0.001 (14.17)

93.58 (4.82)

95.50 (5.46)

102.54 (4.66)

106.64 (4.65)

0.007 (4.06)

 < 0.001 (3.93)

 100%

87.05 (5.38)

83.81 (5.27)

104.95 (5.43)

112.65 (6.39)

102.78 (6.33)

 < 0.001 (10.28)

95.11 (5.37)

94.52 (6.10)

100.39 (5.19)

102.97 (5.19)

0.239 (1.41)

 < 0.001 (4.76)

 80%

84.44 (5.60)

84.91 (5.49)

103.88 (5.64)

111.71 (6.64)

102.98 (6.59)

 < 0.001 (9.28)

97.10 (5.59)

93.89 (6.37)

97.19 (5.41)

102.16 (5.39)

0.433 (0.92)

 < 0.001 (3.93)

 60%

82.52 (5.46)

83.64 (5.34)

100.39 (5.48)

107.29 (6.47)

96.50 (6.39)

 < 0.001 (7.58)

94.05 (5.45)

90.49 (6.18)

92.61 (5.26)

99.11 (5.25)

0.312 (1.19)

 < 0.001 (3.25)

IgA, g/L

 Reference

3.61 (0.38)

4.79 (0.37)

6.23 (0.38)

6.41 (0.47)

6.53 (0.46)

 < 0.001 (21.60)

5.33 (0.40)

5.13 (0.43)

5.62 (0.36)

5.97 (0.36)

 < 0.001 (2.10)

 < 0.001 (5.10)

 100%

4.01 (0.21)

4.42 (0.20)

5.30 (0.21)

5.25 (0.26)

4.90 (0.25)

 < 0.001 (14.39)

4.66 (0.22)

4.73 (0.24)

4.52 (0.20)

5.20 (0.20)

 < 0.001 (6.46)

 < 0.001 (3.67)

IgM, g/L

 Reference

5.05 (0.35)

4.98 (0.34)

6.47 (0.35)

5.82 (0.41)

5.84 (0.41)

 < 0.001 (7.10)

5.31 (0.65)

5.25 (0.40)

6.05 (0.34)

5.91 (0.34)

0.024 (3.16)

 < 0.001 (5.00)

 100%

4.63 (0.18)

4.50 (0.17)

4.97 (0.18)

5.27 (0.21)

4.96 (0.21)

 < 0.001 (5.60)

5.18 (0.18)

4.67 (0.20)

4.49 (0.17)

5.12 (0.17)

 < 0.001 (9.41)

0.004 (2.61)

  1. aImmunoglobulins G (IgG), A (IgA), and M (IgM) determined with reference method and predicted from NIRS spectra using 100, 80, and 60% of calibration set
  2. bDefined as: winter (December to February), spring (March to May), summer (June to August), autumn (September to November)