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Table 1 Effect of the WFFS carrier genotype on the ten traditional evaluating traits in the 621 NS horses

From: Performance of Swedish Warmblood fragile foal syndrome carriers and breeding prospects

Evaluating traita

P-value of WFFS

P-value of birth year cohort

Least square mean (SE) by genotype

N/N

WFFS/N

Horse type

NS

**

106.45 (2.14)

110.06 (3.02)

Correctness of legs

NS

*

99.64 (1.08)

100.34 (1.53)

Walk

***

**

110.11 (2.10)

116.19 (2.96)

Trot

*

NS

119.40 (0.89)

124.86 (2.59)

Canter

**

**

107.20 (2.41)

112.77 (3.48)

Jumping technique

NS

NS

80.47 (1.28)

79.25 (1.86)

Jumping temperament

NS

NS

79.43 (1.33)

78.15 (1.93)

Show jumping

*

*

77.85 (1.31)

75.35 (1.80)

Temperament for gait

**

**

112.65 (2.56)

119.30 (3.61)

Dressage

***

***

118.26 (2.56)

125.72 (3.62)

  1. SE: standard error; NS: not significant
  2. *P = 0.05, **0.01 < P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01
  3. aEBV in the SWB population have a mean value of 100 and a genetic standard deviation of 20 index units